Morgan Faith

Our dear cousin's, Justin & Sara are in town from Tennessee and came by last night to visit. Their little girl, Morgan is too cute for words. I adore her! She is the happiest little girl I have ever met, it doesn't matter what time it is, she is content and smiling all the time. For instance these pictures were taken around 11pm! *Note....Isaac isn't in the pictures....he is 4 months older than Morgan and there is no way he could have been up, he would be a nightmare. In the last pic, she is watching Elijah box on the WII.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we sure did!

Christmas was great this year, it really is the best when we can see both sides of the family during the holidays. My adorable cousin, Lindsay got married on the 22nd in Dallas so we stayed over and spent Christmas Eve with my family in Garland and came back home to SA late that night. Jimmy had told me that he hadn't had a chance to shop so not to expect any Christmas gifts from him. Just as we are pulling up to our house late Christmas Eve night he said I didn't get a chance to wrap your present so I guess I'll give it to you now. :0 The garage door opens and there is a mini-van backed in staring at me! He is so sneaky and wonderful! Oh so generous and the best husband ever! So I am officially a minivan MOM, guess it's time to get Elijah signed up for soccer! Santa dropped off a WII for our family and it is so much fun!! I beat Jimmy the other night at bowling and he wasn't too happy about it, I told him it was the first and probably only time I will ever beat him at any game so he shouldn't be too disappointed.

My thanksgiving story...

is pretty funny, I haven't been able to blog about it yet so stay tuned....it's coming soon!

Kids & Bath time

Thank you to the pediatrician that was on the Today show this morning....she said 3 baths a week for Toddlers & Older children is plenty! WOOHOO! If you are a mom, you know what bath time is like, I have never been a parent that bathes every night and now I have back up for it, instead of feeling guilty or lazy for it! Even more so she said water dries out their skin. Here's a link: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=2e541162-0289-4cf0-8bfe-730889cd4ac7

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well I must be growing up....we are hosting Thanksgiving this year! You have no idea how excited I am about this, I love to cook and have everyone over! I will be making my very first turkey, using Kidd Kraddick's recipe....my favorite radio dj & trying my hand at chocolate pies for the first time. It's a Burt family tradition that I am carrying on. Wish me luck! :)

Happy Halloween

Elijah aka "football player" & Isaac aka "race car driver"

Pumpkin Patch

Here are a few shots from our family's first visit to a pumpkin patch. It was a lot of fun.

Eliljah's 4th Birthday

Elijah shocked his birthday morning, looking at his present.The new playset!

We threw a big party last Sunday to break in the new house for Elijah's 4th birthday. We had lots of family & friends come celebrate with us, thank you to everyone who came & for all of the thoughtful gifts! Especially Len E & Michelle from Denton, college friends of ours that we haven't seen in awhile.

Addison helping Elijah open his presents.

Elijah & Caleb sitting at the new picnic table that John, Laura & their boys made us, thank you!!

Uncle Stephen & IsaacMommy helping Elijah blow out the candles.

They repeat everything!

Well today we are all ready to go swimming with our friends, the Smith's. Our lunches are packed, beach bag ready, I put our stuff in the front seat of the car. Elijah's following as I get Isaac up from his nap, walk to the car, open the door and there are NO CAR SEATS! I gasped as I remember we put them in Jimmy's car over the weekend. I turned to Elijah and he asks "What's wrong Mom?" I try to explain that Daddy accidentally took the car seats to work; he's devastated that he can't go swimming. I try to quickly recover (hoping to hold a temper tantrum at bay) and say let's have a picnic in the backyard & turn on the sprinkler! :) It worked, the boys had fun! Fast forward to tonight....Elijah is riding in the car with Jimmy and he says, "Dad, why did you take our car seats to work?" Jimmy goes on to tell him that it was an accident and he's sorry that he didn't make it swimming with his friends. Elijah in his pouring on the guilt voice tells him "It makes me sad when you do that Daddy." Do you think he's heard those words from me a few times, quite possibly!

10 year reunion!

Well it's officially been 10 yrs. since Jimmy & I graduated high school. We are headed to his reunion tonight and mine is Oct.26-28. I guess I am getting the better end of the deal...only having to hang out with strangers for one night, my reunion is a full weekend! If there are any funny stories...I'll post them later.

House pics finally!

Ignore the color on some of these pictures, my camera is really old!

New house pics coming soon....

stay tuned.

Elijah's 1st day of preschool

Elijah only has 2 years left until he starts Kindergarten. To be sure that he is ready for it we found an excellent preschool at Oak Hills Church. It is Wednesday and Friday mornings and yesterday was the 1st day, we got up early, packed his lunch and off he went. As most of you know Elijah is very independent. He walked right in, waved bye to Isaac & I and didn't look back. I think he loved it because when I returned he was devastated, he didn't want to leave. He is such a good kid, I would actually prefer to take him with me to run errands over Isaac which is why it makes me sad when he acts this way because it just isn't him. :( He just really hates leaving places when he's having fun. Don't misunderstand me, I love Isaac! Just to me personally at this stage Elijah is easier, he's potty trained, no stroller is needed and he can jump in & out of the car by himself except for buckling the seat belt. He can also carry bags! :) I'll post a pic of him at school here soon since another Mom had to take the picture since I left my camera at home!

