Texas State Fair

Funnel Cake

Big Tex

It's that time of year for the Texas State Fair. We went to the fair on Saturday at noon. Everyone else seemed to have the same idea because it was crowded. Last weekend was the UT vs Oklahoma game and then it rained last Sunday so I think everyone waited until this weekend when the weather was nice. It was hot in the sun but cool in the shade with a nice breeze.

We enjoyed hamburgers, fries, fried peanut butter and jelly, ice cream, slushie, and funnel cake. The corn dog line was too long so we passed on that. Andy bought the ice cream and it was pretty funny because everyone had a lick - even Audrey. And he would pass it along to everyone in the same order to have a lick. It was fun.

Tricky sleeping schedules

The work week was relatively uneventful. Both kids are well so that's good. Audrey is 10 months old now. She is cutting teeth on the top. She has 2 on the bottom and 2 on the top left hand side but she is getting 2 more on the right hand side. I give her tylenol at night sometimes and that helps take the edge off. She is getting a rash from all the saliva on her chin. She eats everything that we eat. I made pumpkin pancakes this weekend and she loved them.

I visit her everyday at lunch and she is so excited to see me. She claps and smiles and crawls over to me. I will feed her at lunch and then put her in her crib because she is asleep but as soon as I put her down, she pops her head up and she doesn't want to sleep anymore. The daycare workers says this happens with all babies there. I guess they get to a stage that they don't want to miss out on anything.

Audrey is sleeping all night long and wakes up at 5 or 5:30am ready to eat. Sometimes I can get her to go back to sleep. Over the weekend, she was ready to wake up so I just had to go downstairs with her so she doesn't wake up Matthew. The smallest noise wakes up Matthew and then he is Mr. Grumpy because he woke up too early. It is very tricky trying to get them to nap at the same time. On Sunday, Audrey slept at 10am while Matthew and I went to nursery duty at the church. When we came home at noon, Audrey was ready to play and Matthew was hungry and didn't want to take a nap. Andy finally got him to nap around 4pm on the couch. So then Audrey and I decided to get out of the house so that he could sleep so we went shopping. I was so exhausted Sunday night that I went to bed at 8pm!

Matthew's allergies are bothering him lately. We give him allergy medicine every night but he has a runny nose and he is just so grumpy and obstinate sometimes. Andy has been taking allergy shots and they are working well. Otherwise, we would have 2 grumpy guys in the house.

Matthew had fun this weekend at the neighbor's 4th birthday party. He enjoyed an inflatable slide with water at the bottom and a trampoline. We were planning to go to the fair on Sunday but it rained so we decided to stay home. Andy enjoyed smoking some meats in his smoker so that kept him busy.

Fall is here

Aug 2011 - Audrey 8 months, Matthew 3 yrs old

We survived the 100 degree temperatures and the long-awaited fall is here. The temperatures are in the 70-80's during the day, even 90s on a couple of days. But it is so pleasant compared to the 100 degree temperatures. Matthew likes to quote the nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie" when he gets tired around 8pm and he is usually spot on but lately he says it around 7:30pm because it is getting darker earlier.

Audrey started saying "mama" last week. She wakes up very quietly in the mornings and then she will say "ma-ma". It is so sweet. She started sleeping through the night last week.

Matthew's teacher wrote in this in his notebook this week:

"The funniest thing happened outside. We had just talked about squirrels and how they hide their acorns. I noticed acorns dropping from one of the trees. Way up high there was a little squirrel pulling acorns off the tree and eating parts of them and then dropping the rest. I gathered all the kids under the tree to see the squirrel and then all of a sudden acorns started falling everywhere hitting the kids on their hands and tops of their heads. One of my little friends says 'Ms Andersen look, it's raining acorns!'

The kids are fascinated with the leaves falling from trees. They have also been looking for bugs (not sure why) In french, the kids are learning their colors and in spanish we are learning to count. Friday is technology and they have been doing matching games on the smart screen. Next week we will continue our learning on fall, adding pumpkins, scarecrow, and crows."

Matthew has decided to be buzz lightyear for halloween. He loves toy story. For the grandparents, if you want to get ahead on Christmas shopping, Matthew would love anything Toy story - toys, pajamas (3T), plastic plate set, etc. He would like any Disney classic movies on DVDs. He only has Shrek and Toy Story 1 on DVD.

First baseball game and 9 month appointment

On Thursday, we took Matthew to his first baseball game. A coworker gave me free tickets so we arranged for a sitter and took Matthew after work. He was a little impatient with finding a parking spot because he was ready to eat but daddy put him on his shoulders and we headed straight to the hot dog stand. Matthew didn't want to sit very long as he thought that he was going to get to play baseball. We took him to centerfield where they let kids throw balls and bat off a tee. Matthew was not used to the tee. He called it "that stick". He enjoyed an icee and French fries and a little ice cream in a rangers hat cup. The weather just cooled down on the 70s so it was nice. The rangers beat Cleveland and Matthew enjoyed a few fireworks.

Audrey had her 9 month check up. She is healthy and growing. She was a little constipated from eating so many solid foods but she is better today. She has some teeth cutting on the top.

Weight: 19 lbs 14 oz 76%

Height: 27.5 inches 41%

Head Circumference 17 3/4 in 83%

Last week was Teddy bear week and Matthew had to care for his Teddy all week at school. He enjoyed it. They made charts of colored gummy bears and had a picnic with their bear on Friday. We enrolled Matthew in a music class because he enjoys learning. He had a soccer game on Saturday morning and he was timid at first but he was so happy and confident afterwards.

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Guido Wedding

Matthew was so excited to attend his first wedding. Normally he would stay behind while Andy and I went to a wedding. He said "do I get to come?"
We traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas to attend my uncle Joe's wedding. My mom's brother married her best friend from high school. They have known each other for a long time but finally got together after all these years. Janet has always been around our family and we always thought she was family until our mom explained otherwise. Now we can say that she is officially family!

Audrey cried in her car seat but it was an easy trip otherwise. Matthew played with other boys and ran around until 11pm at night. He thought he was one of the big boys. Audrey slept some at the reception but then woke up and enjoyed the festivities late in the evening.

Labor Day 2011

milk mustache Matthew (Andy's eating a cookie in the background)

Adrian Farmer's Market

Matthew counted the corn and later shucked the corn for dinner

Huge pancakes at Tip Top Cafe

Thursday was the last day of school for Matthew. He moves into the big boy classroom on Monday. His new teacher will be Ms Andersen and Matthew will be required to wear a uniform. I went to a party at his daycare on Thursday and Andy took off work and stayed with him on Friday. The plumber came over to fix a faucet so they didn't get to do anything fun until later. They swam in the pool and went to the book store.
We went to the mall on Saturday to do a little shopping on tax free weekend. I caught a stomach bug later that night but started feeling better by Sunday.


Ms Soraya- Matthews teacher


Partners in crime- Macie and Matthew


The center of attention






Daddy playing the airplane game


Yeah Audrey! She ate some bananas.


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