November is caught up!

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

May is finished!  Yay!  So close to being caught up!

June is now caught up.  Only 2.5 more months to go... my goal is to have it done by the end of the year!!

July is now caught up... woot woot!

All of August has been caught up.  Yay!

August 2011 - Part 1

August 2011 - Part 2

November 11 - Week 4

33 weeks!

A little Thanksgiving gift for Bo (candle, pumpkins, towels)... we love Bo!

Twas the night before Thanksgiving and I was tired from cleaning and prepping food all day... so we got Chinese at 8:30pm.... nothing says Thanksgiving like dinner from Wok!

Thanksgiving with the J family this year... love good friends, new traditions and super yummy pecan pie!

Christmas Magic!

Family date night... dinner at Logan's and a drive through the Christmas lights at LL Park... one of my favorite Christmas traditions!

Bibby is here!! And she came with gifts of Garret's popcorn... a Chicago original and one of my favorite treats ever!

Yay for old friends and new memories!

November 2011 - Week 3

Almost every night after jammies and prayers we climb in to the "big bed" and read stories for a few minutes. I so love this time together.

bath time... with cars of course!

spontaneous hot chocolate date at our favorite neighbors house!!! (we love our neighbors!)

A trip to Burger King while we were waiting for our car to be washed... I could seriously eat him up. He is soo soo yummy!

Nice Thanksgiving-ish weather... this is the part of year that I love Texas!

when we go to get in the car he runs around in the leaves and yells "I running in leaves!"... so much joy in the simple things.

to protect and serve.

p.s. Happy 11.11.11... I wanted to have a party of some sort to celebrate... but instead I ended up crying in the doctors office... single mom, pregnant, moody three year old, working full time... life is a big growing experience right now.

November 2011 - Week 2

I think little buns in big boy underwear are sooo cute!! :)

p.s. Potty training not going as well as one would hope. sigh.

Our sweet dear friends B & R were sealed in the Dallas Temple over the weekend. It was such a beautiful day. Its been many many years coming and I'm so glad that I got to be part of their special day.

He told me that his tummy hurt and that band aids on his tummy would make it feel better. These are the little moments I'm so grateful to capture. Sweet little man.

Buddy had his three year old check up this week... the doctor says on the height chart he's the same height as a 4.5 half year old. crazy.
Everything looks good. We need to work on his pronunciation of words... but other than that he's right on track with everything. And despite three year old tantrums we think he's the best boy around!

Unfinished Turkey craft from our Thanksgiving playdate that Buddy and I hosted at our house.

a peppermint shake from Chick-fil-a does on a mommy/buddy date night helps ease some of the three year old struggles we're having... it really really does...

November 2011 - Week 1

 

First day of potty training...

Buddy - 0

Floor - 3

p.s. Potty candy incentives kind of lose their appeal the day after Halloween.  

Is he not the cutest thing ever!

Calvin's Rio birthday party.

Buddy... do not judge your birthday parties by Calvin's parties... you'll be nothing but disappointed! 

Dinner with "Gwama" Fwancks

 Double baby shower for me and Riah... just mom and sisters.  Dinner and fun games.  Perfect evening!

  

Just because I love this picture... he's such a little boy.

 

a haircut and the "after haircut" swim in grandma's tub

 

Leaving Utah... always sad to say goodbye.

this was our first time flying in and out of Provo... we're sold!

warm fall evening spent swinging at the park...

October 2011

I'm just going to do one big massive post for all of October... I know... its a bit annoying... but its the only way I'm going to get caught up at this point!

Here goes.


Ice Cream date night with mommy while daddy is at Preisthood session.

 Celebrating 3 years old!

He loves to dance and sing... loves to watch Bubble Guppies and Peppa Pig.

Popcorn chicken, sandwiches and bananas are his favorite food.

His vocabulary is exploding and he's starting to form sentences.

Can count to 10 (most of the time 13), know all his colors and sings the alphabet song.

His Daddy is his best friend in the whole world... but is also a total mama's boy too.

We are so grateful for the miracle and blessing that he is.

