I've got the bug...

...the baby bug that is. I was looking through some "old" photos of the kids and I can't believe how time has flown by! Clark and I have talked about adding at least one more to the mix- just not yet. In the mean time, I will just love on friends babies and enjoy every second. It's a good thing that I have plenty of friends who are still birthing little ones!! Enjoy some of these random "oldies, but goodies".

Happy Birthday Mom!

On March 5, it was my Mom's birthday. I was planning on taking her to lunch with the kids that day and was going to try to enjoy our lunch with two rowdy kiddos. My mom went downtown with my dad and the Axtell's to see a Broadway show. There they bumped into Taylor and her mom, Lou. It all just sort of formed into us all meeting for lunch on my mom's birthday. The morning of her birthday, a friend called to ask if she could watch the kids for me while I took my mom to lunch. What ended up being a crazy with kids lunch to a fun celebration without little ones running around. We went to a new lunch spot- Pam's Kitchen. Very good food!

Then the next day we went with my mom and dad to celebrate her birthday at The Melting Pot. YUM!!! The pics from that night didn't turn out too well. Oh well, you get the picture (literally!).

Potty Training Round 2

Yes, after a year of potty-training Huston- I can officially say he potty trained. We started last January (2009) training Huston and it was not an easy task. He finally got the hang of it last summer, but it's been touch and go in the fall. LOTS of constant reminders. Now, there aren't any. Just an occasional- don't forget to use the potty before we leave. It truly is nice. Please don't ask about the night-time. We will cross that bridge when we get there. Now it's Emery who is training like a champ! She wants to wear underpants out but I have been the one dragging my feet in training her. I have this phobia of public bathrooms. Boys are easy... girls not so much. And yes, we had a potty in our living room. We were watching a movie and she insisted on wearing underpants so I brought the potty to her so she wouldn't have any excuses. I guess we should say..."have potty will travel." She likes to "read" on the potty and talk on the phone. I didn't think of the bathroom fights with the two of them sharing a bathroom- that has already begun. Here's to many more bathroom fights!

It's Rodeo Time!

San Antonio has an awesome indoor rodeo- in fact, I think they keep winning awards. We were invited by the Allen's to go with them to the rodeo this year and then to see Tobey Keith in concert. I once thought Tobey was cute... must have been in my cowboy phase (that lasted a day!) We had a great time seeing all the bull-riding, mutton bustin', barrell racing and of course, eating! Kathryn and I were feeling in the mood for a SMALL drink. Clark went to go get one for us and came back with two "yards" of swirl margaritas. I think within the first five minutes, Kathryn had guloed hers down. Funny part- she kept complaining of a "head freeze". Maybe if she s-l-o-w-e-d down it might not have hurt. :) I posted a pic of her drink after the first 5 minutes- notice the drinks. When Tobey came on stage somehow I thought I would only know about 2 songs. I was pleasantly surprised that I knew most of the songs! It was a fun night!

Feeding the Ducks

We spent one cold Saturday morning wondering what we could do outdoors (for those of you who live north of San Antonio- anywhere- would be laughing at our "cold" weather of 40+ degrees). So, we decided to pack a lunch and head out to Boerne to feed the ducks and have our lunch off the little river through town. First of all, even though I had a couple of ducks for pets, I do not like ducks, etc near me. The ones that I had were little babies, not huge dirty ones! When we arrived, the kids were a little scared so we set them on top of a table (I was there too). We threw our bread (I brought about 4 loaves of bread with us) and naturally, we were swarmed with ducks all over us. The kids had a fun time- I started off to the car because I thought a couple were going to jump on the table and join us (notice how my poor kids weren't on my mind during this panic stage). Once the kids were all done throwing the bread they were ready to go- scared. Clark had to carry both of them back to the car. Forget eating lunch there- especially since I packed sandwiches... with bread!

Random Pics

Cousins celebrating Braden's 6th b-day, Christmas with family, Fiesta Texas for the holidays and making a Jesus birthday cake!

Bubble Bath!

I don't think that the kids have ever had a bubble bath... Not because we don't want them to have fun in the tub, but because of the kid's ezcema. This night I was battling the woes of not wanting a bath. So, I decided that they would be having their first ever bubble bath! Needless to say we won't be doing that again for awhile. Poor Huston broke out in a rash for the rest of the week. He had fun though while it lasted!!