4th of July 2010

We had a great weekend with family. Lots of swimming, eating, and fireworks. Nothing better!!!

Galveston June 2010

Before we had kids, we loved to just pack our bags and take a short trip. Well, we are trying to get back into that now with kids. Sunday during the kids nap, we decided to pack up and go to Galveston. An hour after we even thought about it, we were in the car headed South!

We stayed at an awesome hotel, went to a nice dinner, walked the beach at night, and went swimming in the hotel pool at 10pm at night. The kids slept great in the hotel room, especially since they were up late swimming.

The next morning we sat around the hotel. We then packed our bags, checked out, and headed to the beach. It was a lot more crowded than we were expecting. The locals said that the beach has been really crowded since the oil spill. Everyone is going to Galveston.

We went to a private beach and had a BLAST!!! Peyton acted like he had been going to a beach for years. He loved the sand and was jumping the waves. Brady was not as sure about the beach. He liked the dry sand, but he did not like walking in the water. If you held him, he loved jumping the waves and getting all wet. Overall, I was pretty impressed with them and their first trip to the beach.

We have decided to make more spontaneous trips like this. The kids loved it and it makes them learn to be flexible!!

Wow It's Really June!!

We are still here. A lot has happened since I posted in April. We lived with my parents for about 5 weeks, which the boys loved all the attention. We closed on our new house the end of April. We have been here about 7 weeks and are loving it. We have awesome neighbors. All the kids in our cul-de-sac are Peyton and Brady's age. We are outside every evening riding bikes and playing baseball. Of course we live one street away from my sister and her family. Peyton and Brady are loving just being able to walk over to Addy's house.

We are pretty well settled. This past Saturday was the first Saturday that we have had in months with nothing to do. We finally feel things are back to normal.

I am loving my new office. My business is going really well. I am looking for it to grow in the near future!!!

This summer we are not too busy. We are going to Oregon in about a week to visit Dwayne's family for a weekend. The rest of the summer will be pretty open to lots of pool time and maybe even the beach. We are already reaching temps in the upper 90s with a heat index of 107 degrees. We are pretty much living in bathing suits!!!

We just booked our first big family trip to Disney World for the end of September. We are SO excited.

Here are some pictures of our house and the boys!!

Easter 2010

We are still here!! It has been a crazy couple of months. The end of March we moved out of our home and are living with Papa and Grammy. We are closing on our new home hopefully this next week. We are very excited!!!

The boys have loved living with Papa and Grammy. They are getting lots of attention and LOVE!!

Here are some belated pictures of our Easter weekend.

PEYTON

Peyton has been growing up so much. He is really comprehending things and able to communicate everything very well. He is asking so many more questions, that I am not sure how to answer sometimes. Here are some things that Peyton has done or said over the last month:

Mommy: I need to go exercise
Peyton: Why?
Mommy: Because it make Mommy feel good.
Peyton: Because you are fat!!
I just laughed!! I have been exercising 6 days a week since that comment :)


Mommy: Peyton do you like this dinner?
Peyton: Mommy this dinner kicks butt(as he is giving me a thumbs up)


Grammy was driving Peyton to school the other day. Peyton first of all wanted to ride in Brady's car seat, which Grammy thought was funny. Grammy started driving and looked in the rear view mirror and noticed that Peyton had his hands fold together by his face:
Grammy: What are you going Peyton?
Peyton: I am praying
Grammy: What are you praying for?
Peyton: I am praying for Brady because he has a fever!
(SO CUTE, made Mommy tear up a little bit when I heard this)


Driving to Papa and Grammy's, we got stuck behind a slow person:
Peyton: Move it Lady, I need to get to my Grammy and Papa's house.
(he is learning a little road rage, however I am trying to have my road rage under my breath!!)

I am loving the age that Peyton is. He is so much fun!!! He makes us all LAUGH!! This post is for my Aunts. They keep reminding me to write all of the stuff he says and does down so that I do not forget. This blog is really acting as a baby book for us.

Here is a picture of the boys in their Valentine shirts. Peyton had his Valentine Party at school today.

January 2010

Well about a month has gone by since I posted last. January was different for Houston. It was really cold the first of the month, then we had a taste of spring fever for a week. It was nice. Now we are back to the cold. Peyton keeps asking if we can go back to the park.

What has happened in Jan:

Peyton is getting to be a young man. He is pretty independant about everything. He is loving that Brady is older and he has someone to play with at home. They play pretty well together, and they are starting to fight a little. Peyton went through a stage in December when he did not like school or Bible Class. It was rough, but he is out of the funk and enjoying both again. He is very ready for baseball to start back. He asks every day if we are going to the Minute Maid Stadium to watch the Astros. He is a BIG FAN!!

