random cuteness.

first night away from e.

i had a women’s retreat with mum this weekend in round top.  because of pawpaw’s funeral, i didn’t go up there until saturday afternoon.  we had a great time and enjoyed a little r&r. 

it was my first night away from e and i think it went well.  evan has the best daddy and handled it all like a pro!  brian met me up at my parent’s house for lunch and i was super excited to see them both!  ms. barbara brought evan his christmas present and he had fun playing with it.  thanks so much for the beautiful cross!!!

nanny also helped evan practice crawling.

 

did you know that fish faces really help you to crawl better?? :)

my handsome boys.

the boys on saturday before pawpaw’s funeral.

have i mentioned lately how much i love them?!?!

they are AMAZING!

mud & laundry.

the weather has been so gorgeous so we’ve been spending more and more time outside.  we’ll go out every night and play with the girls in the backyard.  usually e sits on my lap while i throw the ball or frisbee for the puppies.  last friday, he kept leaning really far forward looking at something.  i finally realized he was checking out the grass so i set him down on the porch so he could play with it.  there was also some mud there so he got to get a little dirty as well.  all boy!

we then cleaned him off and went inside to do a little laundry before it was time to go to pawpaw’s visitation.  evan decided to “help” me with the laundry.  bet you didn’t know how fun it is to ride in the laundry basket!

we love england football {& usa of course}.

when the england family came over after evan was born, they brought him a chelsea uniform.  surprise, surprise he has outgrown that outfit so for christmas, he got another chelsea uniform and an england uniform.  last thursday, it was a gorgeous day so we got e dressed in his england uni and went on a walk.  before the walk, the boys posed in their teams’s colours.

in case you didn’t know, england and usa are meeting in the first round of the world cup.  we will be a house divided!  brian and my uncle bob in england have a little wager going on.  the way i see it, it’s a win-win for us!

pawpaw.

a week ago today, we lost brian’s grandfather.  his health had been deteriorating and he was suffering from a broken heart after losing grandma in september.  he was such a great man who cared so much for his family.  he was always good for a laugh & loved to keep you laughing.  he was so excited to meet “spike” aka evan and showed him off every chance he got. 

we are really sad that he is gone but pray that he is happy in heaven with grandma {and jim}.  it has been a rough 4 months for brian’s family but we’re hoping things only get better from here.  we miss grandma, pawpaw, and jim but know that they are watching over us and will be there waiting for us…

e loves his wagon.

the weather is finally nice enough that we could take the wagon on it’s inaugural walk and it was a hit!!!  evan was loving riding around watching everything {but mainly his crazy puppies!}.  thanks cc & aunt ashley!! i have a feeling we’re going to wear it out!

 

{ps…we left the cover off of it…e wanted his convertible top off :) }

patty cake.

while i was at the emhe reveal, cindy watched evan for us {brian had to work until 6}.  when we came home, our munchkin was “patty-caking” :)

extreme makeover home edition.

last week, emhe surprised the beach family in kemah and built a HUGE home for them {6300 sq ft}!!  this family is so deserving and were displaced when ike hit.  the build was about a mile from our house so it was fun to drive by and see what was happening.  i volunteered but so did tons of other people so i never got the chance to help.  the reveal was scheduled for 2 on thursday so i thought i would miss that as well but it ran late so i was able to go out there and see it!!  i’m a nerd and love the show so it was fun to see how everything really works!

the whole reveal process took awhile but it was fun.  here are a few videos but there are more on our picture site…

bouncy baby.