SNOWMAN SOUP

Mimi gave Aidan this "Snowman Soup" Kit. He made it the other night when it was very chilly outside! It was delicious. We ended up making these as party favors for Aidan's Birthday party. The kit includes: 1 package of hot chocolate mix, 8 marshmellows, 3 hershey kisses, and 1 candy cane. I hope everyone enjoys them!

Katie and Bennett's Visit to San Antonio

Right before Thanksgiving, one of my bestie's from Arkansas, Katie, and her son, Bennett, came to visit and to meet baby Maddox! We had a great time!

Allan took Bennett and Aidan to the Spurs game....they had lots of fun. That night Katie and I did some shoppping at La Cantera and ate at a yummy Brooklyn Pizza joint. Friday Katie and I took the kiddos to The San Antonio Childrens Museum, lunch at The Rainforest Cafe on the River Walk, drove them by the Alamo (it was a nasty rainy day), took a stroll through Central Market...Katie fell in love, and then had to stop and get some Amy's Ice Cream...that is a MUST when Katie comes to visit. Allan watched the kids that night so Katie and I could do some more shopping and go see a movie. Saturday was filled with a day at Sea World and then to Aidan's last soccer game of the season. That night Katie and I went downtown to the River Walk and had a nice dinner and some drinks. It was so nice to have a friend come visit and have some one to go do things with...I finally felt ALIVE again! LOL Miss living close to friends and family.

Thanks Katie and Bennett for coming to see us!! We miss you guys sooooo much!

XXOO

"Parents and Pie" Day

Totally forgot to blog about Aidan's little Thanksgiving program at his school, OOPS!

Every year before Thanksgiving each class puts on a cute little program for the parents and sing cute songs about Thanksgiving and then we get to eat pie with our kiddos. I wasn't able to attend this year and sent Allan since he wasn't able to go last year and here are the pics he took.

3 Months Old

Maddox turned 3 months old on November 29th! As he has in the past couple months, he's growing, growing, growing! He is such a happy baby and loves to smile at everyone. He has started to eat rice cereal at night....thought that would help with his hunger problem during the nights, but no....he still gets his 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. craving for some yummy formula. There have been a few nights were he has woken up only once...and those nights are FABULOUS!!! Every night is different but it's not as bad as it was during the first month! We are going to try to transition him to his crib sometime this month.....we keep talking about it, but every night he ends up in our bed, so we'll see when that happens. :) He still loves to coo and talk to ya when you are holding him. He likes to stick his tongue out when you stick yours out....it's too cute. Trying real hard to roll over....can't seem to get over his big arm and gets very upset! :) Other than the normal baby stuff, Maddox is getting pumped for his 1st Christmas! We have some things coming up and will keep you all up to date. Oh, and he will be attending his brother's 4th Birthday Party this Saturday....he told me he was super excited! hahaha

"STUFFED"

We as a whole family went back home, Austin, for the Thanksgiving Holiday to spend with some good friends and my family. We had such a wonderful time. I think everyone was more excited to see and meet Maddox....I don't think I held him all day!! All my Aunts and cousins took good care of him all day. :) My mom's side of the family all comes to Austin for Thanksgiving and we have such a feast. We start the morning off with our annual "Turkey Trot" and then head to the Siegers for a lite Brunch. Then everyone returns to my parents around 12:30 and the eating begins....appetizers and cocktails, then my mom and her sisters and me and a couple of cousins help do the last minute prep for the big feast. We all dove in an stuffed our faces until we couldn't breathe. Everything was excellant! We have some AMAZING cooks in my family and I'm sooooo greatful for them and their skills.

We are so thankful for our family!! Here is a cute picture of Maddox on his 1st Thanksgiving day!! My mom got him the cutest little outfit...the word "STUFFED" is on his bottom! LOL

BROTHERS FOR LIFE

Wow, it's been a couple of weeks since I've posted anything. November has been a busy month so far...and it's almost over!! CRAZY!

Here is a picture of Maddox and Aidan that I took the other morning in bed. Aidan loves to cuddle up to Maddox and Maddox just loves to watch his big brother. Aidan is such a sweet big brother to M. Now if Aidan could just be that sweet to me all the time. HA!

We are getting ready to have some visitors tomorrow....my friend Katie Elkins and her son, Bennett, fly in tomorrow to stay with us for a few days. We are soooo excited! We have lots of things planned out that we will be doing. Will post some pix after their visit.

Oh, I think I forgot to post after Maddox's 2 month visit: he weighed 14.5 lbs, and was 25 1/2 inches long. He was in the 80th percentile. Big Bubba! I know he's grown since then and that was 3 weeks ago. Maddox is doing well, he's just growing like a weed and starting to interact with people and toys...he's just a doll and we are having so much fun with him.