Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! What a busy day today was! Nathaniel was tired out by the end of our day.

This morning we woke up and took a few pics with his Halloween basket, then rushed off to do some garage sale shopping and came away with nothing! We came home for nap time and Nathaniel decided Halloween wasn't for sleeping so he slept 30 minutes. Usually he sleep for almost 2 hours!

Then we rushed off to meet my dad for Nathanie's first Katy game! I'll blog about that tomorrow. After the game went to my parents to pick up toys abuelita bought for him and then rushed home for Nathaniel's second nap which he decided he didn't need either! He just layed in bed for an hour talking to himself. Got him up, fed him, he played some and thought I would give the nap another try. He took a nap for 40 minutes. Not a sleeper today!

Then Lesh came home from a fishing day, put the costume on Nathaniel, and rushed off to my mom-n-loves house where my parents came to celebrate with us too. We played with the Great Grandparents and both set of grandparents, and 4 uncles and 1 aunt. Lots of people to see! We ate stew and pumpkin chocolate chip bread and apple cider. It was the perfect Halloween for Nathaniel and Lesh and I too!

Nathaniel with his Halloween Basket

Mimi (Great Grandma) and Nathaniel

Abuelita and Nathaniel

Nana and Nathaniel

Both Grandma's!

My mom and I and Nathaniel

Me and my little dinosaur!

Silly boy!

Pretty Auntie Breanna

Spooky house!

Supe dog Checkers, couldn't stand the costume!

He kept rubbing himself against all the walls.

Uncle Bryan dressed as Peter Pan!

Abuelito with Nathaniel

I'm outta here!

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with their families! I'm exhausted!

Fun, Fun, Playdate!

Yesterday Nathaniel and I headed over to my friend Wendy's house. She is on my blog list checker out-The Caraway Clan. Well, Nathaniel went Ape crazy on Carly! He totally chased her down and tackled her and chewed on her head! Wendy and I were rolling and laughing so hard! I was literally crying! Nathaniel really likes Carly and she really loves him! She kept crawling on the floor with him and Zachary. It is so fun to watch them all play together.

Here is Nathaniel about to tackle her.

You smell so good Carly!

I want your hair!

My sweet boy posing.

We went for a walk outside to change things up and they loved it!

9 Months Old

My baby boy is 9 months old!! Can't believe it! Where has the time gone? He can do all sorts of great things now. Like...

-Grabs onto Checkers leg and doesn't let go!
-Says, "mama" all the time!
-Still eats the same and sleeps the same as last month
-Tries to stand at every opportunity possible
-No gate can hold him back
-Can crawl from 0-60 in 5 seconds flat! J/k
-Doesn't enjoy the exersaucer or jumperoo that much, he wants to crawl
-Can drink out of an open faces cup no problem-especially mom's water bottle
-Is now becoming a little weary of strangers, but not bad
-Loves to play with tupperware and beat them against the floor
-Likes to splash in the dog water bowl if I don't get there before he does
-Likes to get in the pantry and play with the things on the bottom shelf
-And he is like Mary's Little Lambs, Everywhere that I go he is sure to go!

Wieght 20 lbs.

Length 30 inches

I only got 1 good shot of him sitting up.

As you can see he digressed very quickly!

Mama, I'm gonna eat your face!

I'm serioius mama!

Maybe I will lay down

Here I come!

Women's Retreat

I realize that my blog mainly revolves around Nathaniel, but not this one! Last weekend I was blessed by going on a women's retreat with my church. We had a wonderful time at The Wellspring Bed and Breakfast in Round Top. If you have never been there it is a must! They have great comfy accomodations and the owners are the sweetest people. Not to mention the breakfast in the morning was so scrumdidlyumptious! We headed out in the evening and took a tour of the beautiful place when we arrived. We had a great time talking and staying up late. The next morning we woke up and sat on the lovely rocking chairs on the porch. It was a chilly morning and the owners brought hot coffee and hot chocolate out to us in cute little cups. It was so devine! We felt very spoiled! We had a wonderful devotional time followed by some quiet time with God. It was a great time to reflect on God and take a break from our busy lives! We enjoyed the afternoon on the property then headed to town to do some browsing in the shops. Some of us bought some yummy fudge to share with our hubbies. We had a tastey lunch back at the B&B and took lots of pictures. Then we headed home! I'm so thankful I was able to go and thankful for Lesh and my mom-n-love for watching Nathaniel while I was gone! It was so refreshing!

Here are all the ladies in the church parking lot getting ready to leave.


The Wellspring Bed and Breakfast

Enjoying our morning coffee and hot chocolate

The windows in the breakfast room were pretty

Breakfast yum!

Tina and I- hot ladies!

Becky, Gillian, Sarah, and Stephanie

Inside the Depot- an old train depot converted into sleeping quarters. There were 3 different rooms in the house.

Allison, Tina, and Sarah

Us outside the depot before we headed home

National Night Out

2 Weeks ago we had National Night Out. It's an event that happens every year in October that promotes saftey. A firetruck and police car come by and show the kids the vehicles and they get to take pictures. The police men and firemen ask the kids if they have questions and there are flyers that are passed out to parents. Anywho, I took Nathaniel outside to take pictures with the firetruck.

8 Months Old!

Nathaniel turned 8 months on Sept. 27th. I am a week late! I always remember after my good friend Wendy posts her son's pictures. He is 3 weeks older than Nathaniel. So thank you Wendy for posting your pictures because they remind me to do mine!

29 inches long

20 lbs. according to my home scale

This is a picture of Nathaniel praying and praising God. Ha! I think it is too funny!

Things Nathaniel can do at 8 Months

- He still sleeps 12 hours at night 8:00- 8:00! Love this!

-Eats solids 3 times a day and bottles 4 times a day

- Crawls on hands and knees

- Pulls up to a standing position

-Says "ma" sounds, but I haven't heard him say "da" and makes all sorts of other babbles

- Runs- or I should say fast crawl to greet Lesh at the door when he comes home

- Prefers to be on the floor than in my arms

-Loves puffs and the little yogurt puffs

-LOVES his pacifier!!! This may cause me some problems later!

-Chases Checkers around the living to play with him

-He does So much more!

I praise God for the blessing of motherhood. I thank him for the joys and the challenges. What a sweet gift! Thank you Lord!

The Pumpkin Patch!

Yesterday we went with our good friends Wendy and Brandon and Todd and Miranda to the Pumpkin Patch in town. We all have babies close in age so we thought it a fantastic idea to go and take thier pictures together! It was pretty funny to see them all start to melt down after only a little while. Nathaniel gave Lesh a nice smelly surprise in his diaper that ended up in his hands! Lesh was seriously grossed out! We made a quick change and put his costume on. All problems solved! I would love to make this a tradition with our family to go and take pictures. As you will see Nathaniel will be a dinosaur this year. Notice what the bottom of his feet say, "ROAR!" Love it!

Here is the gang!! Carly-3, Zachary- 9months,

Chloe and Cooper- 10months, Nathaniel- 8 months

I absolutely love this picture of me and my sweet baby!