Thanksgiving

We made a quick trip this past week to spend Thanksgiving with Shane's family! Although the trip was short, we really enjoyed our time together! When we arrived on Wednesday, Papa Gary took Austin out to see the chicken.... and he LOVED them! They also picked oranges & lemons together (so we have enough oranges at our house to feed an army!)

Checking out the chickens

Picking lemons

Austin also loved swinging on the tree swing with Mommy! Papa Gary & Gran are going to hang a baby swing from the tree so that Austin can swing by himself next time!

On Thursday we spent the majority of the day at Shane's grandparents house with his extended family- stuffing our faces.

Daddy, Austin, & Gran watching the Cowboys

Our family

Courtney & Austin

Maw Maw (Austin's great grandmother) & Austin

This past Monday, our friends Joe & Kim, visited from Austin. They were on their way to visit family for the holidays. We got to meet their little boy, Ryan, who is 10 months old! He was crawling all over the place, and Austin enjoyed watching him! It was sweet to see the boys playing together, and fun to catch up with good friends!

Austin & Ryan

I'll leave you with a sweet picture of Austin in his pjs (which he practically lives in), and a funny video!

Gymboree pjs- I love them!

Austin being hyper in the exersaucer! Sorry the video is so dark.

Bubble Bath

We gave Austin his first bubble bath last week, and he loved it! He was amazed by the bubbles & enjoyed splashing around in the water!



In addition, here is another video of him sleeping in the jumper- this one is a little better! You'll probably hear Shane snapping in the background to try and wake him up with the noise. I know, we are mean.



I'll post more pictures after the holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!!

8 Months Old

It's that time again... time for me to say, "I can't believe my baby is already 8 months old." So here are a few things about Austin this month:

*He has 2 teeth (bottom front), and we think he is working on a top one too! Wow- who knew baby teeth could be so sharp?

*Austin loves eating puffs and has started to feed himself! It took him a while to figure out that once he puts his fingers in his mouth, that he has to let go of the puff. Anyway, it's a nice way to keep him busy when I'm cooking dinner! We've tried the sweet potato flavor & cinnamon apple.

*He is enjoying tummy time more than before (especially if we put him in his crib and then play through the slats.) He pulls his knees up & then scoots backwards. I'm thinking he might crawl after all!

*Austin wears 12 month clothes, but some are starting to get a little snug. Maybe it's because he is almost 24 lbs.

*He is going through that clingy stage where he wants to be held all of the time... and mostly by mommy. I know it's because I stay home with him & he sees me so much everyday... but the whole crying when I walk out of the room thing is getting a little old. Maybe it's time to start looking for a play group or mother's day out program...

*Austin eats solid food 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch, & dinner), and takes a bottle 5 times a day. And he pretty much likes anything that I put in front of him!

*He can hold a sippy cup and will occasionally take a sip. He likes it more when I add a little apple juice to the water though.... of course!

*Austin has always rubbed his legs/feet together A LOT like a little grasshopper. But now I notice that he does it especially when he is excited! It is his way of letting us know that he likes something. So funny!

Happy 8 Month Birthday to my sweet boy!

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Catching Up

Things have been busy around here, so I apologize for not updating the blog in a while! My parents came into town last weekend- and we had lots of fun (as usual.) The flew in on Halloween, so they were able to see Austin in his costume.... for the 10 minutes he was in it (too HOT here.) We also met Shane's sister & brother-in-law (Shanna & Mat) for dinner one night. Shanna brought Sprinkles cupcakes, and they were ohhh sooo good! They helped to ease the pain of the Texas loss to Tech. But we won't talk about that.

Playing with Gigi & Papa Jim

Gigi & Papa Jim with Austin

The twins- Austin & his Papa Jim

The Sprinkles cupcakes (the top ones were Caramel Apple!)


My dad left to go home on Monday, but my mom stayed to help me with Austin for the week (Shane was traveling a lot.) We got a lot of things accomplished while she was here- bought new lamps, a rug, artwork, a big framed mirror for our guest bathroom, painted some things, etc! I'll have to take pictures of everything & post them soon! She babysat Austin on Wednesday night (her birthday) while I did a Pampered Chef party- thanks mom for babysitting on your special day!

Riding the horse (the horse was tired after a few minutes!)

This Friday we went to our friends' house (Wade & Wendi) for dinner! We went to church together in Austin, but Wendi & I have known each other since childhood! It was fun catching up with old friends!

Wade & Wendi with Austin

Whitney, Wendi & Austin

Our family

On Saturday Shane hung new light fixtures in the dining room & entryway while I did some painting in the guest bathroom- they look great! Sunday was a shopping day! We went to get ideas for our Christmas lists & to also start doing some shopping of our own. Well, we left with a few ideas & a bag full of clothes for Austin (not for Christmas.) Ugh... maybe next weekend!

Austin & Daddy

I'm off to take Austin in for his 2nd round flu shot- and not happy about going alone. MAYBE I won't cry this time- yeah right.

UPDATE: The doctor's appointment went well, and Austin only cried for about 20 seconds after his shot (and I didn't cry at all!!!) They also weighed him (FYI- he will be 8 months on Friday.) 23lbs and 10oz! All of the nurses always fuss all over him (they actually go get other nurses and tell them that "Austin is here"... so evidently he is KNOWN in the office!) Shane & I still can't figure out if it's because of how cute or chunky he is? I'm hoping both! :)

Halloween 2008

For those of you that are bugging me about posting pics... here you go! I'll post more later this week after my mom leaves.

Our little puppy dog!

The Pumpkin Patch

So I was feeling the pressure to get some pictures of Austin at the pumpkin patch... since everyone else has posted cute ones on their blogs! Just kidding, we had been meaning to go anyway!

Last Friday afternoon the 3 of us headed to Halls Pumpkin Farm in Grapevine! It was honestly not the best time of the day for Austin, but it was the only time that Daddy could go with us- so we made it work. Hopefully this explains Austin's lack of smiles in the following pictures...although they are still cute!

First we rode the tractors. Yes, they were a tad big.

Next we posed with pumpkins.

And more pumpkins- even little ones!

Austin liked the corn stalks- he kept trying to eat them!

Along with the hay on the ground!!!

Overall we had fun, but we'll probably try to take some cute fall pictures on the front porch as well! On Saturday we went and bought pumpkins, mums, and pansies! I put the fall wreath on the door too, so we're all ready!

On Sunday we went to a Halloween party with our small group from church. We took the camera, but failed to take a single photo. But don't think you missed out on seeing Austin in his costume- he didn't wear one (it was too hot.) But he has one for Friday night!!

A few more photos of Austin earlier tonight. He had fun sitting in the exersaucer and watching us work in the flower beds! What a cutie!!!