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We took Jillian for her 15 months well check on Tuesday.  We went to hopefully our last pediatrician in Austin - we are on #4 now.

And guess what???  She is still small!

Length: 28 1/4 inches ( in the 3rd percentile - she is the length of an average 10 month)
Weight: 18 pounds 8 ounces (which is below the chart)
Head: 44.5cm (15th percentile)

But she is going up on her growth chart - ever so slowly - but it is still going in the right direction.

I see you!

25,034 items on Flickr

Today we hit a pretty big milestone on Flickr.  Okay it isn’t really a big deal at all in the grand scheme of things, but today we uploaded our 25,000th photo to Flickr.  And then kept right on going.  Of those photos less than 11,000 are publicly viewable.  Most of the rest are visible to contacts marked as friends or family while a few remain private for only Amber and I.  We “censor” or trim the photos that are visible to the public for two reasons:  1) We take too many photos.  Unless you are a dedicated Wesley or Jillian fan you’d probably give up when faced with fifty pictures of the kids in the living room and miss the photos of the kids at the park that we also uploaded that day.  2) There are a lot of weirdos out there.  We make non-public any photos that show any parts of the kids that aren’t usually visible in public.

You’ll also notice we are closing in on 100,000 views (so keep looking at those photos people).  I’m sure I’ll post about that milestone as well, when the time comes.

On Wednesday we went with Angela and Wesley to the Boggy Creek Farmer’s Market.  It is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9-1.  They say to come early for the best selection.  We were there about 9:45 and there was a lot of everything but lettuce and tomatoes.  They were all gone.

The boys carried the bags while Angela and I filled them up.  Angela got some eggplant, peppers, onions, and potatoes.  I got some pears, and onion and half dozen fresh hen eggs.

After we got our veggies the kids headed over to the baby chickens.  They were so sweet talking and pointing to the chicks.

Next we went over to the hen house.  This is were the eggs I bought were laid and collected.  There were a lot of hens and a rooster or two.  The kids did not see the rooster, but Wesley heard it and got really excited.  He started saying cock-a -doodle-do over and over.

Next to the hen house is a dirt pit/pile and some trucks.  What kid can resist that?  Wesley spent his hole time there.  He was uninterested in the big chickens, but Wesley Owen and Jillian thought they were pretty neat.

After our visit with the hens and a tour of the farm, (The boys thought it was cool to see where the produce was grown.  They also liked the rows of dirt that were tilled over for the next crop to go into.) we sat down on the benches and had some goats milk ice cream.  Wesley Owen had chocolate and I got Ambrosia (pineapple, coconut and vanilla flavor) for Wesley and Jillian.  Jillian loved it - Wesley did not.  Wesley Own shared a bit of his chocolate and Wesley loved it.  So we went and got him Turtle Chocolate.  Once everyone was happy with their flavors, they sat and enjoyed the ice cream and made a pretty big mess on the bench and on their clothes.

Then it was time to leave the farm.  Angela and I had no real plans for the rest of the day.  We were planning on heading back to her place and letting the kids play.  But she got a call from the her friend the owner of Los Portales asking her to come and work the lunch shift.  So we headed over there for lunch.  The kids ate their tacos and ate queso and chips.  Wesley was dipping queso on a chip for Jillian and feeding it to her.  It was pretty cute.  Then I noticed there was salsa in the queso.  And then I looked at Jillian.  Wesley gave her the salsa too!  It was hot for me so I was worried that she would be crying.  She just looked up at me and gave me a look like “huh.  My mouth is hot.” and then took a sip of her milk and she was just fine.  She is like her daddy.  Likes it hot!

It was a fun day.  It is nice that Angela lets me tag along with her.  As she pulls away from my house she always says - the bus is on the move…  Wesley now calls our car a bus too.  It is pretty sweet.

We are looking forward to our next excursion out with the Wesley Owen.

We had Jillian’s 1st Birthday party this past Sunday.  Lots of kids and lots of parents were there to help us celebrate her first year.  She arrived to the party late - she over slept.  But once she joined her friends she enjoyed every minute.

She had her first juice box.  It was apple juice and she LOVED it.  So it being her birthday and all, she got this second one.  She carried it around all over and would not let it go.

The kids and the adults had a great time jumping in the bouncy castle, playing in the sandbox and making bubble snakes at the water table.

Jillian got lots of help opening her gifts.  But once they were opened, she liked to keep them in one big pile on Amber’s lap - so they would all be close to her.

Next was cake time.  Here we are singing her Happy Birthday.

She enjoyed the yummy cake.

And the ice cream too

We all had a nice time.  It was great to hang out with our friends, but we really missed all of our family.  We thought about you the whole day.  Hopefully next year we will be able to celebrate with family.

We can’t wait to see what Jillian does in this next year.  She makes us laugh everyday.  And we hope seeing her puts a smile on your face too.

Happy Birthday Jillian!