OUCH!

If you ever want to know what happens when a daddy chases a one year old around a gameroom, I know the answer... a little head hits the corner of the wall.  Boys will be boys, I guess.

 Poor Guy!

 So much for the ice.

Still awfully cute though!

Love to y'all,

Tracy

A Weekend of Thanks

Late Wednesday night, Brad's parents, sister, brother-in-law, two nephews, niece, brother, and sister-in-law came into Dallas from Iowa, Kansas City, and South Dakota.  Needless to say, we had a full house!  Of course, we were all celebrating Thanksgiving together.  But, in addition, we had Brady's baptism yesterday and so we got to celebrate that also.

Despite, the chaos, we truly had a great weekend.  And in fact, I think as our kids get older, we may even miss the craziness of these early years.  I adore my in-laws, so having them around for four nights was wonderful and I was very sad to see them leave this morning.

I'll leave you with just some of the many highlights of our weekend together...

Seeing how much my niece, Jensen, has grown since July, Knox constantly pointing at Jensen and Brady and telling us, "baby!",delicious turkey dinner (that I didn't have to cook!), Brady sleeping from 8:30pm-4:30am TWO of the four nights, pecan pie, talks with my sister-in-laws and mom-in-law, shopping on Black Friday, booking a Spring Break trip to Cozumel with Jill and Eric, Brady spraying poop on me (and the couch!) during a diaper change, Brady in her baptismal gown, Knox trying to tackle Jensen every chance he got, Tate, Knox and their cousins, Cade and Colton, running through the house naked after a shower, watching the kids open Christmas presents from Grandma and Grandpa Sievers... and all of this with minimal tears and maximum love.

 The Crew

 Watching Movies

 Post-Thanksgiving Dinner Relaxation

Grandma Sievers and Brady

Bath Time!!!

Cowboy Buddies

Grandkids

The Five of Us

Baptism

Miss Brady

Opening Presents

The Girls!!!

Love to y'all,

Tracy

Dallas Arboretum

My mom and I took the kids to the Dallas Arboretum yesterday.  It was nice to get everyone out of the house on a nice fall day.  I feel like we've been cooped up for so long now.  I try to get out a little bit each week, but it's definitely a lot harder than it used to be with just the boys.  

All in all, the kids did great.  Tate and Knox loved just running around and playing.  Although I will say that Knox has a mind of his own and tends to do whatever he pleases whenever he pleases.  So much of the day was spent chasing him and carrying him to where the rest of us were.  At least we were outside, so his screaming and flailing around wasn't all that bothersome to anyone.  Brady was quite content in her stroller and slept pretty much the entire time.  Thank you, sweet girl!  (And I swear she was there, I guess I just forgot to take any pictures of her... what kind of mom am I!?)

Love to y'all,

Tracy

Newborn Pics

Six days after Brady was born, we had a photographer come to the house to take some pictures of her.  Here are few of my favorites...

Love to y'all,

Tracy