homecoming weekend and visit from gigi and papa

we had a fun weekend with a visit from smith's gigi and papa.  they drove in from houston to big b-town and happened to be here for our homecoming.  on thursday night we went to the parade which had all the important things for a small town parade: fire trucks, high school band, cheerleaders, football team, the mini football teams, homecoming princesses/queen, and most importantly all the toddlers in tiaras :)

smith enjoyed the parade, but her REALLY enjoyed the homecoming game on friday night!  his papa had him clapping and cheering through the entire first half!  i see many more football games in our future in b-town.  however, i do not see it in our more distant future...as...smith will NOT play the sport (i hope).  

charlie had to have some game food, big surprise :)

and smith could not move fast enough to get away from the bulldog mascot...not a big fan, too scary and big!

it was a great weekend and we loved our visit from grandparents!

no love for the momma

the following video has happened 2-3 times in the past couple of weeks.  i'm not sure how i feel about it, although, i'm pretty sure charlie feels pretty good about it :)  little smith man, love your momma....please 

i may survive as long as this is just a rare occurrence!  

new friends

my mom had a super yummy dinner party tonight, AND she kept smith today.  (labor day means closed day care, but healthcare workers always work :))she made pulled pork sandwiches with a delicious mustard/vinegar base sauce and french fries.  we ate VERY well!  so, smith had lots of new friends to play with....

you know grace and george...as they have been on the blog often, but the other adorable ones are children of one of my friends from childhood.  she is living in b-town, much like i am, while her hubby is serving in the air force in korea.


we hope to see lots more of this group together...good for me and good for smith (he crashed tonight...lots of excitement)!

Nuevo Mejico!

We took off on Friday evening when I got off work to head up to the mountains for a quick get-away.  We were in need of some fresh mountain air, so the Goldston cabin was the perfect remedy!  We had a great time, as usual, besides Shae and Smith both being sick.  Smith was just a little less happy than his norm and had a consistent stream of snot flowing over his upper lip, but Shae was battling a fever off and on and feeling pretty lousy.  We made the most of it though, with a short hike on Saturday and lots of time lounging around the cabin.  Smith is crawling like crazy!  He is now typically happier to be left on the floor where he can explore around on his own than he is having us carry him around.  He is gonna be trouble when he gets steady on his feet and starts running full blast around the house.

It was so great having a bunch of time with Smith this weekend.  I think he really loves his daddy....he's not old enough to know that I'm a dork, so he thinks everything I do is funny.

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

getting ready to hike

on the trail

the dogs' favorite part of the hike

rest-stop (smith is huge...and daddy is out of shape!)

cabin chillin

we love the Goldston cabin!

What a great weekend!  If it only could have been a bit longer.  Shae and I both have to go back to work tomorrow (people still get sick and old people still need rehab even on holidays).  

--charlie