Sweet Ride

All set for our first family bike ride!


To say they loved it would be a drastic understatement. They both had huge grins on their little faces the whole time!!! So fun!

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Future Grammy Winner?

As I sit here watching the Grammys, I thought I would share this little performance with you...

Caroline and Daddy sing this song to each other all the time :)

(it's Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are" Just in case you can't tell ;))

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Caroline's V-Day Party

Caroline had her Valentine's Party at school today. She has been talking about all week and was really looking forward to giving valentines to all of her friends...and getting "special treats" at the party :)

All dressed up and ready to go!

Thanks, Minnie! I love my super-cute outfit!

Hugging her sweet friend Jack C.

Telling Jack C. to smile and say "Happy Valentine's Day" Isn't he such a doll?

The 3 Amigos...Caroline and her 2 Jacks. Love these boys and their sweet parents :)

Obviously, Caroline loves them, too...

Hi, Jack S.

Wanna hug? (Seriously, look at his expression...sheer terror...priceless!)

Get away from me crazy girl!!!!

We're so proud ;)

Here is a video of the little song they sang for us. You will note that you can hear Caroline LOUD and clear in the beginning. Then she looks around and realizes no one else is really singing. Too funny!




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9 Months!

9 months old is one of my favorite stages. It's so much fun to how interactive and full of personality they have become by this age.

Miles is, in my opinion, completely adorable of course :)

He is crawling everywhere, getting into everything, and pulling up on anything he can find.

His new favorite spot in the window by the front door. Doesn't he look so big and grown up????

He is still such a laid back, chill little guy. Always smiling, very mellow, and sweet as can be.

I tried to entice him to crawl down the tunnel, but he was happy just to look at me instead :)

Playing with Daddy, who is, OF COURSE, his favorite person ever. If he hears Jon's voice, he is immediately looking all over til he find him. This game involved Daddy bopping him on the head with the pillow, not my idea of a good time, but M seemed to think it was hysterical.

He has 6 teeth, 4 on bottom, 2 on top. He has been extra drooly again the past couple of days, so I am sure there are more on the way.

He can wave bye bye and can almost clap. He usually slaps his knees instead of clapping his hands, but he was trying to get his hands together today.

He loves to stand up in his crib...Sorry for the blurry cell phone pic, he was jumping.

He sleeps 12-13 hours at night. Goes to bed around 7 and wake up between 7:30 and 8 in the morning. Soooooo awesome!

Also takes 2 naps a day, for 1 1/2-2 hours each.


He has found the stairs, but (luckily) hasn't figured out how to move past the first one ...yet.

His favorite sounds are dadada, mamama, and bababa.

He is a great little eater. We have tried all kinds of table food, but also still eat baby food.

We rarely call him Miles. Caroline calls him bubba and bubber bear. Jon and I usually call him bear or bubba. I don't know why, but he just looks like Bear to me :)

We had a great check up with Dr. G yesterday. We are gong to see a pediatric opthamologist to look at his right eye. The tear duct on that eye is still blocked, which makes it extra teary, and sometimes goopy :( Other than that, he passed with flying colors!

9 month stats:
Weight-22.1 lbs (75%)
Height-28 3/4 in (70%)
Head-75%
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NFL Players Party XLV

So, I feel like I should give a little back story just in case anyone who is reading doesn't know the whole story...

Jon signed with the Arizona Cardinals after college. Although is time there was short, he signed an NFL contract. That makes him is officially eligible to join the NFL Players Association. Score!

When they announced the party for this year, we jumped on the chance to go!!

Jon had to go in person to pick up the invitation (where he saw Adiran Peterson picking up his!)

The invitation to the NFL Players Association Party XLV

They did spell his name wrong, but he was just happy to be invited at all ;)

Andrew and Mel were kind enough to chauffeur us to the party. About to leave...

On the red carpet

I was so nervous and excited. I have never really spotted any celebrities in real life before...unless you count the time Gov. Rick Perry sat behind us at church...Or one time when we thought we saw Coach Bobby Knight at the airport. Lame, I know.

The party had a very "Vegas" vibe. Ice sculptures, go go dancers, lounge seating everywhere...

Jon and his buddy Robbin Jones (fellow Baylor Bear!) We also ran into Santana Dotson (for those of you who know BU football)

The entertainment. Trey Songz. Must admit, I had no idea who he was. When we heard he was preforming, we studied up. Turns out he is kinda of a big deal ;)

Close up of Trey. Bottoms up, Bottoms up...throw your hands up...