Brady is, well, a mess. He is 17 months now and has developed a personality and an ATTITUDE!!! He is saying all kinds of words and attempts to communicate the best he can which is adorable. He is also enjoying playing with brother. My favorite thing that he is attempting to say is "where did it go". It is more like, "we di di do". I love this stage. He still needs to get 4 more teeth in and he will have all of them but 2 year molars.

Dwayne has changed jobs. He now works for Texas Direct Auto. He is a buyer for them. This is the kind of job that he has wanted for a long time. He is working a little bit more, which it is taking a toll on Peyton, but he will get use to it. He also for the first time has a desk job. He sits on the computer buying cars at auctions online. It is very different for him, but he is so much happier!!! :)

I have been very busy with my private practice. I have now hired a sitter to come monday thru thursday in the mornings to watch the boys. It is grown much faster than I was prepared for, but I love it. I get the best of both worlds: work from home, and stay home with the kids. I feel very BLESSED!!!

Here are some pictures of the month of January:

2010!!

Happy New Year!

Christmas 2009

Wow, I can't believe that Christmas is over. We had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas Eve we ate dinner at my sister's house. After dinner we went to a candlelight service at church. It was very nice. After church we went to my parents house to have finger foods and open presents. We had a great time with my family.

Peyton has been much more aware of everything this year. He has been counting down the days till Santa since December 1st. Brady was excited but really didn't know what was going on. Christmas morning was a little tough. Peyton had been up late the night before and was tired. It took him a little while to wake up and get excited about Santa and presents. We had a very relaxing morning. We made breakfast pizza and sat by the fire all morning. It took about 30 miutes to open all the presents and about 6 hours to take everything out of the boxes. It was a great day to be in our pajamas all day. My parents came over for a little while to see what Santa had brought the boys. For dinner we had enchiladas and mexican rice. It was very good.

Here are some pictures our special day!!

It's Been a While!

I have had every intention of posting about our Halloween trip, but just have not gotten around to it. My parents, sister and family, and the four of us went to San Antonio to visit Shamu. We had a great time. The weather was perfect and the kids had a blast. Here are some pics.

Peyton's Birthday Weekend

Wow what a weekend. We started the festivities on Friday and they are finally ending today. He is going to start thinking that we should celebrate his birthday for 5 days every year!

Saturday morning was his pirate party with his friends. We had it at a train park. It was a lot of fun. The weather was amazing. It was in the upper 50's, low 60's. Last year at his party is was 90 degrees. The kids ran around and played baseball, football, and rode the train. Peyton has a special group of friends.

Sunday after church we had our family party. We had his favorite meal, roast! He got to open more presents too. He kept telling us that we get to sing happy birthday to him AGAIN! He had a lot of fun.

Monday was his actual birthday and his daddy took the day off. We played with all of his new toys, went to his favorite place to eat/play (chick-fil-A), and played t-ball outside. We had a great day just the 4 of us.

Today, we took donuts and juice to his school to celebrate his birthday. I told the teacher that he has been celebrating since last friday. He was excited to share his donuts with all his school friends.

I can't believe that my first born is "3". It goes by so fast. I keep thinking, oh my, he starts kindergarten in 3 years! He is a sweet little boy, and we love him so very much. For the last time - HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEYTON!!!!

Here are some pictures of Peyton's special weekend!!

We Are Back!!!

Wow, it has been over a month since I posted last. Sorry!!! It has been a crazy month. Let's see, the first of September we put our house on the market. This keeps me busy in the house cleaning department. We have had a few lookers and a good open house. We are still waiting patiently for the right family to walk in our house and fall in love with it.

Between Dwayne's job, my new business, and the boys we have been very very busy. My new private practice is going well. I love it!!

Peyton started preschool the first of September. He goes Tuesdays and Thursdays. He tells me, "Mommy I love to go to school".

Brady is growing and getting a great personality. The boys are starting to play really well together.

October so far has been busy. We have birthday parties, garage sale, and we are going to Seaworld for Halloween weekend. Peyton's birthday party is the 17th. It is at a park that has a miniature train to ride. He is having a pirate theme. He is very excited!! I will post pics after the birthday weekend.

Here are some pictures from the last month.

Peyton's first day of Preschool

NFL Sunday Attire!!

Brady's One Year Check Up

I just took Brady to the Dr. for a check up. He is now 21.9lbs and 30 inches tall. He is a big boy. He is now walking everywhere!! He got 5 shots and a finger prick today and he was not a happy camper.
Here are some pictures of him after his appointment and some of his one year old pics.

My favorite Picture of the boys

Brady's First Birthday

This last weekend we celebrated Brady's 1st birthday. We had a great time. His Grandma from Oregon came for a visit to celebrate as well. For his birthday we went to my parents house to swim and have pizza. Brady of course had no idea what was going on, but it was fun. Peyton and Addy were both real excited for presents and cake.

