O Christmas Tree

Today we drove out to a Christmas Tree farm and found our perfect tree. We walked around the tree field for almost an hour and had a great time being outside. With our hats and jackets the weather was cool but perfect. We both have different tastes in trees. I like the firs and pines while Lance likes the less prickly cedars. We finally decided to go with my pick, I think it's a Virginia Pine. We didn't have to cut the tree down ourselves, which Lance appreciated. Aria loved being out in the field. I'm sure she'll be delighted when we put a tree inside our house.

Getting Ready

I ordered saddlebags but not the brackets that hold them away from your rear tire because they where to expensive. So i did some research and designed and made my own saving me around $40. Not to bad. They should work. We will find out next friday when my bags come in.

Veteran's Weekend

What a fun monday we had with our friends! Lance road his motorcycle in a Veteran's Day parade with our friend Scott while Katrina and I watched. After the parade we all went to the nearby state park to enjoy the fall colors. We took a short hike down to the water with the trees getting progressively more beautiful the closer we were to the river. Tuesday was not quite as fun. Aria and I spent the afternoon at her doctor discussing Aria's lack of weight gain. Poor little Aria had to get some blood drawn. We're going get an appointment with the nutritionist and try and put some weight on this girl. On the way home from the doctor I realized that one possible explanation for Aria's weight issue is her acid reflux. Our allergist mentioned she may have a condition (can't remember the exact name of it) where her esophagus has serious damage from the acid. He didn't want to go through with diagnosing it because it's extremely invasive and he also said the tell tale sign is weight loss, which Aria we weren't concerned with at the time. Fast forward to today and while Aria has not lost any weight, she has grown and inch and only gained 3 ounces. Our 7.5 month old is a whopping 13 lbs 4 ounces, which is way off the charts in the 0%. Her length is a healthy 26 inches which puts her in the charts around 20%.  I also realized that her waking up every 2 hours at night could also be because her reflux is hurting her. We tried to have her sleep elevated last night, but she didn't like the change. I'll have to try and call her doctor to see if there's anything else we can do. 

Gobble Wobble

Today we participated in an Army Recreation event called the Gobble Wobble. It was an aquatic turkey egg hunt for children. Aria was in the 6 month- 2 year old group. A total of six children participated in her division. The children were each allowed to collect 10 eggs, some floating some sinking, and search for one of the two golden eggs to win a special prize. Lance spotted a sinking golden egg as the life guards threw out the eggs and he lined us up to get it. Aria wasn't sure what was going on or what to do but we helped her collect her 10 eggs. She finally figured out that the eggs were fun to try and eat. For finding the golden egg we won 3 Christmas rubber duckies which Aria immediately tried to eat. We all had a great time. Now we're all home getting Aria ready for bed.  Last night we let her try a couple pieces of shrimp from our dinner and she loved them! She's such a cutie!