December 12th

1. Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree... love the Christmas season
2. We're all up very early every morning, and Billy seems to be the popular parent in the a.m.!
3. Noah is playing outside in the back of Billy's truck. It was a beautiful day!
4. Asher eats frozen muffins every morning. He stands at the freezer and pulls on the handle until he gets one. Then he starts dancing!
5. Asher has been full of static lately. His hair is always standing up.
6. Billy and Noah.
7. Billy and Asher.
8. Me and Asher.
9. Asher loves to eat and is usually smiling, at least until he's done.
10. Jack, our elf. He comes to visit us every Christmas. He watches the kids and goes to the North Pole every night to report to Santa how the kids have behaved ; )
11. Me and Noah.
12. Our very loveable, but very much a pain in the neck kitty, Mo. He's getting big!

Happy 2011!

Okay, so I've slacked more than ever before on the blog in the last few months.  I can't believe it's been almost three months since my last post.  I had plans to share birthday pictures for both the boys and the 12 on the 12th for November and December, but I haven't even been taking the pictures like I should.  I think I might have taken three or four pictures on Christmas day.  I've been terrible.  But it's a new year.  And with the new year comes new changes.  Here is a list of the new changes that I'll be working on this year.

1. Eat better and eat less (and hopefully lose a few pounds!)
2. Make an effort to actually enjoy my time with Billy
3. Take more pictures, record more events in writing, and keep the blog updated
4. Run at least one half marathon

So there it is.  I could easily add ten more things to this list, but I'm trying to keep things realistic.  I think its definitely doable, I just need to stay motivated and focused.  And for you, the one person who reads this blog, the 3rd one is obviously the most important.

I hope you have a wonderful 2011!!!

12 on the 12th - double time

October 12th

I forgot it was the 12th until late in the afternoon, so we got some snapshots of a typical afternoon. Billy was out of town for a conference, so it was just me and the boys this time. There are a couple of pictures of the boys entertaining themselves while I cooked dinner. They like to crawl around the kitchen and rummage through the cabinets. Asher likes to crawl under the kitchen table, and if I don't watch carefully, Mo might get his tail (or ears or legs) yanked around. As you can see, I try to sneak in as many vegetables as possible where I can because Noah and Asher are both pretty picky when it comes to any veggie. While dinner was finishing up, we spent some time outside in the beautiful weather. After we ate, we spent some time wrestling on the floor and the boys had fun attacking me! Then it was bathtime and Asher is learning that he has more fun standing up than sitting down. The boys were wiped out and fell asleep looking like little angels!

November12th

Today was a Friday and we went on a road trip to visit Grandma on the farm.  Kari was able to come with us too.  So Asher and I started out with a yummy breakfast and then played for a bit.  He likes to make an Indian sound by moving his hand on and off his mouth quickly.  He also like to entertain himself with Mo, but Mo is getting bigger and  putting up more of a fight!  Then Kari arrived and made friends with him quickly with some snacks.  We loaded up the car, waited for Billy to get home, and then picked Noah up on the way out of San Antonio.  It was a long four hours, but we had some fun.  Noah watched a couple of videos, Asher got his carseat changed to forward facing for the first time, we saw a little rain with a rainbow, and Kari and I played scrabble on my Iphone.  Noah slept in my old room, and he saw a picture on the dresser of me, Kari, and my cousin Lee, when I graduated college.  He kept pointing at the picture and saying, "who is that?".  Then he got ready for bed and found one of our old books to read. 

Zoo Trip

The weather in San Antonio has been amazing!  It's perfect by my standards, so we've been trying to enjoy it as much as possible.  We took the boys out for a trip to the zoo this past Saturday.  Groupon had a great deal on Friday where a $65 year long membership to the zoo was selling for $30.  We were already planning on going anyway, so this just made it that much sweeter. Unfortunately, we had to stand in line a little longer because 8,000 other people took advantage of the same deal, but it was worth it.  The trip to that area of San Antonio reminded me more of why I like this place so much.  The boys seemed to like the zoo, but I know Asher will like it so much more when he can run around without the confines of the stroller.  Poor guy couldn't see a whole lot of animals, but he was watching the people, which I think he finds just as interesting.  And there was a train!  Of course that was the highlight of the day for Noah.  The train took us on a nice relaxing ride around Brackenridge Park.  Here are some of the highlights of the day.

Asher's Big Laugh

This is a video of Asher.  His laugh is so contagious, I just had to share it!