Merry Christmas

December has been a very busy month! Dylan is still teething and not sleeping good at night. One of his favorite new hobbies is to get all of the bears off the shelf in his room and sit with them and his music worm in the rocking chair by himself. He is such a big boy!

We just returned home from Austin yesterday for Christmas. In Austin we stayed with Melinda, Craig, Layla and River and had daily visits to Memaw's house where my mom, dad and brother are staying for the holidays. We went to Christmas Eve mass and then opened presents and celebrated Christmas with my family. Dylan has only taken one nap on Christmas Eve so he was very tired. Dylan seemed to prefer all of Rivers toys over his own. We were all very happy to get home last night.

Christmas Eve after Church


Layla and Dylan infront of church tree

Tomorrow morning we fly out to Atlanta to celebrate Christmas with Steven's family - his mother, Joe and Bryan. It will be Dylan's first plane ride so please pray for us to have a safe flight and for Dylan to behave on the plane!

Dylan Walks!

Sunday, December 7th Dylan began walking around the house! He had previously been doing a lot of walking while pushing his train around - he has met all of our neighbors this way but Sunday he just took off. He is a little wobbly and falls frequently but very proud of himself. He was so excited before he went to bed Sunday night he had to parade around the house with his musical worm - he made about 5 laps before decideding to call it a night.



Dylan has been sick with a cold, cough and stomach bug so none of us got any sleep. We are very thankful he seems to be feeling better now and can at least have dairy products again. We have been busy trying to get all of our Christmas shopping, cards, etc. done. I think we are almost done - hallejah! Below are some pictures from last week.


We love our new hats!


Uncle Brandon's cool glasses

Dylan meets Santa

The week before Thanksgiving Kim and Rochelle invited us to their kids church/daycare Christmas party. Dylan got to see lots of other kids, play with musical toys, pet a baby cow and meet Santa. He was not too sure about Santa and got very upset when I stepped away to get out of the picture.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving at the ranch. My parents, grandma and brother were there and my sister and her family came for the weekend. My mom cooked fabulous food as always and Dylan loved the outdoors, cows, Layla's jeep and breakfast at Mel's Dinner. Dylan saw "Moo" cows for the first time. Layla and I also had to do some chasing (literally) of the cows so I was a little sore since I never exercise anymore. It was very nice to be with family and enjoy each other and the outdoors. I will add more pictures later when I get them from my dad.


Playing with Memaw

Loading up to go fishing

Watch out Dylan's driving (not really)

Big boys

I think I am so big

Nana and her grandbabies

Steven and Craig working hard

Papa Johnny teaching Dylan to ride a horse

Riding around the ranch

River eating pumpkin pie


Bentley

November Birthdays!

November is the birthday month for our family. My mother's birthday was November 7th so we went to Austin to celebrate with her and my grandmother.




Over the weekend we are also went to Wurstfest with Melinda and Craig and the kids. It was beautiful weather and a lot of fun. Layla rode rides for the first time and Dylan enjoyed the polka music and stroller ride with River! Craig and Steven enjoyed the sausage and brew of course! I had a few myself.






Today was my dad's birthday and my brother, Momma Jolene and him all came over for dinner and ice cream cake. Dylan gets very excited when we sing happy birthday and thinks everyone is singing to him.



Also a happy birthday to Bryan, Steven's little brother, who turned 18 on November 15th and Memaw whose 75th birthday is Thursday.

We are still recovering from Zach and Kristen's wedding weekend and looking forward to a relaxing weekend at home and Thanksgiving! Below are a few recent silly pictures of Dylan.

1st Haircut

Today Dylan got his first haircut on his first birthday. He has needed a trim for awhile but Steven was against getting his haircut before his birthday. Dylan was a little upset at first but soon was playing in the little car and watching the movie they had playing while getting his hair trimmed. The hair sylist, Margarita, did a good job and he looks like such a little boy.

1st Birthday

Dylan's 1st birthday was today, November 2nd but we had his party yesterday at our house. We were excited that so many of his grandparents were able to be there. Grandma Diane came all the way from Atlanta, Grandpa Lee and Grandma Clarice came, Papa Johnny and Nana were there, and Momma Jolene (his great grandma) even came over for a little while. Our house was a little small for all of our guests but I think everyone had a good time. Dylan tried his first cup cake and did not seem to mind being the center of attention. Dylan enjoyed seeing all the other babies and playing with his cousins Layla and River. Dylan has been very busy playing with all of his new toys.

This morning, Aunt Melinda and Uncle Craig bought Dylan a birthday cinnamon roll and we put a candle in it and sang Happy Birthday again. Shortly thereafter, Dylan had a mini accident with one of his new toys and cut his face on a lawn chair outside. His first "bobo" on his first birthday. He fussed for a little while but does not seem to mind wearing the Scooby Doo band aid on his face. This afternoon we went for his first haircut but that will be in my next post. So many firsts this weekend.