We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Bryant's Parent's Day Out put on a cute little Christmas program his last week before break. It was so cute. Bryant was a precious little donkey (fitting, huh?). He sang some and starred at us some! He did great overall and we were very proud of our little donkey!!

Where's Bryant?

He's the one yawning...They missed nap time :)

Look at the donkey will ya!

Some holiday cheer for to get ya in the spirit!

Choo Choo

This was a really cool Holiday Express train that came through Wylie.

This was a model in one of the cars. It looks like the real train.

You're never really too old to sit on Santa's lap!

Casey's not too sure about that Elf, and I don't think Bryant is either.

Just turn yourself sideways and this is us in front of the train. We only waited outside in the cold for an hour and a half or so :)

HO! HO! HO!

I know these are a little late since lots of you already received you Christmas card, but here are some adorable pics we took of the boys the 1st of December to get a good card worthy photo!!

Bryant helped me decorate the tree and this is him looking into an ornament :)

Naughty or Nice

Casey loves his Santa book.

So happy and too darn cute!

Look how much Casey loves his big brother.

SANTA!!

Nice!

Creeping and Scootin

OK, I am finally updating with a few more pics from Thanksgiving and a creeping and scootin video of Casey. Bryant, Casey, Nana, Ashley, and I got to go to New Mexico for a few days before Thanksgiving. We had a great time. We got to meet baby Alyssa and show off baby Casey. Casey did his first attempts of crawling and he's just scootin around more and more each day. I think we may be in trouble when he does start crawling. That boy likes to get into EVERYTHING! It was the first time in a while that we've all been there together. Then we went back to Breck to have our usual Thanksgiving with Aunt Joyce (which is where we discovered the toothy). He is also starting to get another little tooth. My little gummy toothless baby is about to have that little toothy smile :) Kinda bittersweet. Overall, we've had a pretty good November!

Scootin Casey

Thanksgiving Toothy

We have a toothy!! OK, well most of us already had a teeth but little Casey now has a toothy. We had just finished Thanksgiving lunch and Casey grabbed Chad's finger and chomped down. Low and behold there was a little razor blade of a toothy sticking up on the bottom left side. Hopefully that explains the crankiness (well maybe that and the ear infection).

Sputter Sputter

Here are some pics from our fun filled lives lately and the promised video of Casey sputtering.

An update on our lives include Bryant has another ear infection. We went to the ENT and will go back in two weeks to see if we are going to go for the second set of tubes. YUCK!! Casey has his first ear infection. BOO!!! I was really hoping for one ear infection free kiddo but I guess no such luck. Needless to say it's been quite a week around here. Lots of crying and little sleeping going on. Hopefully all will be better soon since they are both on antibiotics and allergy meds. That's another soapbox I could jump on, but I'll spare you that one for now:) We're leaving today to go to NM and then to Nana's for Thanksgiving. We can't wait for our trip and I'm sure we'll have many pics to post later.

Bryant and Noora made ice cream.

Casey playing with his octopus

Bryant giving Bear a bath

Casey eating his first Puffs (although he's not too good at getting those little things in his mouth).

Watch out world, here comes Crazy Driver Casey!!

Sputtering Casey

Not too much

That's what's been going on around here...not too much!! Casey turned 7 months old and has started doing that cute sputtering thing and lots of squealing. It's so funny and cute. I'll post a video as soon as I get it uploaded. Bryant is still the same ole silly boy. He's getting to be that great age where he tests us daily and gets in trouble every day for being a toot! He got to stay the night with Aunt Ashley and Holly this weekend and I must say it was great but I did miss him. We had our family portraits done Saturday. The kiddos were great. The photographer on the other hand was a big ding dong!! But they turned out ok. Anywhooo, I'll update with pics soon. I've been busy trying to build my free photo book thanks to Oprah!! :)

Halloweeny time

Here are some pics from Halloween. They were the cutest clown and football player ever!

Bryant had his first school party Thursday. I was excited to be able to go up there and watch him play and have fun, but once I got there and he saw me, he didn't want to do anything or even acknowledge me. I was crushed.

Roll tide!!


Look at him walking in line like a big boy!

Now he's holding up the line.

Singing time (which he wouldn't participate with me there:(

I DID IT!!!!!

I finished my first half marathon today. That's right, I ran 13.1 miles today and I'm still here to tell about it. It was great!!! I completed it in 2 hours 10 min and 27 sec. That's just fabulous. Now I'm not saying that around mile 9 or 10 I didn't think I might die because I did! BUT I pushed on and survived! What a feeling to run past the tons of fans yelling and to cross that finish line. It was amazing! You never know, a marathon could be in my future now. I feel like I can do anything :)

Me around mile 9/10 and then darting towards the finish!

Oh yeah, Ashley ran it too and kicked booty!!!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere are Pumpkins

OK, this past weekend (and Monday) we went to every pumpkin place possible (or so it seems). Monday we went to the Pumpkin Patch at Owens (yes the sausage place). Then Sunday we went to our church pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. And last but not least, Monday we went to the Arboretum. We've been busy and it was lots of fun. The Arboretum was a little cold but great fall weather for a fun day out in the beautifulness, if that's even a word. Here are some pics a little out of order but you get the idea :)



Bryant at the Arboretum


Casey the little pumpkin


Bryant and Casey at the Arboretum

The family at church

The handsome boys!!!

Mommy and boys on a hayride at Owens

Can you find the two pumpkins that don't fit?

My silly heads

BUSY BUSY FUN

We've been busy having lots of fun! So to recap (briefly) some of the happening in the last couple of weeks:

We've gone to the State Fair (that was actually at the end of Sept).
We hang out and play and enjoy the outdoors (especially at Ashley's house).
We've made trips to the park.
We went to the Sachse Fallfest.
We also made a trip to Breckenridge for a few days.

Casey can now sit on his own (such a big boy) and he's really started "talking" alot!! He's getting big. He eats two real meals a day. I make most of his food...just blend up or mash veggies and fruits. He LOVES meal time. He kicks and gets so excited. It's quite funny and sweet all in one!

Bryant is still growing and I can't believe how much he's grown. When they get this age, you don't see the growth as much as when they are only months old. But since the cold weather has hit, we've got to see how much Bryant has grown when we put on his last years jeans. Can you say high waters?! Wow! Our boy is getting tall!

I have my race next weekend (Nov 2). I'm excited yet nervous. I know I can do it. It's so mental but I do still feel the aches and pains. I'm ready to get it over with but at the same time, it's my motivation to continue running even when I don't want to. I'll have to find something else after this...who knows maybe a marathon :)

Chad has taken a job (with the same bank) closer to home. That will be great when he starts there. Right now he drives quite a ways on the toll road so this will save us a good bit of money.

So now for the part everyone wants...the pictures.


Brothers playing


Riding the pony at the Fallfest



All dressed up




Ready for the game

State Fair