Birthday Boy

Update: The boys went to the doctor this morning for their 3 year and 6 month checkups. Wesley is tall and skinny at 40 lbs and 43" tall. Jack is big, but proportional at 22 lbs 13 oz and 29" tall!

Wesley turned 3 on the 20th...we've been celebrating a long time!


Opening presents on his real birthday


Concentrating

We had his party at the house. We invited a lot of friends...and they all came! I think we had 25 kids and 50+ people total. It was crazy! I apologize for the lack of good pictures, but I'm sure you understand.


"Coach Rik" entertaining the bigger kids


Lunch time at the construction site - sack lunches with sandwiches, pretzels, and grapes! There were two other tables full of kids!


Note the band-aid on his chin!


Time for cake!


Construction cake with dirt!


Happy Birthday to Wesley! No time to wash hands!


Make a wish!


Cake


Mmm...


Big bite


The best part - getting to play with the 'construction things' from the top of the cake


Jack with Nana and his balloon


Wesley and Sadie playing cement mixer - thanks, Grandmama!


Wesley playing blower on the patio - thanks, Joan!

Phew! What a weekend!

Pumpkin Patch

We visited the pumpkin patch at church to pick out the perfect pumpkins for our front yard.


How about this one?


This one can be for Jack!


Jack has one just his size.


Can he pick it up?


Trying to catch them both smiling and looking at the camera...


"A dump truck!" Memorial Drive is behind the camera, so there were lots of distractions.


One more time.


Wesley sitting on a pumpkin


Wesley and Jack on the pumpkin cart

Other random pics:


Wesley and Jack in their LSU shirts last weekend. We don't want to talk about the game.


Jack wondering who that baby is in the mirror!

Getting back to normal

We are settling back into our routine. Wesley is back at school, and Jack is showing us new tricks all the time.


Doing push-ups


Starting to sit up. He'll stay up a good 30 seconds to a minute at a time. Note the perfect curled-up form on those toes...I give him a 9.5!


Wesley heading to school


Bye!


Daddy and sleepy Jack in the morning before work


Jack hanging out on the couch


Giggling at big brother!


Heading out on a walk with Mama and Eddie


On the hearth with Mama...and Wesley in his new Tigers shirt!


Time to eat...Jack's first peas!


Mmm....


Wesley watering the plants on the patio after dinner


Bath and faux-hawk time!!


Mama with the boys headed to church


And Daddy too!

Jack is 5 months old!

Jack turned 5 months old on Wednesday. He's getting bigger every day.


He's getting better about pushing up with his arms (he can do better than this!)


Everything in the mouth!


Going bald at 5 months


Big smile!


Likes the swing!


Rolls over both ways


Loves his big brother!

Ike-ation

As Ike approached, we stocked the house with water, canned food, and canned formula. We also brought in all the potential projectiles from outside...


Looks like we are moving out!


Heavier objects off to the side

Work was closed Thursday afternoon and Friday to give us time to prepare. We went to bed Friday night at 9:30 after the cable went out. We awoke at 1:00am to the sound of howling winds and blowing rain. Daddy stayed up surfing the web for news reports until the power went out at 3:45. When we all woke up around 7:30, we could see we were lucky. The power was out, water pressure was low, but our house was in good shape.


Front view of the yard


Big limb inches from the front window


Tree down near Grandmama's house

We stuck it out all day Saturday cleaning up the yard and making sure our food stayed fresh. Our neighbors two streets over still had power so we went over for dinner and a 'clean out the fridge' party. Sleep that night was difficult with temperatures in the low 80s and high humidity. We decided on Sunday to head to New Braunfels to The Other Place for a mini vacation. Grandmama graciously agreed to watch Eddie in our absence.

We had a very comfortable two bedroom cabin with A/C and internet access so all was well. Wesley got to have his first 'toobing' experience, though with a life jacket.


Our place of refuge


Wesley playing with his 'baby bulldozer' on the Comal River


Splashing in the baby pool


Scooping up water


Heading off on his first float with Daddy


Floating with Mama


Floating along...


Heading to the toob exit


Time for a picnic by the river


Hot dogs!


Jack would rather eat his fingers!


Mmm...

We headed back to Houston on Wednesday to what we assumed would be a powerless house, but were surprised to see that we had power! Hooray for Centerpoint Energy!

We are survivors!!