February Update

The blog has definitely been neglected for a while!  I doubt anyone even reads it any more!! But, I do plan to use this as a journal for the girls and Ryan...so here goes our crazy February!

The girls and Daddy went to the Daddy Daughter Dance at church. They had fun there while Ryan and I hung out with Missy, Maddie and the twins.



Mommy's Valentines!  Ryan really does love the girls, even if it doesn't look like it!

The weather was SO nice on Valentine's Day, so I took pictures of all the kids out at Lolly's house.   

Precious Easton! 8 1/2 months old here

Biggest Sister Landrie with Ryan

Middle Sister Karsyn with Ryan
(had to make her pic black and white to hide the Cheeto mouth! haha!)

Easton and Ryan looking so sweet and innocent.  2 seconds later, Easton pounded on Ryan's head...just a preview of what's to come I'm sure! :)

2 months old and first smile caught on camera
2 month stats:
14 lbs., 24 inches

Sweet Firsts

This weekend we went to Salado so Ryan could meet his Great-grandparents for the first time.  It was a whirlwind trip, but went surprisingly well.  I wasn't sure how Ryan would do, but as usual he surprised me!

Pop and his first great-grandSON! 

Karsyn also had a BIG first this week - she lost her FIRST tooth!  She worked for hours Monday night trying to get it out, but was too scared to pull it.  It was literally hanging by a thread, but she wouldn't let us pull it for her.  When I picked her up from school on Tuesday, she came running to the car to show me she pulled it herself!  She was so excited!

Notice her pink treasure box holding her tooth!

2 Week Check Up

Since my blog will end up being my "baby book" I wanted to update Ryan's stats from his appointment today.

Ryan had his 2 week check-up today at 19 days old.

He was 9 lbs. 11 oz (67%) and 22 inches (84%) - a BIG BOY!!  He gained over a pound since his last weight check at 4 days old. 

He's taking 3.5 oz of formula every 4 hours, except at bedtime when he wants an extra bottle after about 2 hours.  He wakes up once during the night around 2 or 3 and sleeps another 4 hours. 

Today was the first day that we were officially in a routine.  The girls went back to school today and we had a very smooth morning.  I just hope they all go that well! 

Here's a few pictures from this weekend through today.  I will eventually update with Christmas too!

My boys in their Polo for Uncle Kyle's wedding

Meme & Papa with Ryan, their 17th Great-grandchild

Family pic at the wedding

Relaxed little boy!

My sweet babies before school this morning

They each had to have a turn holding their brother

Halloween

My girls love to dress up!  It's always a chore to figure out what they'll be though. At school they usually have to be a storybook character, and then sometimes they change their mind for the real thing.  We had it all figured out.  Landrie would be Bindi Irwin (think zookeeper/vet) and Karsyn decided on Repunzel.   Easy enough until we get a note home from Landrie's teacher that the 2nd grade is supposed to dress up as people from Ancient Greece...really?  They sent home a pattern and everything! 

Our Greek Godess Landrie

Beautiful Rapunzel ~ Karsyn was the Super Kid for the week, so she was the line leader for her class.

For Halloween night, the girls changed costumes.  Landrie went with her original idea of being Bindi/a vet, and Karsyn decided to be one of Landrie's patients - a cat!  We went to Pop's and Lolly's house to eat dinner and be part of the parade in the neighborhood.  After the parade, we headed to church to meet up with our friends for lots of fun, games & candy.

The Vet and her Pet Kitty

The Vet, Super Girl, Pretty Kitty and Adorable Bumble Bees!

Way behind...

It's been 6 weeks since I last blogged...oops!  We've stayed busy and have had a lot of fun along the way.  The girls love school and are doing so well!  Landrie got straight A's on her first report card and Karsyn got all 3's (the best!). 

Of course, football consumes most of our time, but we LOVE it!  The season started out super hot, and we've had some strange weather for a few of the games.  We now have only 2 games left in the regular season, and then it's time for our 2nd season - the playoffs!

I'm 31 weeks as of last Friday. I can't believe that in 8ish weeks our little man will be here!  We can't wait to meet him! 

Here are a few pics from our first few weeks of football. 

Karsyn loves to cheer her Trojans on at all of the games!  She dances with the band and shouts and cheers through most of the game.

The girls went to the THS Cheer Clinic with some of their favorite football friends.  By going to the clinic, they were able to cheer during the pre-game a few weeks later.

Go  Landrie Go!

Go Karsyn Go!

On the field at pre-game

Coming soon - Landrie's 8th Birthday!

First Day of School

We just finished our 2nd week of school.  This year was especiallly great because Landrie and Karsyn are back at the same school and Karsyn started Kindergarten!!! 

Landrie ~  My Beautiful 2nd Grader! 

Karsyn ~ My Precious Kindergartener

Sweet, sweet sisters!  They choose to dress alike for the first day, but haven't ever since.  A little sad for Mommy.

Coach and his girls ~ starting his 11th year of teaching/coaching

Mommy and her pretty girls ~ Starting my 8th year of teaching

Beautiful girl ready to go in her class!  She had a great first day and first 2 weeks.  2nd grade is much more challenging than K and 1st, but she's doing so well!  She had 3 tests yesterday and I'm sure she aced them all!

Sweet K ready for her class!  She loves going to school and has adjusted so well.  She's made several new friends and already has a little boy with a crush on her!  He said she was beautiful and that he was in love with her! Haha!!! 

Life is good!  We've had 2 good weeks at school, 2 awesome football games and we are all adjusting to our routines well.  Things should be smooth sailing from here...until brother comes along in 15 weeks!  It will be an adjustment that we all can't wait to make! :)

Kerrville-Leakey-Sea World

**Warning - long post with lots of pictures.

Last weekend, Lamar and I went to our 3rd Coaches Outreach retreat.  CO is such a neat ministry to Coaches and their spouses.  The coaches do a Bible Study throughout the school year and then during the summer, CO puts on marriage retreats throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Alabama. 

This year we went to Kerrville, TX and stayed at the Inn of the Hills.  It was so much fun to see some familiar faces from previous retreats and meet other coaches too.  It is so neat to be in small groups with people who are going through the same things!  The life of a coaches' family is a crazy one and only few can truly understand what it's like.

During the retreat we had some free time and decided to drive over to Leakey where Lamar's grandparents used to live.  We visited the house and the Frio river where Lamar used to swim all summer long.

After the retreat ended on Sunday, Lamar and I headed to San Antonio for the night.  We got a great deal on a hotel on Priceline.  We were across the street from the Riverwalk and just a block away from the Riverwalk.  We took a nap and then headed down to the Riverwalk for dinner.  It was so fun and nice!!

Monday morning, we headed to Sea World and Gigi, Grandpa, Landrie & Karsyn met us there.  The girls were so surprised and so excited!!!  They have been talking about SW for months!!

Their first ride - Shamu Express.  Karsyn was a little afraid, but they loved it!

Azul was our favorite show.  It had beluga whales, dolphins, birds and high divers.  It was so good!!

My pink flamingos with real pink flamingos!

The Shamu show was really good too!  By this time the girls were exhausted and it was SO hot!!!

Thank you Gigi & Grandpa for this special day!! They loved Sea World and I know will be talking about it for a long time to come!!!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the greatest Daddy to Landrie and Karsyn!

We love you Lamar!!!

Happy Father's Day to Pops and New Daddy Uncle Justin! {This was when Justin came to tell us that Easton was here}

We love Grandpa too!! 



Happy Father's Day to all the Dads in my life!  We are truly blessed!!!