Brothers

First Foods

My baby is growing up so fast! I can't believe it's already time for him to experiment with solid foods. His first food was mashed bananas with breastmilk. Not a big fan. He wouldn't even open his mouth for more! He just closed his lips together tightly.
And I thought maybe he'd like the sweetness of bananas.
Since we videoed Colt's first experience with food, I thought we should video Levi's 2nd time, since he's the 2nd child. Ok, so I just forgot to do it the first time. Anyhow... here it is.

In other food news...
Colt has finally taken a liking to VEGETABLES!!
Every mother's dream.
I was dicing tomatoes and gave him one like I'd done a million times before... but this time, he actually ate it, then ate all that were on Ty's salad and my cutting board. Tonight he devoured steamed carrots.

Maybe I should show a picture of ME smiling, because this is a day I've been praying about for a long time. But here's a picture of Colt loving the positive reinforcement we've been giving him, I mean, the delicious taste of VEGGIES.

Preschool

I want YOU to look at my first day of preschool pictures.

This backpack sure is heavy!
Preschool has been fun so far! I was a trooper both days and hardly cried at all when my mom dropped me off. When she picked me up, I loved telling her about playing, the park, pizza, and going pee pee in the potty. I can't wait for more school!

August

I've been away for a while. Actually, I've still been here, but I've found a new hobby. It's called Sorority Life on Facebook. It is probably the dumbest game in the whole world, but I am obsessed with gaining power and advancing to higher levels and obviously growing the largest sorority! :) I never think I spend that much time playing, but eventually glance at the clock and realize that, yet again, I've spent my entire evening playing SL and failing to blog. However, thanks to a 3 day weekend where my husband watched the kids, I've filled up my sorority with sisters and have nothing more to achieve in this game for a while. Therefore, it is on with the blog show!

We've been busy lately, so hopefully I will have several entries forthcoming. This post will just be some random pictures off of my camera from the month of August. In August, Levi turned 5 months old and learned to crawl. Really. He gets all over the house on all fours. It's kinda nice that I don't have to carry him everywhere and that he can go where ever he desires (within reason) around the house. Sometimes he follows me, sometimes Colt, and frequently our dog, Molly, much to her dismay.

Look at these chubby chubby cheeks....

Oh yeah, and Levi finally learned to sit. After he learned to crawl. He occasionally still falls over and cries because it scares him. Or he'll sit when he's in his crib and doesn't want to fall over in order to lay down and sleep, so will scream. What a goober.

I've struggled to take pictures of Colt recently. He is potty trained, but I still let him run around with his pants off most of the time (at home, of course), just because it's way easier for him to do his business without having to pull on/off pants. He's not that good at it. Plus, he has aiming problems, so if he does wear shorts, they usually end up wet from his wild stream. Anyway, a pant-less Colt makes taking pictures kinda tricky.

Here is a rare picture of Colt smiling. I love it! He usually just doesn't want to smile at the camera and is more interested in trying to touch the lens.

Also, Colt chipped his tooth. Ty and I are huddle leaders at our church for the next FOUR YEARS, starting with this year's freshmen class. At our huddle luau, Colt fell down the cement stairs, busted his lip and chipped the tooth. Don't worry, he took it like a man.

Colt has been much better recently at playing with Levi. He will pick him up if Levi falls over and sometimes will share toys with him. He loves to run into Levi's room when he wakes up from a nap, climb in Levi's crib, and JUMP! Anyway, here are some pics of them playing together and a video where Colt is trying to get Levi to dance and clap.

We also have spent lots of time spending time with our friends. And what better to do this HOT summer but go swimming.
I guess that kinda summarizes our month of August. Like I said, we have much more going on in our lives right now that I will blog about in the weeks to come. Perhaps I'll try to set some boundaries on my Sorority Life playing so I can actually get other things done around my house. But, with that said, come join my house at http://apps.facebook.com/sororitylife/?action=vote&target=689422719 and see what all the hype is about!

Jonas Brothers concert!!

Recently, my wonderful step-mother organized a fun family trip to San Antonio. My 7th grade step-sister, Abbey, really wanted to see the Jonas Brothers in concert this summer, so my step-mom bought us all tickets to the big event. There were 8 of us in all and we had a blast!

Amy, Alethea, Rachel & Ashley, Andie & Abbey, Jennifer and me

My sister and Andrew's girlfriend, Amy

Prior to the show, I watched the JB's new movie, so I was somewhat prepared and knew a few songs. We had great seats! Before the show everyone was texting messages to the scoreboard above the stage. We texted Happy Birthday to Abbey from Abilene and it made it up there. She loved it!

This is the opening act - Honor Roll. They are in that new movie, Bandslam.

The JBs. I brought my Nikon, but security made me take it back to the car because of my zoom lens. These pictures were just taken with a point and shoot. I was kinda bummed cause I wanted to practice taking some fun pictures, since concert lighting is kinda tricky.

My favorite is Joe.

Abbey's favorite is Nick.

It was a great concert - entertaining and had some great effects (the waterfall thing at the end was amazing)! Plus, it was so much fun to act like a pre-teen girl again... well, at least for an hour or two. The next day, we added some much needed masculinity to the group when my dad, Ty, Colt and Levi joined us at Sea World for a day of shows, rides and water. Tons of fun! Thanks again, Dad and Jennifer, for all the wonderful memories and a special time of family togetherness!

The College Grad

Last weekend, my sister, Alethea, graduated from ACU!! After several LONG years of hard work, she finally accomplished her goal. Alethea wants to coach gymnastics and will pursue a massage therapy license in the near future (I want to be first in line for your internship massages!). We are very proud of Alethea, and had a fun time in Abilene celebrating this great accomplishment.

A cute pic of Uncle Andrew and Colt

My mom and Levi

Colt posing like an underwear model.

And, in preparation for football season... Hook 'Em Horns!

The Rock and Flop

Ty and I were just commenting that Levi's first few months have flown by, whereas, Colt's first few months seemed to drag on! I guess now that we are seasoned parents :) we know that the difficult phases will eventually pass, which makes them a bit easier to endure!

Anyway, Levi is now 5 months old... and he is already working on crawling!

The boy isn't even sitting well yet. I guess he sees his big brother running all around and really just wants to keep up. Here is a video of today's progress.

And, yes, Levi is working on sitting, but doesn't do it for very long.

We love you, Levi!