Happy Thanksgiving

We hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

We sure had a lot of fun.

 

We started off the night before Thanksgiving with a trip to Uncle Steve's camp where daddy and Grandpere were deer hunting and we pulled up just in time to hear Daddy shoot a deer!!

 

Cade said "What's that mom, that scared me" when he heard the gunshot as we were driving up.

 

 

So the boys got to experience their first dead deer....sounds so fun, I know!!

 

But Brooks LOVED it. He was touching the paw, tail, and he even tried to ride it like a horse.....

 

Cade on the other hand, just sat back and observed and said "Mommy he's sleeping"

 

Then Brooks decided to try and pick up the deer and reached down and touched all over the bloody part...DISGUSTING!! But he got a kick out of it and we quickly washed his hands off....

 

Here are my little hunters watching daddy and Grandpere skin the deer from afar....really far away!! We decided they were a little young to witness all of that so we took them back to where they really couldn't see at all.

 

Seriously....they are the cutest hunters ever!!

 

Then they got interested in playing with some flashlights....

 

We all ate dinner together and had a fun night at the camp.....

The next day we went back to the camp where we were having Thanksgiving lunch. We had a huge spread of food and it was all wonderful!!!

 

The boys ate their lunch well and enjoyed plenty of dessert afterwards....Cade enjoyed the ham and rolls while Brooks chomped down on it all!

Cade made a new friend at the camp that weekend...the dog "Camp It". He would just hang out with her and pet her, it was sweet and really made us realize that it is time for a new puppy!! We are now on the waiting list for a dog!! 

 

We also had a little accident earlier that morning as we were all getting ready. The boys were playing in the tub and Brooks took a fall and busted his eye on the drain!!! Of course nothing was open for us to take him to get looked at but we decided that between the family vet, doctor, and eye doctor hopefully someone could fix him up. So cousin Jordan was the lucky one to glue his busted eye back together with some dermabond....Brooks was NOT happy about it though!!

 

Then we had fun playing around the house, camp and outside. We took some family pictures and enjoyed the beautiful weather reflecting on all that we are thankful for!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you took time to reflect on all that you are thankful for, we are certainly blessed!!!

 

  "O Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms."

Psalm 95:1-6

18 Months!

HAPPY 18 MONTH BIRTHDAY TO BROOKS!

 

 

The last year and a half has just flown by, what a joy Brooks is in our lives!! He is the sweetest, cutest, most energetic child I know and he sure does keep us young. I always joke that I don't need to work out because keeping up with his pace helps me to stay in shape!

 

Some fun facts since our last update:

 

-He weighs 28.5 lbs (75th%) and is 32.5 inches tall (50th %) and developmentally he is off the charts at 23 months!! Here is a pic of him at his checkup..silly boy!!

 

-His favorite play mate is his brother. He loves to aggravate Cade just like a younger brother should. Anything Cade has he wants and he is usually Cade's shadow, mimicking his every move. Most of the time they get along and it is such a joy getting to watch them grow up together being so close.

 

-THE BOY LOVES TO EAT!! He is constantly hungry and is very verbal about what he wants. His favorite snack is cheese sticks or fruit snacks. Thankfully he is not a very picky eater, like his brother, he will eat pretty much anything.

 

-He is talking a lot now and he can pretty much tell you whatever he wants. Today he said "Cade where are you??!" which is the most words in a sentence he has yet to put together.

 

-He loves to make messes. His favorite thing to do in the afternoons is rummage through the cabinets and drawers pulling everything out one by one and then on to the next mess. He does not stay amused for long.

-He does LOVE to read books and that is how you can get him to sit still the longest. He would sit in your lap for hours and read if you would let him. Such a sweet bonding time for us!! He is so precious because he has to sit in the very center of my lap and he will continue to situate himself until he is perfectly placed. It makes me giggle every time!

 

-Like I said he is constantly on the go, so he always sleeps well at night! He has always been my dependable sleeper.

-We are working on getting rid of the pacifier. He only gets it at night time and sometimes in the car.

-He used the potty for the first time the other night. Although I am not sure he knew what he was doing. Cade was using the potty and he was just trying to be like his big brother. It's a start though!!

-He is usually a good listener and understands what we say to him. He is really good at giving this sweet little innocent face when he gets in trouble...but it doesn't usually work.

Happy 1 1/2 year little man!! Mommy and daddy love you very much and look forward to many more birthdays and half birthdays with you!!!!!

DD & Grandpere's House

 

A couple of weekends ago we took a trip to Houston for the weekend and stayed with DD & Grandpere.

 

The boys got to attend their first Kingwood High School football game, Daddy's alma mater, where he was a star player as the center.  

