Gettin Around

It's official!!! Our baby girl is crawling! Wow, it all happened SO fast. She has been rocking back and forth and scooting around for quite some time, but about a week ago she really started crawling forward. She's really getting around now, and is so proud of herself!

November

Wow! November was a busy month for us. We visited grandparents in San Antonio twice, took Greyson to watch Walking with Dinosaurs, started Maggie on solid food, celebrated Thanksgiving twice (once in Austin and the other in San Antonio), moved Greyson into his "big boy" bed, and much more.


Grandmother and the family at our Austin Thanksgiving celebration


Walking with dinosaurs was awesome!!!! Greyson LOVED it! He talked the whole entire show about how cool the dinosaurs were. We couldn't get him to stop!!!!


Checking out Daddy's cool vintage Lionel trains. One of Grey's favorite things to do!!!


Playing around

"How do you do ma'am?"

6 Months

I wrote this about 3 weeks ago, but haven't been keeping up lately...since this is sort of a scrapbook for me, I'm posting now:

Maggie is 6 months now (11/15/09)! I know that every parent says time flies, but it really is true! It seems like yesterday that we brought our sweet baby girl home from the hospital. Maggie is a wonderful baby. She is very laid back much like her brother (or I should say WAS right now--after all he is 2). She sleeps well and is starting to move around much more on the floor. She scoots backwards and then gets frustrated cause she wants something in front of her. She has been getting on all fours and rocking a bit, so she will probably be everywhere very soon. For such a tiny thing she sure is strong! Her 6 month stats are as follows:

Weight: 13 lbs 10th%

Height: 24.5 inches 25th%

Head: 25th%

I must say after they weighed her I was a bit concerned at how little she is, but the doctor who is generally pretty conservative when it comes to these things, wasn't the slightest bit concerned. She said Maggie is just petite and is likely just "coming into her own".

Sleeping Beauty

My sweet baby girl has been sleeping through the night for over 3 weeks!!!!! Woohoo Maggie!!! It's hard to believe you will be 6 months old in a few days!!! Where is the time going?


On Mommy's old baby blanket

This is how I found her the other morning when I went to go wake her. Gotta love it!

Halloween 2009

We had so much fun this Halloween! Greyson was so much more into it than the year before and loved trick-or-treating. However, being the 2 year old that he is, the costume selection process was not so fun! Originally, he was going to be a giraffe, Maggie a lion, and Mike and I safari people. Well, let's just say we ran into a snag a few days before Halloween when Greyson didn't want to wear his giraffe costume. Oh boy!!! I took Greyson to several stores in hopes that he would find something he really loved. He wavered between Thomas the train, Spiderman, a race car driver, a pumpkin, and batman. I got lucky and found a batman costume and he finally decided he would wear it. He ended up loving it, and has even worn it since Halloween! Lesson learned: next year, he will be picking out his own costume from the get go!

Fall trip to San Antonio

This weekend we went to San Antonio to visit Grandpa and Grandma, and Grandmother. We had a great time! On Saturday Daddy, Grandpa, and Grey went to a hobby shop and watched all sorts of trains, while the girls hung out. Greyson LOVED it! While there Greyson got a Thomas the Train hat which he wouldn't take off the entire weekend. He took naps and went to bed with it on. Saturday night Grandpa and Grandma watched the kiddos while Mommy and Daddy went to dinner on the Riverwalk and went to see a show. We had a wonderful time. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma! On Sunday Grandmother went with us to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens to see the Bugs exhibit and enjoy the Halloween festivities.



Date Night

Grandma and Maggie

Grandmother and Maggie at Botanical Gardens

Daddy and Grey coloring pumpkins

My Jack-o-lantern

Fun with Family

This weekend was absolutely gorgeous! What a great weekend we had with some of my family in town from California, Colorado, and Massachusetts! So glad they got to enjoy the beautiful Texas weather! We had a great time with all of you!

