Paying off bets

This weekend was the weekend when we finally made good on Marvin's bet with Toby. All in good fun - dinner for the winner of the A&M vs Tech game. This year was double or nothing as pregnancy and Matthew's birth made it a bit challenging to get together last year. We went out to dinner Saturday at the Gaylord Sports bar to watch Tech take on OU. The screen was good (52 feet of football gloriousness...), the crowd loud, but Toby's team just didn't bring it. Marvin and I were hoping for a good, close and exciting game, but A&M's team some how snuck on the field. Toby we're sorry - but glad that we are one step closer to escaping another year of Tech having a go at the Big 12 Championship. (At least we hope!) Maybe A&M will get lucky and we'll see you in Maroon and White before we have to wear red and black.

Other fun stuff this week - Matthew's godparents Chris and Sandy sent Matthew a pre-Christmas holiday package. What an exciting way to end the day. We're trying hard to teach Matthew how to open presents before Christmas. He loves paper, but somehow a box full of paper becomes overwhelming. Baby steps!



Oooo - Paper!


A is for Aggie - we can't wait for Matthew to grow into this shirt!



Checking out the card

Clean-up weekend!

I have been telling myself that we were going to do something that was different. While Matthew enjoys getting out of the house, I wonder how stimulating trips to Costco and Target really are. We had planned to visit the Heard Musesum this weekend to see Dinosaurs Alive exhibit, but the weather was a bit too blustry on Saturday to head outside. Instead, it became a "Clean House" weekend. Anyone who has every seen the show on Style knows the process - descide to get rid of things you don't want, sell them at a garage sale and use the money to redecorate your house. We didn't excactly follow all the steps, but we made alot of progress cleaning out closets this weekend. Matthew's old clothes are put up and his new fall clothes are clean and ready to be worn!

Heard Museum will have to wait....



Playing in boxes!!


This one is as big as me!


Pee-a-boo -- everything is becoming a game now

Where does the time go?

I said that I was going to try to get a blog started and have it updated regularly, but the challenges of being a wife and mommy have gotten the best of me. I am going to do my best to start fresh. :)

We just finished celebrating Halloween. What a fun holiday. We went to a number of pumpkin patches. Here are a few of my favorite pics.





Matthew did great just checking out everyone and everything. Halloween itself was less eventful. Matthew had a school party (way too cute). That did him in, so we missed trick-or-treating with our friends. We hit a few houses in the neighborhood. Daddy had a blast - Matthew wasn't so sure.

Matthew's godparents did get him an adorable outfit to wear...check it out!