Old BFF's Reunite

I am so excited that my BFF from kinder to 8th grade is back in my life! Amity and I were inseparable for most of my childhood until her family moved in the 8th grade. Since we could not drive and it was a long distance phone call we lost touch. Well thanks to facebook we have reunited! The crazy part is we only live a few miles from each other. We meet at the park this morning and had a great time catching up. Hopefully this is the first of many playdates and future adult dinners! Yeah Facebook!!!

Gruene Boutique Crawl

Me, Nana and the boys enjoyed a beautiful MLK day walking the boutiques of Gruene Texas! The boys were not too excited about this, but they were troopers and hung out with us. We started in San Marcos at Center Point Station then over to Calli's Sassy Boutique, both have super cute gifts and clothes. Then we headed to Gruene for a fabulous lunch at the Gristmill. We went to a few boutiques downtown, but was not impressed with any! Then on the way out we found Alibi Boutique (loved it!!!) I bought the hip-t there (what a great invention!!!). Of course on the way home we had to stop by the Pottery Barn outlet!!! it was a super fun day!!!

Yes we had to bribe him with ice cream!!!

A Date Night???

Yes it is true, Brad and I had a date night last night!!! At church Tyler asked Nana if he and Carter could stay the night and she said yes!!! So after nap we loaded them up drove them to Nana and Papas slowed down a little, pushed them out and called to let my parents know they were on their front porch (just kidding we actually came to a stop before letting them out!) Brad and I were then FREE!! We drove around our dream neighborhood which we WILL live in one of these days. Then we headed to Romeos on the Georgetown Square. We had a lot of fun and hopefully can do it more often! Thanks Nana and Papa!!!

Movin' On Up

Well it is official, I no longer have any babies around the house :( My little Carter is growing up. First he decided he doesn't need those diapers anymore and now he has a big boy bed of his very own. We took down his crib this past weekend and exchanged it for a bed. The crib he had was a converted crib so this will now be his full size bed. We ran into one little problem, it needed a bed frame... oops. We ran out of time on Saturday and Brad left early Sunday morning for a meeting out of town so poor Carter has been sleeping on the floor, well on a mattress on the floor anyway! But he has been doing AWESOME! he does not get our of bed until we come get him. I want it this way for a while until he understands when he can and can't get out of bed. This weekend when Brad is back we will set his bed up and take some pics to share!!!!

Christmas Day 2008

Christmas day Carter woke up with fever and ugly cough!!! He tried to be soooo super excited about what Santa brought him and all of his other toys, but it was in spurts! Tyler on the other hand was excited enough for both of them! He felt great and it just kept getting better. Santa brought him and Carter the Millennium Falcon!!!! After we opened here at our house we went for round 2 at Nana and Papas. It was a laid back fun day!!!!

The weekend after Christmas we made a super fast trip to Arlington for Christmas their. Carter was still not feeling well so I handed the camera to Brad to take pics...... this is the only one we got :(

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas eve has always been a special time for our family. We have gotten together with my mom's side of the family for as long as I can remember. The past few years the celebration has taken place at my house, which I love because I love to entertain! This year instead of heading to Hyde Park for the candle light service we thought we would try the G-town First Baptist since that is where we have been going lately. It was wonderful! After church everyone headed back to my house for some yummy Mexican food. My brother had flown in while we were at Church so he was waiting for us when we got home. I had the kids table in front of the front door and they were eating while we were all talking in the kitchen. All of the sudden Tyler runs into the kitchen telling me there was someone at the front door singing???? I thought it was odd, but opened the door to listen..... It was my aunt and uncle and my 4 cousins that are currently living in Germany!!!!! The completly surprised us, after my aunt and I had a screaming match I invited them in for food and drinks!!! It was awesome to have everyone back together again on Christmas Eve, I know my grandmother was in Heaven!!!! We finished the night with a super fun game of Catch Phrases!!!

Sea World Holiday Celebration

We decided to head south again this weekend for some Christmas fun. This time we choose Sea World. After another bday party we made our way, we had one thing on our mind, Polar Express is 4D!!!! As soon as we got there we headed to the theatre. It was packed, but we were determined since we missed it at the IMAX. We all herded in like cattle and took our seat!

The show was AWESOME!!! Exactly like I like movies, short and sweet! They took the highlights of the movie and made it about 30 min. The boys had a huge smile on their face the entire time (ok, so did I) They made our seats vibrate like we were on the train and a couple times they made it snow.

After the show we headed to Viva for a really cool Beluga Whale and acrobat show. It too was amazing!

Our last stop was Shamu of course! Carter talked about seeing Shamu all the way to Sea World! It was a really cool show too!

Carter got into his stroller right after the Shamu show and made it maybe 2 min before he was OUT!!! it was a great family day!! I look forward to Sea World Passes again next year!