Surprise guest...Jamie Foxx! He came out and sang "Blame it on the A-A-A-Alcohol." It was pretty awesome...


Close up of Jamie. Pretty sure he was pointing at me, saying "what's up hottie" ;)

Another surprise performance by Nikki Minaj.

Jon with David Spade. He is sooooo little. He is standing on a platform in this pic, so you can't tell, but he is probably about my height...which is SHORT.

We were dancing right next to Emmitt Smith and his wife. They are both absolutely beautiful. Love them. They were dancing and laughing and flirting with each other all night. SO sweet to see them...We also saw Cam Newton (recent Heisman winner). He had an entourage of about 8 people. Pretty ridiculous considering he is still a college player. No one else had an entourage...

Chad Ochocinco was there. With his finace (who is on VH1's Basketball wives). He seemed shorter than I had imagined.

There were other people there from some of the "Real Housewives" shows, but I don't watch them so I have no idea who they were.

Serena Williams was there, but I couldn't find her anywhere! Believe me I tried!

We also heard that Eva Longoria was there. I looked everywhere and couldn't find her either...turns out it was actually Evan Longoria (3rd baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays). Not nearly as exciting :)

We saw a bunch of other players, but no one else I really knew or recognized. Jon was practically beside himself though.

It was such a fun night!!!! So surreal...I mean, how far from my normal life could one night possibly be???




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Winter?

It certainly has felt more like spring than winter lately! Trust me, you won't hear a complaint from us...we have been loving these warm and sunny days!!

Last week, we packed up our lunches and headed to the park for a picnic.

Caroline helped me make sandwiches and she packed it all up.


She was sooooo proud!


Miles didn't want to be shown up


He was proud of his plate too ;)


We had so much fun that day, so we are going again today! Can't wait :)

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Sleepy Head

Apparently, Miles finds eating to be absolutely exhausting!!!


He keeps falling asleep in his high chair mid-meal :)


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Big Day for Miles!!

Miles had a few super-fun firsts today!

First time on the merry go round...


Holding on for dear life ;)


He got another tooth, his 5th overall, but his FIRST one on top!
Here is showing off the bottom 4...


And last but not least, he crawled on all 4's for the first time!!!

He has been inching like this for a while now...

But now we have graduating to a true crawl...

Yea for Miles! We sure do love this sweet little guy :)



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Once upon a time...

C is really into stories. She is always asking us to tell her stories and tries to retell them herself.

Here is her version of the 3 Little Pigs...

She especially loves to watch videos of herself telling stories (or singing or doing basically anything and everything)




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Sweet Dreams...

Once again, our little punky has proven she is more ready to grow up than we are willing to let her!

Her big girl bed has been all set up since well before Miles was born. She hasn't ever really cared much about it, until recently. She started asking if she could sleep in it, and we just kept telling her she could when she is a "big girl." Last week, I guess she finally convinced us that she was ready. We went to the store to pick our a rail and she was all set!

Here she is all snuggled in, ready for bed.

pretending to sleep ;)

I have been pleasantly surprised (or maybe utterly shocked is a little more accurate) at how well she has done. She has yet to get out of her bed...not once!?!?! When she wakes up, she just lays in bed and calls for us like she always has. I am guessing we will have more issues once we get out of the "honeymoon" period, so we're enjoying it now :)

Jon thought I was crazy to try and go back in and get a picture of her actually sleeping, but I couldn't resist. I didn't dare turn on the flash, for fear of waking her, so it's really dark :)

Sweet girl gets so exited about sleeping in her big girl bed that she keeps asking throughout the day if it's time for bed yet. ha! She has also been telling EVERYONE she sees all about it...including the exterminator, and the people who checked us out at HEB this morning. I am sure they are all just as proud as we are ;)

Our little bear has finally dropped his 10pm feeding! It was long overdue, but we wanted to make it through the holidays before we risked more sleepless nights. Miles surprised us, too! He just started sleeping from 7-7 relatively painlessly!

Again, Jon thinks I am nuts to risk waking them to take pictures of them sleeping, BUT he sleeps all curled up with his little hiney in the air...I mean, seriously, how stinkin cute is that???? Hopefully all the sweet dreams will continue around here!!!