Daddy gets banged up and Jayda loves on Harley!

So, for those of you that don't know yet, poor Jacob busted his chin open on wednesday night at the softball game. He was sliding into 2nd base and the 2nd baseman missed the ball, it bounced, and hit Jacob smack dab in the chin just at the right angle to slice it open pretty good. I was in the parking lot trying to find a parking spot when it happened. Justin called me right away and said that I needed to get to the game asap and take Jacob to the er because he needed stitches in his chin. We zoomed over to get him and I helped him to the car. Poor thing was pale as a ghost and looked like he was going to pass out at any moment. He wasn't in so much pain, but very nauseas, light headed and dizzy. He gets like that very easily with shots/blood etc. I wasn't there when it happened but apparently blood just started gushing everywhere and then everyone was telling him how bad it looked so of course that made him really feel like he was going to lose it. Anyways, our wonderful neighbors Scott and Michelle were at the softball game and took Jayda for the night until we got home from the er. Thank you guys so much, y'all are awesome and I don't know what we'd do without you guys! Brandy and Lourdes were also at the game watching the boys and they played with her at the playground while we were gone too, thanks guys! To make a long story short, Jacob ended up getting 7 stithces on the outside of his chin and 1 on the inside. They also put some steri-tape to help hold everything together. He will be getting his stithces out on Tuesday. Needless to say, he hasn't been feeling very well and his chin is quite sore from everything! It is getting better though and they say that facial wounds heal pretty fast!

Now, onto Jayda news. She and Harley are bff's these days and I had to take some cute pictures of them together last night. They love each other so much! Harley loves to be affectionate and Jayda loves to let him be affectionate. She always puts her hand out for him to lick her and lays her head onto his head. She also loves to rub his back and even tries to give him open mouth kisses! I am beginning to wonder if Harley thinks she is his baby! It's so funny that he's so much sweeter to her than Nina is since Nina is the female and Harley is the male, but I guess it's just their personalities. Although, Nina is coming around to her and even rolls over to let Jayda pet her. After a minute or two she's had enough though. Harley, on the other hand, never gets enough of her!

Of course after all the fun with the dogs I give her a good scrub down in the tub. Last night she was in such a good mood in the bath I had to take some more pictures. She loves playing with the foam letters in the tub and also likes to stand under the water as it is coming out and say "ahhhhhhhhh". She has also begun to tee-tee in the tub right after I put her in while she's standing up, so we have to drain the water and fill it back up. She always waves at the water when it's being drained and says "bye bye, bye bye". I taught her how to blow bubbles in the pool this summer and now she likes to show me how she can blow bubbles in the tub!


Hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

Dewberry Farm!

Man, I can not believe that it is almost november, which means it's almost Thanksgiving, which means it's almost Christmas! Time flies so fast and things are already starting to get crazy around here. I'm sure for everyone it's beginning to be the same, and will only continue to get even more crazy!

Last sunday we went to a place called Dewberry Farm. My parents came with us and we met our neighbors and their little girl there too. It is about 15 miles outside of Waller and also about 15 miles from Katy. It is basically this huge farm/carnival/kids fun land out in the middle of nowhere. They are only open in October and November on saturdays and sundays. This place was soooo cool and I would highly recommend it to anyone that has kids. They will love it! It is definitely going to be a family tradition for us every year. They had a huge pumpkin patch, hayrides, a corn maze, puppet shows, pig races, rubber ducky races, human gerbal wheels, corn wagon rides, jumping pillows, sno cones, kettle corn and I could go on and on and on! If you are interested in going the website is www.dewberryfarm.com. It was amazing and we all had so much fun, especially Jayda! She absolutely loved it and I could probably take her there everyday and she'd never get sick of it. I took a ton of pictures, hence the ton of pictures in this post.

Jayda was very excited about the chicken puppet show.


The chickens performing at Cackle Palace.


Oma pushing Jayda around on the tractor, she loved it!


I think she's gonna be a good farm girl!


All of us on the hayride out to the pumpkin patch!


My favorite picture! The boys walking through the pumpkin patch looking for mini pumpkins.


Sweet baby girl with the pumpkins!


Trying to get Riley and Jayda to pose on the pumpkins in the pumpkin patch, not an easy task!


Our little fam!


Mommy and Jayda in front of the corn maze.


J&J on the roller slide, which apparently goes a lot faster when there's also an adult on there!


Oma and Jayda taking a ride on the corn wagon! Jayda loved this thing so much we had to take her for a 2nd ride!


Jayda freaking out in the sand box after mommy put her in there to play. Apparently she does not care for the sand!


Jayda making a terrible face after trying a lemon for the first time at dinner, then wanting some more, of course!


The other day Jayda got into her closet and pulled out all of her halloween "accessories". She put everything on and started practicing for Halloween. I can't wait for Friday to dress her up, I know she is going to have a ton of fun!

Jayda practicing to be a UT cheerleader!


I'd say she's pretty cut out for it, as long as she actually picks up the megaphone!

Pumpkin Carving!

Today Jayda and I carved her first pumpkin! Well, technically it wasn't really her first pumpkin to carve since we did one last year, but she was only 3 months old and sat in the bouncer next to me. So, this time she had a lot more fun. She loved using the spoon to 'stir' the pumpkin and the pumpkin insides. I think she thought she was cooking something. It was so cute! She also loved taking the top off of the pumpkin, then trying to fit it back on. We had a lot of fun and can't wait to go to Dewberry Farm this weekend and pick our own pumpkin from a real life pumpkin patch!

