9 Months!

Another month has come and gone. I can hardly believe that it is only 3 more months until Daniel will be 1 year! He has been such a delight to have in our family. Bradley loves to play with him and help him try new things. They are getting to be such good buddies.
Not all the pictures were taken on his actual 9 mon. birthday, but they were taken within a couple days of it!

This is the table Daniel got for Christmas. He has only

recently started to stand alone next to it.

Winnie the 'Poop' Bears (as Bradley calls him) & Daniel in their favorite positions, sitting!
Daniel has started rolling a round more, but only if we catch him at the right time. He has to be fully rested and fed, or its a no go on the rolling!

Military Appreciations Night with the Spurs!

This weekend was great. Andy and I were able to go to a Spurs game. USAA, our insurance company, gave us 2 free tickets to watch the Spurs play the Timber Wolves. We also got free shirts. We picked up a couple balloon clappers on the way out. We thought the boys would like them. We were right! They were the first thing Bradley found Sunday morning!! It was refreshing to get out together and to top it off the Spurs won! During half time Collin Raye sang for us. I posted his song below. I don't know if it is just because Andy is in the Air Force or not, but I get a little misty when they would talk about the men and women in the service or when they would play patriotic songs. Anywho, I really liked the song so I thought I would share it with you all!

Ya just can't beat a free shirt!

"A Soldier's Pray"

By Collin Raye

Twins!

I know what you are all thinking, "Karrie is pregnant! With Twins!?" The answer is NO to BOTH! I am simply saying that I am VERY grateful that I do NOT have twins. I take my hat off to all of you who have twins are are still mostly sane! (Laura, I solute you!!) Guard and Bradley have always been good buddies do to the fact that they are so close in age. Guard is only 2 months older than Bradley. After this last visit I am extremely grateful they are not twins! I am also grateful that they don't live too close to each other. (Sorry Melissa. I really do love you guys!) Here are some of the 'fun' things the boys did together during the 10 days we were there.

They locked themselves in Grandma's room twice. You may not think this is a problem, but the lock was not a privacy lock, and the key was IN the room with them. Guard taught Bradley to lock the door, but neither seemed to be able to unlock the door. The first time they got locked in Bradley stood by the door and cried "Mommy, Mommy!" the whole time. We had to send one of the older kids through the bathroom window to unlock the door.

Next they went into the bathroom in the study. They were having so much fun! We could hear them squealing. When I opened the door I found two naked boys! They had taken their clothes off, put their diapers in the toilet (this helps the diaper dissolve making it easier to pull apart!), and were throwing white beady stuff from the diapers EVERY where. It looked like it had snowed in there! To top it all off there were two small piles of poop on the floor. I couldn't believe it! Couldn't they at least pick a different bathroom to do this in. They picked the ONLY bathroom in the whole house with CARPET in it!! Luckily for them they both have wonderful fathers who love them very much. It took a good 30 minutes to clean the bathroom and the boys!

The next adventure was sneaking up stairs! It was a constant battle trying to keep them down stairs. Some how they managed to get up stairs to Uncle Levi and Aunt Amber's room and locked themselves in. We couldn't find the key anywhere. (This was only a day or two after the bathroom incident.) We were so worried they were doing a repeat locked up in there! After debating whether or not we were going to have to go out a window across the roof and in the bedroom window, Grandpa and Uncle Daniel were able to break in! Fortunately for Amber and Levi the boys were still dressed and playing on the window box. We quickly named them the "Dynamic Duo!" So without any farther introductions, here they are!

The Dynamic Duo!

They got twinner fleece outfits for Christmas.
Bradley caught red handed! He and Guard had been drawing on the walls

with crayon!

I know you all thought I was going to show a picture of the bathroom! Well, it would have been kiddy porn to show you exactly what I found. Plus I didn't get a picture of the messy. I thought about getting the camera, but the truth is I was trying to act busy somewhere else so I didn't have to help clean their mess! Again, they have wonderful dads!! Thanks so much Andy and Daniel for cleaning up after your cute boys!!

Birthdays & the Park!

During our visit we took the kids to a park in Longview, TX. This park is so much fun. The whole park is like a wooden castle. A couple of the slides were a little bit scary, but the kids ran around for 2 hours. They ALL slept on the way home!

Guard after going down the tube slide. It is pretty high off the ground.
So these pictures are not in order. Hunter got baptized on Dec. 31st. This is all of the grand kids singing "I am A Child of God". (Minus Guard & Daniel)
Uncle Levi entertaining the kids during the lunch after the baptism.

Atlas had a birthday 2 days before Hunter. We got lots of birthday cake

with Andy's, Atlas' & Hunter's birthdays all within 1 week!

