Another Grandma post

Hey Grandma! Here are some more pictures for you, taken at about 8 and a half months.

Look at this chunker. So cute!! With his seventh little tooth coming in.

His hair is slowly growing in.

He's such a cute kneeler

He went up and down, standing to kneeling for a while. Just up and down, right there, looking at the lamp (which is on a stool until we get our new set of end tables. :)

Blowing some raspberries.

Bringing Momma a diaper to change his doody.

Just sittin'

Squishy eyes.

Sorry Meredith!

Meredith tagged me back in July, before she had her baby and I've been slacking, but I want to catch up so here you go.


You have to list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, 3 random surprising facts about yourself and then tag 5 people that have to complete this too.

3 Joys

1. I love seeing my husband and my boys smiles, I love smiles!
   
2. It brings me joy when I connect with Samuel, I love that he trusts me enough to listen.
   
3. Ethan's joy is my joy, I love it when he is happy.

3 Goals

1. I want sell a few things on craigslist over the next few weeks to have extra money for our Thanksgiving vacation to Arizona
2. Finish sewing three stockings in time for Christmas
3. Create a huge historical time line and add historical information to it as I read through my bookcase full of books.
   

3 Current Obsessions

1. Since moving into the house I am an avid waterer. I have to water the lawn and garden regularly, by hand if I have to. It just makes everything pretty.
2. Ethan's sleep schedule is like an obsession. Kids learn more in the first three years of their life than at any other time and it's important that he's well rested for it, so I'm home between 9 - 11 am and 12 - 2 pm every day so that he can sleep.
   
3. Communicating with my husband. We talk stuff out all the time and we have to be on the same page or we can't do anything else.
   

3 Random surprising Facts

1. I love texture, in my food, in my clothes, in artwork. Daniel and I go to get ice cream and I have to have at least two toppings to add texture
2. I used to bite my nails when I was young and still do it during suspenseful movies
3. I have pretty good hand-eye coordination and motor skills. In fact I want to take mechanic classes at the local college because I like working with my hands and because I hate being so ignorant when I take the car to our mechanic.
   

If you have never been tagged before, I tag you. You have to do this. :)

The Tiller!

This fall I started some seedlings growing in cups. I had some corn, some snap peas, green beans, yellow squash and cucumber. You can plant all year round here in South Texas and we were really excited to get started.

This is our back yard, staked out in 4 ft wide rows. Margaret, our land-lady came over and brought her tiller for us to cut down the work.

The tiller was super old and burned some oil but it got the job done. We really love how Margaret gets the most out of everything she has. The house we are in is pretty old, but she's taken such good care of it that it doesn't feel like it. She has such great advice from all her experience living here. Daniel started on the plot by the fence that we are growing snap peas and beans in.

Here's Margaret helping Daniel.


Daniel went at it for hours! He was amazing. I tried it for a little bit and could barely handle the shaking much less the lurching and pulling. It took alot of strength to keep it steady and working efficiently. Good job babe!

Here I am trying to till, but I basically did it only long enough for Daniel to take a picture. I don't know how he did it for 4-5 hours. He was amazing. And wa-la, the ground is all tilled up. After tilling we raked the ground and took the rocks out, then added some more top soil and transplanted. I water every other morning and just let em grow!

Brushing Teeth!

Ethan got his seventh tooth in and finally his eighth for 4 on top and 4 on bottom, so we got him his own tooth brush to practice. Here he is with Daddy practicing.

Ethan's teething again too. So many teeth.

Toys

Now that Ethan can grab things easier, he plays with his toys alot more. We got alot of toys before he was born but he didn't touch them for months - he couldn't! But now we are glad we got them. He loves a set of plastic balls a friend gave us. Here his is having fallen asleep with one of them in his hand.

First Football Game of the Season

Samuel's first game was the beginning of September and he's required to wear shirt and tie to school. It makes the football player stick out in a crowd, but Samuel really likes it. His games are on Wednesdays, but his coaches send around a pass for his teachers to sign the previous Friday to make sure he behaved himself in class. If he didn't he doesn't get to play, but Samuel has obeyed all the rules and has done an amazing job all season.

He told me when he got home that some of his friends gave him grief about the pink tie, but he didn't care - he's all about the pink.

He plays on the B-team, so here he is on the bench waiting for the A-team to finish.

Toward the end of the A-team game, the B-teams puts on their gears. Samuel is #55.

Ethan loves going to games. Some of the other parents and families know him and think he's so cute.

Go B-Team!!



And here he is after the game all sweaty and tired. I think he won the game, but I can't remember. I just know my voice was raw from screaming so hard and we were so proud of him.

Daddy's Home!

Daniel is blessed to have a great job. He can go early and come home early, they are flexible with his time, if he really needs to come home they are supportive. But baby and I still look forward to when Daddy comes home. We count down the hours after he calls at lunch time. When we hear the garage door open we get excited and run to the door "Daddy's Home!!"

We love Daddy.

Family Home Evening

This is a Family Home Evening we had at the beginning of September to prepare for General Conference. We printed off pictures of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve and played a matching game. We kept the pictures up on the sliding glass door for a whole month to help us remember.

Samuel helped me put them up.

My hubby was in charge of treats. I don't talk about Daniel very much, but just seeing this picture makes me want to say how much I love this man. He is such a pro-active, loving, hard worker. I am so impressed with him and the way he constantly shows love and selflessness in such a strong and confident way. I have changed since knowing him. I now think of myself as more than just me, he is now an inseparables part of who I consider myself to me.

And here are his amazing treats, or should I say treat, they kind of all melded into one big oatmeal-chocolate-coconut cookie. :) They were delicious.

Sunday Family Photos

We have church in the afternoon, so our mornings are pretty laid back. We were all ready earlier than usual so I thought I'd take some pictures.

Daniel is teaching Samuel how to tie a double Winsor. Samuel has been wearing ties alot more lately. Every Wednesday for game day he has to wear a shirt and tie to school and shows off his tie-tying skill. Most boys probably don't even own a tie, but Samuel has his own collection and is a pro at tying now!

We had Ethan in his first shirt and tie so I thought I'd take some picutres with the self-timer on the camera. They look pretty silly. It was fun taking them though. We've scheduled a photographer to get some pictures taken of the family for Christmas, hopefully they are better than these.

Ya, I didn't make it in time. But Ethan's smile is great! Maybe I can photoshop it into a different one.

Ethan must have seen something outside. You can tell that these are the "Wait for it...." smiles. Pretty funny.

Bowling!

For another FHE activity we went bowling. We had a coupon for up to 6 people to play one game for free. So each of us played twice, one round with bumpers and one without. Afterward we went to a pizza buffet place called CiCi's Pizza for dinner.


Samuel and Daniel were both a little disappointed with their scores, but still had a lot of fun.


I was worried a bit about Ethan, he hadn't eaten in a while, but the lights and noises distracted him, and he loved watching us with the colorful balls. He was a champ.