Today was a GREAT day!

Today was a GREAT day!

It started off by Tiff/Justin/Taylor/Aubrey watching our kiddos for us OVERNIGHT

 (a huuuuuuuuge thank you to them!!)

Then we drove downtown for Tim's last class, which he had a big presentation.  I decided to document our GREAT day with iphone photos.  And it begins:

While Tim was preparing for the presentation I sat outside with my ipad and people magazine :) It was glorious.

 Here is Tim giving his presentation.  He did AMAZING!  Really glad that I was able to see this presentation, it helped show off all his hard work.

 He's DONE!!!  No more classes for this man :)  

 Cheers!!!
We went to a fiesta at a co-workers house where we sipped some celebration drinks :)

And I got to catch up with some of the wives of Tim's co-workers

 Then we had to leave the party and go back to Rice because Tim's group received an award for their presentation!!! (Told you it was amazing :)!)

 Next we checked into our hotel for the night.  Somehow we booked a room the night before, when it's been sold out for months?!?!  

A very very happy couple

 

Chillin' in the hotel room - just us and no kids

 But we didn't relax long - off to the galleria for a little shopping and dinner

 The Lego store - a wall of lego pieces...pretty cool! You can buy them individually.

 

Out to dinner...just us :)  We won't be needing any highchairs or kids menus.  

Cheers - to being done!!!

Ready for the par-tay! (Yes, I changed AGAIN...without kids to worry about, I got to have three different outfits for the day)

A picture of our room number
 (in case we have too much fun and forget which room we are in)

The bar was closed to the public.

 Open Bar - round 1

 There was a magician

 

 And a fire juggler

OH, and belly dancers

 Round ???

Oh my lovely feet have not spent a night in heels in a long long time...wasn't about to take the shoes off and walk on that floor though...

Love this man and so incredibly proud of all his hard work!!

 

The next morning.  Alive :)
Yesterday was a GREAT day!!!!

Foto Friday

playing outside with Daddy on a nice Friday evening

Tuckered Out

Painting the Fence

I'm not positive which brilliant mom mentioned this idea (Tiff was it you?)...but all moms with young children should try this.  It requires: a bowl or cup of water, paint brush (if you don't have a paint brush an old toothbrush or basting brush also works great!), and something made out of wood (rocks also work).

Yes, my daughter and a couple of her friends painted our fence.  OH and it dries quickly...and if it dries, you have to repaint it.  Olivia spent a good 30-40 minutes "painting"  :) 

Just Because...

...he gives me the most amazing smile anytime I ask :)

Standing

Happy Easter

(lol...this picture cracks me up.  first we weren't planning to take pictures with the easter bunny, thus the half dressed appearance.  second i was happy because neither of my kids were crying, however, i wouldn't say they were excited about seeing the giant bunny.)

A little "happier" picture!  Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Love You!

Grana and Grampa left today.  

We are sad they are leaving,

BUT really excited to see them again...soon :):)

Gotta Love Grandparents!

Some fun moments with Grampa :)

Building a Basket.  (FYI: Home Depot has free crafts every Saturday morning)

Playing

Good Times with Good Friends

Today we had some friends over and Grana/Grampa cooked a delicious meal for us to enjoy! 

Build-A...

Step 1:  pick the most obnoxious bunny at store. 

Mommy tries to convince you to pick one of the 

neutral colored normal looking bears, 

you continue to  go back
to pink-daisy-splattered-bunny.

Step 2: give bunny a heart.  

store clerk inserts a scan-tron 

that can be used if bunny gets lost?!?!  

yes, if you find ugly bunny on the street, 

please please please return it to 

build a bear so they can open up the bear, 

scan the paper, and return

 bunny back to it's owner.  

seriously!?!?   

Step 3:    give bunny a bath.  

no...you can't wash away the pink or daisies.  

Step 4: put an outfit on bunny.

7:30am

what are you doing?

they are making chocolate cake :)

try it, it's delish!

Lovin'...

...my men!

Grana and Grampa are Here!!

8 Months!

Happy 8 Months Mason!!

Tidbits:

*wearing 9 and 12 month clothes

*size 4 diapers

*had a growth spurt!  he feels solid and heavy.  I'm guessing around 20 lbs???

*completely weaned in one month and is now taking formula.  6 oz every 4 hours

*can hold his own bottle

*eats A LOT! 

 4 ounces for breakfast (1 stage 2 container), 

8 ounces (2 stage 2 containers) for lunch and 

8 ounces for dinner!!

*drinks water from a sippy cup and eats puffs 

(he will grab them, but doesn't have the concept of releasing them in his mouth)

*can go from laying to sitting

*crawls (and thus gets into EVERYTHING!)

*making more sounds...recently we heard "dada"

*smiles ALL THE TIME

*giggles...especially when tickled or playing silly games

*does not like to be left alone in a room

*sucks both thumbs...more frequently the right

*takes three naps a day (sometimes we skip the last nap if we need to be somewhere)

*sleeps on his tummy

*Hair is starting to come in more

Foto Friday

Orange

Orange seems to bring out the smiles and giggles :)

haha...I actually wrote a blog post on the first time Olivia wore orange....seriously!??

Water Table

oooo FUN!  Mrs. Chris got a water table :)

Her

I just want to wrap my arm around her...

but she's too far away.

Monday Night

It's hard to get to bed Monday night.
Dancing with the Stars is on and this little girl loves to get dressed up and watch :)

A Tower

Phew - that's a tall tower!!!

Then & Now

Foto Friday

bluebonnets

we waited to long...they were all gone :(

Counting

It's not perfect...but we're practicing :)

Move It (Mason Style)

Olivia Style

Play Mat

Background: I placed Mason on his back looking at his animals on the play mat and then left the room for 30 seconds to go get his clothes to put away.  

When I came back, he looked like this.

Phone rings...I ran to get the not-important phone call...gone maybe 20 seconds.

When I came back, he looked like this.

I do not know if this is where I'm going to start seeing some gender differences in this house...but I clearly remember being able to leave Olivia on her play mat looking at her animals.  She would lay there and look and play and swing her arms.  

Mason?!?!  Not so much.