Happy Anniversary Carl!

Carl and I celebrated our 6th anniversary today! Well, we actually celebrated yesterday, but today is the actual day! I can't believe we have already been married 6 years; it's gone so fast and been so amazing! Every year gets better and I can't wait to see what the next years hold for us.
We celebrated last night by going to dinner at The Melting Pot. It was absolutely delicious, and such a fun dining experience! It is a fondue restaurant, and the food is incredible! They basically had to roll us out of there. =) Seriously though, if you've never been there, you should give it a try on your next special occassion.

Thanksgiving

It was a long day and our little Aggie was definitely ready for bed!

Watching the game.

Soo Jin and Isaac representing their teams.

Gumby, Emmy, and Grandpa

Aaron and Ana

Michael, Leah, Cameron, and Amber

Playing with Uncle Aaron.

Isaac put this hat on himself, too cute!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We had a great day with family, celebrating Thanksgiving and my birthday. We spent the afternoon with Carl's family; we had a fabulous meal that ended with pie and ice cream cake! Yum! Isaac really enjoyed playing with his cousins, Amber and Michael, as well as Uncle Aaron and Ana. Grandpa also came out, which was a special surprise! After our Thanksgiving celebration we came home to cheer on the Aggies. My parents and sister came out to watch with us and provide the rivalry (Soo Jin is a Longhorn). As you can see Isaac was in his Aggie jersey to support his team, but he only got to see the beginning of the game...he did actually watch bits and pieces of it. It was fun to watch the game together, even though it didn't end quite as we had hoped. The Aggies put up a good fight and it was an exciting game!

18 months

Isaac had his 18 month check up today. I cannot believe my baby boy is about to be 18 months! The check up went well, Isaac checked out perfectly! He is tall and slender, coming in at 33.5 inches (80th percentile) and 23.2 pounds (20th percentile). This was the first appointment that he realized immediately where we were and was not happy about it. He didn't want anything to do with the nurse, but did better with the doctor. We had plenty of time to hang out and relax before the doctor came in, so I think that helped. =) He got one immunization and did well with that; that's my little tough guy!
He is "saying" so many words now and I can tell he really wants to say more. His latest words are: "all gone", "Cole", "Tex", "yes", and "love you." Okay he says love you, but only I can understand that one. He still loves to read books, we read tons of books everyday! It's so cute because he picks a book and then has to sit in my lap to read it together. Sometimes I get to read every word, but normally he just flips the pages while I point things out. His favorite book right now is "Mighty Movers"...it's full of vehicles of all kinds. He also loves any and all flip books. His latest favorite toy is his new slide/castle. I found it a a resale shop, and turns out it was worth every penny! He loves to climb up it, slide down, turn the steering wheel on top, and of course push his cars down the slide. The dogs are his best friends. Anytime we are out and I say, "we're going home" he immediately says, "Cole, Tex." So cute! He also says hi to them every morning. Cole usually comes into Isaac's room with me in the morning when I go get him out of bed, and that always makes Isaac smile. He of course greets him with a big, "COLE!"
It's been an amazing 18 months, nothing is more precious than watching your baby grow and learn.
Happy 18 months Isaac!

Another Blessing

Carl and I are proud to announce that we are expecting baby number 2! We are so thankful to be blessed with another pregnancy, which is already 13 weeks along. The baby is due May 9, 2010...wow that sounds so far away! In case you didn't realize, that means Isaac and the new baby will be exactly 2 years apart (Isaac's birthday is May 14, but his due date was May 7, crazy!).

Random Fun

Riding his new bike! It's a two wheeler with training wheels, so cute! He hasn't quite figured it out yet, but he can make it go by walking his feet. In this picture he is going in reverse, checking behind him as he goes of course.

Playing in the coat closet during the thunderstorm...Cole was scared and hiding in there, so Isaac thought he should entertain him. It was funny!

A good bye kiss for Taylor! So sweet.

Playing together on the castle slide.

Checking out his new Skidders...they are socks and shoes in one, he likes them! :)

Still sleepy, this time change is hard to figure out, he was up too early today.

We have had some fun times this week, and it's only Tuesday! I wanted to share some pictures of the little man from the past few days. We had a playdate with Taylor and Kristin today. The kids had fun, and of course Kristin and I did, too. We finally captured one of their good bye kisses, and I think it's precious! They might hate us for these pictures one day, but I think they are so sweet!

Hope you all are having a great week, too!

Halloween

Playing with Aunt Soo Jin.

He loved the jolly rancher candies.

Playing with Emmy and Gumby.

Sitting at the end of the driveway with the pumpkins.

Halloween was so fun this year, and I know it will only get better every year! As you can see Isaac dressed up as a race car driver...what else could my little guy be? He loves to drive, if there is a wheel, he spins it, if there is a toy car, he's driving it...he is definitely Carl's son!

We took Isaac trick or treating at a few of the neighbor's houses, and they of course loved to see him dressed up. He enjoyed carrying his pumpkin and thought it was great when people put things in it! He was entertained all night by taking the candy out and putting it back in. We weren't alone this Halloween; Emmy, Gumby, and Soo Jin all came over to enjoy the fun! We all had pizza, then went outside to check out the kiddos. We sat at the end of our driveway and passed out candy to the hundreds of kids that came by! Okay, I'm not really sure it was hundreds, but I bought 5 big bags of candy and we ran out of candy by 8:30! Isaac had the best time playing with everyone, and staying up late.

I can't wait until next year because I know it will just get better each year!

Camping (well sort of)

Isaac and I riding Redbird - his first time to ride a horse.

Carl and Isaac talking about the backhoe, from a safe distance of course.

Our family on the hayride.

Most of the people on the hayride...what fun!

Roasting marshmellows to make smores!

Carl and Isaac on the mound of dirt.

Hudson, Celisa, and Adilyn having lunch.

Cory and Hudson

Isaac and I petting the horse (after much coaxing).

Playing on the tractor, what a fun big steering wheel!

Saturday we spent the day with great friends hanging out in the country. The entire day was so much fun...it was definitely a little boys heaven. A good friend's parents had us all out for a camping weekend on their property. It was true camping in tents and all, so we didn't brave it yet with Isaac, we just went up for the day on Saturday. The land out there was beautiful, and my outdoorsy boy loved every minute of it! There was a big mound of dirt to play on, horseback riding, which Isaac did for the first time, dogs to play with, hay rides, tractors, a campfire, and of course some bug catching. Isaac loves all vehicles, well at least in his books, but we found out on Saturday that he is quite frightened of them up close. There was a bulldozer, a tractor, and a backhoe...we could only convince Isaac to calmly sit on the tractor and even that took some coaxing. Although he did enjoy talking about them from a distance. He was also pretty scared of the horses at first, which is strange since our neighbor has one that he goes over to all the time. Again, with some coaxing I was able to get him to pet the horses, and eventually ride with me. I think he said, "up, up" most of the time he was on the horse, but it was still a great experience. There was also a beautiful black great dane, and Isaac really liked him! He kept asking me to take him to the dog so he could pet him...that's my boy. The hay ride was so fun, I know all of the kids enjoyed that!

It was such a relaxing and fun day for everyone and I am so thankful for our great friends for having us out.