Hangin' Around...

Miles catching up on some light reading, while practicing his sitting skills...such a multi-tasker.

Caroline loves to help me cook. She especially loves to lick the spoon, of course! Pumpkin muffins...YUM!

Daddy enjoying some play time before bed. Both of them absolutely ADORE Jon. It's so sweet :)

Caroline really enjoys playing with Miles most of the time. She likes to "hold" him. And really wishes she could carry him around...ha!

Not a great pic, but she was making me laugh by crawling in this basket. So random.

We've enjoyed a few "movie mornings" recently. She doesn't usually last the whole time, but its fun to mpop popcorn, stay in our , and cuddle :)

Not sure what is going on with the "leg up" pose here...love them matching jammies. What's the point of having 2 kids, if you dont dress them alike form time to time, right??? ;)

I thought I'd leave you with a little video...

I have been working out with "Stroller Strides" the past few weeks. Basically, a group of moms meet up at a park with our strollers and do a full-body workout. Caroline has been imitating me, and its so funny. She will push her shopping cart around the play room stopping periodically to do her "workout" or her "stretches" I have been trying to capture it on video, but of course, much easier said than done! Hopefully, you can hear her telling me that she is doing squats. ha ha...i love this girl.

Gotta love that she is wearing her halloween costume while working out. She likes to put her costume on over her clothes most days...This day, she decided costume with no pants was the way to go. Ha!

Sic 'Em Bears!!!

Obviously, we loooooooove Baylor Football. The good, the bad, the ugly...we consider ourselves true fans. We have definitely had our fair share of the bad and the ugly, but this weekend we finally got to relish in some GOOD! We beat KState, became bowl eligible, and are finally ranked in the BCS standings!!!!! Seriously, so exciting!

We started bright and early at the parade. It was so fun to be with my BFFs and have all of our daughters together :)

Kristin and Libby, Me and Caroline, Ginny (expecting baby boy in March!!) and Mattie

The girls taking in the sights and sounds.




After the parade, I asked Caroline what her favorite part was...

Me: "Was it the band? or the bears? or the cheerleaders?..."

Her: "Or the candy?" :)





Next we made a quick stop off to see Kristin's parents. Then headed to the tailgate. It was great!! We put Miles in the exersaucer, and set Caroline up with stickers and crayons. They had a great time! Caroline even napped in the car for a little while. I didn't get any pics :(


We went into the game, but as soon as we got to our seats, got settled, they suspended the game because of lightening. After a huge downpour, and almost 2 HOURS of rain delay, the game resumed. We were SOO thankful for the privilege of the Letterman's Lounge. We were able to stay nice and dry...even thought it was VERY hot and crowded in there ;)



Hanging in the lounge with Connor





I almost gave up and took the kids home at this point. It was rainy, hot, and they were getting restless. But thankfully, I decided to tough it out because....WE WON and I got to see it :)







(They scored after I took this pic...so the final was actually 47-42)

Everyone rushed the field, which was SO fun!


Daddy and Miles celebrating on the field

Caroline ran around high-fiving random people

She loved playing around on "Daddy's field."

After the crazy weather, the 2 hour delay, and chasing/carrying around the kids ALL day...I was exhausted, but it was worth every single minute :)

We can't wait to see our Bears in a bowl!!

Sic 'Em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!