Friday, August 28, 2009

Birthday Boy, Part II

We had 2 August birthdays in our house, the little guy and the big guy, Daddy.
His main birthday request was new tires for his mountain bike. That was easy enough. I went to Mellow Johnny's on 4th and Nueces and fixed him up with new tires and tubes. Monday night Christian and I made a run to get Daddy some birthday cards. Christian picked the biggest and baddest Transformers card there was.


He wasn't too interested in picking out a card for Archer, so I took care of that one.
Then he said "Mom, Dad needs a toy." So we made our way over to the toy aisle of the CVS. Not much selection, but enough for a 3 year old. At first we saw some race cars, but then we saw the perfect gift for Daddy.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!



He had some help opening presents. In fact he got to open his present early. Word to Wise, don't go shopping with a 3 year old and expect to wait another day to open the present. We weren't in the house 2 minutes and Christian was asking if he could play with Dad' "under turtles" (AKA ninja turtles). So Dad got an early birthday present.

On Chris' true birthday, he and I went out for a nice Dinner at Max's Wine Dive. I sent him 2 menus from 2 diffent places, but blacked out the names. He was told to pick his birthday restaurant based on menu selection only. We had a nice night out. Sassy said at home with the boys. Archer was tired and it didn't take him long to go to sleep.

A funny thing happened after we got home. Chris came out of our room after we got home and said "Christian is still awake". It was only about 9 o'clock, so that wasn't too bad. But what happened is the bathroom door to his room was left open as well as the bathrom door to the hallway. So when we got home there was lot so ligth and noise that was keeping him awake. We both went in and he started to tell us that "Sassy wasn't right"...because she left both doors open. Leave it to Christian to tell you if you are right or wrong.

Playtime

Our friends David and Julian came to visit last weekend.  We hadn't had a chance to play all together in quite a while.
From julian and david
From julian and david
From julian and david
From julian and david

This is them playing a game of turning the light on and off.  Everytime Christian and Julian see each other, they play together better and better.  They have more and more fun.  They remember each other now more than ever before.  The difference of 9 months that is so glaring as infants doesn't matter much at 4 and 3 1/2.

From julian and david
Archer, who has been going through his clingy phase, didn't have any problem going to hang with David.

Then the big guys demostrated Wii tennis for the little boys.
From julian and david
From julian and david
From julian and david

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Baby Steps


First we were cruising.
Then we were standing on own.
Now we are taking baby steps.
Very wobbly, very small baby steps.

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Treats!

Treats from Sonic....yum, yum, yum

Mom and Dad's new favorite neighborhood burger stand...yum, yum, yum!
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Bonding time

Chris took Christian to get his flu shot this morning.  I think they did a little Father/Son bonding over Starbucks afterwards...take a look at what I got on my phone this morning.


one donut

one shaken green ice tea

Post party weekend

This big party wrapped up and the fun didnt' stop. We went to dinner with the Choates (Jack, Debbie, Granma Ann, Abby & Emmy) and Memaw and DoDaddy. We went to an Austin legend. Dirty Martins. YUMMY!

Cheers to the birthday boy!


Then it was back to our house for more fun with birthday toys and the WII!
Christian likes to ROCK OUT with this toy. He says that..."Mom, I'm gonna Rock"
Then we had the Battle of the Wii. Tennis was the game of choice with some boxing thrown in.
First Challenger...Uncle Chris..Abby is the Queen of our Wii Court.

Boxing break for the little kids

Abby's next Challenger...her Mommy

Abby is a force on the Wii livingroom court, but she took a break and a few other battles took place.
Husband vs. Wife


Then the Ultimate battle...Wenck against Wenck in tennis...now this is big stuff. Both kid were brought up playing tennis.


I can't remember who won that game. But I remember it getting pretty intense.
This next morning we all got up for a brunch at Magnolia cafe.
From Archer's birthday


It was a great weekend. What a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday.

Birthday BOY!

We don't have a baby anymore :( we officially have a little boy. His first birthday party was a Luau, complete with flowery leis, tropical fruit and lots of friends and family.


Friday night before the party the Choate girls invaded the house. Boy was that fun! Christian loves taking them to his room for pillow fights. It was cute when he even asked "Hey! you want to come to my room for a pillow fight" He has never said that to us. I don't think he realizes he is on one team and they both are on the other.


It was fun watching them have so much fun.

Saturday was party day. Here are some pictures from the day.


now I have to stop and explain this one. (editors note: this was in no way staged by a grownup, Christian did this all on his own) See Batman was in some trouble. He had been captured by some Bad guy pirates and was about to get smashed in the sliding down between the bathroom and Christian's room. Luckily Sassy saw this and documented it. It has brought us a lot of laughs. Don't fear, Batman escaped, but he has now been missing again for a few days, wonder if the pirates are holding him for ransom somewhere?!?

Big brother is trying to wait patiently to open present...can you see the frustration on his face?

I love this pic!

Time for presents!
Bailey got braces!


CAKE TIME!








Sugar crash...the end of the party for the birthday boy.