Thursday, August 30, 2012

He Did It...

In case you've been hiding under a rock this week, you know that the Great State of Texas went back to school this week!
I've got to say, I was none too thrilled.
I like to sleep late.
But, Ace was ready for his big day!
(Daddy was probably most ready for the day.)
Check out my fabulous Kindergartner...
 and his stylish and super 3rd grade sister...
 and his super confused and slightly lonely "brudder"
Carlos cracked me up the first day, after his nap he took to chasing poor Libby, randomly yelling out (I guess to make noise) and at one point spent a considerable amount of time in front of the dryer...
I'm guessing he was contemplating the logistics of climbing in :)

I'm so thankful for such a smooth transition back into school.
Hope everybody else's was a big success too!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Picture Dump

I mentioned before that Aunt Bec up and moved away with the new baby.
Well, we went to visit her not long ago.
It's no secret that we're baseball fans around here, so when researching affordable things to do with our time in the Corpus Christi area, I came across their Minor League Baseball team.
I am so glad!
If it's any indication how awesome they are...they play at Whataburger Field!
Which, after Dr. Pepper, would be the next best thing about living in the great state of Texas!
(I guess technically that could be argued, but for blogging sake, just go with it!)
We were even more shocked that, when we went to buy tickets, they were super affordable and we sat 3 rows directly behind home plate!
So here's a dump of my favorite pics from the night!
 Our whole trip, the kids did a spectacular job of not asking for things everywhere we went, so we hit the ballpark gift shop and picked up some fan gear.
Carlos, as you'll see, wore his hat the whole night, we couldn't believe it!
 The view from our seats!
Love me some shade :)
 One of the concession stands was a real live Whataburger...
In LOVE!
 Carlos traveled by Ring Sling all night,
thank you to Gram who whipped this puppy out the week before we left as a light weight easy baby wearing option!
 My next baseball obsessed fan in the works.
 I think this should be the Hooks new advertisement promo!
 This one cracks me up.
It looks sweet.
But, in reality, he had crawled up in her seat, wormed his way behind her, and proceeded to try to push her out with both hands and feet.
When I pulled out my phone to document this event, he stood up and went all "oh, I love  my sister" on us.
Mark my words, that kids gonna be my clown!
 My serious ballgame watchers!
(I finally moved over and gave Carlos his own seat.  He thought he was some big stuff!)
After the game, the kids got to run the bases!
We had an awesome night, and even got to see a Grand Slam Home Run!!
And, all that Dr. Pepper Carlos go into...
never again!
That was him at about midnight that night!!
In the 1.2 seconds he stayed still before a very tired set of parents finally let him cry it out in his pack and play!

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Blog Fail 101

Once again, I've fallen off of the blog train.
A series of events beyond my control took over and I haven't blogged.
I've failed a few things and succeeded in others.

My greatest accomplishment to date went like this...
Ace: "Hey Bug, we've got to get up early tomorrow to make it to R's birthday party at 10:00(am)"
Bug: "Seriously...I hate getting up that early"
Yup, I'll be writing a new parenting book soon titled something along the lines of
"Sleep training your kids: The anti morning approach"
Or
"My kids are better than yours"
or
"I like to sleep...and my kids do too!"

So, our summer has gone like this...
Kids get out of school
Sister has a baby
Good friend gets married
Signed up for the "big bonus" plan at work that has me working a bunch-o-extra shifts
work
work work
birth babies, birth babies, birth babies
Carlos turns 1
Go camping
Carlos gets a hair cut
Go visit sister and nephew
Turn 32
Go on much needed date with hubby

Still waiting on 
SIL to have baby
kids back to school
Big anniversary trip.

So, I'm not going to catch up on all of that, so I'm going to take you on a brief picture tour of our life as of late.

(new nephew)
(new nephew moves, Ace's face sums up our feelings)
(kids are in a wedding)
(sums up life with my kids)
 (BE STILL MY HEART, he can't be this old)
(camping)
edited out...all of the vomitting and other problems involved...
you're welcome.
before
 during
after
A picture is worth a thousand words...
which is how many I'd need to describe this kid.
 my beach bums!
 My hot date!

Honestly, we're living life and loving it.
I remind Hubs regularly that we're 
"Living the dream, baby...
Living the dream"