Here are some pictures of my baby boy who is now "1"!!!

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Peyton Playing Baseball

Addy Running the Bases

It is August Already!!!

Where has the summer gone?? I can't believe that it is August. We have had a busy summer. I am currently starting up my own private practice for speech therapy in my home. It has been fun and challenging at the same time. It is called Footsteps Speech Therapy. Please keep me,and my patience in your prayers. Dwayne has been really busy at work also.

Over the last few months, Peyton has been really obsessed with baseball. He wants to play all the time, and he wants to go to Astro's games all the time. I have attached some pictures and a few videos of him playing outside with his cousin Addy. After they played baseball we took them to the splash pad to cool off! We are enrolling Peyton in t-ball in September. We can't wait!!!

Brady well, he turns "1" next week. This is a difficult subject for me. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. I am not ready for my baby to grow up!! He is almost walking by himself, but not quite. Anyway, I will post pics from his 1st B-day next week.

Vacation in Oklahoma

On July 2nd we packed up for our 10 hour rode trip to Oklahoma. My parents and my sister's family all went too. We stayed for a full week. It was nice to get away. We rented a house on the lake. The house was perfect and the kids loved going down to the rock beach and throwing rocks in the lake.

Friday, July 3rd, my cousin Britt had a beautiful sunset wedding. It was good to see lots of family. Saturday, July 4th, it actually rained all morning. We had forgotten what rain looked like ( we have gone over a month with no rain in Houston). That night we went to our Aunt Shari's and Uncle Daves house and had dinner and watched fireworks.

The rest of the week was spent resting and riding on the boats. We rode on our Uncle Brian's and Aunt Carol's boat a couple of days. We rented jet skies, which the kids loved to ride them. They both kept saying faster, faster. Peyton and Daddy even rode on the tube. Peyton did it, but he did not really care for it.

One night we drove to Bartlesville, OK (where I graduated from high school) and went to the kiddie park. It has rides just Peyton's size. He had a blast. He rode a roller coaster 3x, farris wheel, boats, train, horse, and more. He or course threw a fit when we left. It was only 25 cents a ticket and most of the rides were only 1-2 tickets. We wich they had something like that in Houston.

We had a really great time with our family. We were not ready to come home. Peyton cried most of the way home, "I want to go back to Oklahoma".

Here are some pictures of our week!

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2 Head Injuries in a Week

This last week since we have been home from Oregon has been very eventful. The day after we got home, we went to Grammy and Papa's to swim. To make a long story short, Brady fell off the couch outside on the porch. He was strapped into a portable high chair (I know you are not suppose to do that). I left him on the couch to take Peyton to get his bathing suit on. As I was walking away from him I thought, that their is no way that he can flip out of it. I didn't even make to back door and I turn around and he was on the ground. I ran to get him and we immediately took him to the ER. He was crying, but not as much as I would think that he should have been. His eyes were rolling back in his head. I was freaking out (you can ask my mom). Once we got him to the ER he was starting to perk back up. I thought for a second that we could take him home, that he was fine. I was also thinking better be safe than sorry. They did a CAT scan just to check to make sure that their was no blood clot. Everything came back fine thankfully. We had to watch him closely for 24 hours and he had to sleep with us that night.

Okay, so that was one head injury. On Monday of this week, Peyton was running down the hall away from Addy at my sister's house. He was not watching where he was going and he of course hit the wall. He did not just hit the wall, he hit the door henge with his forehead. Oh, did he ever get a bump. It is all bruised and looks horrible. He is fine though.

I guess that I am going to have to get use to head injuries with 2 boys.

Here is a picture of Peyton's injury. I did not even think to take a picture of Brady's. Peyton's injury looks much worse than Brady's did surprisingly! We are just thankful that neither injury turned out serious.

Visit to Oregon

2 weeks ago we flew to visit Dwayne's family in Oregon. We had a really good time. Peyton had a blast playing with his cousins Elyse and Luke. The weather was cool for us. I had to pull out jeans and jackets from the storage. We stayed with Grandpa and Grandma for a few nights and then got to stay with Uncle Ben and Aunt Randie and few nights too. Peyton had fun playing with all of their toys. It was fun visiting family.

The 4 hour flight was interesting on the way there. We have found out that Peyton gets motion sick on the way down. He was complaining that his ears hurt and his stomach. Yes, you can image what happened soon after. It was a mess! He felt fine once we got off the plane. I was not looking forward to getting back on the plane 4 days later. On the way home we gave him motion sick medicine and he did fine. We were very thankful.

Here are a few pictures.




Peyton and Brady on the airplane Peyton looking out the window on the airplane
Inflight Intertainment
Peyton and Luke
Peyton and Elyse
Brady and Grandpa
Peyton, Luke and Elyse playing at an indoor playhouse