Interesting?!

Two nights ago Owen reguested turkey lunch meat for dinner and asked to eat outside. I added a slice of cheese and some green beans to the plate, as well, and allowed him to eat out in the nice weather. He ate the cheese, a couple bites of turkey, but no green beans and came in to tell me that he wanted a cookie. I replied that he couldn't have a cookie unless he ate all his dinner, he told me, "I can't like my dinner, it yucky."

My response, "Oh well, no cookie unless you eat your dinner."

A little while later I was cleaning up the floor underneather where Max has been eating his dinner. I decided it was too messy for just the broom and got out the Swiffer Wet Jet. Owen saw what I was doing and asked if he could do it too. Still trying to get him to eat his dinner I said, "If you eat your turkey, I will let you mop." At that he ran to the table and put the whole piece of turkey in his mouth.

We mopped the kitchen, then entryway, and the bathroom.

I couldn't believe it, what kid won't eat for a cookie, but will eat for the opportunity to mop the floors? Apparently, mine! :)

One year olds!

Owen Thomas at one year. I was shocked when I looked at his one year outfit and it was size 24 months! He was measuring 33.5 inches and 29 pounds at one year!



Maxwell Turner at one year is wearing 12 month clothing! He measures 29.75 inches and weights 22 pounds 6 ounces!

Crazy how two children from the same parents can be so different in size!

One year stats for Max!

Owen at six months: height=29 inches, weight=22 pounds
Max at one year: height=29.75 inches, weight=22 pounds 6 ounces!

Max is 1!!

We can't believe our baby is already a year old. Time sure has flown by! Max is developing quite the personality. He has become quite the little ham, turning to pose for pictures now, where before I had a hard time getting his face in a photo because he would always smile than shy away turning his head down toward the ground. He constantly has a twinkle in his eye like he is plotting something. And he just loves his older brother even when he he being tormented by him!

He enjoyed his birthday week. On his birthday, Grandma Sue and I took him to get his first year pictures taken. He was quite the ham for this photoshoot. All smiles for every pose the photographer created. It made it quite difficult to decide which pictures to order, therefore, it turned out to be a little more expensive than I planned, oh well, he's only one once, right!? That evening, he celebrated with Grandma Sue and Papa Dan with a cupcake and some gifts from family.

Grandma Debbie and Papa Steve arrived the day after his birthday and we celebrated again on Saturday with a party! The usual vegas family members were here, as well as, Grandma Debbie and Papa Steve. This time Max got his first cake, he was neater than most babies on their first birthday, but he did enjoy it!

Next week, we will take him to his one year check up and see what his stats are, although, he is significantly smaller than his brother was at one year!

Happy 1st Birthday, Maxwell Turner!

The Biggest Kid

For Christmas Owen received a starter train set. This particular train set is called GeoTrax and it is run with a remote control. You can build different track routes for the train and can be very entertaining for both adults and children.

For his birthday, he received extra pieces to make the train track routes bigger and better with hills and tunnels, ect. On Owen's birthday, Gavin spent quite a bit of time setting up the train track with all the new pieces. When Gavin finally got done putting the train track together. He wanted to give it a test run with remote. Owen, however, was content with just pushing the train by hand.

Gavin and Owen argued for a few minutes about whether or not to turn on the train with the remote and watch it go around. Owen was stubbornly saying no, and Gavin was persistently trying to persuade him. Finally, the arguing stopped when the biggest kid said, "fine, I'll just play with it when you go to bed!"

Later, after Owen had been tucked into bed and I was sitting in Max's room putting him to bed, I hear "tooot tooot," from downstairs.

Mischief Maker Max

Max is becoming quite the character. He was so proud of himself for figuring out that the seatbelt on the big boy highchair wasn't actually holding him in and he could climb onto the table. A few day later, we got the baby seat back out!

Dr. Owen

Dr. Owen was giving me a check-up the other morning. I was laying on the floor dramatically crying awaiting my shot. Owen of course thought this was funny and kept telling me to cry more. Then he announced to Grandma, "Mommy is crying, Mommy wants her Gavin!"