I just love Blake's smile!

I hardly take pictures with my kids so here I am with Blake!

Bowling!

We went bowling last week for the first time since we've had kids. It was really fun! Austin even got a couple strikes! Before we even threw our first ball Austin high-tailed it down one of the bowling lanes. As we yelled at him to stop he slowed, slipped, and banged the back of his head on the lane. ouch! He had sooooooo much energy that day that this little hang up didn't slow him down a bit.

We went with out neighbors who have a little boy Austin's age. They had fun rolling around on the ground with their "pets".

Z O O #2

We went to the Zoo again! Sorry if pictures of animals bore you, but we had a couple cool experiences this time I thought I would share. First one was with this pair of Gorillas. The male is farther back and the female is up here at the window. At one point she was pacing around the cage and ran right up to the window and smashed her body against it.

This big cat was pacing right up at the window. Austin was right up next to the glass watching it go back and forth. The tiger even went up on its hind legs and clawed the glass!

We spent a half hour or so by the bear eating lunch. We let Austin run back and forth for a bit. The bear paced back and forth on a rock ridge the entire time.

We even let Blake out of the stroller to get some closer looks.

The male Gorilla is huge! He even got up and walked around for a bit and Austin got a bit scared since he was right up at the glass. I would say we got our fill of the zoo that day.

We went in to feed the birds and Austin had a good time.

Big Boy Bed

We moved Austin to a big boy bed just over a month ago...He still falls asleep crying by the door. We usually here him yelling, "Help Me!" Which sadly, is hilarious to me. Poor guy. After he moved into his big boy bed he started waking up once a night, so we got smart and put him in his bed before we go to bed at night. We usually have to push him out of the way with the door first so we can get into his room.

Since most of the doors in our apartment don't shut we rigged up this lanyard system...It's hooked to another lanyard that's wrapped around the bathroom door that is right next to his door. Go Namifiers! (Take a good look at the lanyard...high quality right there)

He was soooooooo excited for his big boy bed. Hopefully someday he will sleep in it! I am soooooooooooooo happy Blake is in the crib now and out of our room. He now wakes up only once a night usually to eat and that has done wonders on my sleeping schedule!

Z O O

We went to the zoo the day before Thanksgiving and we couldn't have asked for better weather! Or happier kids.

Austin's hair is getting long! I already cut it last week though. I'll post a picture soon.

While I was feeding Blake, Austin got a special treat of riding in the horse carriage. We even put in a couple quarters so it moved!

The motion only lasted so long so he decided to ride the horse for real!

Austin has been obsessed with the Lion King lately. I think he actually recognized this animal as Timon once we told him because he did get really excited.

Sick Week

I love their faces! Tyler got me flowers after I finished my 5K(Beginning of November) which I found out really was 3.4 miles long, so my time wasn't as bad as I thought it was! wahoo!

First off, Isn't that an adorable face??? He got wrapped up in his Teddy

Two weeks ago, Tyler was sick with a sore throat/cough for an entire week. The day he got better(just a cough), I got sick, and the next day, Austin got sick. 4 days after that Blake finally got sick. ugh! It's been a miserable week. I've had a sore throat now for 7 days and still counting. Maybe we should have gone to the doctor? ? ? We're all on the mend now. Not 100%, and Blake is still going up and down, but we're making it.

On another note...Our oven/stove has not been working since Tuesday. Which actually gives me an excuse for not making yummy dinners! We've had mostly pancakes...french toast...tuna fish...Thank heavens for my awesome electric skillet and george foreman!

Austin, I don't think that goes there...He loves putting on my chapstick. Probably another reason why we're all sick.

Blake had his first taste of baby food! and a 4 tries later I still don't think he's really swallowed any.

This post was really random but I kept accidentally deleting a picture and didn't want to reorder the entire thing. Enjoy!

4 months

Blake's 4 month stats are in!

