November

November was a busy month with preparations for the holidays and the activities of two energetic boys! Knox turned 3 months on the 2nd and started to become more interactive. He smiles a lot and is beginning to hold his head up more while on his tummy. He has his eye on his big brother at all times. Speaking of big brother, Payce is a great one! If Knox gets fussy, Payce will sing to him and tell him "it's ok, Knox". He likes to help Knox roll over and entertains him with jumps and laughter. Recently, Payce has enjoyed painting with water colors. He is quite the artist and his favorite thing to draw is a snake, yikes!

Mom, Cari, and I participated in the annual Holiday Memories Brunch at our church again this year. We opted out of decorating a table this time, but enjoyed spending time together and with friends. It was a fun start to the season and a good reminder of what this season is all about.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving this year with my family at my grandparents house. It is always a big gathering and there is always more food than we can eat. Besides eating a lot, we enjoyed some relaxing days at home.

Payce and I went with friends to Breakfast With Santa at Holiday Happenings. He enjoyed seeing Mrs. Clause and (from a distance) Santa. It was very crowded and hard to hear the story Mrs. Clause read, but the kids seemed to enjoy it. If you ask Payce about the experience, he will probably tell you about the candy he got in his goodie bag. It was the best part!

Me, Mom, and Cari at Holiday Memories

At Thanksgiving, Payce and Knox with cousins

After Breakfast with Santa: Maggie, Payce, and Deuce

Halloween and Three Months

Couldn't resist being a little creative with Halloween and making the boys costumes. Turns out our little friend AJ was the creative one. I mentioned to her that we would be frogs this year and she said that Knox should be a tadpole. Perfect! They were cute little friends from the pond although Payce didn't care much for the hood on his costume. We met some friends in the neighborhood for a bit, then headed to our church trunk or treat, and finally to my parents' church trunk or treat. Payce didn't know what to think of all the crazy looking costumes. He caught on to the trick or treating part of it all and was excited for candy!

Knox is three months today! He is so chubby!! Yesterday he rolled over for the first time from front to back. He is smiling and talking a lot and loves to watch his brother. He is also attempting to grab things more and has even successfully put a few toys in his mouth. We had given up on a pacifier but recently a friend gave him a random UT one we had. He took it and seemed to actually want it. So yes, I guess there is a joke to that but we will try to avoid it. Maybe I can find a similar pacifier without the UT logo ;) Knox seems to be very sweet like his brother. We are having a blast with him and appreciate the fact that he is sleeping well.

Catching flies with his tongue, silly boy!

Payce wore this at 4.5 months,not sure Knox will fit in it then :)

First make-up mess, oops!

Working so hard to hold that head up!

It's funny how he watches Payce (and notice the hook em')

Catching up

Time for some catch up blogging! I always have more pictures to post than words to say. The most time consuming thing about blogging is unloading all the memory sticks of pictures and choosing which pics to use on the blog. In a round about way I guess I am making excuses as to why it has been so long since my last post.

We have been in a whirl wind of just life and all that goes on with two little ones. It has been fun. I hesitate to ever act like my crazy and sometimes chaotic days are ever more exhausting than the average mom's. Staying home with my babies is such a blessing and I will never take it for granted, but that is not to say that it is always cake! Kudos to you working mommies, I know it is tough too. Nevertheless, we are trucking right along and making the most of our days even if we don't make it out of our pj's some of them.

Payce and Knox are quite a pair. Knox sometimes notices Payce and other times wants him out of the way. Payce loves his little bro but is still figuring out that he is a baby and can't handle a rough poke or loud outburst. He is always wanting to hug and kiss Knox's chubbiness and I can't blame him. We finally got rid of the jaundice look in Knox's face. The pedi said it was just breast fed baby jaundice. He still is darker complected than Payce. At Knox's two month doctor appointment he weighed a woppin 14lbs and 15 oz, in the 100th percentile and was 24.4 inches long! This is 2lbs heavier than P was and the very same length at 2 months. He is a big boy and very stout. He is also sleeping well though it would be nice if he took a pacifier. I never thought I would say that, but he searches for something to pacify himself with and usually ends up eating his fist. Maybe he is going to be a thumb sucker like P?

Payce is one step closer to graduating from college...He is POTTY TRAINED!!! For the most part anyway, we are still working on the#2 issue. He is dry in the mornings and after naps. He has even gotten up in the night to use the bathroom. We are so proud of his accomplishment and even more excited to be buying diapers for only 1!

Payce's new favorite thing to eat is an apple. Perfect for the season, he eats at least one a day. He likes to bite into the whole apple rather than having it cut up. We even found one in the refrigerator with a little bite mark on it, hum. He is excited about all the pumpkins around and even picked some out himself.

Aside from parenting, we are enjoying some Longhorn Football! Well, this past weekend was enjoyable. They hopefully have kicked things into gear now and will have a better season than the first games hinted. Uncle Troy made a visit along with Zach's parents for the Texas v. Tech game and we had a little party with our fellow Texas fans. That Sunday we drove to Austin and on the way stopped to see Zach's Grandma for her birthday. Knox met Grandma K for the first time. We stayed in Austin all week for Zach's conference It was our first trip with two and it went very well, though it was a lot harder to get out of the hotel room and around to our favorite spots in A-town with a new born and a 2 year old. It was nice to be away from home for a little while. The next week, Zach headed to Minneapolis for more work stuff. We opted out of this trip and I survived the four days at home alone with the boys.

The South Plains Fair came to town and we thought Payce would enjoy going. Actually, we couldn't resist the opportunity for a corn dog and a turkey leg ;) We fought the lunch crowd and met Zach there one day. Payce and Tyler enjoyed seeing the animals even though Mr.P was scared to touch them all.

October means that Zach is another year older, wiser, more handsome, more fabulous,... I'll spare you the rest. His birthday fell on a Saturday this year and we enjoyed being together as a family and relaxing all weekend.