The fam


Grandpa Jerry and Grey


Maggie, Maya, and Ainsley



Maya & Maggie

Pumpkin Patch Photos

2009 Pumpkin Patch Visit

This morning we took a short trip to the Bethany United Methodist pumpkin patch. It was a perfect day for the outing! We had grand expectations of getting a good family pic and even brought our tripod for such a thing. But, no luck!!!! Greyson is going through a phase where he will not take pictures. We can't get him to sit next to Maggie, and he won't smile at the camera when you want him to. I know it's just a phase, but it is frustrating to say the least.

Maggie's 5 Month Birthday

Maggie turned 5 months yesterday! Wow, time sure is flying!!! For the most part, she is a pretty laid back baby. She typically only fusses when she is tired or hungry. She's still not the best napper, but seems to be improving in that area. She sleeps through the night on occasion, but for the most part still wakes up once at night. We haven't really made an effort to let her cry it out yet, but will probably begin soon , since she is almost 6 months. She is talking more and more and is really reaching for things., which means we have to be more careful about what's in front of her. I think she might be ready for solids soon since she is really interested in what we are eating. Hopefully then she might start sleeping through the night more regularly!!!

Together

We tried to get studio pictures of the kids taken on Saturday, but were not successful. Greyson just wasn't having it, so we ended up just getting some pics of Maggie. This morning before dropping them off at school I decided to try and get a few. Thought they turned out pretty cute!

Thomas

Last Saturday we headed to Burnet to ride Thomas the Train. The weather was pretty crummy, but we still made the best of it. Greyson wasn't 100%, so it was hard to get him to smile for pictures. He loved it though, and all he could talk about on the ride home was how he rode Thomas!!! He has been carrying his ticket around everywhere and even took it to bed with him one night.

Change

A couple of weeks ago when we were putting Greyson down for bed, he threw his leg out of the crib and acted as though he was going to jump out at any moment. We decided this meant it was probably time to transition to the toddler bed. So, last Friday was the first night and Greyson did great! He did fall out once, but hasn't fallen out again. We will probably move him into a twin bed in the next couple of months, so hopefully this will get him ready for it! I must admit, it was a little sad for me, as it's another step away from babyhood.

A&M v. Arkansas

A couple of weeks ago we travelled to Dallas to visit Jeff, Renae, Cruz, and Ezra. The trip in the car was long, but we survived! Greyson and Maggie did pretty well on the trip, but Maggie had slept through the night the two nights prior to our trip and did not continue the trend in Dallas!

While in Dallas we enjoyed the awesome weather on Saturday and went to the Cottonwood Art Festival.

On Saturday night Mike and I went to the A&M v. Arkansas game (while Renae watched our kids and her two kids--Thanks so much Aunt Renae!!!!) The game was pretty depressing but the new Cowboys Stadium sure is pretty!


Thought this was a cool picture of the 3 boys and the Moms



At the game



Cruz loving on Maggie (he loved holding her)



Trying to get all 4 together (Yikes!!!)

Toddler Speak

Greyson has been saying some really funny things lately! Here are a few of our conversations:

Grey: Mommy there are unicorns outside
Mommy: Really, there are unicorns outside. Where?
Grey: They're on the ground
Mommy: Oh, you mean acorns Greyson?
Grey: Yes, Mommy acorns

Grey: Oh my goodness!
(BTW-this is hilarious coming from a 2 year olds mouth)
Mommy: Oh my goodness what?
Grey: There are pumpkins in the air!

***Greyson has a book called the 5 little pumpkins which says "There are witches in the air", so I guess he was remembering the book. He gets "Oh my goodness" from me, cause I say it quite a bit!

Mommy: Roja means red in Spanish, Greyson
Grey: Shani speaks Spanish (his teacher Rashani teaches some Spanish to them on occasion)
Mommy: Yes, Rashani speaks Spanish
Grey: Buenos Dias!

He gets funnier and funnier each day!

2 years

Dear Greyson,

Happy Birthday! You are now 2!!!! What a fun year it has been! You are such an amazing little boy full of curiosity and love! You are learning so much and surprise us with new things every day. You love your sister very much and are always looking out for her. Thank you for making our lives even richer! We love you!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Happy Birthday

Greyson had a grand old time at his birthday party! He even sang Happy Birthday to himself!