Family Pictures November2009

So I received the best gift ever from one of the moms in my classroom...a free photography sitting for pictures!! We met her at a park and "someone" was a little distracted by all that was going on around him. But she was so patient with him and we ended up getting some really cute pictures. The first family picture by the water has a little secret...there is a duck standing right in front of us, seriously!

I did leave our favorite out, but it might just show up in your mailbox!! So here is Ellie Belly at 29 weeks and Hudson at 20 months. Our growing family!

Dallas World Aquarium

(First of all, sorry for the delay, I've had some computer issues. We're back!)

I recently took a for no reason trip home for a couple of days and Mimi and I decided to take Hudson and Walker on a field trip to the aquarium. It was so fun and the boys loved it! The fish, turtles and octupus were the big hits! Thanks Mimi!

Maybe, just maybe I'll post a pic of the new 29 weeks (yikes!) Ellie Belly this week!

Sneak Peek...

Somebody is getting a big boy room!! Look how little he is!!

How many licks does it take...

to get your child to wear their costume??? That's right, we bribed Hudson with a tootsie pop to wear his costume and ride nicely with his BFF while we went trick-or-treating! Elmo and Chewbacca (OMG!) thoroughly enjoyed their Halloween experience, as did their mommies. Next year? Yikes!







I will say that our original bribe during group pictures was a toy gun that our friend had for his camo costume. But I really could not post pictures of Elmo with a gun, it would have scared the children. :)

Halloween at Preschool!

Hudson got to be in the school parade and go trick-or-treating twice this week! This doesn't really help the fact that he already thinks he runs the church, but whatever, it's fun for us! His class hopped in their bye-bye buggy and rode in style! I should have taken a picture of all 20 spiders that Grandma Barbara handed him...special treatment?? Umm, yes. After the parade, we went back to his class for a little Halloween cookie time! Look how cute he is in that teeny tiny chair!! And he even threw his trash away when he was finished! Our little pumpkin is growing up! On Friday he got to wear part of daddy's CREEPY Willie Wonka costume. Seriously, it was creepy, in not a good creepy way. I DID NOT take a picture.

Well, tonight is the big night. Will he wear his costume? Who knows! But I'm sure there will be candy! Ellie just jumped! :)

Showering Lydia!

I had the honor of helping to host a baby shower for my friend Lydia and her soon to be son, Bobby this past weekend! It was such a fun time...look how adorable the cake was!! Lydia and I are part of a group of friends from college who humbly call ourselves The Fab Five! As you can see, we were one short this past weekend...we missed you Julie! We all had boys first, so Ellie is the first girl to join the group! I love these girls and was so happy to have a mini-reunion and shower Lydia!

**Our trip to the Sweet Berry Farms pumpkin patch was cancelled on Monday due to rain, but I'm hoping we will reschedule! Fun things coming this week!

They call me a fireman...

that's my name! Who loves George Strait?!



The Austin Fire Dept. came to our school last week and well, let's just say that there were all of three children from Hudson's toddler class that were willing to participate...can you guess one of them?? He was ALL about the fire truck (big truck) and its equipment.

One of the benefits of Hudson being at the same school/church as Dusty and I is that we get to sneak in and see him doing all the fun school stuff! We went out to watch him and he would stand right at the edge of the truck and say "Dada! Dada!" like he was trying to say "Daddy! Look at me!" We love getting to watch him learn and grow! We are attempting to be Elmo for Halloween, but maybe we should have gone with a fireman costume instead!!