Happy Birthday Colin

Our nephew, Colin, turned 1 Jan. 14th. We went to Austin to celebrate with him!

It is so hard to believe this little guy is 1. He is the most content, laid back baby I think I have ever seen.

He didn't really know what to think of his cake at first.....

but as you can see he did enjoy it!

We love you Colin! Happy 1st Birthday!

11 months

This little guy is such a character these days. He LOVES for you to chase him. He starts crawling really fast but ends up slipping and sliding all over the floor. He thinks it is hysterical!

Sliding around

He loves dumping things and making LOTS of LOUD noise!

Banging the cups on the table

The kid also loves to eat. Kaitlyn had one blueberry muffin on the coffee table and he attacked it! I was in another room, and I kept hearing her say, "No BUDDY, NOOOO BUDDY". But by the time I made it in there he had eaten and smashed it all.

When he is not trying to steal Kate's snacks, he is chow'n down in his chair.

A few fun facts:

Diapers-Size 4

Clothes-Shirts-18months, pants 12 months

Eats-just about everything. We have started giving him what we eat for dinner. Just smashing it or breaking it into tiny pieces. He loves carbs, pasta, bread, cookies ;)

Sleeping-Usually about 7:30pm-7:30am--So much better! We have loved getting a full nights sleep!

Naps- It really varies. Still usually takes 2 naps a day (about 2 hours each)

He loves taking a bath.

Crawling all over the place.

 He loves to get into the recycling trash can in the pantry.

Loves to make loud noise.

Smiles great big at Kaitlyn first thing in the morning. (melts my heart!)

Loves going into the laundry room  

Still enjoys going to Little Gym.

It is hard to imagine Ryan will be 1 next month. I get very emotional thinking about it. Sweet Boy, we love you!

Christmas with the Eaton's

Last weekend my family came to our house to celebrate Christmas. It was a quick weekend but we had lots of fun. Nana and Grandad loved playing with the kids.

The weather was perfect. We played outside a lot

Nana, Kate, and Glenn had fun with the barbie house. Kaitlyn and Glenn played so well together. Lots of fun!

Buddy discovered the car. He wanted to ride it every time we went outside.

He also loved his new toy box!

Grandad is great at reading books to the kids

I am having such a hard time taking pictures these days. My sister in law took some great ones! Check out her blog, Eaton Updates. We did have a great time and I am so glad everyone made the trip for such a short weekend!



Happy New Year

We went to Louisiana to ring in the new year! I could not find my camera while we were there though. Terry's cousins babysat the kids while a bunch of us enjoyed a nice dinner out! Here are a few picture they took.

Kaitlyn, Charlie, and Sophia had so much fun playing together.

Trying to wake the boys up. Those teenagers can sleep all day!

Watching a movie

I wish I had more pictures! We had such a great time!

Christmas 2011

Santa came to our house a few days early since he knew we would be flying to El Paso for Christmas. He brought Kate a BIG Barbie House. She loves it!

He brought Ryan a push car. But Ryan preferred eating the cheerios instead ;)

Terry enjoyed playing with Kate's new ball.

Tuesday we flew to El Paso and then Wednesday we packed up and went to Ruidoso, New Mexico for a few days. Terry, and my brother in laws Aaron, and  Tom went skiing. They had a great time until they came home. Long story short. The car would not make it up the steep hill in the 8-10 inches of snow that fell that afternoon. So the guys had to walk in the dark, up the snowy hill, with about 10 bags of groceries. Made for a very interested evening to say the least.

The boys playing at the cabin. Don't they look thrilled to be sitting in the girls princess chairs.

The girls had so much fun!

This was within the first few hours it snowed.

If you look in the middle right of this picture you can see two people walking. That was Terry and his dad hiking back to the car.

We did make it back to El Paso safely.

We went to the Christmas Eve service. This picture was after the service and Ryan was just barely hanging on.

Linda reading to the girls before bedtime

Ryan's 1st Christmas

Trying to get a picture of the 4 kids Christmas morning. LOL

We had a wonderful Christmas week out west!

Ryan-10months

Whoa... what a month this little guy has had. Ryan is pulling up and cruising on everything.

It is easier for him to get Kaitlyn's toys now ;)

He is so proud of himself! We went out and bought a gate the day after he discovered the stairs!

Much happier now that he can cruise around.

He is ALL over the place. Playing with the door stop is one of his favorite past times.

And he loves knocking all of Kaitlyn's letters off the fridge.

10 month fun facts:

*Eats just about whatever we give him as long it is smashed or in tiny pieces.

*Would rather self feed than eat baby food from a jar.

*Sleeps 10-12 hours straight (only in his own bed)

*2 naps 1-2 hours each.

*Size 12-18 months clothes

*Size 4 diapers

*2 teeth

*Crawls everywhere, but still would rather walk.

*Laughs at everything Kaitlyn does.

He is growing so fast. It amazes us how mobile he has become. And so quick too! He is such a sweetheart! We just love that little guy.

'Tis the Season

We have been enjoying this Christmas season. I just LOVE this time of year.

We started off picking out our Christmas tree. Kate loved running through all the trees.

Ryan at the tree farm. This was not the tree we picked though.

At home decorating the tree. Kaitlyn put all the little red hearts on.

We went to the Galleria to see the huge Christmas tree. Ryan just wanted to eat the plant.

It is beautiful!

We made a Gingerbread Train

Kate asked for two paper plates so she could ice-skate. She has quite the imagination these days

Buddy is all over the place now!

We saw Santa at our neighborhood Christmas Party. Kaitlyn was so excited to see Santa. Ryan didn't mind sitting there, he just wanted Kate's sucker.

Kaitlyn had her School Christmas Program. I will try to upload a video soon.

They were so cute.



And I did my first half marathon (13.1 miles) with my friend Kendra. It was so much fun and I can't wait to do another one!