We had a great time over Thanksgiving weekend with Grandma Rowley. Grandma Rowley got a lot of quality time holding Oden. Picture: Look how big Oden looks sitting on Grandma's lap!!!
We had a lot of fun cooking all day on Thanksgiving Day. We had Turkey, stuffing, broccoli, crescent rolls, mashed potatoes, devilled eggs, gravy, and homemade cranberry sauce! Good stuff. We even got a picture of the Turkey (he's the one with the knife).
Oden has had a challenging time with the bottle. We were afraid he had a drinking problem, even at such a young age (kids grow up sooooo quickly today!). But, alas, as Oden got to around 4 months he was able to figure the bottle out, and he has drained the last 4 or 5 that we have given him. In an experiment, we had Grandma feed him... and a well executed experiment it was (Oden's parents are both scientists). However, during the feeding a ferocious chihuahua came out of nowhere and attacked Grandma Rowley's ankles! This is all captured on film in the pic.One exciting thing going on in our lives is that we are planning a trip to Barcelona! Jon is going there for work, and needs to be at some clinical trial surgeries on December 18 and 19. Being so close to Christmas, we decided to make a family trip out of it - yes, Oden's first trip greater than 15 miles from home will be Barcelona, Spain (via Amsterdam). He will travel internationally before he ever gets out of state! Funny stuff. Hopefully, this is a foreshadowing of Oden's future adventures. Our international trip means that Oden needs a passport! Patricia got Oden's passport photo last week (Patricia hates the photo, it looks like a baby mugshot), and we went and filled out the application Friday afternoon. With the expedited service, we will have Oden's passport in 2 weeks... now THAT is some government efficiency.
Friday, before Grandma Lynda's departure, we decided to put up the Christmas tree. Since we will be gone an entire week before Christmas (our trip is from Dec 16-23), we wanted to have as much Christmas time in our house as possible... We got a nice family photo in front of the tree.
2 comments:
Wow, Spain. Sounds awesome. Yeah I took my kids to Bed, Bath and Beyond the other day. Probably just like Spain. Take Care, kevin
The Rowley's have a blog! (Bryce sent me the link to it) Oden is looking great - I hope he enjoys his first international trip. Megan and I just returned from Barcelona and Valencia - be sure to try some of the paella while you are down there!
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