De Leon Update for July

Summer is starting to finally relax around here as all our trips, travels and visits are behind us. Teri was in Las Vegas for 5 days, home for 5 days then in Brazil for 9.The kids and I were in Amarillo/Spearman for 5 days, I was home for 3 and then back again for my reunion. This equaled lots of packing, unpacking, security lines, missed and delayed flights, tired kids and laundry. As wonderful as it was to see everyone, I’m glad to be home and have the luggage stored for a while. For the remainder of the summer we have nothing major going on.


Both the boys had their checkups this week and this is what we know: Reese weighs 19 lbs. 2 oz and is literally off the growth charts. He is the size of an average 9 month old at 3.5 months. It’s like holding a Thanksgiving turkey everyday. He’s smiling a lot now and will even laugh a bit. We heard it the first time when Vin was wrestling with Grumps in Spearman. Teri tries all the time to make him do it, but he’s a hard sell. It is fun to watch her being silly!


Vin is a healthy 4 year old too weighing in at about 34 lbs. He’s going to a Ear, Nose, & Throat Dr. to check his tonsils, we may need to have them removed. The dr. is surprised he’s not snoring every night because they are so big. He is such a funny guy and busts out with the strangest comments all the time. I just wonder what goes on in his head. Some things he’s said in the past couple of days are:
• Mom, when do the wishes come true? (referring to both birthday wishes and star wishes.
• And the crowd goes wild!
• Momma said I should eat my dinner, I better get to it!
• But wait, there’s more…
   He's also dreamed up a Rainbow Car that he's going to drive when he get older and his favorite toy is a Nascar hotwheels that when he's looking for it  he says "you know Mom, it's the car I love the most and the one I fix-ED"

These of course may not sound that funny to you but trust me, he’s got that look where he cocks his head, scrunches up his eyes and pouts his lips to impart how serious he is.

He’s also been taking Hip-Hop dance classes and swimming lessons. According to his swim coach he can swim the length of the pool, but we’ve never seen it. He begged us to cancel his second session of lessons and refuses to take off his intertube in the pool. We’re going along with his wishes, he seems genuinely afraid of the water and does NOT want more lessons. No big deal, he can try again next year. He’ll eventually be a swimmer.

He’s also refusing to take a nap at school and then consequently tells us that “school is so boring”. Well I’d be bored too if I laid on cot for 2 hours everyday and didn’t sleep. Oh what I’d do for a 2 hour nap time! He’s so lucky and doesn’t even know it!

As for Teri and I, we’ll celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary tomorrow. We’re going out to dinner to celebrate. I’ll post more on this later. Have a great weekend everyone!