Breakfast with Santa

My heart is full tonight after spending this morning downtown at the Christmas Affair with Hunter and AJ. I love this time and year and Hunter "gets" Christmas more this year so it is extra fun. Today he got all dressed up in his spiffy Christmas outfit and got to make a gingerbread house, which he loved, and sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas (a red rocket ship).

I really hope that this gingerbread house lasts a long time. It is so sweet and I love it so much because he made it (mostly) himself. We also were talking about Santa and that he needed to tell Santa what he wanted him to bring on Christmas. He came up with a red rocket ship all by himself. He's been in to the show "Little Einsteins" lately, so I think that is where he came up with this idea. Cute. :)

Here are a couple of pictures from our day:

Happy Halloween!

I must say, Halloween has never really been one of my favorite holidays but I really look forward to it now that I have a child. Hunter was super cute last year but this year he really "got it". We talked for a while leading up to it about what he was going to dress up as and what trick-or-treating was. (Side note: I'm told that this is really the last year I'll get to pick what to dress him us as since he'll probably have his own very strong opinion about that next year. We'll see!) He's had fund dressing up in his cowboy boots while waiting to wear them on Halloween.

This year he was Woody from the movie "Toy Story". I started working on his costume well in advance so it was all put together in plenty of time. My mom always made our costumes when we were growing up and I really wish I could make his costumes special like that, although I'm not quite there yet in my sewing skills. :) So, thank goodness for Etsy and Amazon!

We got started a little on the early side so we could get finished before it got too dark and come home to hand out our candy. Hunter did a great job and had the hang of it in no time, other than not understanding why he couldn't eat every piece of candy as he got it. :)

He wasn't really in the picture taking mood....he was too preoccupied with getting started trick-or-treating, but I managed to get a few pics...

Before we headed out -

Heading up the neighbor's driveway -

Hunter and Owen the pirate -

I picked Skittles....SEE!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch at Sweetberry Farms in Marble Falls again this year. This is the same one that we went to last year and really liked it. It's about an hour away but is a really pretty drive down a winding highway so it was fun to make an afternoon out of it. Hunter got to feed the goats, which he thought was pretty hilarious, see a fire truck up close and personal and get his face painted like a scarecrow!


I just love this sweet picture. Hunter put his arm around AJ while watching some horsey rides -

Happy Fall! (Even though it's still 90 degrees here! :) )

2 1/2!

Happy half birthday to Hunter! To celebrate today, we went to Chuck E. Cheese's for lunch and a little playtime. He had a great time and there were only a few people there which made it even better. :)

Here are a couple of pictures of him playing today:


This boy cracks me up every day. Sometimes he breaks out a new word that I've never heard him use before and it just makes me laugh (and realize how much he hears and processes!). For example, the other day while eating breakfast, he decided he didn't want his vitamin. He took it out of his mouth and said "I don't really like this. It's disgusting." I didn't even know he knew the word disgusting! He's also starting to create conversations between his toys, which is pretty funny to watch. He has a Buzz Lightyear and a Woody doll from "Toy Story" and he makes them talk to each other. He's definitely all boy - give him some sticks, rocks and dirt to play with and he's happy. On the other hand, he's very sweet and uses his manners very well. We certainly have some crazy times, but 6 months in to 2 years, I wouldn't call his twos "terrible" by any means! According to my measurements, he's about 36" tall and 30 lbs right now, and will be the first to tell you that he is far from a baby - he's a big boy!

Texas State Fair

We took a family roadtrip to Dallas this weekend. Hunter and I went to the Texas State Fair while AJ was at the Texas/OU football game, which is inside the fairgrounds. Hunter got to see a dog show, go to the petting zoo, see some livestock, listen to a storytime and rode some rides.

I definitely learned a few lessons regarding navigating a fair of this size for next time, but the most important thing is that Hunter had a good time. I had planned on trying to miss the majority of the crowd as much as I could, going in after the game started and leaving before it ended, which didn't really work out as I had planned, but it ended up being okay for us in the end because we were still there when AJ got out of the game so he could ride some rides with him. It didn't even cross my mind that I couldn't go on the little kiddie rides with him being pregnant, but they wouldn't even let me on the carousel so it all worked out well in the end. I had also planned on trying some crazy fried fair food but ended up only having a funnel cake. Better luck next year!

I forgot my real camera at home, so I only had my iPhone to take pictures, but still managed to get a few.

Our mornings so far this week

Here is what I saw when I walked back in to our bedroom this morning after leaving the room for a few minutes. He had my mascara in his hand and was applying it to his face. :)

Save this one for the "show to first girlfriend" file!

This morning as I was driving, I heard him singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" in the backseat. He sang the entire song! I've never even heard him sing part of it before, so I was surprised to catch him singing it. It was so cute.

Monday morning he helped me bake for the first time. We made some banana bread and he loved helping. He also loved the banana bread, as that is all he wants to eat now...

And with the finished product -

Mmmm....I want to eat it -

What??? I'm just sitting here....not doing anything...

Sweet Boy

The moments like these are the reason I like keeping this blog. I know one day I will forget some of the funny and cute things that Hunter says/does and will really enjoy looking back and reading these entries.

Hunter can be a wild and crazy and sometimes sassy little boy (he's a 2 year old!!), but he can also be so sweet that it just melts my heart.

Yesterday I bought a little storage shelf for his playroom. As I was putting it together, he was grabbing everything that I needed to use, picking up things I was asking him not to, and the entire process was exhausting me. As I was finishing it up, he looked at me with his hand on the shelf and said "This is beautiful, Mommy".

This morning, Maggie was sitting on the couch next to him as he was eating some Cheerios from his snack trap. He pet her and said "I love Mag. She's my best dog".

Man, I love this sweet boy.