Just a heads up, this post is overloaded with pictures! My friend Traci told me that's all people care about anyhow, so here you go! I have been out of town doing what my in-laws call the "Texas Loop". They had kids living in Dallas, Lubbock and San Antonio so they would just drive the "loop" and see them all. I did the mini-Texas-loop over Labor Day and had a great time! Here are some stats from my trip with the boys:
- 14 days
- 1300 miles driven
- 3 birthday parties
- 1 new baby niece
- 5 blowouts (1 actual flat tire)
- 6 temper tantrums
- 2 pacifiers, although it seemed like one of them was missing at all times
- 2432 goldfish spilled in my car
We had a great time! It was just me and the boys while in Dallas, then Mark met us in New Braunfels for Labor Day and our nephews birthdays. I was so excited to get to Dallas to meet my new niece! Maggie is adorable and loved spending three days with her.
Here is Ms. Maggie! So tiny compared to my beast of a son.
Celebrating Birthday #1- Charlotte's Curious George 2nd Birthday
My sis-in-law, Sally, Me and Caleb- who didn't want to look.
I thought it was funny that each of these kiddos are 10 pounds apart, so we documented it.
7, 17, 27 and 37 pounds. (Yes, my 4 month old weighs 17 pounds)!
One day I took Brooks to ride the train at Firewheel, they were closing right when we got there so we weren't able to ride it (and it was 12x more expensive then the train in Roswell so I would have probably been too cheap to buy tickets even if it was still open). Ha.
This is what I get when I ask him to smile.
But then he said he wanted to smile and have his picture taken by the play trains, and I got this adorable smile! Such a cutie if you ask me.
One day we went over to the Ft. Worth Children's Museum with Jess, her girls and my madre.
Brooks doing a little shopping, loading up on protein.
My sis and our awesome babies. Although Caleb doesn't look too fond of Maggie in this pic.
Um, Chunkers, I don't think this scale is accurate- you're a little more than 7 pounds. :-)
This is as good as we get with group shots now. I just aim for everyone to be IN the picture.
I was able to spend time with my Dallas friends, meet my friend Melanie's new baby girl, and hang out with Chelle and her super cute kiddos. Boo for not taking any pictures. I also took the boys to the Pep Rally at the new Allen Eagle stadium and see my teacher friends. This place is awesome- these high schoolers are lucky kids! Here is the band- it's huge!
My boys, enjoying themselves. Go Eagles!!! I miss this school!
Also, my friend Alison, who lives in Nebraska came to town so I was able to see her and her sweet baby girl! These two are 5 months apart.
We couldn't drive past Baylor without stopping. Especially since Caleb had never been before- he was 4 months old, it was time. First, we stopped by the best coffee joint ever- I was SOOO excited for my Frozen Milky Way but the machine was broken! I was crushed!
So I dried my tears and we moved onward- next stop was checking out the bear pit. Brooks would not leave, we'd walk a few feet away then he'd turn around and run back to the bear.
Caleb's first time on campus! Little cutie- and future Baylor Bear!
Too bad Brooks wouldn't look- here he is with his favorite football player- RGIII!!!
Brooks taking his bro on a little stroll around campus.
And here he is with his sign, slightly bigger than the last time we took this pic!
Birthday Party #2- Parker's Lego themed 7th Birthday
We finally got to see Mark! We were all so glad to see him and be back together!
Lizzy did an awesome job planning these parties (one Saturday and one Sunday)!
These two were eyeing the goodies, just waiting for no one to look. It was so fun to watch Brooks follow Maren around all weekend. They had a great time playing together.
This guy LOVED the "happy cakes" (his version of birthday cakes and cup cakes).
Birthday Party #3- Brady's Fisherman 4th Birthday! (This pic was from the Lego party though).
Brooksie and his Papa!
These two gobbled up who knows how many gummy worms at Brady's party- yummy!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the rolls in this pic! Caleb really is this smiley too, he smiles every time you talk to him. Such a great little guy, love him to pieces!
Thanks to my parents for letting us crash for over a week, and Lizzy and David for being such awesome hosts! We had a great time and loved spending so much time with family. It was a long time to be gone with the boys but I enjoyed it all. Even driving 8 hours each way with the boys went well. We are so blessed to have such awesome families who we love to spend time with. I am so grateful that the boys have so many cousins that they can grow up with. We are a lucky family!
