Last Weekend

We had Matt, Abbey and Kinsey over last weekend. It was so nice to get together with them. We made a really nice dinner. Matt made these fried potato fritter things that were soooo yummy. We played some games and caught up on life. They stayed the night and I made biscuits and gravy for breakfast and then they were on there way. They brought Brody a fabulous Xmas gift. It was a little pop up fort thing that Brody is obsessed with it's so funny. I keep finding both him and Shasta in there. I only took a few pics but Matt and Abbey took a bunch, here is the link to their pics http://www.aberdeenstudios.com/mjbxmas/. Thanks Matt, Abbey and Kinsey we love you guys!

Brody wasted no time opening it.

The fort.

He loves that he can stand up in it.

Too much fun!

Snowing in Austin

Yes that's right it snowed last night. That's not even the crazy part, it was in the 80's yesterday afternoon and by 8:30pm it was snowing. I've never seen the temperature drop so fast. The wind picked up and you could feel the storm blowing in. Here are some pictures of our snowy night.

More Brody

So I did the post on Brody yesterday and then happened to get this video last night. Brody's newest thing is standing on the coffee table and babbling forever. I have no idea what he is saying but it cracks me up. The video isn't that great the light was bad and it wouldn't focus but you can definitely hear him.

Brody Update

So it has been a little while since I have done a Brody post. He is changing everyday. I can't believe how big he is. He is still using his sign language, but he has a few new words he is saying. He is really big on animal sounds right now. He can bark like a dog, moo like a cow and baaa like a sheep. It's really cute. He has also added yes and boom to his vocabulary. It's really funny. Yes sounds more like desh but boom is clear as day. He hates hats, well he isn't fond of clothes in general, but hats are the worst. If I put one on he starts screaming and shaking his head like he is having a seizure, it's ridiculous. His favorite movie is Monsters Inc., he loves the little girl and always laughs when she calls the monster kitty. He will watch other Pixar movies too but that's it. He can feed himself with a fork and drinks water out of his cup. He is still refusing to drink milk out of anything but his bottle, we are working on it. He loves his little green blanket and has to sleep with it every night. He is really good at hugs and kisses and they are my favorite thing in the whole world. He has been really good about the Christmas decorations. When we were setting up the tree he insisted on sitting right underneath it. Once we got the decorations up we only had to tell him 2 or 3 times that the ornaments on the tree were just for looking at not for touching. There is one ornament at the bottom of the tree that has a little cat on it, Brody thinks it's a dog so he stands in front of it and barks at it. He still loves to dance and grandpa Joel taught him how to swing his hips when we were in California for Thanksgiving. I'm working on getting a video. His best friend is Shasta, they follow each other around the house all day and Brody loves to give him hugs and kisses, it's really cute. Here are a few recent pics of my favorite little man.

One of his goofy faces.

He loves to play peek-a-boo, or as we call it "Where's Brody".

Watching his favorite movie, naked!

Those teeth.

Us in front of the tree this year.

Brody opening his 2nd Christmas ornament from grandma Judy.

Wonderful Wednesday

So last week was wonderful Wednesday. We went to Trudy's in south Austin. The food was really yummy but they don't take reservations so we had to wait forever for a table. Not a fun thing now that Brody just wants to run around like a mad man. It was so nice to see everyone especially all the new mom's and their little ones. Matt and Abbey were there with Kinsey who is 3 months old now. Robin and Justin brought Jude who is 7 weeks old and Matt and Savannah brought Madison who is isn't even a month old yet. It was a late night but we had a really nice time as always. Here are a few pics, I have to give Christopher most of the credit because he took the majority of the pictures.

Mark and Brody

Abbey and Kinsey

She was being a little camera shy.

Me and Abbey.

We had to sit at 3 separate tables.

Matt and Kinsey.

Savannah and Matt.

Dusty and Christa

Hanging Lights

While Bernd and Thea were here they were kind enough to help us put up our Christmas lights. The lower half of the house is fairly easy it's the top that gets tricky. When we built our house we did the Christmas light package which means there are plugs under the overhang so you don't have to run extension cords and then they are wired to a switch by our front door. It's very convenient minus the fact that getting the lights plugged in at the very top is EXTREMELY difficult and very scary! Bernd and Mark did a great job and the lights look wonderful. I have to take pictures of them at night along with the rest of our decorations but here is the process of putting the lights up. Thanks Batman you are the best!

Like I said the lower lights were fairly easy.

I helped a little, I was afraid just being at the top of the latter.

Here is the scary part.

At last success!

They took a moment to celebrate.

Thanks guys, great job!

Happy Turkey Day!

We just got back from Thanksgiving in California. We had such a nice trip. It was a little short but definitely worth it. We flew out on Wednesday night when Mark got off of work and came home yesterday. It was the first time in like 12 years that Mark's entire family has been together for Thanksgiving. Joel made a turkey and a turducken. Both were really yummy, I was actually surprised at how much I liked the turducken. There were mashed potatoes and gravy, a salad, pumpkin pie and of course butt bread. Friday we were able to meet up with a group of our friends. We went to Bernd and Thea's and saw all the amazing work they have done on their house. Then we met up with Marco, Becky, Dela, Chris and Danny for dinner and drinks in Walnut Creek. Saturday was a super lazy day, we had In-N-Out and then vegged out and watched movies all day. The Donat family came over to visit and we ordered lots of really yummy sushi. Sunday our flight was at 6:50am. so we were up at 4:30am, it's terrible getting up that early but at least we get home early and have time to unpack and relax before the week starts. Thank Judy and Joel for everything, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm sorry I didn't get a family picture I don't know what I was thinking.

Brody and Bode on Thanksgiving morning.

Judy's beautiful table.

The Turducken.

The Turkey.

The only picture I got that was sort of a group shot.

After dinner, Brody and Grandpa kicked off their shoes.

My little boy on his 2nd Thanksgiving.