Mom n Marla

What a great visit I had with my mommy and aunt marla. they drove over from florida on wednesday and left on saturday afternoon. we went to dinner at maudies, carinos, and jasons deli, ate amys icecream, went to the market and the jumpy gym, went shopping where owen rode the train, and got to hang out and chat lots! i have the BEST mom and aunt in the world! my favorite quote from the trip-

as im sitting on the couch holding caleb while he is sleeping...marla: "do you want me to put the bimbo under your arms?" lol that would be the boppy, but no thanks! easy mistake since we also had the bumbo around too. but quite humorous for me, as my mom and aunt try to use all the new baby gear terms :) the boys got spoiled as usual. owen's new thing is thomas the train, so we ended up buying him a a small set and a train table. aunt marla and mom got him thomas, gordon, and henry. he LOVES them and wakes up in the morning saying "choo choo!" i love this kid.

here are a few quick pics from the trip. it was so great, im already looking forward to being in florida for thanksgiving! theres also a pic of owen on his new train table... does he look excited to you?! :)

T&C

thats what we call aunt tracy and uncle claudio :) they were here for a night, and this is the only picture we got with them-



we had a wonderful time. we went to chuys, went to the farmers market, and then went to tacodeli. owen got a little sick so we didnt end up hanging the rest of the day, but they went to barton springs and the oasis for dinner. what a great trip! we love aunt tracy and uncle claudio!


here are a few pics of a few of our purchases at the market this morning- i decided to be gutsy and try a thai melon. still havent cut it up yet, but will soon. i also got another "yellow flesh" watermelon since the one last week was so good! and the italian peppers we got last week were so great too. i like trying new things!




heres a quick video from today. owen is so goofy. gotta love this kid!

ahhh

nathans at a staff meeting, both boys are sleeping, and im getting some stuff done around here. it feels good! i even used the wet vacuum this morning to get up spots on the carpet(mud from dog feet and milk spots from the sippy cup). caleb loves the sound of the vacuum and owen gets his lawn mower out and pushes it next to me. clean floors and a quiet house- unheard of!

i thought id post a quick video of some bad parenting techniques... i know i know, youre supposed to put the baby in the crib and let him fall asleep on his own. but when owen is sleeping and i know i only have 2 hours before hes up, ill do whatever it takes to get the little one sleeping too! so, here you have it- (i also included a glance into our closet. caleb is staying downstairs with us until he sleeps through the night, so i keep his clothes in our closet. i just think they look so cute hanging in the closet next to our grown-up clothes :))

O&C

the difference between owen and caleb at the jumpy gym-

OWEN:



CALEB:

evening run

me: honey, im not in the mood to run tonight.
nathan: ya gotta pay the cost to be the boss.

such the encourager.

Farmers Market

Austin Farmers Market, that is. Nathan and I decided to go check it out this morning, and it was the bomb! We did one lap around to check everything out, then did a second lap to make some purchases. We got green and red peppers, watermelon, peaches (which were amaaaazing), eggs, sourdough bread, goat cheese, and some italian peppers. The goat cheese is for me, since Im staying away from cow milk products these days, for Calebs sake. And I decided to be adventurous with the italian peppers. Theyre supposed to be sweet, so we'll see! I think I may make some tonight with dinner! We'll be having lots of veggies this week, for sure! Here are a few pics.




Caleb is also smiling up a storm these days, so I thought Id do a quick video of him-

my love

he had a blast in the comforter yesterday. is he adorable or what?!