Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We spent the day with Marc's family and had dinner at his parent's house. We all contributed our part to the dinner and it turned out great. After dinner we left the girls with the grandparents and went to see New Moon. I have to say, I was entertained. It wasn't the most amazing movie ever, but both Marc and I got some laughs from it and had a good time. The girls loved being at Rara and Papa's and playing with all their fun toys.

Another video

OK, so blogger was weird about uploading, but youtube was better, so click here to view the other video.

Boxes

My mom bought the girls new car seats because they are outgrowing the infant seats. The girls were endlessly entertained with the boxes they came in. I have a funnier, but longer clip that Blogger doesn't want to upload because it's too big, but you get the idea.

1 year appointment (sort of)

It's been awhile since I posted. We have been very busy lately. My semester is wrapping up and I am excited for it to be over. My new job is going good and I am going to start taking call in December. Today we finally went to the Pediatrician for the 1 year appointment. We have had insurance troubles, but that is finally straightened out so we could go to the doctor. The girls are as tiny as ever, but developing fine. The Dr. was very impressed with their mental development, particularly with how many words they know (speaking and signing). Here are the stats:

Alice:

17 lbs 7 oz (2%)

28" (5%)

Claire:

18 lbs 11 oz (2%)

29.5" (37%)

We were hoping to be able to move the car seats to forward facing, but that is not likely any time soon.

The Subaru Saga

About a week ago my dad bought us a 1998 Subaru off of Ebay. The trick was that it was in St. Louis. On Tuesday Marc flew out to St. Louis to pick it up. Marc was picked up at the airport by a mechanic/salesman who was dressed as a mechanic. He was then taken to a small used car lot in an industrial part of town. The plan was to drive to my sister Rachael's house in Omaha, spend the night, and come home. Everything appeared fine until the first stop for gas, apparently the car had not been driven for awhile and started smoking. The check engine came on about 2.5 hours away from Omaha. A cop had pulled Marc over for a headlight being out. At this time it was very obvious that there was a problem due to the smoke pouring out of the hood. Marc decided to stop and spend the night at a motel instead of risking getting stranded. In the morning Marc took the car to AutoZone where they read the check engine light. This wasn't too informative, so Marc took the car to Midas where they were sympathetic toward his story. They looked over the car, gave him a list of problems, topped off his fluids and told him he would probably make it. (This was all free, very nice people at the Midas in St. Joseph, Missouri). The car did fine again until he was almost at Rachael's when it began to smoke once more. He finally made it to Omaha where he switched cars for Janell's Christmas present. This leg of the journey was much smoother. Janell's car is almost new and pretty nice. Marc didn't like driving such a feminine car, but whatever. He spent the night in Cheyenne. While driving across Wyoming the winds were really bad and the licence plate was ripped from the back of the car. It ripped right off of the bolts. This was a plate from our Pathfinder, so we will need a replacement. He lost the plate around 11:00 and got home around 6:30, he wasn't bothered at all by police until the turnoff to Pinecrest Canyon (2 miles from home). The cop took some time getting the story straight and called Rachael (the car is in her name), he finally let Marc go without a ticket. Whew! It was a long few days for both of us. I'm glad he is home and we'll see when we finally get the Subaru.