Opening Weekend

Shawn and I have been together over 9 years, and in that time I have learned that my husband has a one-track mind come November. This was opening weekend and Shawn had been planning a big hunt for a while. Max sure missed his Daddy, but he got some deer and is one happy hunter.

playing with Daddy's robe -- looks like Dopey from Snow White!!

With opening weekend I decided to invite Angela, Sebastian and Elizabeth to visit. We had a relaxing weekend of eating and playing. With the kids I try to avoid restaurants, but we couldn't resist Pappadeaux. It ended up being more trouble than it was worth, but we got some good laughs. The girls relaxed, gossiped a little and laughed much. This is one thing I miss about College Station, silly times with my girls! Love and miss you!!

Sebastian is pretty good with Max and Maddie -- they stayed busy for sure. Max started to get a little cold by the end of the weekend. I might as well prepare myself for the season and get out the nebulizer. Max's allergies are so bad that he starts wheezing when he catches a cold. Madeline was a sweet girl all weekend, but she refused to sleep in her crib all weekend. Luckily, all is better and she is back to sleeping through the night in her room!! Here are some memories from the weekend.

She loves her hands

Pretty in blue

With her Tia Nini and Aunt Angela

Max Lately

I try to capture his cuteness in a picture, but he is too fast and lately doesn't want anything to do with taking pictures. Here are some videos that capture some of his cuteness, personality and kindness. Shawn and I are so proud to be parents to such a sweet little boy!

Low key Halloween

We enjoyed our weekend with Tia Memi (aka Aunt Amy), Jessica and my mom. We all caught up, cooked and ate great food, played with the babies and we even did some shopping. I was so grateful for the helping hands with my babies, and I think they enjoyed it too. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures, so all we have are the memories.

We dressed the kids up. Max was a train conductor and Madeline was a pumpkin. We tried to get a picture of the two of them. Max didn't want to share the spotlight, but we got a picture anyway. Our wonderful neighbors Jennifer, Tommy and Jaxen had a Halloween party. It was perfect! There was great food and the kids had so much fun playing outside. Jaxen and Max are starting to play more together and jabber lots. They don't always like sharing, but they are learning. We didn't plan on taking Max trick-or-treating since we were tired and we didn't want him to get lots of candy he can't eat (peanut allergy). But our neighbor Chuck invited Shawn to go with them and they did. Max did fine most of the way, then a skeleton scared him. After that he was calling for "Mama", so Shawn brought him home. Happy Halloween!!

My train conductor

My two little munchkins

@ the party

Daddy and Madeline

Jaxen and Max -- notice the way Max eats his cupcake!!

We have a roller!

Birthday, Baby Shower and Boogies!

This weekend took us back to when we were kids. We were in College Station for Claire's 8th birthday party and Monica's baby shower. Rosie planned a pajama party for Claire and Jaime even made menudo for the adults. I remembered when we were kids and Nini would only want the "bolitas", she's still the same. We were teasing Rosie, she didn't care, still the same. The best was seeing our kids play together outside. I never thought Rosie and I would have kids the same age, but it's so fun to see them being kids and we can sit back and reminisce.

The birthday girl

Penny and Max wouldn't let go of the car, they both wanted in, but didn't want to share....remind you of anyone?

Trying for a photo op...not so much

Finally my baby got a chance and he was one happy boy!!

Monica had a great shower and lots of cool things for Braiden. Both my kiddos had a cold and the cold room didn't help their runny noses. I always keep boogie wipes to clean up, but these were some serious boogies!! I didn't really get to enjoy myself like I usually do because Max was running around. Of course, I got lots of help with Madeline because everyone loves to hold my little princess. I was busy bribing Max with Candy and he ended up getting sick. Luckily Shawn came just in time to help me out!!

My princess

You think her bow is big enough?

So happy she loved the blanket we got her

Good Bull

I want my kids to go to Texas A&M like I did, Shawn says they can go wherever they want. Well it doesn't hurt to help them fall in love with all things Aggie at an early age. We were lucky enough to get to visit Tia Maritza at her office at the Bush school on Friday. All of her cohort buddies were gaga over the babies. Max was running around like crazy and Maddie was all smiles. Martiza's office mate, Emily, was so sweet to Max letting him color and she even displayed his "art" on their door.