Paging Dr. Flanagan

Halloween comes a little early in Lower Paxton Township. Trick-or-Treating was Thursday night. So Liam and Kyle carved a pumpkin on Wednesday to set outside. Liam was having fun scooping out the seeds but didn't like the stringy guts, "Ewww!"Thanks to a present from Scott and Anna (Medtronic scrubs), Liam's costume was easy to plan this year. He did really well with it and left his cap, stethoscope, and name tag alone for most of the night. He was pretty shy at the first few houses, but then got the hang of it and did very well saying "Thank you."

Liam also wore his costume to school today. Everyone loved it. The other moms are already trying to hook their daughters up with the handsome doctor!!

Posing for a class photo.

18 month checkup

Liam had his checkup today and is doing well like always. He was so well behaved considering we spent over an hour waiting because the doctor was running behind. He is in the 85th percentile for his height (33 3/4 inches) and the 35rd percentile for his weight (24 pounds 12 ounces). He was very brave and didn't make a peep when he got his shot. The nurse said he has an advanced vocabulary for his age after he pointed out to her the bus, kite, green tree and stars painted on the wall without prompting. We are trying to keep up with Jake, a fellow orator of great esteem. Next visit is in 6 months, when he will be two. Yes, two. In six months Liam will be two. Is this really possible? Didn't I just pee on a stick a few months back? Yes, if a few means 27. In two days it will be 27 months ago exactly.

Oh yeah, and he's already driving.

Cruisin'

Today we got home from our 8 day cruise in the Caribbean. We had a blast in each of our destinations. Above in front of the ship in Puerto Rico where we did some jewelry shopping and hung out at Senior Frogs. We also went snorkeling in St. Martin but I didn't bring my camera for fear of losing it forever in the Sea. Below is a pic of the beach in Tortola where we swam. The water was gorgeous and there weren't many people there. The boys took advantage of this and swam sans shorts!

Kyle and I before swimming in Tortola. The sand was super soft.

Formal night pictures. See we can clean up nice!

The cruise was great except for one thing. WE MISSED OUR BUDDY! We never want to vaca without him again. We bought him his own ship to sail in the tub. If you ask him where Mommy and Daddy were he says "On a boat". We're very happy to be home, rested and recharged.