June Ramblings

I haven't been too motivated to blog lately but feel like I should give an update before the whole month passes by. The last few weeks have been pretty eventful! Friday we finally closed on our new (new to us) house! We haven't moved a single thing over yet because we have LOTS of work to do. We have slowly been taking off switch plates and taking down old ceiling fans and light fixtures. A friend is coming over tomorrow to put some recessed lighting in and wire in some smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, and then we are getting some drywall/retexturing done, then lots of painting, scrubbing, steamcleaning, ect. I am so ready to just start moving.If you know anyone that needs a rent house in Pleasanton that is a 3/1, send them our way! We would like to have renter's in our house by August.  Also Pete's brother Zack got married this weekend. We are super excited for him and Amanda and so glad they live close!! The wedding was beautiful! Pete performed the wedding ceremony and Peter was the ring bearer. I was planning on posting pictures today but I ended up coming to Junction at the last minute this afternoon because my Dad is in the hospital. Not sure of a diagnosis just yet, he is getting blood transfusions all night, and I may know more tomorrow. Thats all for now, hope to post pics soon.

We are still here!

I know I haven't posted anything in so long but we are still here! Since the last post Pete and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary and had a great night out at one of our favs, a San Antonio Missions game. I am uploading a lot of videos for this post because some are from May and some from this week. Pete was gone at a conference all week so we are glad he is home! He brought me a watch as a surprise! I have been talking about buying a new watch since Christmas. Nothing fancy..just not digital and plastic. :) He did a good job picking one out! I had a pretty productive work week even though Pete was away because we finally got Peter in daycare for two days a week. We are just on a drop-off basis for Tues/Thurs. just for the summer while some of the teacher's kids are out of daycare. He already has a runny nose but other than that it is great for both of us! He took his first steps on Tuesday at daycare! I just caught a quick couple of steps on video this morning. I am still trying to convince him that it is fun! Today has been a pretty lazy day. I bought Peter a little plastic pool from Wal-Mart and made some popsicles out of juice and we have been outside in the shade most of the afternoon. I finally made Peter get out of the pool so he could take a short nap. I think we are going to try to go to church tonight instead of in the morning and I don't want him to be a grouch. Here are the videos!

Peter does not like me to help him eat anymore with a spoon. Here's his first try on his own.


I have been trying to show him how to sing in the microphone. He does it ALL of the time now.


Taking a few steps.

Birthday Party and One Year stats

Chandler and PeterSweet Jayme
Gracie and Peter

Peter auctioning off the last bite of his cupcake.


Uncle Jake
Uncle Clayton, Jay, Jayme, Amy, Nana, and Pete
Moms!
Sorry Bobby..I couldn't resist the picture.
Enjoying some lunch, Grandpa and Aunt Angie in the back
Nana, Edna, and Lizzi
Uncle Trent's fabulous beach cupcakes!
Cousins! Peter, Gracie, and Bowyn

Here is a quick video of Peter enjoying his chocolate cupcake at his birthday party and one of his climbing skills on the swingset. We had a great time with everyone and Peter got lots of neat stuff! Thanks to our families for coming and celebrating with us!






I took Peter for his one year well visit today. He got four shots and took them like a champ, so we will see how he is feeling tomorrow. I am going to guess sore at the least. Here is what he is doing at a year:

He weighs 21.5 lbs

He is 30.25 inches long

His head is 18 1/2 inches

Eating anything and everything - ex. Breakfast- half a bowl of regular oatmeal and a banana, today for lunch he ate a whole grilled cheese, whole thing of applesauce, almost whole carton of milk, dinner-broccoli, watermelon, black beans, corn, chicken)

No more "babas", just sippy cups or straws now.

Not walking yet- just cruising, crawling, and climbing mostly

Babbles constantly, says mama, dada, baba, bye bye, Lucy "oose", up, uh oh, ball "ba", dog "dah-y", and lots of others that I think are words but too early to tell...lol

Loves playing on his swingset

Loves music

Loves feeding the cows with Grandpa

Fascinated by anything mechanical - light switches, tools, buttons, wheels...

Average sleep time is from 8:30 pm to 7:30 am, with one or two naps during the day, depending on what we are doing.

Anyway he keeps me on my toes. I am looking for a daycare or in home daycare for a day or two a week because of work. If anyone knows of one in Pleasanton/Jourdanton that has an opening for a one year old let me know!! Other things this week...Pete and I are looking at a another house. It is exciting for me to think about but I will have to admit I get a little sad when I think about moving from here too. We have put so much into this house and really made it ours but I know if we do move once I started fixing up the other house and making memories there, I would feel the same. We will see what happens...

Birthday Boy!

Peter turned 1 on Monday! I can't believe how quickly a year passes by and everyone tells me that they seem to go faster as your children get older. I have also gotten this comment, "Now that he's one, don't you think it's time for more," more than once. Well to answer that, it depends on what day it is. Today my answer is...nope. lol...it was one of those days. We would love to have more kids. I have a been a bit nostalgic the last few days and can't help but post the newborn pics again. Here we are a year ago!



