4 Year Anniversary

So, I am a little late on this post, and I'm sorry to say that we failed to take a picture ... but J and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary a week ago on Oct. 22. Thanks to our good friends, Ben and Lindy Walker, for taking care of Trip for the night, we were able to enjoy a relaxing dinner and a movie for the first time in a very long time. After much discussion, J and I decided against doing anything extravagant this year. We both agreed that spending some good 'ole down time together was what we were both sorely in need of!

It is hard to believe that I have only been married to my wonderful husband for 4 years. A lot has happened - We got a dog; bought, remodeled and sold our first home; moved to the Hill Country; started a business; and had a baby - Just to name a few of our big moments! I cannot imagine being married to a more loving and supportive man ... And of course, he keeps me laughing too!

tuckered out

By the end of a long weekend of fun activities Trip was all tuckered out.

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Trip wearing one of J's old outfits with his initials embroidered. So cute!

Lamby

Trip has recently discovered an affection for this huge lamb stuffed animal, which we have named "Lamby". When we tell him to "give Lamby love" he will rest his head on Lamby or sometimes give it kisses. These are a few pictures of Trip loving on Lamby. I hope he gets attached to a smaller stuffed animal, because I am not going to be lugging this gigantic one around for the next 5 years!

Friends, Pumpkins and Broken Down Cars

My mom and I drove to Austin Friday afternoon to visit my best friend Johanna and her baby girl, Ainsley. We visited the pumpkin patch down the street from their house, and snapped some really great pictures of the kiddos. We tried to get a good one of the 4 of us, but the babies would not cooperate!

I love this picture of Trip standing up on the pumpkin. I got some other really great shots, so I will post a slide show shortly.

On the drive to Austin, my car made some funny noise and just as we were getting into town, the "check coolant" light came on. After leaving the pumpkin patch, we drove to a nearby gas station to fill up on coolant, but the man who helped us said that our coolant was not low, so there was probably some other problem with the car that we should get checked out when we got home. About 10 minutes later, my car overheated at the corner of I-35 and Cesar Chavez. Triple A towed my car from Austin to Boerne (96.2 miles ... just under the 100 mile limit!). Because we had Trip with us and his car seat, J had to drive to Austin to pick us up.

Mom, Trip and I took advantage of the beautiful weather and took a taxi to Guero's Mexican Restaurant where we enjoyed margaritas at the outdoor bar and listened to some great live music. J met us for dinner before we all headed home. My mom had been saying she wanted to see more of Austin, so at least she got her chance!

And in case you were wondering, the fan in my car was broken and I should be getting it back sometime today.

Monkey Trip

Saturday we went to the "Haysterical Haymaze" at Fabra Elementary School, just down the street with some friends from church. Of course, we couldn't miss the opportunity to dress Trip up in his monkey costume!

mommy and me

This is one of only a handful of pictures I have with Trip. I realized last week when I was going through pictures from the past year that I am on the other side of the camera in 99.9% of the time. So, while my mom was in town this weekend, I had her snap a few of me and Trip. I love this one! He wraps his arms around my neck like a little monkey - And despite the fact that most of the time he ends up grabbing my hair, it melts my heart!