Month of May

May was a busy month with E finishing up his second year at Pecan Street Preschool and T starting to pull up on any and all objects.  T went from scooting to crawling in no time and is set to beat his brother at walking in the near future.  Here are some of our happenings from the merry month of May:

 "Check out my two, bottom chompers!"

"What is going on up here?"  T

Dinner and date to hear Martina McBride (one of mom's favorite artist) at the new ACL venue!
Thanks Gigi and Papa.

 Here is a great picture of the Birthday Girl aka Nana and her sweet grandson!

 All smiles!

 What a fun birthday celebration!

 Happy Mother's Day 2012!  Thankful to have these mothers in my life and to be the mom of E & T!

 Mano-e-mano.

 Check out the islands that are still apparent on Lake Travis.  Praying for rain!

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."

 Meeting new friends aboard the Oasis' spaceship.

Group Shot!

The Dinosaur Park

It has been a long while since our last post.  I have debated on whether to start back from 8+ months ago or begin today...After such a fun time at the Dinosaur Park this morning, today won out for a blog update!

The Dinosaur Park is an outdoor museum for dino-crazed children and adults alike.  With a 0.5 mile nature walk filled with life size dinosaurs, this was a hit for the boys!

 T-Rex enjoys a tasty snack!

 Our tour guide, talking about the Triceratops.

 

The brave one leading the way to the Brachiosaurus and T-Rex. 

 Daddy's favorite dinosaur, the Stegosaurus.

 "This dinosaur is very long."  

 Not all creatures were extinct.  Check out this Jack Rabbit! 

 Our own "T-Rex" loving the swing set while his brother dug for dino bones.  We took a second loop and scavenger hunt after our picnic lunch under the shade trees and misters.  

What a fun way to spend the day with dinosaurs!

Baby T's First Week

Baby T has had a good week of sleeping, eating, and getting changed. He really seems agreeable to all three tasks, as long as they occur on his schedule! Here are a few pictures from his first week.

"You're my family"



A rare photo of the family photographer.



Sleeping beauties.



"Awwww, Baby Travis...."



"Uggg, I am SO not a morning person!"



"Wee, I'm awake (and tall)!"



"Mom and Dad, guess what I just created..."



"Ahhh, now this is relaxing."

The Ultimate Birthday!

What a wonderful birthday! I will never forget this milestone. Travis Averyt G. has truly been the ultimate gift on this day. His birthday was Tuesday, October 18th. He is a beautiful 9 lb. 10 oz. baby boy, 21 inches long at birth. Thankfully, I was able to have a natural childbirth, laboring for 8 hours. Our baby boy has captured our hearts. We are so very grateful to God and full of joy--beyond description!

I recently heard that one should not count the years but make certain that each year counts...This is my motto! Happy birthday to my twin brother, Austin, who has been there for me in so many ways. I love you!

PS. Mommy, I've never seen so many flames on a cake!! Should we call the fire department???
-E

Daddy's Lil' Helper

It looks like we have a mechanic on our hands... His small size (reltively speaking!) really allows him to work (and stand!) where Daddy just can't reach. He's such a big helper!

Although his rates are quite reasonable, I have my doubts about his reliability. One day last week, I found he left a screwdriver up in there! I'll have to have a word with his shop manager...

All aboard! Wooo-wooo!

This weekend E and I gave Mom a break and took a trip aboard the traveling train show at the Austin Convention Center. http://www.trainexpoinc.com/shows/2011Austin.html

They had all sizes of trains; from Z and N Scale...

HO, O, and even G Scale...

And even up to "E" Scale!

Here are a few videos of E having a blast powering his very own train car!
(In case you are wondering, the cool train whistle came from the red pump seen in the picture above).

Big Boy

EJG soon to be a Big Brother, already a Big Boy! We are so excited to see him and Baby G grow up together!

"The mother of boys work son-up to son-down." ~Author Unknown
What a true blessing and honor to be the mother of such a sweet boy and one on the way!

Deserving of a treat after his first day back to preschool at our church. He is in a class with 8 other boys and 2 teachers at Pecan Street Preschool. Their class name is the "All Stars." He will go twice a week and is already talking it up about seeing his friends. He told us today that he got to go to "Jesus' house" aka chapel!

"If only this box had wheels!"

E is quite the train engineer with his new set which we found for a steal on Craigslist.

The boys and their toys!

Just like daddy! Multi-tasking to the extreme extent.

Date night thanks to "Kids Night Out" at our church. Boy, how we look forward to the evening out once a month. E does, too!

We have now reached 90 days at 100* + temperature. We are hoping this is the last of it as the -ber months are about to start. What a blessing to have made it through this record heat Summer being pregnant. Truly a labor of love! Above is E with his new construction set in which he and Nana built "Rollie."

E got to spend some quality time with Nana and B-Bob this Summer while mom and dad enjoyed the downtime together! Our favorite half way point to make the swap is in Round Top, TX where we always enjoy eating at Royer's Cafe. Did you know it is a sin not to get ice cream on top a Royer's slice of homemade pie?? Their motto: "Life's too short not to eat dessert first" and "Stressed backwards spells Desserts." Love this restaurant and the sweet owners!

This is a picture with Ethan's latest find from the garden, a tomato horn worm. He wanted to save it for show-and-tell in school which we made a great attempt at doing...

Here is E mastering his bubble blowing skills. Once out of bubbles, Papa put some dish soap with a bit of water and he was at it again! What fun!

GiGi and E blowing bubbles back and forth! Look at that smile :-)