Believe it or not, Avery is quickly approaching her 14th birthday. It seems like just days ago that I was holding a beautiful baby girl in my arms in the hospital. And now we’re looking at a beautiful teenager who
Between Chris’ birthday lunch celebration and Damon’s baseball game last night Avery had her 13-year doctor’s appointment. Here are her latest stats: Weight – 76.8 pounds, an increase of 10.4 pounds since last year (3rd to 5th percentile).Height – 56.25
It’s suddenly the last day of school! What an incredible year it has been for both Avery and Damon. They both grew tremendously academically and socially. And we inched a little closer to 100 percent normal schooldays. Being part of
All hail the king! It took 11 years, but Chris finally hoisted the family trophy in this year’s family bracket challenge. Here is our update of the tournament (rankings are in order of ESPN points standing): Chris0-1 in Championship Game39-24
Thanks to Duke’s Final Four loss, I’m out of the running for the trophy this year. Grandpa went from the bottom to second place after Kansas’ win last night. But it won’t be enough because Chris has claimed the trophy
Well, that was a disappointing Elite Eight round. Saint Peter’s is done, and the Final Four is full of teams I hate! As for the family pool, here are the current scenarios. If Duke loses its first game in the
Boom! That sound you heard was everyone’s brackets blowing up, thanks to big losses by overall No. 1 Gonzaga and fellow No. 1 seed Arizona. I usually root for the underdog, so I must say how exciting the Sweet Sixteen
As expected, the Big Ten really disappointed us in the second round. I think most of us have realized that it’s not a good idea to choose Big Ten teams to go past the second round! Chris is leading our
There was a sad 7-year-old boy in our house on Thursday night after IU’s blowout loss in the first round. He couldn’t believe how much his team disappointed him! But he hasn’t given up on them and expects them to
Welcome to mid-March, which means it’s bracket time! After two weird years, hopefully this year’s tournament will be almost 100 percent completely normal. Our household is pretty stoked that IU has returned to the tournament and won its play-in game.