Choo Choo!!

A couple weeks ago, we went to visit our good friends the Walkers in San Antonio.  We had a GREAT time with them!  Alex loved playing with Max.  He was squealing with happiness the entire weekend!

We did lots of fun things:  went out to eat, shopped, chatted, played with toy trains, took the boys to the San Antonio Children's Museum (definitely recommend!), and even went on a train ride!

My camera was having some technical difficulties, so I was only able to snap some pictures the morning of the train ride.


It was a chilly morning and the boys were so cute bundled up waiting for the train to come:

They went crazy over the popcorn!

Captain Aggie, here to save the day!

I love how this picture captured that mischievous smile of his...

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All of the boys...

Thanks to the Walkers for hosting us for a wonderful weekend!  We can't wait to do it again....especially with the soon-to-arrive Emma!! =)

A Morning at the Ranch...

Some of my parents' neighbors recently moved out of suburbia to their very own ranch.  They have dogs, cows, a pond, a tractor, a trampoline...what more do you need??  We went out to explore one day last week and we had a great time!

Checking out the pond....

Riding around the property on Daddy's shoulders....
(Life is good!)

What is this thing??

I can drive it!

They even have their own zip line that J had to try out!

Then, Alex was ready for his turn....

Lots to explore!

Even a trampoline to jump on...much better than that wimpy one at MyGym!

Here is everyone else checking out the cows....I thought this was kind of a cool picture and looked even better in black & white!

Alex's Trip to Aggieland with Dada

Today Alex and I drove to Aggieland to visit some old friends.  First we met Uncle Gabe at Rudy's and had some great barbecue.  Alex liked it and ate lots of brisket with sissy sauce and finished up with some peach cobbler.  Next we went to Uncle Gabe's house and he got his first Twelfth Man towel, which Uncle Gabe taught him how to twirl. 

 After that we went up to Campus to visit with lots of our old professors like Dr. Tchakerian, Dr. Brannstrom, Dr. Lafon, the Bednarz's and Cathy.  They all thought he was really cute and wanted to play with him.  Then we went over to Gabe's office and all the other graduate student girls wanted to give him candy, play with him, hold him, and pretty much just fawn over how cute he was.  Here is a picture of two people I just met obsessing over him.

Last we went by the Trigon and met two of my former buddies from the Corps, Mack and Zac who are now NROTC instructors.  See how they don't even have to wear a uniforms to work....Sounds like a job for me!  In this picture I had just knocked Alex over by turning around into him after handing off my phone for a picture.  We managed to stop his crying but he still doesn't look that happy.

We finished up the day with dinner at Koppe Bridge.  Alex really enjoyed his chicken strips and fries and Mack got to see how his life is about to be over.  We both had a great time and I am pretty sure Alex wants to be an Aggie too now, since he was yelling A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a the whole drive back home.

Scooter Time!

This past week, we went to visit Jeremiah's father and his family in El Paso.  Alex enjoyed playing with J's half-sister and especially checking out some of her toys.  He was very curious about her scooter and Daddy showed him how to use it!

Stuck in a bucket....

This morning, he crawled in this bucket and then he wanted everything in his sight to be in the bucket with him!