More Pumpkins!

While Daddy was in Colorado watching the Baylor Bears WIN, Minnie and Papa came to play with us!

We loaded the kids up and headed to a pumpkin patch to play, and Minnie took some GREAT pics of them :)

Caroline turning the tables and taking pictures of her Minnie...

If you look close, you can see the little man's teefers

Minnie and Papa with Miles...Caroline was too busy playing to join them for a photo op ;)

Me and my little buddy :)

Our sweet girl striking a pose

I just LOOOOVE this time of year!

Pumpkins with the Punkins

We made a last mintue decision NOT to go to Dallas for the Baylor-Tech Game at the Cotton Bowl this weekend. While we were sad to miss out on the fun of the fair and football, we needed a restful weekend at home with just our little family!!!

Saturday morning we headed to the Pumpkin Patch! We got there bright and early so we could beat the crowds, and so we could get home in time to watch the BU game on TV :)

Our Punkins

Caroline LOVED all the scarecrows everywhere

Her first ride on a horse! The horse's name was Kitty, and Caroline had the time of her life riding her!

The hayride

The barrel train ride.

feeding the goats

A failed attempt at a picture of the kiddos. This is when we realized it was tiem to go home ;)

So we loaded up our pumpkin purchases and headed out!

After the pumkin patch, we came home and fired up the smoker. Jon made ribs, a pork butt, and homemade mashed potatoes! We spent the res tof the day with the doors and windows open, playing outside, and watching football. If only the Bears had won, it would have a been a PERFECT day ;)


After her nap today, Caroline only wanted her DADDY to get her out of bed, so he asked that we document "the day she became a Daddy's girl" because she chose him over me ;) Of course, she has actually ALWAYS been a daddy's girl!

*A few disclaimers about this pic:

-Jon is sweaty because he just finsished mowing the yard.

-The walls in Caroline's room are currently painted in a blue cammo pattern. Soon, they will be repainted green :)

-Yes, Caroline was still wearing her PJ's at naptime. We had a bit of a lazy Sunday due to a fairly sleepless Saturday night :( Miles has a cold and is teething, which meant no sleep for Mama. Luckily, After I fed him this morning, Daddy took over all partenting duties and I got to sleep in and read in bed until 11:30!!!!!!!!! We didn't make it to church, but it was AMAZING to get caught up on sleep so I can function this week :) Thank you Daddy!!

-Don't you just love the way C is looking at her Daddy in this pic? I sure do love these two :)

That's all folks!

Fall Favorites

I love everything about Fall...the weather, the football, the pumpkins, the leaves, all of it!

And of course, I love these festive little cuties :)

Happy Fall, Y'all!

5 months!

Miles is 5 months old today!

He has been up to all kinds of big boy things lately,

practicing his sitting skills...

playing in the ball pit...

jumping...

swinging at the park...

Everyone keeps asking if he is "always this good" or "always this happy" and the answer is YES! He is just a really content and happy little guy. I love his sweet nature :)

He has his 2 bottom teeth now, which makes him look so old and grown up!

He is FINALLY sleeping through the night, which means he goes down at 7, we wake him and feed him once more around 10ish, then he sleeps til 7:30. Sometimes we still have to go in to give him his paci at some point during the wee hours of the morning, but I'll take it! Last night, we decided not to wake him and feed him at 10, He did great, but he needed a little more help getting resettled when he woke in the middle of the night. I would say we are very close to getting 12 hours of sleep at night...YEA!

As far as naps go, he has to be pretty flexible since we are often (or always) on the go. He gets lots of naps in his car seat :) But he takes great naps in his crib, too...when we are home.

His absolute favorite activity is rolling onto his tummy. When I put him on his back, it is literally almost instant that he will flip himself over. He will play on his tummy for a while, and kind of inch and scoot all over the place. I get the impression he is going to be a crawler just like his big sis was ;)

Major Catch Up!

So sorry for the complete lack of blogging lately. I started to get a little behind, and then the task of getting caught up started to seem so daunting!

Here's what we've been up to:

4 Months!

Back to School!

Miles's Big Day

Chompers and Grub

A Funky Hogg Wedding

I think I've brought you up to speed now...Whew!

A Funky Hogg Wedding

We had a blast celebrating Jason (Hogg) and Shannon (Funk)'s wedding this past weekend!

It was a mini-reunion of sorts with most of the Richardson High School gang in full effect.

At the Rehearsal Dinner...

Kevin, Matt, Eric, Jon, Jason, Kevin, Tim, and Casey

And at the wedding...

Tim, Eric, Casey, Jon, Kevin W., Kevin K., Trent, Matt G., Matt H., and Jason

The ladies...

Mandy, Monica, Hayley, Me, and Samantha

Dancing the Hora...so fun!

Jon claims to have "saved Jason's life." ;)

It was a beautiful wedding!!! Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Hogg!!!

Chompers and Grub

He has a tooth! It finally made its appearance about a week after his 4 month check up...Now I know where all that drool was coming from :)

He eats! We started rice cereal, and he is doing great so far. He seems to like it...although, I am not sure how much of it actually ends up in his mouth!

FEEEEEEED me!

Do I have something on my face?

What a cute little chunk :)

He looks so little in the high chair!

Caroline loves the idea of him eating food like her.

She loves to keep him entertained. Here she is "colorling" for him...

I love watching their interactions :) So cute!

Miles's Big Day

Miles got to be the star of the show at his dedication at church. We love our church and loved celelbrating this special day!!!

He looked like such a big boy all dressed up :)

The fam

Our special guy

Mimi and Papa Al with the kiddos

Minnie and Papa with the kiddos

2 funny stories...

1.) When we were taking the above family pics, Miles managed to fill his diaper. Then it leaked all over Alan AND my Dad. Ha, ha..it was hilarious (to me, not as much to them ;))

2.) Caroline has started referring to my dad as "Little Papa" and Alan as "Big Papa" Obviously, the names are accurate, and this totally cracks all of us up...she came up with it all on her own!

Back to School!

Caroline was SOOO excited to start back to school! She loves her class and loves her teachers so far...yea!

First Day of School

September 7, 2010

4 months!

Miles is 4 months old!

He is such a happy, mellow, and laid back baby. He rarely fusses, and is full of smiles for everyone :)

He is the drooliest...I mean DROOLIEST baby ever. Whole fist in the mouth, soaking wet clothes, dripping all over DROOL monster.

He loves to cheer on the Bears

So big in the exersaucer!



Smiley :)

A rare moment of seriousness ;) I am pretty sure he is wishing I would stop taking his picture.

I am so thankful for my lovey little guy!

4 month stats:

Weight: 15 lbs. 5 oz. (70th %ile)

Height: 25 3/4 in (80th %ile)

Head: 42 1/2 cm (50th %ile)

He had quite a growth spurt in the height department, he must take after his Daddy. And he obviously doesn't take after his Mommy and big sis in the BIG head department...yea for an average sized head!!