The kids!

The boy getting an early start!






Miss Addison Grace enjoying the thrill ride at the city park in Stephenville.



"She wore an Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny Blue polka dot bikini!"






The very first time in big boy pajamas:)



Grandpa and Grandma have the best amusement park rides around!!!!




These are some pics of the kiddos while we enjoyed the end of summer in Texas. I cannot say how thankful we are for Dad and Sonia taking us in and making our stay in Texas completely wonderful:) Addison still asks for Grandma's tortillas and some menudo everyday!

As promised....

This is my amazing kitchen! I absolutely love, love, love the stove....don't even get me started on the dishwasher. I told Matt that I was considering running away with the dishwasher but since it was attached to the house I would stay put:)







This is our dining room(in case you couldn't tell by the big dining room table). I thought this color was going to be very similar to the color of the dining room in our last house but it turned out much darker. I still love it!













Aaaahhhh, the princess room. In case you cannot see it completely, the comforter reads "It isn't easy being a princess!" The girl is in pink heaven in there. Yes, she is sleeping on a full size bed. Matt and I are kinda jealous since neither one of us ever slept on anything bigger than a twin bed until we got married!



















The little man's room is alot less "busy" than Addison's room. He has a recliner and a toy box on the other side. I figured we could keep it simple until he decides what he really likes. Blue is a good starting place for a boy and he can work on it from there.













And what you all have been hearing about for weeks now....Matt's TV! I decided to have Matt put addison next to it on our mantle so that you all could get an idea of how huge this thing really is. (I wanted Addison to stand next to it but that kinda freaked Matt out a little bit.) It is the newest member of our family and it is awesome (just ask Matt)! We haven't gotten around to mounting it to the wall yet but it will happen eventually. I would've posted pics of the rest of the living room but they pale in comparison to this massive thing on our wall.

I will be posting more pics of the kids in the days to come.  I have a ton of shots that we took while we were staying in Texas.  Now that you all have seen the monster that is our new tv, I expect to have some visitors very soon.  Just in case seeing us wasn't enough of an incentive:)

Our big boy!

We had Michael's one year well-baby check today.  This means that we saw a new doctor, got a new set of rules now that he is one, got all the specs and five shots.

First the good news.... Michael is healthy!  The boy weighs 25 pounds and is 32 inches tall.  To put this in perspective, Addison was 19 pounds 15 ounces at her one year appointment and only 30 inches tall.  The child is in the 90th percentile for his age group.  He doesn't have any lead or anemia.  Everything is good.

The shots...he got five today including his flu shot.  The child did not even wince when they did the finger stick for the blood draw.  He actually even smiled at the nurse after she put the bandaid on.  The shots were another story.  We got through the first one with no tears and the second one was almost done by the time he started to whine about it.  Needless to say, by the fifth shot it took my whole body to keep the kid on the table.  He was fine about 20 seconds after I picked him up and then he slept the whole way home.  

I really like our new doctor.  She seems very laid back and was really good with Michael.  She watched him play and talked to me like she had just come over for coffee or something.  It was probably the most relaxing doctor's visit we have ever had.  

On to the home things.  The fence posts are in and we are supposed to have the rest of it by the weekend.  Matt got his crazy television and is in the process of mounting it and getting the entertainment center together.  

I think that should catch everyone up.  We can't wait to start getting visitors!