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numbers

18- that's how many months it's been since my baby boy was born. 18. It's almost hard to type it and I almost corrected the nurse at the pediatricians office this morning when she confirmed that we were there for our 18 month check up. YIKES.

72- the number of consecutive hours I was away from my baby young child a few weeks ago when his father and I skirted off to The Big Easy for a little relaxing, drinking, walking all over the great swamp that is New Orleans, and some much needed alone time. I (we?) missed Little terribly and I often caught myself saying "is it too soon to call again?". Little had a wonderful time with Nana and Grampy and pitched an all-mighty fit when they left. You'd have thought we had a 2 year old on our hands. He didn't cry at all when we left, but whatev, I'm over it.

Oh, and my all-time bestest friend in the whole wide world just happened to be in New Orleans the day we got there. How's that for ironic?

4- the number of molars that Little has cut in the last two weeks.

3- the number of teeth he is currently working on. Count 'em up- that equals 7 new teeth.

4,385,817- the number of very pissed off moms of babies cutting teeth during the largest recall of Infant and Children's Tylenol and Motrin (and lots of other drugs). Myself included.

0- the number of bottles of generic Infants Ibuprofen left on the shelves by the time I got to the store.

50%- the percentile Little is in for weight.

70%- the percentile Little is in for height.

75%- the percentile Little is in for head circumference.

1- the number of perfectly healthy, perfectly perfect little boys in the whole universe and he's MINE! HA! Jealous?

427- the number of extended family members that I saw at our family reunion this past weekend. Well, okay, not really that many, but there were a lot. And there were a lot that couldn't make it, too. That would have been A LOT of people. Good thing we were on a farm!

With Uncle Jon riding yet another plastic pony. He sure does love plastic ponies.

And yes, that is dirt on his face. Didn't I mention we were on a farm?

Stay tuned for some first-of-summer pictures and videos coming soon!!

fun friday night

these were taken tonight....

Can you believe all the cheese?!

Easter 2010

We had a lovely Easter this year! Mimi and Uncle Jon came to visit and we had a lot of fun.

We started out our weekend on saturday at Butler Park downtown. Lots of fun, bubbles, we walked around Town Lake, had some popscicles, and ran around.

This is a boy who loves his Mimi. :)

Then Sunday morning we went to church, came home to check out our Easter loot, then we took a nap. Matt and I were up with Steven since 4:30am that morning, so yeah, we were a little tired. More on that later.

We then went to have brunch at The Driskall. It was YUM.

Here Uncle Jon is teaching Steven how to ride his cow...thing. Easter Bunny Mimi brought it and we're still not sure what it is exactly.

It was a tad windy...

We came home and did a little Easter egg hunt and Steven caught on to it pretty quickly! He loved hunting for more eggs and putting them in his Easter basket.

So all in all, great holiday!

flashback friday

one very short year ago.....

yeehaw!!

March is the month for Rodeos in Texas. I've been going to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo since I was little. I think the first one I remember going to we saw Crystal Gayle perform and I LOVED her super long hair and I HAD to grow mine out as long as hers. It didn't get past the middle of my back before I begged my mom to cut it.

We started March out going to the Livestock Show. We didn't think Steven would sit through the actual rodeo and the livestock show has tons of things for kids to do and see.

We started out at the petting zoo. I told Steven it wasn't nice to point and laugh, even if it was just a goat.



He felt terrible and thought that kisses for all the animals was in order....

Lovely shot of a goat butt...

This boy might look just like his daddy, but he sure does take after his mama. Here he is, his first time on a horse with Mimi.

He LOVED it, despite what the pictures may look like. Mimi loved it too. :)

With both him and I begging daddy for a pony we just might make it happen. :) As soon as we left the ring he ran back over signing "more", very enthusiastically.

My cousin Janna and her daughter Jayde went with us and here is Steven and Jayde sitting in a tractor tire.

Tractor driving might just be his true calling...

Our rabid carousel horse. He loved the carousel too. He doesn't discriminate against plastic ponies.

A few weeks later Nana and B wanted to take him to the Austin Rodeo. They insisted on buying him authentic western garb...and I have to say he was the most adorable rodeo patron there EVER.

Another petting zoo....love the goat.

Another pony ride, this time with his mama. I didn't think it possible, but he loved this time even more!

It's like he was born on a horse!

I don't even have him off the pony yet and he's signing "more" and he's saying "GO!".

Carousel ride with Nana! ::waves::

Another carousel ride with B.

So, overall, Steven is a HUGE fan of the rodeo. Maybe next year we will actually see the rodeo. :)

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