Halloween 2011

This year Halloween was so EASY and so fun!  I actually just had surgery the Thursday before for my umbilical hernia (the only not so great gift my 3 beautiful babies gave me), and by Saturday I was worried that I wasn't going to hold up for the festivities.  The pain set in and thankfully MA and Paxton were here to take the reins.  But by Sunday I was bouncing back, and we had the most fun staying home, grilling and baking, watching football, carving pumpkins, and doing all that awesome "fall" stuff (have I mentioned that I LOVE the fall?)!  Monday Laura and Grayson came for pizza, and then we headed to Lantana for trick or treating.  Maddox stayed at the house with MA.  We parked at Laura's friend Kathy's house, who is in the cave woman costume with the giant cat kind dressed as a pumpkin.  Channing and Jaxson loved it, and thank goodness after only about 6 or 7 houses they were satisfied and didn't put up a fight about leaving.  They had a couple pieces of candy and hit the sack by 8:15.  Whew!  Mission accomplished!   Channing was definitely "clowning around" in her costume.... and Jaxson was a little on the timid side and kept making all of these funny expressions which were cracking me up.   Grayson really went the flow, and although I never got to hear it, Laura said every time she asked him what a dragon says he said, "beep beep beep".  

The family picture was taken at Presley's birthday party at a huge pumpkin patch in Flower Mound.  We made a stop there on our way to Abilene a couple of weeks ago for a Hardin Simmons banquet.  More on that trip later.

My Maddox is 8 Months Old!

Still a perfect, happy, chubby little baby!  He started crawling right at 8 months, is starting to try to pull up, he kisses us with a giant, open mouth, and says "mamamamamamamaaaa!"  He's just decided to stop sleeping, and maybe it's because he still has no teeth and is trying to get one??  It's hard to get him on a good nap routine because of dropping off and picking up Chann and Jax, but I am trying to figure it out.   Anyway, here are a few pictures of him I snapped before we went to go run errands one day.

Jaxson at the Apple Orchard

Jaxson's class had a field trip to a nearby apple orchard.  The owners taught the kids about the apples, bees, and more.  Jaxson loved it, and got to pick an apple at the end.

Blog Catch Up

Since this is my primary source of "scrapbooking" for my kids, I wanted to post some of these special pics I found on my phone.  I forget to download those.  There are so many great stories behind this pictures!

sleeping in the car after a day at the zoo

it was raining and he begged to jump on the trampoline

took this picture to send to paxton while he was out of town for work

found these big hollywood glasses for her, and she thought she was hot stuff!

my helper in Christina's! 

at the pediatrician for check up

picture I painted for Channing at sip and doodle with stacie

pictute I took of jaxson at sprouts when I was having a heart attack.  we were checking out when he decided he HAD TO GO to potty for at least 20 minutes!

great wolf lodge with Whitts, and Jade, Summer 2011

lying on concrete outside of Rainforest Cafe

drill team camp.... Channing and Addison 

Pet rocks jaxson put in my drawer for me

pancake breakfast for hilltop teachers with nicole

kids with nana on abilene trip