 

When we got to Bo's this morning she had a little birthday party for Buddy.  Cutest thing ever!  Look at the cake she made... we absolutely love Bo!

I came in one morning and he had put on my sunglasses while he was eating breakfast. I thought it was so funny. Love this kid!!

 One of the last nights as my little little boy... Things are changing so fast and pretty soon he's going to be a big boy... the binky went away today... potty training starts next week.  He's just growing up way too fast :(


Lunch date with my BYU bff Jeanette to catch up and meet her new daughter A.  Jeanette and her family have waited a looong time for this sweet little girl.  I love adoption and the gift of a new family.

 We're so glad when daddy comes home... glad as we can be!

After a long week daddy finally comes home on Friday nights... its definitely become our favorite day of the week!

He likes to put the ball basket on his head and walk around the room saying "Mommy, I a Robot!"

cutest robot ever!

Taking a spin on his new birthday trike... my favorite part (excluding the cute three year old!) is the bell and tassels.  We haven't totally figured out the trike yet... mostly we got backwards... but pretty soon he'll have it mastered and be asking for a car.

 

 Volunteering at the Katybug 5k run... a charity run for a little girl with leukemia.

The event was put together by Nicole and Tracy and I worked the event... they are such great women.  It was so fun to work with them again at this event. 

Evening walks at Waterloo park.. this is my favorite time of year at Waterloo... the weather has cooled and the sun streams through the trees in the evenings... its absolutely beautiful!

The last couple of weeks when he gets out of the tub he covers up in the towel and says in a growling voice "I a monster!"

Halloween crafting with Angie... it was such a fun day!

We keep saying that we're going to get together to craft on a regular basis... but the last time we crafted together was last October... at least we're consistent!

 

A little bit of Autumn in our back yard (even if it doesn't feel like Fall!)

 

So we got the flu.  Really really bad.  Couldn't keep anything down for for over thirteen hours.  Including water.  I called the nurse to find out what I should do since I couldn't keep water down and she said to get myself to the hospital and get monitored and get an IV.  So I did. 

My sweet neighbor Nicole drove me and stayed with me until Joey surprised me by showing up.  We got released about 1am and then he headed back to Ft. Worth bright and early the next morning.   

Celebrating National Taco day with $1 tacos with our favorite neighbors at Fuzzy Taco shop. 

 

Every little boy needs a superhero cape.

a few days after I was in the hospital it was Buddy's turn... couldn't keep anything down for a couple of days... the after hours nurse made me take him to the ER to be monitored for dehydration.

 We snuggled up on hospital bed and watched Transformers. Finally got released about 3am when he could keep fluids down.

we're not really ER kind of people... so I think we've definitely had our share of trips for the next couple of years.

Every Wednesday we meet up with our church friends for Park day.



A Halloween pillow and cup of Halloween treats from Bo.  Such a fun thoughtful gift!

 Halloween Costume Party with our playgroup... any excuse to wear our costumes!

 Haunted House in Ft. Worth with the Fab Four.

I so love our time together. 

Halloween craft activity with friends... who knew an orange could make such a cute pumpkin???

Our cute little friend Zoe's Peter Pan birthday party... complete with pirate/peter pan/tinkerbell costumes, dinner and a private showing of the Peter Pan movie... a fun night for all little pirates... arg!

Witches Lunch 2011

Good food, friends and a little Halloween fun with seven of my cutest witch friends!

On our way to Utah to spend Halloween with family... we were supposed to leave yesterday... but Buddy threw up all night and because of blizzards in Denver (our connection) we were able to change our tickets for free.  Tender mercies.

p.s. This is the first time we've ever flown in to Provo... I'm hooked!!

Hot, witchy sisters!

we didn't coordinate our costumes beforehand ... but I love that we matched!

Thanks to Emma and family for letting Buddy and I crash their church Halloween party!

Happy Birthday to my sweet mom who taught me a love of God, family, freedom and all things Halloween.

Little man's first time trick or treating door to door... he would get to the door, say "Happy Halloween" and then walk away without getting any candy.... at the end of the night he only ended up with four pieces of candy for his efforts.  Looks like we need to work on our trick or treating skills for next year!