Ryan's Birthday

We had a great time celebrating Ryan's birthday in early October! It was fun that it was on a Saturday and that we got to spend the day together as a family. In the evening, we did Ryan's favorite thing....chicken friend steak, football and Texas Hot Chocolate cake (Thanks to Joanne for making it since Ryan does not think I make it quite right! ;). We celebrated with our good friends, Marc & AC. Marc's birthday is just a few days before Ryan's. Jack loved helping them blow out the birthday candles!

Jack's 2 year portraits

September Indy Visit

Jack and I went to Indiana at the end of September to see family and celebrate my grandpa's 90th Birthday! We had such a great time, and it was such a beautiful time of year to visit Indiana. I do not think I had been there in September since my first year at Baylor...12 years ago!

Here is a picture of me with my Grandpa at the party. (sorry it is so small...I scanned it in on my computer) It was such a great celebration! My aunt and my cousin's husband worked hard on putting together a slide show of pictures set to music that they played at the party....pictures from when my Grandpa was a baby all the way to pictures of his great-grandchildren. It was awesome (and we all got a copy of it!)! He is an amazing man who has raised an amazing family and has served his country proud!

Jack had so much fun with Grandma & Grandpa Indiana...he especially loved playing with the trains and the peg board with Grandma and going on a ride around the golf course with Grandpa. Grandpa gave him a golf ball that he carries around everywhere!

I was able to get together with my good friends, Christina, Jenni and Jann. It was so much fun catching up at the Cheesecake Factory!!!!

Jack had fun playing with cousins Joe and Rachel.

He also enjoyed a day at the zoo with his cousin Gretchen!

The Birthday Pictures I Promised...

Here are some pictures from Jack's birthday that I promised!
We gave him a tricycle that is still a bit too big for him but will be fun someday! Do you notice his "big buck" sitting on the back step? Jack insisted on taking him for a ride!

He loved his cake!

And he loved his pizza!

My two precious boys!

Jack's 2nd Birthday

It is so hard to believe that my baby is turning 2! Today we had a big birthday party to celebrate! Here is a video to share with those who are far away and could not be there (more pictures to follow!) He really enjoyed listening to everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to him, and of course, he enjoyed his cake too!

Jack's 1st day of Mother's Day Out

Jack's first day at Mother's Day Out was yesterday. He did so well when I dropped him off and quickly set to work, playing with all of the toys; especially the play dough! He loved it! His teachers are super sweet, and they even came to visit us at the house a few weeks ago to play and allow Jack to get used to them, which helped tremendously! We also visited his classroom last Friday, and he got to play and see his teachers again. In his take home folder he was described as happy, busy, friendly and teary at nap time. I don't think he was quite sure of what to think about napping there! It is the next morning as I am writing this, and he is still sound asleep at 8:30am (he usually wakes at 7:30)!

Labor Day Weekend at the Ranch

We had a great weekend at the ranch! We celebrated Jack's upcoming birthday as well as my birthday. Both cakes were delicious! Jack enjoyed opening presents and discovering what was inside. It was so cute! Thank you Grandma & Grandpa for making it so special! Ryan, his dad and Baylor kicked off the opening of dove season and were quite successful. I went out one evening with them and was amazed at how many dove were flying in the sky. It was so neat to watch Baylor work so hard as she retrieved those dove. She is an amazing dog and so smart!