Houston Visit

Seems like everytime we go to Houston the babies make great strides in growing and learning.
As soon as we arrived Alyssa found the stairs and went right up them...Logan was not as interested, but he made it up 4-5 steps and then was done. Alyssa started standing for more than 5 seconds while we were at my grandma's house. I am so excited she got to see that. Logan's second tooth came in and Alyssa's first came in.

We enjoyed the chance to spend some time with Uncle Stephen before he left for Afganistan. We took him out to lunch to enjoy a nice US burger before he left. He downed a full pound burger.

Unlce Mike is about to leave for school at Louisiana Tech so he may not always be there when we visit anymore...we enjoyed seeing him too. We actually got to spend lots of time with Grandma this visit since she was out on st disability from a surgery earlier this month. We got to play with cousin Elizabeth a lot and Aunt Kris as we all waited and hoped cousin Brody would show up during our visit. We got to see everyone else too. It is always great to have everyone together for a family picture...they keep getting harder and harder to come by. Our family has grown from 8 to 15.5 already. Soon to be double what we started at and the grandkids are just beginning.

We ended our trip with a visit to Lake Travis with almost all of the family. Daddy got to play on the boat and get really tired and sore. We celebrated Aunt Jenny's 27th birthday and on our way home we stopped by Daddy's old friend Aaron's house in Austin to wish him a happy belated 31st b-day.

8 months WOW!!!

News that is not baby related...I was laid off on Friday...I guess it is time to start watching our spending more closely. I am looking forward to more free time...maybe even some time to work of all the baby weight.

The kids have been saying Dada Dada for quite some time now with a very seldom Mama here and there, but I figured it was just the words that they could say and not that they knew what they were saying until very recently...maybe because it was Dada and not Mama. Now we say Dada, Mama and Ba (bottle). I am now convinced that they know what they are saying...they are growing way too fast.

I think Alyssa is a little jealous of Logan's longer hair because she is constantly pulling it. She has also become quite the binky snatcher even tough she does not use it as a binky but rather a chew toy for a minute and then she throws it down.

Logan is starting to try and climb up now as well and has tooth #2 trying to break through.

These kids seem to like playing on the outside of their toys more than the inside now...I guess they like the freedom of crawling away and going on to the next item at will. They also have a hand me down laptop that Mom used as a decoy so she could get some work done. They love typing.

They have been eating puffs for a while now and their older and wiser friend has introduced them to nilla wafers and ritz crackers. They are almost ready to turn their noses up at baby food and eat real people food...unfortunately Mom and Dad don't eat anything that they can really share with them. They have tried bread, mashed potatoes, celery, carrots, avocado, refried beans, and various fruits.