Vacation Part I

Here are pictures from the first half of our vacation. At our first stop in Fort Worth we stayed with our friends Dean and Heather. They have a son, Nate, who is only 2 weeks younger than Peter. They seemed to enjoyed each other's company. We had a great visit, good food (thank you Heather) and sore arms from playing the Wii after the boys went to bed..lol. That was a first for me. We wish you guys were not so far away. See you at Pete and Dean's 10 year reunion!

Our second stop was Fayetteville, AR...home of the Razorbacks. We got to stay with our friend Scott. Scott, great job being a tour guide. It was a short visit but nice. We saw the university, the downtown square, ate some good food, and just spent time catching up.



Day 3 we drove into to Branson, Missouri. Stocked up on groceries, got settled in, and went to eat at the Shogun. We needed a major break from the car and Peter enjoyed being free from his carseat. Day 4, we saw two great shows. The first was Kirby and Bambi Van Burch, a husband and wife, who are illusionists. For those of you who know Pete, this one was for him. I enjoyed it though and we had backstage passes to see the set and the huge tigers which I might add was very afraid of. The big one was like 800 pounds or something. Scary...
In front of the Kirby Theatre.

Bambi Van Burch and Peter and I. She was awesome. So down to earth. I talked to her for awhile afterward. Her and Kirby are Christians and did a good gospel presentation at the end of the show. That night we saw Shoji Tabuchi. He is a violin player with one of the most popular shows in Branson. They had a cry room with rocking chairs and a crib in this theatre which I appreciated so much because Peter was in bed by regular time all while I got to watch the fabulous show..so nice.Here are the drum girls from the Shanghai Circus on Day 5. They just got here because they have been performing for the Olympics in Beijing.


One of the acrobats, she didn't speak English but stole Peter away from us. I think he was in love. She was too cute.

That evening we went to the Titanic Museum. It looks like a huge boat parked downtown. I am all about museums so I was excited. It has hundreds of artifacts from the wreck, showed what all of the staterooms looked like, and was really interactive. Here we are getting ready to go in.
Second half to come in a couple of days....sorry so long!

Road trip!

As of tomorrow, we are officially on vacation! Yay! We have a major road trip planned which will take us first to some friends in the Ft. Worth/Dallas area, then on to stay with a friend in Fayetteville, Arkansas then to Branson, Missouri. I am so ready..well not really..not even close to having all of our stuff packed. It is our first time to travel a long way with Peter so we will see how it goes. I will have tons of pictures for next weeks post! Maybe I will do one while we are in Missouri. Until then here is a video and a couple of Peter pictures from the week! And a Happy Birthday to both Mimi and Gran this week! Love you!

He wore himself out jumping...




Had to try on this costume that Faith gave us today...

Barber Shop

Here's a new trick this week. :)


His hair before.....

Pete and I decided that Peter's comb over had gone a little too far and that a trip to Ramon was due. Ramon is the barber that gave Pete and all his brothers their first haircut and is still cutting today. It was too funny. It was right in the middle of nap time so he got a little grouchy near the end. He didn't like us holding his head still. Here are a few shots...



We had to put a towel over the cape because Peter kept slobbering on everything.




Ramon and Peter with his new haircut...

More updates to come..Have a great week! abby

Loving the weather!

Well my posts seem to be getting further apart but I just didn't take many pictures this last week and wasn't sure what to write about. The change in weather has been sooo refreshing though. I am loving spending more time outside. Except for the allergies the cooler days bring, it is perfect here. Peter was supposed to get his pictures taken Thursday by the same ladies who took my pictures when I was pregnant. (This was in APRIL..no I am NOT pregnant again..lol)
But one of them called and said she forgot about a Dr.'s appointment she had and we'd have to reschedule. I was kind of glad because the day before Peter made a huge scratch on his face and had a stuffy nose so he was a little grouchy. The ladies are awesome though they just bring everything to the church and set it up there and do it all for free. It is just their passion and a huge blessing to us. Other things this week.....we have recently started trying cereals with Peter. Here is a few pictures of a typical mealtime. So much more complicated than milk..lol..but fun.



This week I started looking for an exersaucer because they have one in our church nursery and Peter really likes it. I finally found one on Craig's list that was in good used shape but cheap and had farm animals too...(Peter is going to think that the only animals in the world are cows, horses, pigs and dogs. :) It was a good buy.


Other than that Pete and I went to the Poteet Homecoming game last night. I got to see quite a few of my old students and introduce the baby to them. They beat Pleasanton which was a surprise for everyone..I was so proud. Everyone was ragging on us for sitting on the Poteet side...I will always be a Poteet Aggie fan.


Have a great week! abby

Yee Haw!

Hello Everyone! This week has been a little busy so I haven't posted as much as I would like. But here's a quick run through. Peter got his second round of shots on Friday, which always throws him off a little. He is up to a whopping 17 lbs now. :) He had been sleeping through the night until a couple of weeks ago and then he started waking up to eat in the middle of the night again. Dr. Purnell said he was probably ready for cereal. It hasn't seemed to help because the last two nights he has woken up three or four times! :( Ugh...I haven't dealt with that since he was two weeks old. Anyway hopefully we will get it figured out quickly.

We were over at some friends house Saturday and the lady we were visiting asked me if I had a jumper for Peter. I said oh yes, we got it for a shower gift but it is still in the garage in the box. She said "You need to get that thing out. He is ready for it!" I guess I still think of him as being so little. I hadn't even thought twice about him being ready for it. It is huge and taking up a valuable 9 sq. feet of our tiny living room but he loves it so much. He wore himself out this morning so much that when I put him in his bed for a nap he didn't make a peep. Just closed his eyes and gave in. Here is a quick video of him in action.


Other good news is that I have a real estate closing this week. Always exciting...and we also started our discipleship classes up again yesterday. I really missed my group and am so glad to be back. We are studying the names of God this semester and I am just looking forward to knowing more of His character through this study. Until next time...have a good day!

Friends, Friends, and More Friends

We had a busy week this week but so nice. We got to see so many of our friends! The earlier part of the week we got to have dinner at our friends Codi and Brian's house. They have two sweet girls. Here is a picture of Peter and Presley. :) I think Peter has a crush on her already. I will go ahead and apologize Codi...lol. He's playing it cool here.
Then on Thursday, Zach and Michaela and Deacon came down to visit for Labor Day weekend. The boys are only about a month and a half apart and they were pretty funny around each other. It is so nice being around other moms. I never realized how much I would need their fellowship.
Here are some pictures of the adventures of Peter and Deacon. We wish they were still here!




And I thought I would throw in a few more of my favorites from this week......Peter and Nana..


Peter and his Gran


Have a great day!

Laughing out loud!

Monday, Peter and I met my mom and sister in San Antonio for some shopping. It was so nice to hang out! Peter laughed out loud for the first time, for my mom and I while we were in Ross. It was so funny. He did it two more times in the checkout line and hasn't laughed again since then! It is torture. Pete and I make fools of ourselves trying to get him to laugh. It is driving Pete crazy that he hasn't heard it yet. :) My mom bought Peter a high chair which he has been enjoying while I cook dinner. Here are a few pictures of Peter this week.





Also I had mentioned before that I was painting our bedroom so I thought I should post a before and after.
Until next time...Have a great day!