 

 DD took Brooks for a trip to the toy store and they got some treats when she got back....

Cade got this dump truck and Brooks got the shopping cart...but of course they both wanted what the other one had.....

 

Cade also got to have some "ice cream"....when we went to the football game we were so cold that we stopped to get some hot chocolate at Starbucks, well he saw the pictures and started talking about how he wanted ice cream. So I did some quick thinking and got them to give him a cup full of whip cream and oh how yummy he thought it was!! He just ate it all up.....

 

We had a really fun weekend with DD & Grandpere!!

LSU vs BAMA

Last weekend, the most anticipated game of college football was finally here, LSU vs. Alabama. LSU was ready for revenge on Bama from the last match up at the national championship and AL had a No. 1 ranking to uphold.

Excited about the game....this was Dani's first game to attend this year...

 

And DD & Grandpere's of the year....The guys had seats a couple of rows down so the girls stuck together and cheered on the Tigers. Dani and I taught DD all of the cheers to the music the band played.

 

This night was almost Tiger Stadium at it's finest!! LSU played fantastic, the crowd was going WILD!! For those of you who have had the pleasure of attending a game at LSU in Death Valley on Saturday Night, you know there are not many things more enjoyable than that! We all had a blast together with 93K+ of our best friends!!!

 

This was our reaction after LSU was ahead with 2 minutes to go in the game.....

Unfortunately, Alabama was able to make a victory run down the field and score with 2 minutes left.....althought I wish the outcome would have been different, I can say that was definitely the best game as a non-student I have attended. I was so happy to have Dani next to me to experience Tiger Stadium in one of the best games ever!!! LSU deserved the win, but in the end they defeated themselves!!! Thanks DD & Grandpere for the great tickets!!

 

Final Score: LSU-17, Alabama-21 

Until next time.....

BFF's

We recently had a little visit in Lake Charles with our best friends, The Goulds.

 

I just had to share some pics of the boys together....(little do they know but they are best friends forever!!)

The older they get, it seems to get more difficult to get them to cooperate for a group picture....

 

Take 3....

 

Take 6....haha best shot yet!!!

Mason and Brooks seriously sat like this for 10 minutes just looking at me like I was crazy!! Cute little guys....

 

And Gage was being silly....

 

Cade ran off and hopped on the 4 wheeler, he got stuck because the battery was going dead, so Gage ran over to help him....

 

Of course we had to document their first "stuck" on a 4-wheeler experience...as I am sure there will be many more of these in the years to come!! 

 

All while these two little men were watching in the distance...haha!! 

We can't wait for the Goulds to move to Zachary in about 7 months!!! Then we can hang out in the yard every Sunday with our best friends forever!! (cheesy I know, but seriously)

Until next time....

Dani's first ER visit...

 Last weekend we were all so excited about going to the LSU vs. Alabama game!! We were all getting ready, the babysitter was about to arrive for the boys and then Josh's dad comes back to our room to inform us that Dani cut her finger while using a KNIFE trying to open a toy for the boys and might need stitches.....

 

Josh was ready so he hurried in the kitchen and took her to the after hours clinic down the street. She was not a happy camper when she heard the word "stitches". Luckily stitches were not necessary, however to be safe the doctor suggested a tetanus shot!!! Usually she wouldn't be due for the shot until she was 12, but since she was 11 1/2 he wanted to be safe....Dani's response "IM ONLY 11 and A HALF!!!" (as she is crying)

 

Little did we know Dani does NOT like shots, which neither do I BUT her dislike was on a whole different level!! This was our first experience with Dani with her "teenage" attitude coming out. She jerked her hand away from me and started saying didn't want the shot....well actually screaming it while crying. I tried my best to comfort her, Josh tried to talk her down and make her focus on reality that it really wasn't going to be that bad, we gave her time to try and calm down and drink some water, but after 15 minutes of all that, we realized nothing was working!! Ultimately administering the shot came down to Josh, his dad, and DD physically holding her down while the nurse gave the shot to her while Dani is SCREAMING and fighting to the last second. She did get out of DD holding her legs and kicked her in the head!!! (not on purpose of course it was just her desperate attempt to get free) After it was all done and she took a minute to calm down...she said that wasn't as bad as I thought....SERIOUSLY??!!! It was honestly the most traumatic thing I have witnessed to do with any of my children, man I am so glad she didn't have to get stitches!

 

Thankfully that was over and we were ready to go cheer on the Tigers, and we got there just in time for pre-game, which is our favorite part!!

 

Here she is after the shot with her new puppet and bandaged up finger....

 

And here is my reaction to what just happened...haha!