Hiking the Y

For our first date Devon and I hiked up to the Y. It was a FABULOUS first date. We met at Wal-Mart and headed up to the base of the mountain. It was starting to get a little chilly, so Devon pulled out some old jackets from his trunk. He put on his Mountain View High School Choir 2001 jacket. I was very taken aback. I knew he was at least a year younger than me, but I graduated in 1999, so 2001 seemed incredibly young! (He is a year younger, but since  his birthday is in September and mine is in August he's two grades behind me.) As we started up the mountain I was really surprised what a tough hike it was. It wasn't long, but very steep. At the time I was in the best shape of my life, running six miles a day, but this still proved very difficult. But, of course, I couldn't let Devon see me struggle! Once we made it up we sat and talked for a LONG time! By the time we started hiking down I knew I really liked Devon. I was thinking my feeling were reciprocated until, at the end of the date, Devon said, 'I'll give you a call.' I'd been on enough dates to know that was usually a brush off.  But, much to my surprise, he did in fact give me a call!

Well, two and a half years and one little West later we hiked again. This time I am in the worst shape of my life, so the mountain proved to be a very BIG challenge, but we made it and had a FABULOUS time!

Shorty

Devon and I are about average height (maybe just a tad below average), but we both have tall genes in our families. The hope was that our children would get those tall genes, we never got. Well, for the first of our offspring, it's not looking so hot. I took West to his six month well child exam last week. The nurses did all the measurements and then left West and I to wait for the doctor. When the doctor walked in West was sitting on the exam table in his diaper. The doctor looked at him and said, "Hmmm, wow, well, umm..." He paused for a minute then continued, "His percentiles were so low (Height 5-7th; Weight 20th) that I wasn't expecting such as healthy looking baby. Was he premature?" He was not. Of course I got worried. He then proceeded with the exam. As soon as he was done he said, "Yep, he's doing really good! Very well proportioned. Just a short little guy!" UGH, the words I hoped I'd never have to hear. I know it's too early to know for sure, but I'm thinking the NBA might not be on the list of potential career paths West can take. On the bright side, the doctor said he's got a big head. If he's going to get his dad's height, he better get his brains!