5 Month Size Update

November 29, Finn is 5 months old.
Weight: 23.5lbs
Current clothing: 18mos

Cheeks seem to be getting a little smaller...

can't find my camera in all the mess, am slightly afraid I left it at security at DIA...so no pictures (last ones courtesy of other ppls cameras).

How to Have Thanksgiving When Everyone is Sick

Well, not everyone was sick. Travis and Finn were healthy. I was kicking the last of my Dublin cold, and the rest of the crew were all exhibiting unspeakable stomach flu symptoms. So, we all celebrated our Thanksgiving on Friday this year. The turkey got cooked on Thursday and turned into turkey noodle soup for all the sickies (Mom was pretty much recovered and did a great job with dinner). So since no one actually got to see the beautiful turkey before it got carved Mom took a picture of it for everyone to see. Travis was thrilled to get to the leftovers part of Thanksgiving dinner without doing the dinner part first. Leftovers are his favorite part.

We were also hoping Finn would get to go swimming while in warm and sunny Phoenix. The weather was warm enough the beginning of the week but the neighbor-hood pool was a bit murky. Before Travis scoped out the pool (and discovered it was too murky for wee babies) we tested out Finn's pool toy to make sure it didn't have any leaks and discovered that he loved it even without the pool to play in.

And SWINGS!
Uncle Q's house is about three houses away from the park. Swinging was a big hit.

Greats

These are two of Finn's Great Grandparents, the Moores (Maggie's Moore side, not Travis...so Maggie's paternal grandparents. If you're confused about the name you'll have to email me). I love this picture, I'm so happy they get to meet Finn. My maternal grandparents will get to meet him in early December, I'm excited about that, too. This was during a welcome home lunch in Denver where we ate large quantities of Mexican food at one of our favorite restaurants and many family members congregated to meet the newest arrival. Not a single one made it through the meeting without saying HOW BIG he is!

We are now in Phoenix for a week visiting my brother for Thanksgiving. We are all well over jet lag and Master F seems to have settled well. He woke up today all giggles and smiles, the desert air seems to agree with him. Either that or Uncle Q's just really that good.

Farewell Dublin

Bye Dublin, we will miss you.

A very blurry picture of us and our 12 bags, 1 stroller, 6 carry ons, car seat + baby at the aircoach stop by Bewleys at about 7am. Travis' mom came to help us move and boy were we glad. We made quite the scene in the airport as people pointed and stared at us with our three cart loads of stuff. We, and all our stuff, made it safely to Denver. Finn flew like a champ, with only minimal fussing through 24 hours of travel from our door in Dublin to Grandma's door in Denver.

adding the picture...

here it is...