Birthday Boy

Dash has been counting down the days to his birthday for quite some time now (I think we started at 51 days to go).  He was particularly excited to wake up to streamers on the wall and balloons in the hallway.  I think we probably could have gotten away with just that, but we continued to celebrate throughout the day.

Brandan gave Dash a gag gift of groceries.  He was a little concerned, so Colt kept digging through the bag for something better.

We gave Dash a Spiderman water bottle and....

a bike.  Dash told everyone he got a water bottle and a bike to go with it.

Dash wanted to hike for his birthday so we trekked through the hills just down from the house.



Dash and his basketball birthday cake.



The cake.

Earlier this week, we took Sport into his nine month check up.  Lets just say we hope this kid is fast 'cause he ain't gonna be big.  The doctor was a little concerned to see that he had dropped into the 1st percentile in his weight (16 lbs 4 oz) and the 3rd percentile in his height.  Brandan had come to this appointment and I think she was looking at him and wondering why Sport was so small, so we explained his gene pool and she immediately dismissed his size as a problem.  However, he is slightly anemic so we have to step up the red meat and vitamins.  We decided to take immediate action and left the doctor's office to go straight to McDonald's for burgers and fries.

Sport doesn't let his small size stop him though. Today during Sunday School he took two steps on his own.  I think we may have been a little distracting when we started cheering and clapping during the lesson, but we were just so proud of our little Tiny.

The boys at the Fish Hatchery in Spearfish.

The boys and their trucks. This is one of the few games Sport is allowed to participate in.

The boys in the matching outfits Grandma Clayson sent. They were extremely proud of themselves that day.

Dash and Colt playing robots.