Catching Up

Well, I've neglected to post about anything since Halloween so here's everything since then in pictures.

Decorating the exterior of our house for the holidays.

Wesley and Daddy inspecting Mommy's work. :)

Christmas party with our Mommy's Group. The kids are getting SO big! From far away we have Vin, Sienna, Finley, Isaiah, Zen (new to the group), Liam, and Wesley's head.

Liam, Wesley & Zen (left to right)

Liam, Wesley & Trevor (left to right). We were trying to get a group picture of all the kiddos but as you can imagine it didn't quite work out.

Liam and Wesley

Wesley with Santa. We went back to North Park Mall again this year but unlike last year Wesley was a little unhappy to see Santa.

Our most recent saga has been that Wesley has learned how to climb and has used that knowledge (get this) to climb out of his crib! The night before we left town for the Christmas holiday he climbed out so we put up the play yard, which is about 6" deeper, and he proceeded to climb right out of that as well. That night I wound up sleeping on the floor next to his bed and the first hour and a half I played Policewoman Mommy and kept him in his crib until he finally went to sleep.

Here was our attempt to find a temporary solution but he just climbed over the side and we heard him jiggling the door knob to his room. Ugh!

Christmas Day at Gram & Poppy's - Wesley just got a new rocking horse. :)

Abby posing in front of the Christmas Tree.

New shoes! Yeay!

A puzzle board. (Notice Wesley is wearing a pair of his new shoes.)

A new train!

The train is so cute. It's a block train so Wesley can take it apart and put it back together in a different order.

Opening his stocking. He's fascinated with flashlights so Gram made sure he got his own in his stocking. So goofy!

Gram always gives an orange in our stockings and Wesley was convinced it was a "ball." He had so much fun throwing it around. Cutie Boy!

Merry Christmas Everyone & Happy New Year!

Snotty, Coughing Halloween

Well, we had to cancel our Halloween plans to party with friends because our little ghost became a snot monster to boot! We didn't go all out with his costume this year, and truthfully we just stumbled across it.

A month or so ago Wesley was going through our dresser drawers, as he often does, and pulled out one of Jeff's shirts. He managed to put it on and he was instantly a little ghost. So this is what he was going to be for Halloween this year.

Hubby's New Blog

I wanted to share with all of my faithful (ha, ha!) readers that Jeff has starged a new blog. When he was in law school he blogged quite a bit and it was great. He's started a new blog called PoliLaw: The World of Politics, Law, & Sports (all of his favorite things, by the way). I know, some of you will say "gag!" but for others this might be right up your alley, or your husband's alley, so I thought I would share. :o)

Pre-Halloween Pictures

Getting ready for Halloween, early. Have to show off my cool skeleton shirt at school! :)

(Mommy Note: Welsey has now figured out how to climb into the rocking chair by himself. He loves the sense of accomplishment.)

School is so much fun! Today we got to play on the playground now that it's finally stopped raining.

Fall Family Pictures

Last month we had a mini-photo session with our amazing photographer Elizabeth Boyce (Earth Mama Photography) at the Dallas Arboretum's fall pumpkin patch. The pictures are amazing and I had to share!

Remembering...

I was sorting through my e-mail subfolders today and getting rid of old, old e-mails (which Jeff is always on my case about, at least when he sees how many messages I keep) and I came across these pictures from the Nursing is Normal Project, organized and photographed by my doula, Kathy O'Brien. I was so excited to participate in her photography campaign to support and encourage other breastfeeding mamas and to generally tell the public that nursing IS NORMAL!

Anyway, thought I would share these pics. What made this even more special for me was that these pictures were taken at Perkins Chapel at SMU, where Jeff and I were married. :)

P.S. Wesley was 2 1/2 months old here. Ahhh!

Wesley & Vin

Vin came over on Sunday to play some while his Mommy and Mama worked on tiling their new kitchen and bathroom. The boys had so much fun with Abby and with the pack-n-play that I set up for Vin to nap in. It was hilarious!!