16 lbs 5 oz

26 inches

and growing too fast! Look at that weird shaped forehead!? Not sure where he got that from. :)

Happy Faces!

I got this cute bee outfit from a friend of mine at Blake's baby shower. It's a 9 month size but fits him already. I just love seeing Blake in hats!

Austin LOVES his cowboy hat. He puts it on and wears it multiple times during the day.

I think Blake looks more like Tyler than he does me.

so happy! Austin can make Blake laugh really well! I got a video of it and I'll post it soon.

More Happy Faces!

My friend crocheted this hat for Blake and it is ADORABLE!

Mr. Walrus

Last week we met Tyler at the Botanical Gardens for lunch. It was a beautiful day! Slighty chilly but really sunny. TCU is just down the street (about 5 min). It was a fun outing with daddy.

Sugar Cookies!

We invited a couple friends over to make sugar cookies and boy did they have fun! Look closely...Austin has flour all over his face.

For some reason I always put off making sugar cookies because I always think it's going to be a ton of work making the dough...rolling it out...cutting out the pieces...but it's really so easy!

and soooo delicious! This is the Big Twist Sugar Cookie Dough recipe! I know you're jealous.

Rolling Over

Previously I did a post of Blake rolling from front to back. Well, he is now rolling from back to front! Already? I'm nervous he's going to start rolling around all over the floor already.

Almost there!!! Cutting off circulation to arm.

Love the tongue sticking out...you can tell he's concentrating and working hard.

SAFE!

B.U.G.S.

We took this video in Idaho Falls after church on the weekend we were up there for Tyler's brother's wedding. It was hilarious. We walked out to the car and Austin had to stop and say "Hi" to all the bugs on the front! In Texas we really don't get that many bugs on the front of our car no matter what time of year it is...so maybe he wasn't used to it...Oh! and he also likes to smash bugs as you can see.

Happy Halloween!

This year for Halloween we pretty much wore our own clothing to make our costumes. Nothing high maintenance and it turned out pretty good I thought. Blake wore his cow outfit and the cow he's holding is a "Chick Fil A" cow that has the "Eat More Chikin" sign

We went to a Trunk or Treat at the church. Here is Cowboy Austin all ready to go! The bag he's holding he got from Tyler's Aunt Joann. It's really cute! We should have had him holding it the other way. It has a happy skeleton on it with his name embroidered at the top.

After a while of Trunk or Treating he got bored and wanted to play in the grass with Tyler's softball that went with Tyler's costume. Unfortunately, for the split second I was talking to my friend and not watching him, he wandered too closely to the mud hole at the end of the parking lot and took a dive! I guess it just added to his costume though. He even kept his hat on the whole time!

Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games. If you haven't read the book, read it, and you'll understand my costume. I really wanted to be her because she has a bow and arrow...that's all. My future dream right here.

Future archer...Oh! and notice the Mockingjay pin I made.

Tyler was Smalls from Sandlot. Perfect costume for him right? We even put a fish on his hat.

Classic shot right here! We had a great time celebrating Halloween early and are enjoying Austin's candy now! hahaha

Oct. 22

Tyler's birthday was last Saturday, Oct. 22. We invited some friends to eat cake at a park near our house. Austin got to practice for when he turns 2 in February.

I didn't put all the candles on because after cake we played "2 truths and a lie" about Tyler and one of the lies was how old he is...He turned 27 this year! Wow...that's sounding so old...

We went to the BYU vs TCU game yesterday in the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Yah, BYU lost in a sad game but it was still fun being there!

We had AWESOME seats...well actually we had a suite! Some people from Tyler's work asked if they could use their company's suite and since none of the bigwigs had reserved it, we got to mooch!!!

It had a tv screen on the mirror in the bathroom of the suite! That's just how cool it was. And we got free food and drinks!

and the stadium was SO HUGE!!! But we were down close so it didn't seem as big as if we would have been in the nose bleeds. But as you can see the fans filled the stadium pretty good considering how many people it holds. What a fun night!