Beach Weekend!

We went to Corpus Christi this past weekend to just get away from life for a day and have some fun. We took Jaden to the Texas State Aquarium (where we discovered that he LOVES otters) and headed to North Padre Island to play on the beach and spend the night. It was a lot of fun and just what we needed! Here are some pictures:

A sailboat - looking at the water from the aquarium

Great view of the bay

Sea Turtles, Mate! (I HAD to take this one for all my Tau Beta Sigma sisters!)

Jaden and me at the sea turtles

Jeremy and Jaden at the sea turtles

USS Lexington

"pick me up!!!"

Leaving the aquarium -- we had to get a picture of the otter statue for Jaden

AHH, the beach!!!

Jaden and Jeremy took a stroll into the water while I watched

Jaden LOVED the beach!

Sunset over the dunes

The beach on a clear morning -- BEAUTIFUL!

Jaden and Jeremy

Jaden and me -- I looked SO bad!

He was one tired boy after that fun filled trip!

Halloween

Okay, so I didn't get many pictures on Halloween night because my camera DIED, but I got a few. We took Jaden to the zoo for the 22nd Annual Zoo Boo. He had a lot of fun! We'll definitely be back!

Pumpkin Patch / Dress Rehearsal

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. Jaden had a blast -- he tried to pick up just about every pumpkin they had!

Tonight I decided that I should probably put his Halloween costume on him to make sure it fits. He enjoyed it. This is a dragon costume -- we've been practicing the "roar" for a few weeks now -- he was doing that when he had the costume on. SO FUNNY!

Hello Again!

Okay, I know that I am WAY behind on posts. I'm going to share a few pictures from the past month.

These are from our trip to the zoo at the end of September:

We went up and walked on Comanche Hill the next weekend...

My TU Baby

I got Jaden some Trinity gear. Of course, my crazy boy who normally loves wearing hats had to be difficult for the camera...

By the way, that second picture makes me laugh SO hard!

New Addition

We got a new puppy yesterday. We had decided that Mustang needed a buddy (he doesn't seem to like being an only dog.) Her name is Pepper and she is a border collie mix, about 8 1/2 weeks old...VERY sweet! Here are a few pictures of her:

Danny Lewis 3/4/1947-9/11/1999

Today is the 9 year anniversary of my dad's death. I know that we all miss him very much and this time of year makes me really think about everything...all the good times, all the crazy times and the bad times, too. I just wanted to share a few pictures as kind of a memorial to him.

My dad is my hero and my angel!

I love and miss you so much, Dad!!!

Have you had your V-8 Today?

Apparently Jaden hasn't had his V-8! I just thought this was too funny not to share!

Finger Painting/Art Project #1

So, they did finger painting at daycare yesterday. Jaden LOVED it. Laura actually told me this morning that when she took it from him to let it dry, he got mad at her!

When I got home from work last night, Jeremy gave Jaden the picture to bring to me to show me what he did. He is SOOOO proud of that thing! So, we have our first official fridge art right now! Here's a picture of little man's art:

Fun at the Park

We took Jaden to the park this afternoon (between the rainstorms). It was nice for him to get out and run around a little bit since the weather has been kinda crummy this weekend.

We leanered that he loves the swing...

...but that he's not a big fan of the slide -- YET!

We went at just the right time, though! The rain started up again right as we got home!

Funny Stuff

I can't deny that Jaden is my son! I was going through some pictures the other day, and found some where you could see the resemblance. That makes me feel better because I always hear about how much he looks like his dad! Here are a few of my pictures. One of these days, I'll get around to finding pictures of Jeremy! `Hope you enjoy!!!!

MESSY MAN!

Jaden had ravioli for dinner last night. After his first helping, he started licking his plate. Of course, I couldn't get pictures of that! This is his messy face at the beginning of the second helping. Goofy boy! By the way, please note that I rarely put him in his high chair with clothes on anymore!

My Entertaining Boy - IN A FEW POSTS

Please watch the next few videos (everything is in 5 posts from today.) There are things from all of them that are funny. This kid is REALLY entertaining. I wish I could capture it all on video, but he's just to interested in the camera and LOVES to ham it up and just keep saying "hi." This all strarted when I came home and found him like this:

By the way, please disregard the room -- Hurricane Jaden hit his bedroom. It's clean again, we'll see what it looks like when I get home from work tomorrow! LOL

The beginning of it all....

This was the first of Jaden's funny boy videos from today, I just need to get a few more to cooperate...

Frustrated

Jaden was being so charming and entertaining this evening and I got a bunch of videos, but I can't get most of them to load. I'm going to keep trying to get them on here, but here are some pictures for you to enjoy in the meantime.

Wow

It's amazing when you realize that your baby is no longer a baby! This morning I dropped Jaden off at daycare. I put him on the floor and let him run around with the boys. I was talking to Laura for a few minutes before heading off to work and I guess he was done with me because he stopped what he was doing, looked across the room at me, waved and said "BYE!" It was like "Okay Mom! I'm ready for you to go now!"

`Guess it's about time to starting thinking about a baby #2....LOL

Growing Up So Fast!

Jaden is really just doing it all at once! He just started to walk all over (although he looks like he just got off a horse!) Here's a video of that.

He's been saying "hi" a lot, but now it seems like he's starting the whole copycat thing. Today, we were sitting on the floor playing with his blocks and the cat came over. I said "Hi Patches!" and Jaden said "Hi PaPa!" Then at bathtime he handed me one of his toys. I said "thank you!", Jaden said "tay-doo!" over and over again! It was cute! This kid is such a sponge!

Big Boy Is Getting Bigger!

Can you belive that our little munchkin started walking this weekend?! He's been taking a few steps here and there, but this weekend Jeremy and I were actually able to get him to go back and forth between us. Before you know it, he's going to be running everywhere!