Thanksgiving in Houston

We had such a blessed time in Houston for Thanksgiving. Our flights going were fairly smooth with Jack. He was completely excited. Our last day we got the Christmas tree up and started to decorate.

From what we could tell Jack loved being with his cousins.

Mike's twin brother Matt and his wife Christie live in a lovely area. There are trails all around were you can walk or bike.
Of course, Jack loved being outside in the stroller.
From the smiles and giggles we took Jack's time with Mattie and Meaghan to be a complete blast.

Jack found all kinds of fun things belonging to his cousins. Including a purple foam crown.
Hope you enjoyed turkey day!

YoHoHo

It's good that life brings these little hilarious moments. We went to our friend's Chris and Jenn's Pirate Party this weekend. What fun to dress up just to get together and drink great homebrewed beer.
Mike thought he could take Chris down with some new moves that he learned in his Silat (martial arts) class. But obviously he had not tried them out yet on a big big guy like Chris before.


Jack is loving the Fall. He loves to be outside when we are working on the yard. It has been a little too cold for him but watching through the window works well on those days. We've been preparing for a new season with the potential for lots of change in our lives. It seems to be in the air.

Blessings to you.

Halloween and Jack @ 8 months

We had Halloween with Marta and her friend from Spain, Roser. It was a blast to get to see the students pass out our candy to the trick-r-treaters.
Jack and his oldest friend Addie.
Jack is his alligator costume.


After our night of treating the little kids and amusing ourselves with Jack's little gator attitude I took the students to Stateworld for some good ol' roller skating. Back in Spain Marta (middle) was a champion figure roller skater at the high school level. So it was fun to see her moves in action.
Jack grown leaps and bounds in the past month. He went from kinda crawling to cruising. Then pulling up to starting to stand unassisted (for like 3 seconds). He is eating all kinds of pureed foods, like chicken, chickpeas, pumpkin, rice and all fruits/vegies. We love his newest trick which is the "fish face" which he does all the time.
He is such a happy camper. Loves to get into EVERYTHING. At his 7 month doctor appointment he weighted 17.6 lb and was 27 inches long. He has been really healthy this past month, which is great! We have moved him from Nike Day Care to an in home day care where he plays with 2 brothers and has his own sleep room. It has been really great to have him in home care again. We are gearing up for the winter ahead and as such have been really looking forward to (hopefully) snuggling in with Jack for the winter (which means we will have to teach Jack to snuggle since he is SO independent). Blessings to you until next time.