one more photo

I accidentally forgot to post this photo in my last post...this photo makes me laugh...B finally found someone who takes feeding him as serious as B this eating to be! I think my dad's face and B's face are priceless in this photo!

Quick Trip

C was gracious to let B and I sneak up to Minnesota for a quick trip to celebrate my mom's birthday before Thanksgiving... The flight up was awesome! The flight attendant offered B and I an entire row in the back of the plane that was empty...B played and explored to his heart's content!

We bundled up on my mom's birthday and walked to one of our favorite places to eat breakfast...it was fun to bundle B up in clothes that he doesn't get to wear much in our neck of the woods!

Not quite old enough for birthday cake...but a smashed up banana was the next best thing!

It was another quick trip...but time that we are so grateful for!

Go Frogs!

We should have posted these photos earlier than now...

Last Saturday...C and B woke me up at 7:00am asking if I was ready to head to breakfast so we could get to ESPN game day up at TCU. The night before, C had convinced me, the sports novice that I am, that I would really regret not going and actually have a good time...needless to say, I decided to go.

We donned some TCU gear and headed to our favorite bakery for breakfast like any typical Saturday morning...even the bakery had gone purple!

We enjoyed breakfast and headed over to TCU to "experience" Game Day with some friends...
When we got to the campus...things were hopping and everyone was wearing purple! It was really fun to read all of the signs and finally see our favorite frogs get some recognition!

B wasn't sure what to think of all the people, the band, the signs...there was a lot to take in!

C recorded the show at home, so later we were able to enjoy it and actually hear what was being said...I do have to admit that it was pretty surreal to have ESPN set up shop on our precious stomping ground...

We walked back to our car the long way in effort to take it all in...B liked watching the water at Frog Fountain...

We headed home from Game Day so B could take a nap..all in effort to get ready for the big game. While B was sleeping, I went to run some errands...while gone, I stumbled upon a shark halloween costume on clearance for $2.50. Knowing that B had almost outgrown his TCU shirt...I bought the inexpensive costume and spent the afternoon converting it into a miniature "Super Frog" costume. Since the weather has finally cooled down, B was able to wear his little costume the entire game...I admit, if you know the costume started as a shark...you may think it still looks like one, but if you squint one eye, jump up and down on one foot and hold your breath...it looks a little similar to a Horned Frog...

Some friends were gracious and shared their tickets to the game with us...their seats were fantastic...close enough that B was able to watch the action on the field...B enjoyed the first quarter and then took a little nap before half time on Jennifer's lap...

He slept through the fireworks that lit up the sky after each touchdown... After a quick nap...B woke up, somewhat delusional and cheered the Frogs on to win the game...he even put his "Frogs up!"

Most reasonable parents probably took their kids home around half time...but since C is B's dad...B was in it to win it. After the game was over, we said good bye to our friends and C looked at me and said that he wanted to go down onto the field...

Really?!?

A couple minutes later...all three of us were on the field...B was a trooper considering this was about 3 hours past his typical bedtime...

From the minute that our feet stepped onto the field, C made it his mission to get a photo of B with Jerry Hughes...

Well, we can now say that while most 8 month olds were at home...tucked into their comfortable, warm and quite beds...our son was being held on the football field with Jeffy Hughes! B wasn't real enamored by the whole ordeal...I think he got a little scared by Jerry's football helmet...but, B can now someday say that the season that the Horned Frogs were ranked fourth in the nation...he went to Game Day, dressed up as Super Frog, stayed for the entire game, rushed the field and got a photo with Jerry Hughes holding him...a future Horned Frog in the making...I guess that only time will tell!

Go Frogs & thanks Jerry!

Missing Turkey!

As of this afternoon...we are missing our turkey...he is about 2 feet long, 19 pounds, likes to giggle, crawls around on three legs and answers to the name of "B"!

This is our first official art project that has come home with B from school. B's teachers hung these up in the hallway outside his classroom...when I saw it, I laughed out loud! It still brings joy to my heart and makes me giggle when I see it!

So it is official...we have our first piece of refrigerator art!

Bonk!

B experienced his first big BONK last night. C & B were playing together...B pulled himself up onto C's leg...lost his balance and BOOM! hit the middle of his forehead! He immediately developed a pretty impressive goose egg along with a noticeable bruise. We called the pediatrician and they encouraged us to put ice on it for 20 minutes...just imagine holding an ice pack to his little head...he was less than thrilled (like any 8 month old would probably be)...and then they told us to watch him throughout the night to make sure he didn't have any signs of a concussion. C was a trooper and woke up to check on him in the middle of the night.

We are so grateful that he is back his happy self...safe and sound...it is a testimony to truly how resilient little ones are and God's grace & protection!

A Lesson

At school this week, I am talking about gratitude and thankfulness with the kids...I feel like the Lord has given me an opportunity to practice what I am about to "preach" this weekend...

In my initial panic last night, I posted my "Silly Request"...below is an update from my heart in regard to the post...

This weekend, we were blessed with the opportunity to attend the big TCU game with friends. We had fun, we wore purple, B dressed as a little horned frog and got to tailgate with some friends before the game. After walking to the game, entering the stadium with all the masses of people, and finding our seats, I noticed that my wedding band wasn't on my finger...it had fallen off in all the hysteria of navigating through the purple masses with B in tow. Both C and I hoped that I had forgotten to put the ring on, we hoped that it was simply at home...no such luck! After retracing our steps several times, we have still not been able to locate the ring. I admit, there were tears...but later after I calmed down...I realized there was really a lesson in contentment, patience, thankfulness and gratitude in all of this, let me explain...

After coming to grips with the reality that the ring may never be located, C and I decided to replace the ring with a temporary simple and very humble wedding band. Would I like to immediately replace the lost ring with what I had previously had? Of course! But that isn't realistic right now...hence the lesson in patience and contentment. As I think about this new simple band around my finger and my original wedding band, I am humbly reminded that though symbolic...both pieces of jewelry are simply pieces of metal, both can be replaced (and neither can come to heaven with me someday), but there are other parts of my life that can't be replaced...hence the lesson in thankfulness. This entire ordeal has reminded me of the gratitude that I need to have ultimately for my salvation, and then for my husband, our son, our family, our friends, our health, provision for our immediate and daily needs...remembering Matthew 6:19-21 that reads
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, I felt convicted to share this humble lesson that I am learning...as I have been challenged to take account of all the treasures that the Lord has so graciously provided and blessed me with...and to find joy in the place that He has me right now...for this time...
Am I sad about the ring? No Doubt! But I am thankful for this unanticipated lesson...

Silly Request

I have no idea who reads our blog... but I have a prayer request...

We attended the TCUgame tonight (Go Frogs!) and while at the game, I noticed that my wedding band wasn't on my finger...we searched the area that we were sitting in and didn't see it...and I simply assumed that I had forgotten to put it on before leaving our house...

Well...we got home and the ring wasn't at home...we have searched the car seat, car, house...what seems like everywhere, several times...

I know that it is just a piece of metal...but I am really sad about not having it...yes, maybe someday it can be replaced...but it still will never be the ring that C gave me on our wedding day...

Would you mind praying that someone would stumble upon it, call TCU to turn it in and then that they would contact me?

Thank you so much!