Trick or Treat

We had a great Halloween this year with Briley getting a little more excited about all the candy. I will probably be trying to get the kids to coordinate for the next several years, so this year we went with a kitty and puppy. Unfortunately Briley wasn't too thrilled about the costumes so we didn't get any cute pictures of the two. But he still had tons of fun and he was so excited about the hundreds of dum-dums he recieved. He usually asks for one first thing in the morning (don't worry I definitely say No to this one).

Kimber made a cute little kitty cat and she was perfect all night.

The trunk-or-treat was awesome becuase we got to hit up so many cars without going door to door. Briley did great (he was a little grabby with the candy), but he always said "tanks".

Briley with cousin Logan. Thankfully he doesn't have his mask on because it was a little too scary for my taste.

My Little "Doll"

So Brian sometimes thinks I am a little crazy and reminds me that Kimber is not my little "doll". Yes I do change her outfit all of the time, and if we are going out I make sure she is in something that she has never worn before. The thing is, my sister has 3 beautiful girls, who were always dressed so cute, and I have been so fortunate to get all of the cute clothes which is totally awesome. Sometimes I get stressed out by how many Sunday dresses she has becuase I am not sure if I am going to get through all of them before the weather change. I have no time to put her in the same cute outfit twice which sometimes makes me sad.

So anyways I don't think its that I am treating her like my doll, but honestly I have so much fun picking out her outfits and taking pictures. Hence the 100's or maybe 1,000nds that I have uploaded on facebook. So while the boys went to the store for a few things last night me and Kimber had a LOT of fun playing dress up and taking cute pictures. Don't get me wrong, Brian really does love it when she looks all cute its more the way I get when she has a new outfit on :)

I Love PTO

I can honestly say one of the hardest jobs in the world is staying home, by yourself with 2 kids, all day. It is something that I absolutely love but not sure if I could do it all day every day forever (if you get my drift). Unless...Brian could be a stay at home dad with me. We have soooo much fun when we are together and I love it when Brian takes PTO days to hang out with the fam. We had 2 days of togetherness before I go back to school. It was filled with shopping, lots of playing together, and a wonderful trip to the Abilene Zoo with Grammy and Logan. Here are a few pictures of our trip to the Zoo and Briley playing on his swingset.

Trip around the Country with Mommy

So I have been puting of blogging about me and mommy's 2 week driving spree because there was so much to talk about and sooooo many pictures. We started our journey after a long day of Briley's park birthday party in the morning and our friends park birthday party in the evening. After all of the festivities we loaded ourselves and the 2 kids along with all of our luggage and an extremely large cooler in the back of my mom's car (filled with an ample supply of rockstars). Our first stop was Denton to see my sister Christine's family. We spent the night and hung out with the family Sunday morning. Uncle Kevin and big cousin's, Hadley and Hayden, got to meet Kimber for the 1st time. After a morning of play we got on the road for our long awaited trip to Omaha.

After the kids took a long nap in the car it was perfect timing to stop in Norman, OK to see one of my best friends and her new baby. Jill and I had our first sons 2 months apart and our second children were also around the same timing. While the big boys played (really Briley was trying to take Calvin's toys and fight over golf balls) I got to see 1 week old baby Clark. He was so precious and tiny its hard to believe Kimber was almost that small just a few months before. She is such a wonderful friend and I wish our kids could grow up living closer together but I know we will always stay in touch and see them as much as possible.

After a 13 hour drive in the car we made it to Omaha around 1 in the morning. It is always fun to go see my sister and the kids because there seems like so much to do there, plus a whole bunch of toys. This was a definite fav of Briley's was the big bathtub we made for them. They were all so dirty so one night we filled up the pool with bubbles and water and let the kids play.

On Tuesday we all headed to the Children's museum in Omaha. It was wonderful and I was really wishing we had something like this in San Angelo. They had water to play with, a really cool ball room and a whole section dedicated to Clifford the Big Red Dog. They all had a blast and it felt great to get out of the house even though it takes a lot of skill and planning with this many kids.

Because Briley Looooooooooves trains and Sarah has a family pass to the Durham train museum we decided to get all the kids out of the house on Thursday. Briley had a blast running around with his big cousins and seeing the trains. It ended with a nice lunch at the museums soda shop, complete with a ice cream shake.

On Friday, Sarah, Kyle and I took the big kids to see Toy Story 3 in 3-d. Gavin has always been a super fan and Briley is headed right in his foot steps. Briley might have enjoyed it more if he wore the glasses because he watched the blurry movie for almost 50 minutes without them. After a while he had enough sitting so I chased him around outside the theater while it was finishing up. This made me really sad because the movie was really funny, so I guess we will have to buy it when it comes out.

After our week in Omaha we sadley left my sister and the kids to head to Iowa. This was only about a 4.5 hour trip and we ended in some small town in South East Iowa ( I can't remember the name of the town right now). We were headed there for the Johnson family reunion and I really wanted my grandparents to see baby Kimber for the 1st time.

Iowa was beautiful and Briley loved all of the green grass to roll and play in. After all that he did I am suprised we only found 1 tick in his head :(

After 2 days in Iowa we were headed for our worst leg of the trip. We wanted to go see my Aunt Patsy's new house so we headed to East Texas and took the scenic route through the Ozark mountains. I don't want to get to much into the trip but I can sum it up in one sentence. 2 kids, no dvd player because the batter never got charged, many poopy diapers and it took 16, yes 16 hours to get there. At least the drive was beautiful but that was about the only positive.

After a rather relaxing 2.5 days at my Aunt Patsy's in Hawkins we headed for only a 6 hour drive back to San Antonio. We did stop for a little while at the Outlet mall which is always fun. Brian met us there and we made the 3 hour drive back to San Angelo. It was really good to get back home after our 2 week trip but it was so much fun. I loved hanging out with my mom and seeing all of my family but I think me and the kids are done driving for a while.

Big Brother Briley turns 2

We are soooooooooooo proud of our big 2 year old. In the past 3 months he seems to have grown and changed so much. He talks all the time (even if he doesn't make sense), he is very cooordinated and athletic, and he knows all of his colors :) He is such a sweet happy boy who loves his family and especially his "liddle sidster". At his 2 year appointment he weighed 28 pounds (50th %) and was 35 inches (67th %).

We love you Sweet Boy!

4 Wonderful Years

Brian and I just celebrated our 4th year of marriage on June 11th. The last 4 years have been filled with so many milestone between the moves, job changes, buying our 1st house and cars, and having 2 beautiful children. I am happy to say we are more in love than ever, and he is my best friend. We often find ourselves not hanging out with anyone becuase we are content to be with eathother and kids. I love him soooooooo much and can't wait to see where God takes us in the years to come.

He got me the two outside charms for my bracelet, and I looooove them. What a sweet husband.

2 month stats are in...

Well I have to start by saying we are loving our little girl. She is a lot more serious than Briley and always seems to be thinking about something. Every now and than she will smile and it is so sweet but we have yet to get a good picture of it. We had our 2 month check up today, which means first round of shots :( She did very well and only cried for a couple of minutes. She has been sleeping most of the day and we will see how the night goes. Kimber is officially 22.75 in (64%tile) which was a huge jump. Her weight was 10 lbs 4 oz (37%tile) which was a little smaller than I expected, but she is our tall/skinny little one. Her head remains in the 5th percentile but the Doctor assured me that it had nothing to do with how smart she would be. I can't tell you how sweet she is and I am reminded how much fun babies are, since they grow sooooooooo fast.

We love you Kimber!