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Christmas Spirit

Matt and I have really been trying to convey the spirit of Christmas to Isabella since she is at that age where every single thing on Earth is SO exicitng! As we take our walks around our festively decorated apartment complex, her new word is...."WOW!!!" The lights, reindeer, snowflakes, even the pine trees that haven't even been decorated yet, are so neat to her right now! We LOVE it! And it makes getting into the Christmas spirit so much more fun for us as adults...okay, and it's an excuse for Matt and I to act like kids again :)

I decided that Bella needed a date with Mommy and so I booked a date at the Austin Children's Museum downtown to make our own gingerbread house! It was absolutely adorable, and we had so much fun. Bella was "that" kid that kept eating the marshmallows and M&Ms off of her house, but hey...it was HER day and I figured sugar rush or not she could do what she liked!

Her house turned out so cute and she decorated the entire thing by herself with help from Mommy to spread the icing. After that, she stuck every piece of candy she could find on the house in her meticulous way....what a fabulous way to spend my Saturday with my little sweet pea!!!

Merry Christmas!!

Oodles of Pictures from a Busy November!!

Happy Turkey Day!

Cathleen (Mi Mi) and Matt

Grama and her little man!

Carve that turkey honey!

Enjoying his Thanksgiving dinner...orange nose and all !

Too many carrots Brody!

Double highchair duty

And he's out

Snow Princess


Beau and "his" elephant snuggle buddy



Bella showing Brody the feeeeeesh @ Austin Children's Museum

My sweet boy

Peek-a-Boo!

Up to no good

Best hugs ever

Smoochin' Daddy

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Now that's a happy baby

Always figuring things out & how they work!

Beating to her own drum

Cheese

Bella's first ride in the Mule @ the farm!

Bella and her Uncle Daulton

Just Drivin'

Out on the farm with Daddy

Let's Mow!

Mema's Cows that Bella was absolutely obsessed with!

Morning snuggles with Brody

Brody acting as if he is not about to steal the binky...so sly

Bella's first ice cream cone...

Waiting for another ice cream cone....

Still waiting!

The tongue would not go back in for the rest of the night!!

hahaha

Those cheeks!

Georgetown Photo Shoot Sneak Peek

We spent the day up in Georgetown with an absolute peach of a photographer, Kelly Cameron, who snapped away some candid shots of the family! She is still editing the oodles of pictures she took, but was nice of enough to send us a sneak peek of some of them! Stay tuned for more :)

Happy Holidays...we're in the spirit!

Brody & Bella @ 8 Months!!

Brody @ 8 Months!

Bella @ 8 Months!

I had to pull an old photo of Bella to see if our little people have any resemblance now that Brody is coming into his personality and giving us so many "Bella" expressions....okay so maybe Brody is more of the linebacker type than she was!

Bella the Bumble Bee & Brody the Jailbird

Bella the Bumble Bee!

Flittering around

Figuring out exactly what to do with the flower wand hmmmmm


Cute little tushy

Mommy's baby girl

Jailbird Brody!

Our little peeps

Bella on the Big Girl slide...all by herself!

MiMi and Brody

Bouncing all by herself too!

Peek-a-Boo

And Daddy had to get on too...of course :)

Enjoying the Fall Festival with Grandma and MiMi

Grandma's Little Man

Brody sneaking a little candy in before bedtime

All tuckered out

No teeth yet...but we're working on them!

Snuggle time with Dad

Last day for the bouncer...I'm sitting up by myself Mom...come on!

4 month old "Lucky" at the Circle "S" Ranch near our house!

(The ranch owner let us ride his beautiful horses...his name is Sunny...cool name...hehe)

Happy Halloween! The weather was so goreous this year for the holiday and Bella is such a perfect age to play dress up! Well, Miss Isabella was quite the hit at the Fall Festival this year with her fabulous Bumble Bee costume. She danced her little heart out with her fluffy tutu and flower wand. I have never seen a child turn into SUCH a girl than she does when she has her pretty outfits on! haha It cracks us up! Brody took the mellow route, and he just preferred to people watch this year in his AC/DC Jailbreak costume. He looked adorable as usual with his baby blues that seem to win the hearts of every woman out there! He thinks his sister should have the limelight I guess....for now that is :)

Love you all!