Longhorn Football

November 21st was the Longhorns last home game for the 2009 season. Andy tailgated all day but Brady and I didn't show up until about 2 hours before kick off. It was a fun game- Brady is so observant and really watched everything going on around him. It was a 7 pm game and actually got pretty chilly during the second half- thankfully we brought a hat along...
Colt set the record for the most wins in NCAA history. It was an exciting game to be at. Brady was a trooper- we stayed till the very end- and didn't get back to the car until 11:00!

A Man on the Move!!

Brady is such a mover! He loves the stairs- they have to be his favorite thing. He will climb up and down (he will go down a few and then hold his arms out for me to pick him up) the stairs all day. We get to the bottom and he immediately starts climbing up again.

If there is ever a moment when I have my back turned he crawls as fast as he can to the stairs! Keeps me on my toes! He has started letting go and standing on his own for a few seconds before he grabs onto something again.

Brady has also taken a liking to Hoss’s kennel- every mothers dream to have their baby playing in the dog kennel. It doesn’t matter if Hoss is in the kennel or not, Brady loves exploring.


His latest trick is emptying everything and anything he can. He will take EVERY toy out of his toy box and spread them out of the floor. Now I just need to teach him how to put them all back! He will do this with anything he can get his hands on. From laundry- especially laundry I have just finished folding that seems to be a favorite- to mail to Tupperware. What a fun game.

We finally finished the floors in our house- no more carpet!! Yea! So we got a new mat for Brady’s playroom. It is a foam puzzle mat that he loves. All the bright colors and letters- what’s not to like? He has already figured out how to get the pieces apart and apparently they make good chew toys as well. Daddy is working on teaching Brady to spell his name…

Em and Bob Got Hitched!

Brady got a new Uncle and his first cousin on November 8th! My sister and Bob got married in a beautiful Chapel in South Austin

Brady loves Elle. He just sits and watches her as she runs circles around him.


Brady loves to play "peek-a-boo"!! He was having a great time with all the pillars around the chapel.

We had dinner at Shoreline after the wedding. They created this beautiful cake- a rich chocolate- Em's favorite!

We made Em's flowers- aren't they pretty?!? Elle had some too.


Bob's family came in from Canada and our came from Houston, Huntsville and Dallas. We has a great time showing them around Austin. Saturday was such a busy day between lunch, the Capitol and the Austin Duck Tour Brady had to nap in his stroller!


Hard life- isn't it?
We had a great weekend!!

Happy Halloween!

This was Brady's first Halloween. He was a dino- a very cute dino if I do say so





We didn't really do much trick-or-treating. We did go to the neighbor's house because they just love Brady. He helped me hand out candy for a little while.

He attacked the candy bowl and tried his best to get a wrapper or two open. He knows where the good stuff is!!



And of course he had to wear his skeleton pjs to bed!

This was Andy and Uncle Dan's rocking chair when they were kiddos. Brady loves rocking in it and figuring out how to climb in and out of it.

Earlier today: Brady is becoming very "helpful" in the kitchen. We may be baby-proofing more cabinets in the near future.

Brady and I went to visit our friends Stephanie, Chris and Landon in SA on Thursday. Landon is a dino for Halloween too!

Picture Day

Here are a few photos from our photo shoot on Tuesday.




Brady finally said "Mama" today! Yea!!!

TX vs OU Weekend

Last weekend we went to Dallas for the TX/OU game. Brady got to stay with Aunt Emmy, Grandma and Elle while we went to the Fair and game.






We celebrated Elle's 3rd birthday on Saturday night. We had Rudy's BBQ and an ice cream cake.


Lara, Steve and Tallan even came for the festivities! Tallan was such a good sport with the party hats. Elle insisted everyone wear one.




Brady was in love with a little duck on a stick that mom gave Elle. He thought it was so funny!





Brady has also been working on his basketball skills!

More from MN

Sorry for the delay in posting! My computer died last week but fortunately I had most things backed up on my external hard drive- so it could have been a lot worse. I have been learning how to use Andy's mac and I actually like it a lot.

Here are a few more pictures from our trip to MN for Mat and Michelle's wedding.