So Very Thankful

This year Brent and I had the luxury of staying in town and hosting Thanksgiving at our house. Traveling with two little ones these days is quite an undertaking so being able to stay home was a very welcomed change.
Brent's mom and step-dad came in town from Houston, my parents drove in from Kerrville, and my brother came in from Dallas.
We ate soooo much food, watched a great football game between The Saints and The Cowboys, and then went back and ate some more...such a wonderful day!



Brent and Luke enjoying lunch.
Brent looked so cute in his Grandpa's old hunting shirt



Luke and Uncle Rich walking off lunch



Relaxing outside waiting for the cool front to blow in































me and Miss Livie



Luke's Thanksgiving card with his sweet little handprint

Sleeping Beauty

Some pictures of my baby girl...doing what she does best.

A New Normal

Transitioning from one child to two has been a bit of an adjustment to say the least. Now that I'm officially back at work, things are pretty hectic during the week.
Brent continues to travel just about every week and as hard as I try, I can't help but be envious of his evenings away enjoying expensive dinners with clients followed by 8+ hours of uninterrupted sleep. Some days I want to strangle him, but then I think 'wait'...I need his help!

MY evenings now consist of - bottles, baths(unfortunately, not my own), too many diaper changes to count, putting Livie's pacifier back in her mouth for the ump-teenth time, wondering who's calls I'm missing as I hear my cell phone ring but can't answer it because I'm holding TWO babies, driving the neighborhood listening to lullabies so the babies will fall asleep...or at least quit crying, reading the same baby book over and over to Luke while still holding Olivia and trying to get them both to fall asleep...yet keep myself awake.

Trying to figure out how to balance work and family has been quite the challenge, so far I'm not doing so well...I'm pretty sure I've been kicked out of the Mom of the Year Club.
I've accepted the fact that I'm going to have to lower my expectations and if my hair or make-up is not done or the house is a wreck, it WILL be OK!

As crazy as life is right now though, I wouldn't change it for the world! I absolutely adore my family and couldn't imagine my life without them!

Some pictures of our craziness -

Happy Fall Ya'll!

I absolutely love this time of year...there are so many wonderful things about Fall -spending time outside in the beautiful weather, watching college football with my hubby, and anticipation of the holidays and eating way too much!

Brent and I decided to get out and take advantage of the beautiful weather so we took the kiddos to Millberger's, a little nursery not too far from our house. We were so excited when we got there because they had completely decked the place out for Fall! There were all sorts of things set up for little ones - a pumpkin patch, a hay maze, and a train that drove around the nursery. Luke had such a great time while little Olivia slept through it all in the stroller.











waiting for the train ride


his hair was such a sweaty mess

Playing in the Rain

My little Luke is completely obsessed with being outside...If I had a nickel for every time that child says "out" in a day, I'd be a very rich mama. I don't so much mind him being out, but I can NEVER get him to come back in.
To make matters worse, we've been having crazy weather in San Antonio this past week where it would be clear and sunny one minute then pouring down rain the next. Well of course, Luke and I were outside when one of these crazy storms blew in and he absolutely refused to go inside...thus the following pictures of my soaked little man.

The Lucado's

Brent and I are blessed with wonderful neighbors! We live down the street from Max and Denalyn Lucado, our pastor and his wife. They brought dinner (Denalyn's famous taco soup) and some books for little Livie.



Max just finished this book - it hasn't even come out yet and our little girl was the first to receive it...how cool is that?!



They also sent us a cookie bouquet the day Livie was born.



Before they left, Max said a sweet prayer over our family...such an amazing couple!

Livie

Here are more pictures of our sweet Olivia. She is such a blessing to our family!