Oh give me a home....

Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play. Where seldom is heard a discouragin' word, and the skies are not cloudy all day! Our little cowboys got a special treat from Daddy! Their very own horse!
Austin and Daddy are putting it together.
Braeden even "helped." If you haven't noticed, Maggie always has her tongue out in pictures. Just look back at any of our pictures that she is in, and you will also be amazed that we are able to catch her tongue in our pictures. Crazy dog!
Here is our biggest cowboy throwin' that hat up in the air and saying "Yee haw!"

Visiting Great Grandparents!

This week, Mimi, Uncle Ben, Mom, and us two boys took a road trip to Louisiana to visit Mommy's grandparents. First we stopped in Lake Charles to see Mama Mickey, and then went on to Lafayette the next day to see Poppy. Here are the pictures below of our fun trip!

Austin and his Poppy. That is where he gets the cowboy from. Do you think Austin loves his Poppy, just look at that face?! It speaks volumes.

Braeden thought Poppy was wonderful too!

Mimi, Braeden, Poppy, and Aunt Judy.

Poppy has this horsey at his house that the grandkids and great grandkids get to ride. Well Austin had so much fun and rode that horse so long, his head was dripping with sweat. So fun!

Austin picked some flowers (they are small, but they are in her hands) from Mama Mickey's yard and brought them to her. She was so pleased.
Braeden loves his great grandmother, and she was so tickled to have him there.

Kisses for Mama Mickey!

Kisses for Aunt Alice too!

11 Months Old

It is hard to believe that Braeden is already 11 months old. Only 4 weeks from being a 1 year old toddler! My how time has flown by. He sat up in his crib for the first time yesterday. I walked in expecting to see him rolling around like normal, and he was just sitting there looking at me like, "Hi Mom, what's up?" grinning from ear to ear. His favorite food, if I had to choose one is macaroni and cheese, although he'll eat just about anything you give him. He has started to point at things and make sounds like he is trying to say words. His favorite thing is to watch Austin or Maggie and Jack....they all make him laugh. He is such a happy boy, we are so blessed.

Yummy!

We took a nice drive to the hill country to get some yummy BBQ at Kreuz Market in Lockhart. It was a beautiful day, and Braeden liked his first taste of one of the best barbeque places in Texas. The best part was that we got to meet Aunt Lisa and Grandma who were in Austin for a wedding.

Austin was left in the tub while I got Braeden dried off, and when I returned (don't worry I was still able to see him the whole time), I found that he wasn't just coloring the bathtub like he usually does.

Our own little commando!

All I had to do was post on the blog that Braeden wasn't crawling, and the very next day he began! It is a cute crawl...sort of commando style. He is our own little sniper the way he uses his elbows. This video is a couple of weeks old, and he really gets around quickly now. I imagine my blog posts might really be far between now that both kids are on the move...but we'll see!