Jenna is 10 months old!

This is Jenna. Jenna is a good little girl and always very curious! If you read curious George you know that line all to well! She gets into everything and keeps us all very busy.

She loves to wave hello and goodbye! She also refuses to go to bed at a decent hour when daddy is home. naughty little girl!

 She adores her brother and thinks he is pretty funny! She enjoyed the park, and enjoyed watching all the other kids. She is pulling up on just about everything and walks while holding on. She isn't brave enough to let go just yet.

When we are in the kitchen she likes to pull all the letter magnets off the refrigerator,especially after I have just put them all back on. Any time the dishwasher door opens she crawls super fast to it so she can play with the dishes.

She loves to pull all the books off the shelf, but what baby doesn't love to do that! she is such a good baby anytime we go out. Makes my life easier! at home is a different story!

two of her new faces. She likes to scrunch her nose up and suck in like she is smelling. is pretty funny if she ever does it for you! and She likes to make the surprised face, which i actually think she is copying me.

We went to six flags and Parker played a few games and won two balls. Jenna claimed them! She loves the grass and anytime she is near it she is pulling it and goes crazy. She of course always tries to sneak a few bites in, you can't take your eyes off of her. Anytime we are outside she grabs everything and it goes straight to her mouth. I can't wait for her to grow out of that stage!

Parker is 4!!

Our baby boy is 4, and we can't believe it. This year flew by so fast but we managed to have a great time even with a new addition to our family.

picture on the left. Parker's birthday party Picture on right first day of preschool 2014/15

This was the taken the Monday before he turned 4. This is all he would let me do.

We have lived in Texas our whole lives and had never been to the Cattledrive, so we decided to take Parker.

yum cake. This year I made his Ninja Turtle costume.

 A few highlights of Parkers year are:

He became a big brother, and what a great big brother he  makes. Sure every now and then he gets a little rowdy and hurts her on accident and occasionally on purpose. He is a boy its to be expected. He loves her so much its so fun to see them together, I only pray they continue to enjoy each others company.

 here are just a few of my favorite pictures. He is so proud to be her big brother!

He has become really great at coloring. He colors better than most kids I know and several are 8yrs +. He spends lots of time coloring and he really seems to enjoy it. He enjoys it more when we do it as a family but many times I find him off in his room or at the table coloring. For whatever reason he likes it I am ok with.

We signed Parker up for soccer this year. He enjoys playing soccer and baseball outside with us and is really good. Before fall sign ups we asked him numerous times if he wanted to play soccer or baseball. He chose soccer. The first day of practice was rough, he didn't know anyone and wasn't sure about the whole concept. after about 2 practices and bribing him to listen and participate he finally came around. When I say he finally came around I mean he started loving practice! His first game he didn't want to play, and refused to even go on the field. All I could think was I just paid 110 dollars for him to play and he won't even play! Depending on his mood really depended on weather he would play in his game at all. Some times he would only play for 2 minutes others 15. Very frustrating as the parent but he wasn't the only kid like that so that was comforting to me. His last game he went out with a bang. He did awesome and daddy had worked a part time and missed it. He was so sad. Uncle James and his cousins Ethan and Devin came to watch, so it made his last game even more special!

His soccer team. The Blue Ninja Turtles

last game, Look at him go!

He loves playing games. This past year we introduced him to Crazy 8's and Candyland. Boy! were they a hit! At first he wanted to play them all day long, and we could only take so much! I was so impressed with him once we started playing crazy 8's, he caught on so fast and it really helped him identify and learn his numbers. He is such a smart boy! We still have some work to do as far as teaching him to not be a sore loser, but I think that understanding comes with age...at least I hope!

He is part of a preschool co-op again this year. Last year we had to coax him into going some days and now we can't seem to get him to stop and say by before running off to play with his school friends. He always says he doesn't remember what he learns at school, when I ask he says "I don't know"...ugh! I do know he his actually learning because I catch him singing songs he has learned and I randomly ask him stuff like "what does the A say" and he knows. So sending him off to play and learn for 3 hours twice a week is paying off! 

his preschool pumpkin patch field trip

He still loves spider man, ninja turtles but has never seen the show and refuses to when asked if he wants to. silly I know! A few of his favorite movies are Rio 1 and 2, How to train your Dragon 1. His favorite TV shows are Wild Kratts, and Oscars Oasis. He loves to play outside, ride his bike, and play in the dirt with his cars. He loves anything with water! He could have lived at the pool this summer!

Have I mentioned we have a pretty awesome kid! We are truly blessed to call him our own. Even when we want to strangle him for being a turd! We love his sweet, energetic, funny, silly, artistic, hot tempered, easily frustrated little personality! He has so many great and not so great qualities and we wouldn't change him at all! I love being able to watch him grow and mold into a little man.

We love you so much buddy!

Fall 2014