THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!

These little guys are 11 months {and 3 weeks} old.  Better late than never in getting an update in, right?  I can hardly believe that November is almost here.  October was crazy busy with Baylor Homecoming and traveling to California...it went by soooo fast!  With 10 days to go until the boys' birthday {and a week until their party} we are in full blown party planning mode around here.  I don't feel like a whole lot has changed since month 10 so for this month I am just posting a few pictures...we will save the REALLY LONG marathon of an update for next month week.

Another reason for the delay in the 11 month post...NO COOPERATION during group picture time...although I did get a few great individual ones...

Ethan

A perfect picture capturing his personality...waving his arms up and down and being silly during picture taking.

Evan

LOVE his dimples...could he be any cuter?!?

I love how close these two are...they chase each other around the room and are pretty much always by each other's side.  Here they are getting into the book cabinet in their room.  This cabinet houses all of my books from teaching...all books that can be torn up and destroyed by two almost one year olds having some fun.  The rubber band on the door knobs has worked at keeping them out until recently.  Looks like actual baby proofing is on the way for these doors.

And because I didn't take enough pictures in San Diego to make an actual post, here is one from our hotel room...really early in the morning hanging out in bed {because we woke up at 5:45 AM still on Texas time - so not fun}.  We stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado which was AWESOME!!  It's kind of fun to go home and visit like a tourist.  I thought I would never have the chance to stay there.

So there are a few pictures from 11 months...counting down the 10 DAYS TO GO until we are ONE!

BU HOMECOMING PARADE 2010

I was so looking forward to Baylor's Homecoming this year, especially getting to take the boys to the parade.  Last year at this time we were just a few weeks away from them being born and I was completely miserable.  I didn't participate in any activities last year which made me quite sad and so much more excited for this year...homecoming is way better when the babies are outside of the belly!  The parade was the only thing we did.  We ate a late dinner on Friday with my brother and sister-in-law and her family and by the end our boys and their boys were ready for bed...no bonfire, which I pretty much already knew was not happening this year.  Jeff went to the game without us and I am so glad we didn't go because the weather was horrible.  Hopefully next year we can do more.  On to some parade pics...

Walking to campus in the wagon.

Checking it all out.

A family pic...of course the little ones are not looking at the camera!

Some playtime...destroying a homecoming magazine.

Starting them early on their first Dr. Pepper floats...to say they loved them would be an understatement!

Ethan's face when he realized it was all gone...he was so upset even his paci wasn't helping!

Our last attempt at a family pic with still no children looking!

It was so fun taking the boys to their first homecoming parade...looking forward to many more in the years to come!

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' VEGGIES!

Peas and carrots...two veggies not exactly on the top of my veggie list.  I'll eat them but neither are my first choice.

Apparently they are not this guy's first choice either.  This picture was taken at the end of eating.  Evan had many other things on is tray...bananas, cheerios, cheese.  Notice that everything else is gone and all that is left are the peas and carrots.  I tried feeding him a few and they just came back out...the typical pattern for veggies with him.  I thought it was just a texture thing getting used to chewing different foods instead of all the baby food, but he has no problem with pears, bananas, peaches, grapes, beans, grilled cheese sandwiches, mac n' cheese, cereal bars...I could just keep on going.  I'm thinking he is going to take after his daddy in the veggie department.

All smiley thinking he is so grown up and doesn't have to eat the veggies!

And then you have this guy...notice the empty tray.  There is a reason he has passed Evan in the weight department...the little dude will eat anything.  The title of this post should have been "I don't need no stinkin' veggies" because Ethan is quite the opposite.  He even loves broccoli which I thought all kids hated!  He just gobbles it right up.

So happy at eatin' time!

FAMILY RESEMBLANCE

It's pretty safe to say that Evan looks like Jeff...it's all people ever say, even people we don't know comment on how much the two of them look alike.  This is all true but to me Evan is 100% Jeff's mom.  There have been so many times I have looked at him and the faces he has made and it reminds me so much of her.  I found this picture of her recently and it just amazes me how much the two of them look alike...so crazy, it's like looking at a picture of Evan dressed up in girl clothes! 

NEXT UP ON MY SHOPPING LIST

Cathy and the girls came over today to play.  Allie was off from school for Columbus Day so it was a chance for us to get all of the kiddos together.  Cathy brought their little wagon and it was a huge hit.  I will be buying one very soon because the boys LOVED it! I actually like it a lot more than our stroller for things like walking around the neighborhood, going to the park, the Baylor Homecoming parade, etc.  It allows the boys to be able to see more what's going on around them.  How are we this big already!?!

So much fun...he was clapping and laughing at Ethan.

Checking out the wheels.

Trying to get a group picture...

Until the boys realized the girls had really cool bikes...

Which Evan thought would be good to eat!

Love these girls and hanging out with them and can't wait to buy our own wagon to take to the Homecoming parade in a few weeks!

NEW DUDS

I love fall...I will probably say it about a gazillion more times over the next few months...cooler weather, football, Pumpkin Spice Lattes...the list could go on forever.  If we could just repeat October through December all year long I would be completely happy.  Along with fall comes super cute clothes for the boys!  Here is an outfit that I got in the mail a few days ago from Crazy 8 (we really need this store in Waco).  Jeans and plaid shirts...don't they just look ready for the fair?!?

And here are some new jammies for the fall...it has started getting cooler in the boys' room at night so we  needed some long sleeve ones...

Checking out his super heros.

More interested in the wipes.

Some fun before bedtime...you can't see him because it is so dark but Moose was on the other side of the gate and Evan was quite excited!

Ready for bed with his Baylor bear.  Night, night y'all!