This was just too cute of Daniel. Aunt Melissa bundled him up in one of Calais old jackets. I just love this picture even if the jacket is purple.

Back to the park!
You could crawl down through the tires to the ground below!
Xane after doing the tight rope walk. Calais was next to try.
Calais taking a power nap. It only lasted about 30 sec.

From up in the castle down to Aunt Amber, Daniel & Aunt Melissa.
That is the parent watching area.

Guard, Bradley & Calais crossing the bridge.

Bradley loved the bridge because the wood was slippery from being walked on.
He kept going back and forth and would laugh when he fell. Daniel was pretty entertained by this too.

Locke was close behind.

Aunt Melissa following the kids through the never ending twists and turns of the castle.

Bradley taking a 12 sec. power nap. I had to make him lay back down for the picture.
Guard was sad when Grandma Shirley left to go find the older boys who were skating across the road at the skating rink.
Bradley peeking through the window on the log cabin in the toddler section of the park.
Bradley crossing the bridge in front of some kids.

Xane & Guard where checking out he train while Bradley dug in the sand box.
Guard came to help with the digging.
Xane and Locke chillin' on the swings.
Xane got the Lazy boy of all swings. It was cool!

Daniel also enjoyed the swings.
This is looking at the castle from across the toddler section.
The playground is pretty big.
The kids had lots of fun! The only bad thing was that there were so many things

the kids could get behind. We had to spread out on the playground just to keep track

of all the kids. Luckily there weren't too many other kids there that day.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

We had a wonderful vacation! After Andy took his National Boards (we should be getting his scores soon) we drove up to Grandma & Grandpa Shirley's. We took a different route than we normally do so that we could skip Austin traffic. We made good time until we got to Palestine, TX and then we didn't turn at the right place and ended up in Kilgore, TX. To make the long story short we stopped and asked for directions and made it to Gilmer, TX. We had lots of fun visiting with our cousins. There were 9 grand kids under the age of 9! Here are a few pictures of some of the things we did!

Daniel kicked back and enjoying Grandma's attention.
Locke, Xane & Bradley watching Finding Nemo.
Bradley found someones boots and he LOVED them!
Calais & Daniel snuggling on the couch. Calais was the only girl with 8 boys!
Everyone getting ready to read the Christmas story.
Grandma helping Daniel with his presents.
Thanks Aunt Melissa for the fun PJ's.
All the kids at Great Grandma Atwood's Christmas Day.
Daniel & Daniel taking a power nap on Christmas Day!

Bradley enjoying the packing peanuts Aunt Laura used to send us our presents.
Bradley with the farm animals from Grandma Kenison.
Daniel enjoying the pig! I think it was his favorite! (Imagine that!)

This is the fence Grandpa Kenison made for the boys. They love playing with it.
All the presents under the tree at Grandma Shirley's.
Daniel, Grandpa Shirley & the Winnie the Pooh Daniel got for Christmas.

Bradley calls him Poop Bear!

Close up

This is a close up of the wood carving Bethany did for Andy's birthday!

A Happy 27th Birthday

Andy had his 27th birthday this last week. He got several guns. Bradley and Daniel gave him a radar gun and he got a nerf gun with 6 nerf darts! I quickly became the target. Bradley and Andy had a lot of fun with the gun. Andy's mom was also so nice as to make his birthday cake. It was heavenly!!

"What does it do again Dad?"
"How many darts do we have to shoot mom with?"
Grandma Shirley makes the best german chocolate icing!

Thanks Grandma!!

This video is of the present I gave to Andy. My sister Bethany carved the Alamo on the wood. The picture doesn't do it justice. She is very talented!

Got Milk?

My friend Jenny sent this Milk commercial to me. I thought it was pretty funny. I hope you will ALL enjoy it!

Have a Very Merry Christmas & A HAPPY New Year!

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Silly Boys!

These are a couple of recent videos of the boys being silly! Hope you enjoy them.

Translation: "Daniel, no sock! Come on...drink it...water. Drink it water. A drink of water."

Daniel was getting tired and he thought everything was silly!

I had a little piece of tissue paper that I would drop and it would float down like a feather or leaf. Bradley got the biggest kick out of it. His different laughs are too cute!

Daniel's 8 month Birthday

It is hard to believe that Daniel is already 8 months old! To celebrate we went to the dollar store and got a balloon and Christmas wrapping paper. What more could a little kid want? Here are some pictures and a video of Bradley and Daniel enjoying the balloons. They entertained each other for about a half hour. It was so cute!

Bradley kept going crazy with the balloons and Daniel was laughing really hard until I got the camera. At the end of the video you can hear Daniel squealing a little bit. Bradley is saying "Cheese".