I was blessed with a natural and quick labor and delivery at 37 1/2 weeks. My water broke at 2:30 am and we skidded into the hospital in San Antonio just in time to have him at 4:09 am. No time for medicine or an IV or the doctor..lol..I had to "not push" until a lady dr. who was sleeping in the hospital ran down the hall. I think I should just have the next one in the bath tub...

This week has been crazy with work, planning for Peter's party this Saturday, and church stuff but in the midst of it all Pete has decided to celebrate Mother's day everyday this week. Monday: Georgeous flowers, Tuesday: A new pillow for me (I was excited...don't worry..i needed it) Wednesday: A one hour massage! Nice!On a side note..the swing set is done! I finished it up on Friday and Peter is enjoying it a lot. He can climb up the slide alone and then slide down on his belly.


Pete and the guys usually play basketball on Sunday evenings at our house so lately the wives and kiddos have been coming over to our house too. I love having everyone over. The kids are going to love these kind of pictures when they are older. That's all for now! I will post pictures of the birthday party after the weekend is up! -abby

Catching up a little..

Beware this is a long and random post!! We have had a busy few weeks but they have been good! We have been finishing up the last of our laminate wood flooring in the office so now its time to get everything back into the house and clean out that garage! Just sold the table saw on Craigslist today. Woohoo!


Pete celebrated his birthday on the 19th and Steve and Scotty decorated Pete's office! Doesn't it look awesome?! He was SO surprised. We finally went out for his birthday dinner on Friday to Cheesecake Factory in San Antonio. YUM!
This week Peter and I also went to the zoo with the play group from church. We don't get to go to play group too often because I usually have meetings or showings scheduled and Peter is still pretty young for field trips but I majorly needed a day outdoors in the sunshine, and Peter could stay outside for weeks without fussing so we went for it.

Jana, we tried to get a picture by the elephants for you but as soon as we got to them, Peter crashed out in Codi's stroller. Next time you can go with us and ride on the elephants yourself! hehe..love ya!
He had no morning nap and was full from lunch so he couldn't hold his eyes open any longer! I carried him all of the way out of the zoo and put him in his carseat and he never budged. :)

Peter is getting a swing set for his birthday present. Mimi had it shipped here on Friday and I have been working on it a little at a time. I want to have it together by May 9th because we are having family over for Peter's first birthday party and I want my niece and nephews to be able to play on it. So far I am on Phase 8 of 27. I will post pictures of my progress soon. lol...so far you can't tell much has been done except I have put the slide together, the ladder, the rock wall, and the glider. I am working on the frame now, so we will see how many days it takes me. Peter loves to be in the yard and especially play in the water that sprays out of the hose where it is connected to the faucet.
My computer's hard drive crashed last Sunday. I totally had that sick feeling all day wondering what I had lost that could never be retrieved because of my lack of backing up the hard drive. I was glad to see all of the pictures from Peter being born are still on the memory card in the camera. I HAVE to print those off this week! Ok sorry for all the randomness..I haven't taken any video of Peter in a while and so I thought I would post a few mostly for family. Nothing exciting, just our everyday life. Have a good week! -abby

Peter trying to perform one of his many death-defying acts of the day:



Hanging out in the kitchen:

I have never seen Simon so happy!

Oh my goodness...if you haven't heard about this lady Susan Boyle from Britain's Got Talent, you have to watch this clip. She came out and everyone was making fun of her and thought she was a joke and they were so wrong! I got tears in my eyes when I watched this! lol...seriously....it melts my heart! Ok I am a dork..just watch it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-KiGva9dV4

South Beach!

Sorry for the long time between posts! Real estate has kept me busy the past few weeks and Peter has been a handful. I am really needing to find a daycare or someone to keep him consistently one or two days a week for a full day. It is getting harder and harder to work from home with him and by the end of most days I am so exhausted from juggling a full day of work with him that I am not sure it is good for either of us. I feel like I am not doing a good job at home, at work, or as a mom. In the midst of all of this...we got to go to Miami for a couple of days! Pete's friend Chris got married and Pete did the wedding. It was a much needed getaway and we got to spend lots of time together the few days before the wedding. We stayed right on South Beach. I loved every minute of it. We could walk anywhere we needed to go and put lots of miles on the jogging stroller. Here are a few pictures from our adventures! Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

This is how the first 3 hour leg on the plane went...lol...I wanted to crawl in a hole so bad. Not sure what was going on. I think his ears were hurting, he has never done this on the plane. I am pretty sure I swore to Pete that we would never be flying anywhere again.
Not too sure about the sand...

What do you think about Pete's tattoo sleeve? Lol..you crack me up babe.
Us in front of a huge crazy tree

Pete, Peter, Andrew, and LaettnerHappier to be on the beach this time
Peter and I

Peter and Daddy
My little beach baby
Eating lots of sand
Much better flight home