Feeling like royalty

We went for our walk-through on Thursday and it was a wonderful feeling to pull up to our soon to be home and see a huge "welcome home" sign across our garage door, the sign in the yard read "celebration in progress" with balloons tied to it and a red carpet, yes I said a red carpet! had been rolled out from the sidewalk to the door. I was in shock....could this really be for me? Wow! Once I walked inside I was even more blown away, the house was complete, everything in tip top shape, spic-n-span clean and a goodie basket was sitting on the bar. Mind you everything we had heard up to this point were horror stories (the house being a mess, blue tape mark ups still not completed and taking forever.) Everything we had noticed just a couple weeks ago was complete! It was such a good feeling to know that our builder wasn't trying to get items passed us without us noticing. We ended up with just a couple of cosmetic things for them to fix but nothing major, we are set to close this Thursday at 8am, can't wait! We love Lennar!

See the resemblance?

While in Dallas we visited the AAC to see the circus with my mom (Grammy) & Aunt Michelle. Elijah wasn't too excited yet...this was before the fun began!

We love our Great Grandmother's!

After a wedding in Texarkana last weekend, the boys & I spent the week in Dallas. We had a great time visiting with family and friends. The boys got to spend some quality time with their two great-grandmother's (on my side of the family). We love you Jojo & Nanell.

I love MOPS!

I am entering my 3rd year of being involved with MOPS, this year I have joined the leadership team doing Registration/PR. I feel so blessed to have found this wonderful group. I started when I was a stay at home mom and didn't know many people in San Antonio. My group this last year was amazing, I am so blessed by each of them. If your a Mommy and aren't involved with MOPS, I highly encourage you to! You can click on the above link to find a group in your area.

Our new house

Jimmy & I went by yesterday to check on the progress. I took some pics to share and to go in a lovely scrapbook, that I probably won't ever create... :) This slideshow is the closest it will ever come to a scrapbook. My favorite part of this house is my master bath. My old bathroom was just your simple small tub/shower combo with a single sink and counter, pretty small. My new bath is huge!! Pretty much the size of a bedroom with a garden tub/separate shower, the toilet is enclosed!, double sinks, & our huge closet and linen closet are all within my bathroom. I even have my attic pull down in my closet so I can throw anything up there all by myself.

1st family trip to the beach

We took our first trip to the beach this weekend. We have been talking about driving down since we moved here 3 1/2 yrs ago but we always bring it up on Sunday afternoons after the weekends over. This time we did it! We drove down Sat. afternoon, spent the night at a great hotel in Corpus overlooking the bay. Got up Sunday morning, headed to the local Cracker Barrel for breakfast and spent the rest of the day at the beach. We had such a great time, the boys had never been to the beach. They loved playing in the sand with Dad, especially burying each other and then laying on the shore and letting the waves hit them. I can't believe this is only 3 hours away!

31 days to go!

Sorry it's been awhile since my last post. Life has been pretty busy! We had been in the process of building a home with Ryland over the last few months and were due to move in early August. We put our house on the market...I mean Jimmy did. Yes, he's a realtor now! Sells cars by day and houses by night. Our house unexpectedly sold in 6 days! We had to be out by July 15th. In the midst of this we were having second thoughts on our choice to build with Ryland, the house, the neighborhood, etc. I was out driving around one day with the boys just taking a look to see what else was out there and I came across a lovely neighborhood. About 5 miles outside of town, Lennar was building, Kallison Ranch. I loved it instantly, bigger house, lots more features and they are a great builder. Thanks Zac & Whit for the recommendation! Also to Skip & Kate who by chance were in town the weekend we were up in the air about what to do so they helped us decide! So this house wasn't due to be ready until the end of August. What do you do when your about to be homeless for 6 weeks? Put all your belongings in storage & move in with your in-laws, of course! They let us stay here 3 1/2 yrs ago when we first moved to SA for 6 weeks but Elijah was a baby, a little easier then. Now we have 2 kids that create a circus everywhere they are, so sweet! :) I think Grandma & Grandpa are enjoying it though! We're excited about our new house, we're closing on the 30th!

Relaxing

Isaac can be so rowdy one minute and then the next he can be so laid back. He's 16 months now and gets up in the rocking chair by himself and just kicks back and relaxes every once in awhile. I think Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was on, so can we blame him?

Bored?

We are in the process of moving so the boys have been a little bored. We are out of this house on Sunday, closing Monday. Our house sold in 5 days! Moving in with Jimmy's parents for about 6 weeks until our new house in Kallison Ranch is ready! I'll try to keep everyone up to date. Just a pic of the boys playing on the stroller, being silly. For some reason whenever the car seats & stroller are pulled in the house, it seems like so much more fun than being in them normally.

Bueno kids

I love Bueno & my kids love Bueno too! Don't worry I try to have a healthy balance, just once a week, is that so bad? Isaac, aka Mr. Independent has to hold his own party burrito and take bites all by himself. It's so funny to watch because he still has a baby face and eats like an adult.

Happy 5th Anniversary!

I am so lucky, I have the best husband in the whole world! He is also the best daddy to Elijah & Isaac! Over the last 5 years we have encountered happy, sad, hard and joyful times and I look forward to many more memories. I love you honey!

Friends for 18 Years and Counting!

We have been so lucky these past couple months that John has had to come to San Antonio for work. Rachel & Reed came and visited for almost a week back at the end of April and then got to come for another day this week! Here are a couple pics from this last visit. It is so much fun to get together because Elijah & Reed are great buddies, they play together so well. I was even "shushed" once because as Elijah said "Mom, We're talking." You wouldn't think many 3 yr olds actually have conversations but they do, it's really funny. Oh, Isaac especially loves Aunt Rach's visits because she just adores him and he does her just as much. They have a special bond, he gets spoiled with her around.

Sea World Summer is just beginning...

We bought our passes this last weekend and enjoyed the nice day we had. The boys got totoplay in the sand pit and see Shamu! Isaac thought it was pretty funny when Shamu came over and splashed us, Elijah didn't until he realized it was Shamu that had gotten him all wet.