I've got an "Ingrown Hair"

So I wrote my text before I added the pictures and I can't copy/paste on this thing...so make sure you read the text at the end and the heading will make sense.

We let Austin open this present before we left for Illinois and he LOVES it. It also turns into a walker
A close up of the back side.
This is the back

My first Quilt! It was great that each panel was so big...Made for minimal sewing, which was perfect for me to start out on.

What does that mean? (Referring to the header) We spent Christmas in Illinois at Tyler's parents house and after we opened all the presents we told everyone we had one more surprise and opened up Austin's sleeper to reveal a homemade onesie that said, "I'm the Big Brother". After a few moment's of silence and a few weird glances they finally started to figure out what this meant. We have another baby on the way!

I then sent a text message to everyone in my family since they were all at Jamie and Bryson's house that said something about having an ingrown hair and to call me once they figured it out. Jamie was the first to call and everyone was very surprised to hear our news. My mom has always guessed or just knew when we've all been pregnant up to this point, but I COMPLETELY FOOLED HER! hahaha. She even spent a week before Thanksgiving at my house and I then flew home for a couple days. I felt victorious. The only people who knew was Jana and Brad because after spending a few days with them after flying home to Washington I just couldn't hold it in any longer. They promised not to tell and I'm so glad they kept that promise.

We're really excited even with them only being 17 months apart. But some people are even crazier than us, (Alainna) so I'm sure we'll manage. I've felt great so far and hope to continue running/jogging once this weather warms up even a little bit. Yes, Texas is actually cold right now.! Well, I've got tons of picture to sort through from my 2 1/2 week trip to Illinois over Christmas and New Year's so I will be updating soon... However, I made my first QUILT at Tyler's paren'ts house. (Tyler's mom, Jane, had cut all the panels ut for me so I just had to sew them together). But that was a HUGE step for me being someone who never sews. The quilt is a racetrack so Austin can drive his cars on it when he gets a little older.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!

Austin tooted right before I took the video. I had him laughing for a bit before I thought to turn the video camera on, so his laughs are already winding down, but it's still funny.

REGULAR COW TO MAD COW!

This is during Thanksgiving when my family was here. If you look closely Austin's face gets red every time he makes his noises, but it doesn't show as well on video as well as it was in real life.

DANCING BABY!

Austin LOVES to dance

Oops!

As I finished blogging my ginormous posts to catch up on what I did during Thanksgiving I forgot to post the BEST picture of all of when my family was here. Here's grandpa and Austin enjoying their fries at Whataburger.

FAMILY IS ON THE WAY!

Here is Austin helping me clean up his room so everything is perfect for when my family came for Thanksgiving. It was an awesome week and we had a lot of fun showing off Texas and enjoying entertainment from Austin. We had Thanksgiving the Monday before Thanksgiving and found out that my Grandpa Gilbert passed away unexpectedly. He was 92 so he had definitely lived a full and happy life and now gets to be re-joined with his wife. I ended up buying a last minute plane ticket to Washington and flew home with my family on Thanksgiving day, leaving poor Tyler behind! It was a great trip and I got to see lots of family.

Too bad I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures of the actual funeral. There were 41 of the 46 grandkids present and found out there are 108 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandkids. All 10 of his kids were present as well. Austin's middle name is Glen which is my Grandpa Gilbert's name. I'm so glad I can always remember him this way. He always made me feel so special even though I know he had a ton of grandkids to give attention to.

And now on to what we did when my family was in Texas.

Botanical Gardens

The Botanical Gardens are a great way to enjoy nature and flowers for FREE!

Austin loved playing in the leaves

Austin loved the waterfall and the fish in the water

Austin and the girls

Oh how he loves his kisses!

Mom and Dad in front of the beautiful pond. Don't they look great?

Austin and his rock.

Here's the crew enjoying our yummy apples

Historic Downtown Fort Worth

I really wanted to take my family to the Stockyards while they were here and it turned out to be a fun day.

Here's me and Lori stuck in jail
Here's Austin having a great time!

Here we are at the famous cattle drive that happens twice a day. Austin was captured by this experience


Mom, Dad, Lori, and Kara. We were so excited they came!

Grandma with Austin. He sure did get a lot of attention.

My dad is a HUGE Walker Texas Ranger fan and this is the bar where they filmed some of the show.

This is my dad in front of the Casey Tibbs manhole. He was a famous rodeo Bronc rider. My dad was named after him and he just happened to look down and see it right in time as we were walking by it.

Christmas is here!

We FINALLY put up our christmas tree on Sunday. It's pretty simple but it has brought the Christmas Spirit for me! Since the weather has been warm it did NOT feel like Christmas especially since I just got back from Washington and Utah which had tons of snow. But I am feeling much better now since we put up the decorations! I'm very excited now!
While putting up decorations we found this short dowel that has turned into Austin's favorite toy

Here's my little drummer boy!

Here is just a fun picture of him upside down.