Thanksgiving

So Thanksgiving was relatively uneventful. Gil's parents, two sisters, nephew, and 2 nieces came to our house. I am not a very good cook, so I delegated most of the cooking duties to my inlaws. The highlight of the weekend was watching the news the Wed before Thanksgiving to find Gil as he stood in line for 4 hours waiting for flying saucer pies. They were good but not so sure they were 4 hour wait good. You live and learn I guess.

Pumpkins Gallore

So we have visited quite a few pumpkin patches over the past few weeks. He absolutely loves the outdoors and it is finally cool enough to go outside. Below are pitcures from Dewberry Farms and Enchanted Oaks.

Snack Pack

The title says it all!

And the Winner is.....

The rocking chair. Joseph dove face first into his rocking chair over the weekend. Here are some pictures of his black eye:

Today's bright moments are tomorrow's fond memories

We had a great weekend. It started off with a girls night for Jessica's birthday, so the boys played in the sprinklers. Sat morning Gil had to work so Joseph and I went to the zoo, he loves the carousel! Sunday we went to church, lunch and then to the mall where we rode another carousel. We also bought a bike trailer so mommy and daddy can get some exercise with the little man in tow, Joseph just preferred to play in the box. We had lots of fun just hanging out!

Today

Inspirational Thought for the day

The beauty of grace... is that it meets us where we are and gives us what we don't deserve.
Charles R. Swindoll

There is no way in the world God gave me these two boys becuase I deserved them, it was by God's love and grace!

No more goldy locks

So we finally did it, much to my chagrin, we got the first haircut. I sure hope each subsequent cut is easier, for me that is. Joseph was an angel. He laughed at the lady and sat very still (well, as still as can be expected by a one year old). He now looks like a big boy, no longer my baby. But my next question, what do I do with the hair they gave me? Put it in his baby book, bury it in the yard (wait that is the umbilical cord). Looks like I will just tape the little baggy in his baby book until I am told differently!

Catch Up

Ok, so I am really bad at this whole blogging thing. Here are two months of updates for everyone.
Easter- Easter was nice, Gil took a day off from studying and spent it with us. We had a really nice day, until the realator called. I was on my way home from the grocery store, and of course because I was hungry while shopping, I had one of the biggest car loads of groceries known to man. She was calling to tell me someone was in route to see the house, I asked her if she was aware it was Easter Sunday and she apologized but said they will be there shortly. Like any good Easter morning, there was Easter basket fillings all over the place, so Gil and I rushed through the house putting up the 200 bags of groceries and cleaned the house. We completed our chores in under 30 minutes (a record for us) and left the house to go to the park. (we have full veiw of our driveway from the park). After about an hour, we called our realator to tell her no one had showed. She apologized and tried to reach the other realator, but to no avail.
1st Birtday party- We celebrated Joseph's first birthday on the 12th of April. We had approx 30 adults and 15 kids, you can imagine what my house looked like, a regular three-ringed circus. We had a good time and Joseph racked up on goodies. No kids should have as many toys as he does. It is insane.
The Beach- We took our first family vacation at the end of April. We were so excited to try out the beach (I haven't been since Aruba). We drove to Seaside Florida with 3other couples and their kids. We had a great time, it was beautuiful there. Joseph loved the pool but could have given up the beach. The gulf was too cold so all he could do was play in the sand.

It goes too fast

I found a quote today that I just love:
"Dear Lord, Give me the wisdom not to waste all of this."
I am one of the world's worst at living today for tomorrow. I guess I need to slow down and really enjoy the 3 of us. He is only going to be little once and I would hate to miss a thing.

1st year pictures

As I have said before, this year has flown by, I can't believe Joseph is turning one. We took his first birthday pictures on Good Friday, here are a few.

(photos taken by The Picture People)

I am a Blogger

I have decided this may be a more efficent way for most of you to keep up with us, so I have now decided to become a blogger. Hello 21st century!

Joseph's 2nd Easter

I can't believe how fast this year has gone, it seems like just yesterday I was holding a little bundle wrapped in a blanket, now I can barely pick my little man up. We just celebrated his 2nd Easter and he had a blast. When he woke up Easter Sunday and we brought him to his basket and he was really excited. It was fun to watch him sort through all of his stuff. It is amazing to watch him learn new stuff everyday. He is trying to walk now, he has taken a few steps but he has figured out he can crawl faster than he can walk. The new house will be complete around the end of June, we can't wait. We had a lot of early activity on the old house, but lately it has slowed down. This week is the last week of spring break here in Houston, so hopefully things will pick up soon.