Like Father Like Daughter..

Happy Five Months

Cereal mmmm...

I gave Mavery her first rice cereal the other day. She was starting to give us the look at the dinner table like "where is my bite??" Needless to say, the girl likes to eat and she took to the spoon real well. I had forgotten how wonderfully messy it is to spoon feed a baby. It's even more messy the second go around because I have a cute little helper.
Let the fun mess begin!!

Sisters

We had fun getting dressed for this morning for a blustery fall day!!

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween! We went Trick or Treating monday night. We joined up with Abigail and her folks. She was a Lobter!

Evie was good and held Daddy's hand the whole time. And saying "trick or treat" at the door and "we go to the next one" after each house. She caught on quickly.

Mavery snuggled down and slept in the baby carrier.

We had a great time and mom and dad are enjoying all of Evie's hard work.

Mini Road trip

This weekend we took a spontaneous road trip to Mineral Wells Texas. We watch a quirky show on PBS titled The Daytripper, and the host takes short day trips that feature small towns in Texas. A while back the show featured Mineral Wells, which is only about an hour from us and we decided that when the weather cooled off we wanted to venture out that way for a day. We were somewhat apprehensive since Miss Mavery does not travel well in the car. But since the holiday season is approaching and we will be doing some traveling, we decided to do a trial run. This is the first time Mavery and Melissa have been out of the city limits since she was born in June. Yikes! Yes, car rides with Mavery are that bad. But we are getting there.

Our first stop on our adventure was the Clark Botanical Gardens. We pretty much had the place all to ourselves and it was gorgeous. The morning air was a bit cool, but we sure enjoyed looking at all the plants and the miniature train set.

After our journey through the botanical gardens we enjoyed some good ole' Dairy Queen.
Mike is pouting because Evie won't share her Dilly Bar.

On our way home we stopped and bought some Crazy Water, which is the mineral water that Mineral Wells is "famous" for.
It was a great road trip and good to be out with the girls on a beautiful fall day.
The rest are some random pics from the past few weeks.

Spending some time in the Bumbo Chair.
Miss Mavery has no interest in learning to sit up on her own, but she LOVES to be on a blanket and roll around everywhere. I think she may crawl before she learns to sit up!
Chillin'

Who says that lime green socks and hot pink sandals don't go together???
Or rain boots and swim suits???

Evie's "Sic 'em Bears" Halloween Costume

Oh Lolly Lolly Pop!

Happy Harvest

We visited a local pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago. Evie refers to it as the "Punkin Match" and it's too cute. We got to climb on big tractors...

...and small tractors.

Faster Pops, faster!!

Mike and Evie did the corn maze.

Evie and her "map"

I think she got a little tired towards the end.

Peek-a-boo!

We did take Mavery but she slept in the stroller the whole time... And we were ok with that!

This is little Maves enjoying the Baylor vs. A&M game. Silly girl!

Ode to Umbrella

Let me tell you a little something about myself...

I love umbrellas... and when I say love, I mean I LOVE Umbrellas. Grama Susie and I had a great time with our umbrellas and we could have kept playing with them for hours!

Check it out.

Nope, still not raining... but we had fun with our umbrellas.

Four Months Old

Hey Guys! I'm four months old! Look at me hold my head up high. I can even roll from my tummy to my back!

I have also found something. Can you guess what??

Yep, It's my thumb. I love it! I get all snuggled down in my swing, suck my thumb and hold Mr. Froggie. I can be quite content here for a while...sometimes...

I call this "Multi-tasking"
Playing with my fish AND sucking my thumb.

Mommy and Evie moved my crib mattress down a bit and put some fun toys in there to keep me entertained. Big sister was kind enough to join me and show me the ropes...


Speaking of Big Sister, here is what Evie has been up to.
Take it Evie...

I made colored pasta noodles with Daddy.

We all visited with Miss Kelly last weekend when she surprised us with a visit!

Hanging with my BFF Abigail at church.

We took a trip to Baskin and Robins.
More Ice Cream Please!!!!
Until next time...

A Case of the Giggles

Daddy found Mavery's tickle spot. She snorts at the end. So funny!

Mmmm... cupcakes!

Enjoying a cupcake at school for Abigail's birthday. Abigail is my BFF. Her seat is waaaay across the room. I think there is a reason for that!

Mommy's Favorite Outfit

This little blue short set is one of my favorite outfits that Evie used to wear:

Evie at 5 months

Now Mavery is wearing it

Mavery at 3 1/2 months

Evie made us a tea party this afternoon

SMILE!!!