Jayda and I last halloween carving a pumpkin. She has changed so much in the past year!


Jayda handing me the pumpkin seeds!


Stirring the pumpkin insides.


Stirring her pumpkin!


Taking the top off!

Picture of the Day!

Today Jayda's friend Riley stopped by to play and these are the adorable pictures I took of them together. Jayda loved having Riley sit in her big girl chair with her! They were even giving each other kisses! What sweet girls!

We won, we won, WE WON!!!

So this weekend Jacob and I drove up to Dallas for the Texas vs. OU game and I am sooo glad that we went to that game! Not only was it the best game I've ever seen in person, but we beat the No. 1 ranked team in the country! How awesome is that?!

We met our friends Wes and Kyle and Greg and Lauren at the Fairmont hotel in Dallas on Friday night. They had flown in from Seattle for the game. We went up to the room and changed and went out for drinks. We had a great time hanging out and catching up with our good friends. Around 12:00 a.m. we decided to call it a night since they had all been up since 3:00 a.m. to catch their flight. The next morning Lauren and I got up around 6:00 a.m. and went for an early workout. It was a bit rough getting out of bed, but we were both so glad we did and it was such a nice time to hang out with one another since we rarely get to see one another. We came back to the room and then we all headed out to the game around 8:00 a.m. It took us about 30 minutes to get over to the cotton bowl (even though it's only like 2 miles away) because there were so many people all trying to get to the same place. It took some people several hours to get to the game! Thankfully Wes knew a back way to go. Once we got to the stadium we weren't real sure what to do because we didn't even have tickets to the game yet. We decided to go ahead and buy tickets to the fair, go have fun at the fair for a few hours and then try and buy some tickets once it got closer to the game. Thankfully our plan worked great and about 15 minutes before kick off we bought 4 tickets. Unfortunately me and Lauren had to sit separately from the boys, but we had a great time cheering and going crazy at the game together. The game was amazing and it was so fun for Lauren to see all the craziness that goes on at this game. The game started at 11:00 a.m. and was over around 3:00 p.m. We stood up the entire game,so we were pretty worn out since we'd been walking around since 8:00 a.m. that morning. Nevertheless, we pushed on and decided to go hang out at the fair a little longer. We tried some delicious, and fried, fair food and watched a cute dog show. We finally were all so pooped by about 5:00 p.m we thought we should go back to the hotel and rest for a while before dinner. So, we all relaxed for a couple of hours and then headed off for dinner at the West End. We ended up eating at Hoffbraus steakhouse. The food was so good and we all ate a ton! After dinner we went back to the hotel, ordered some cookies and relaxed in bed. We called it a night early after the very long day that we'd had. The next morning the rest of our gang had to catch a flight out of Dallas at 10:30 a.m., so we went for an early morning breakfast together at 7:00 a.m. It was so sad telling them bye, especially since we'd only seen them for a few days! It wasn't too bad though because we know that we'll be going to Seattle in February for Wes and Kyle's wedding. All in all we had a wonderful weekend and I'm hoping we can go to the Texas v. OU game every year! It was so much fun!

Big thanks to Nanna and Pawpaw and Oma and Oupa for taking care of miss Jayda and our puppies! We couldn't of done it without you, love y'all!!

Pretty girls!


Wes and Kyle having drinks!


Lauren and Wes riding some crazy ride at the fair.


Me and Lauren in front of the ferris wheel at the fair.


Greg and Lauren hanging out at the fair.


Lauren and I being goobers before the card stunt.


Normal picture of me and Lauren at the game.


1/2 burnt orange, 1/2 red


OU fans have cleared out, yay!!


The whole gang after the game!


Jacob and Wes being interviewed after the game.


Me and Jacob all ready for dinner!


Greg and Lauren at the hotel before dinner.


The boys at Hoffbraus!


The girls at Hoffbraus!

Race for the Cure and Birthday Weekend!

This weekend my mom and I ran in the Houston Race for the Cure. We had a great time running and getting all the free stuff afterwards. I actually ended up getting 5th place in my age group (yay!!), and I reached my goal of running faster than a 24 minute 5k (my time was 23:11). I'm hoping next time I can beat 23 mintues. Jacob, Jayda and my dad were all able to come along for support and it was so great having them all there. Jacob and Jayda had to get up at 6 a.m. to go with me, so that was super sweet of them. I always love doing the race for the cure and seeing all of the women (and men) that come out to support breast cancer research, survivors, and remember those lives that were taken by the disease. It is such a moving experience and really makes you realize that breast cancer can strike anyone. That's why early detection, self exam, and mammograms are SO important! Ok, I better get off my soap box! After the race we all came home to relax and take naps since we'd all been up so early. Oma opened up her birthday gifts and we sang happy birthday to her and enjoyed some yummy carrot cake. That evening we took Oma out to dinner at Kona Grill to celebrate. The food was delicious! Afterwards we walked around and did some window shopping and got some coffee while Jayda played and introduced herself to every single person that walked by! We had a great weekend of celebrating!

Jayda sporting the energizer bunny ears that they were giving out at the race.


Running for mom! Celebrating 24 years of being cancer free!!


Mommy and Jayda after I finished running.


The whole fam!


Singing happy birthday to Oma!


Oma and Oupa with Jayda at Kona Grill.


All 3 of us hanging out after dinner.


Family pic before church!