A Perfect Fall Day

We enjoyed some gorgeous fall weather today. We spent the entire morning outside playing on Lincoln's swing set, raking leaves, playing in the leaves and re-raking them again. Lincoln seemed to enjoy being a little boy. We rounded out the night with a trip to Memer and Gigi's to watch the Aggie game. Lincoln was not a lucky charm today. He was still cute in his overalls!

Looking for Dad over the fence.

The Fort Worth Zoo

Ryan was off work yesterday for Veteran's Day. We decided to spend the day together and hit the Fort Worth Zoo. We told Lincoln on Tuesday and he was really excited. Seems like he remembered our trip to the zoo earlier in the year. The weather was gorgeous and we had a ball, spent 4 hours walking around and got to see most things twice!

Feeding the parakeets. The hit of the day!

Checking out the zebras

Giraffes

More Halloween Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of Lincoln gearing up for Halloween. At least I know he'll sit still and pose on the mantle!

A Heck of a Halloween!

We had a fantastic Halloween. We had homemade blueberry waffles for breakfast and then carved our Jack-O-Lantern. After lunch, we listened to the Aggie whoop up on Iowa State and then headed to Cason's soccer game. Lincoln loved cheering for Cason and wanted to play so badly! Then, we swung by our friends Heath and Carla's to wish Garrett a happy Halloween and drop off some bubbles. We finally made our way to the church carnival and Lincoln and Brenden had a ball playing in the bounce house and playing the games. After the carnival we stopped at my parents house and Lincoln learned to trick or treat from cousin Cason. We hit about 8 houses on their block. Lincoln wanted to walk inside every single home. Again, no fear! Lincoln finally made it to bed around 930.

Brenden and Lincoln

A more serious Buzz and Yell Leader

My Little Aggie Yell Leader

Joining in on the Halloween Fun.

Ring Toss

Train Ride with Mom. This was a tight fit!

Cason and Lincoln

Lincoln adores Cason. He is a great big cousin!

A Look Back at Halloween Last Year!

While somethings change....something always stay the same. Lincoln still LOVES Halloween candy! Yummy!

What do you think?

This will be Lincoln's third Christmas. Early on I decided each Christmas he would have a theme for the year. Then, we would get him Christmas pajamas, an ornament or two, wrapping paper, etc to go with that theme. The first year, we chose a reindeer theme. You can see his pj's, reindeer ears, wrapping paper, gift tags and stuffed toy. He also had a reindeer stocking and bib. The wooden reindeer has long been a fixture at my Gran's house at Christmas and that year, she passed it on to Lincoln!





Last year we did Santa Claus. Lincoln called him "Ho Ho Ho" and loved any and everything Santa. You can see his Santa pj's, Santa hat, slippers, ornament and Santa gift box. We wrapped his gifts in sparkly Santa paper and ribbon.

Now, I'm searching for the 2009 theme. Help us decide what would be a good theme for Lincoln. Feel free to leave a comment with your own idea! PS* Christmas is only 55 nights away!

The Loves of My Life

Don't you just love it when you happen upon a great photo opportunity. We bought a regular digital camera before our wedding and used it up until Lincoln's birth. After a few weeks we realized we needed something better and bought the Nikon D40. Hands down, that has been the greatest purchase we've made. It takes incredible pictures and is so user friendly. Some of my favorite shots have just happened. I love these!

The loves of my life! I am such a lucky girl!

Could they be any cuter?!?

Ryan would say coupons are my second greatest love:) Check out what I got tonight at Kroger for a whopping $24. 73. The best part, I saved over $75 for a savings of 75%! Hooray for Tylenol, toothpaste, blackberries and frozen veggies!

Fall Festival

Fall is definitely in the air. I love this time of year and am especially excited for all the cool fall weather we have had. Lincoln and I have enjoyed morning walks and trips to the park. Last weekend we went to the Cooper Clinic in McKinney for their fall festival. Here are a few shots from the afternoon. Oh, and a sneak peek of Lincoln's Halloween costume.

Feeding the goats. This boy knows NO fear.

Riding the pony, again no fear.

A Fightin' Texas Aggie Yell Leader

Maybe he's good luck, just a few short hours later the Ags (albeit a surprise) BTHO texas tech!

A train ride with Memer and Gigi

My Little Chickadee

As we get closer and closer to Halloween, I wanted to post pictures of Lincoln's first and second Halloween. Here he is only 4 weeks old He looks so big and grown up, even though he is a newborn. At this point, I hadn't even thought about Halloween, but Mom and I saw this while getting Lincoln's newborn pictures, and we scooped it up. He made such a cute little chickadee.

I remember those early days, I was soooo exhausted I could barely keep my eyes open! I'm anxious to see how his costume comes together this year. I'm making it again this year, I really enjoy "creating" his costumes and giving him a one-of-a-kind look! He was such a cute Frankenstein last year, I hope to continue the tradition of homemade costumes.

Burning Off Some Energy!

Today we spent part of the morning at a gymnastics center for their Preschool Open Gym. Lincoln seemed to have fun for the most part, it was a little spread out and unstructured, so at times he couldn't figure out what to do next. Here are a few shots of the day.

Sliding

Swinging over the foam ball pit

Jumping on the trampoline. This was a big hit!

Hanging out with Conner!

More trampoline

Me and my sweet boy!

This and That

Just a few random shots of the boy at a birthday party this weekend and a few others. I'm loving dressing Lincoln up for fall. We are going to a gymnastic open gym on Wednesday. Should be fun!

At a birthday party this weekend. Look at the super cute rainbow cupcakes!

Cutie pie

Like this one too!

In his Aggie Overalls and Maroon Converse

Talking on the phone to Auntie Holly after breakfast