Trick or Treat!

Wade wasn't really old enough to go trick or treating this year but we still had to dress him up and parade him to various Halloween themed events.  It was more for us than him, but hey, it made for some cute pics...

Was Wade the cutest Sock Monkey in the world or what?

We hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Halloween.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5...Oh My!

I know that I have said this a million times before, but seriously where does the time go?  How is my baby boy already 5 months old?!?  He is really starting to show his personality these days.  Wade spends his whole day laughing, yelling talking, and eating his toes.  He is just so much fun right now and I thank God daily that He blessed us with such a wonderful, sweet baby.

Wade is trying so hard to sit up on his own and hates to lay down for long periods of time (especially to get his diaper or clothes changed).  He has started doing what we have termed the "banana" which is when he tries to sit up while laying on his back. While, it doesn't get him to the sitting position, it definitely gives him a good ab workout.  He also started rolling over from his stomach to his back a couple of weeks ago.  I guess that means our days of freedom when we could just lay him anywhere are now limited.

Even though he is going to be truly mobile before we know it, I am truly enjoying this age so much.  I have been told that it only gets so much better and more fun.  I just don't know how but I am anxious to see if that is true...

At his first Baylor game

"going" to his first AR football game

Chilling with Mom

With Cousin Jackson

He Likes it, He Likes It!!!

Remember this commercial?
We recently gave Wade rice cereal and all I could think about was Mikey in the Chex cereal commercial. I was shocked at how much he gobbled it up. I thought for sure he would have a hard time and make horrible faces while trying to choke it down. The only problem he seemed to have was the fact that I couldn't feed it to him fast enough. Just one more trait the little man got from his Mamma.
It was messy but oh so fun. Just one more milestone behind us...



What? Do I have something on my face?



Take My Advice...

Baby Jackson,

Welcome to the world, little cousin.  We are so glad you finally made your entrance on 10/9/10.  And, what an entrance it was.  You had the whole family, me included, scrambling to the hospital in the middle of the night.  Noone wanted to miss the big announcement of your birth at 3:24.a.m.!

You and I are going to have so much fun playing together.  I can't wait to wrestle with you but you're going to have to bulk up a little before we can.  You may be tall at 19.5 inches, but at 6 pounds 4 ounces, you are SKINNY!  So, make sure your parents are feeding you a lot.

Speaking of your parents, you are blessed with two of the best.  My Aunt BB and Uncle J-Dog are so fun and they are going to love you so so much.  No I'm going to tell you something they probably don't want me to...

Here's the deal. You cry, they'll do whatever you want. They'll make idiots of themselves to make you laugh. It's actually pretty funny. Oh and make sure you wake them up a couple times every night. Just to keep em on their toes.

I have so much more I can't wait to teach you.  Until our fist playdate...

Cousin Wade

PS...Let's see that this doesn't happen too often.  Deal?

Saying Goodbye.

It is official.  I am no longer a convertible driver.  I knew this day was coming but that didn't make it any easier to say goodbye to the little, red sports car I have been tooling around in the last couple of years.

However, I can't be too sad to see it go.  The new owner is a nice lady who is going to treat it well and really enjoy driving it.  It doesn't hurt that I will still get to drive it occasionally.  How, you ask?  Well, meet the new owner...

Yep, that's my mom.  She bought it from us and drove it back to AR this past weekend.  I talked to her earlier today and she was on her way to pick up my niece from Mother's Day Out because Ava explained that she wanted to be picked up from school today in "the red car".  So, it sounds like the whole AR clan is going to enjoy my fun little car. (sorry, guess it's not mine anymore)

So, how am I going to be getting around from now on?  In my mom-vertible as Chris calls it.

It has a really cool sunroof that opens almost the whole length of the car.  It is the closest thing I can drive to a convertible and still be able to tote my little man around town.  I guess this is just one of the many changes you have to make when children enter your lives.

Family Fun Night at the Fair

Last week we took my mom and Wade to the TX State Fair. It was the first visit for both of them.  It was so much fun and we ate so much fried junk we were lucky we didn't make ourselves sick.  What else are you supposed to do when there are Corny Dogs and Tater Tornados at every turn?!?  We also tried the fried frito pie (yummy) and fried beer (YUCK!!).  Like I said, we ate a LOT of fried junk...

Since the DART now goes right to the fair's front entrance, we decided to try it and give my mom a real big city adventure.  In doing this, we made our son a local star...

How cool is that?  We were interviewed about our thoughts of DART and whether we thought the TX/OU game fans would have the same problems getting to the game that they did last year.  Of course, even though he didn't really have an opinion on the matter, they had to put Wade in the video too.

After such an exctitng ride, we got to the fair and enjoyed the car show, Midway, rides, and like I mentioned before, food. I think Wade's favorite part were all the lights.  Especially getting to look at them from the Sky Way that travels over the entire lenght of the Midway.

He was totally mesmerized by the experience and it was so fun to watch his eyes get real big watching everything.  How fun is it to experience things through your kids?  It makes me so excited for things to come...