Weekend in Huntsville

We got up early Saturday morning and headed to Huntsville for the weekend. When we got there Patty, Colton and I made a quick trip to the new Target to check it out. So exciting that there is now somewhere good to shop in Huntsville!! Afterwards I headed to The Facemaker to get my hair done. I have found a hairstylist that I really like, it is cheaper than getting it done in Katy and it gives Mimi one on one time with Colton while we are there. I really appreciate her watching him while I got it done!

Sunday was Jenn's baby shower! She got so many wonderful things for Baby Cashton!!

Check out this cute onesie that I got her from Haute and Modern.

Love,

I LOVE THIS KID!!

Love,

Linus

I found this shirt at Target and just had to get it for Colton. We always call him Linus because he always carries his blue blankie around.

Love,

Weekend in Galveston

We spent the past weekend in Galveston with Mimi and Pop. We got in around 2:30 on Friday and checked into The Galvestonian. Our room wasn't ready so we headed to The Strand to wait on Mimi and Pop to arrive. We checked out some of the stores and then stopped for a drink at the Mo Betta Market. Pretty much everything was back up and running and a lot didn't look as though it had ever had any trouble.

Afterwards we headed to Willie G's for an early dinner before heading back to the condo for some pool time! I didn't get any pictures this night but Pop rigged up a pool noodle like a ring and Colton floated all over the pool with his floaties and ring (noodle).

Saturday morning we got up and headed to Palm Beach at Moody Gardens. They require the kiddos to have on a coast guard approved life saving device so we got one from the gift shop (they loan them out there). This didn't really help him because it kept pushing him face first so we decided to put his floaties on with the life jacket. This worked perfectly!! Except we got called out by the lifegaurd and they wouldn't let us use them even with the life jacket. Oh well! We had fun anyways! After a few hours of swimming we headed to lunch at The Spot and then back to the condo for naps.

After naps we headed down to the beach but there was a bunch of lightning so we just hung out downstairs until it passed over. Once it passed over everyone swam for a bit and then Cory and I headed up to get ready for a wedding we were attening and Mimi and Pop took him to the beach for a bit. He wasn't too interested in getting in the ocean but he had sooooo much fun swimming in the pool all weekend!

Saturday evening Colton hung out with Mimi and Pop while Cory and I attended my friend Lianne's wedding. It was beautiful and we are so happy for her and Blaine!

Before heading home we had a great lunch at Fish Tales.

Love,

Sports Clips

We took Colton for his 3rd haircut the night before we left for California. We decided to try Sports Clips rather than Cool Cuts thinking it might be cheaper. As you can tell from the first picture he was crying the moment we set him in the chair. All she has done at this point was put the cape on his neck.

I ended up just holding him in my lap---it was HARD though because he is sooo strong! Cory ended up having to help hold him down also.

We only ended up saving about $3.00 so we will definitley be going back to Cool Cuts next time in hopes that it won't be so traumatic.

Love,

Trip to Cali

This past weekend Colton and I flew to Los Angeles to visit one of my best friends while Cory went to Phoenix to play golf. We planned it so that both of our flights left at about the same time so Cory could help me get to the airport. We left for the airport at 4:45am for our 7:15am flights. Everything went great up until we began checking our bags. At this time they asked for Colton's birth certificate to prove that he was under 2 years of age since he was a lap child. Oooooops--not something we had thought about! Luckily my mom came to the rescue because we had scanned it a long time ago and it was in my email still so she pulled it up and sent it to the airline. Colton was being terrible at this point because he decided to wake up in the car on the way to the airport and not go back to sleep so he was exhausted. We said good-bye to Cory and waited to board our plane. I was sooooo nervous at this point since this was the first time to be on the plane with Colton. The flight was completely packed so he did not have his own seat which is what we had hoped for. The first hour was somewhat rough because he was just a little busy body and over tired. Eventually he settled down to watch Little Einsteins and passed out. He stayed that way until about 20 min before landing.

We landed at 8:30am (which was really 10:30 our time) and Caroline picked us up. We headed to Venice to get the extra carseat from Jon's car and after stopping to put it in we realized the tire was completley flat! We pulled over and decided to get some lunch at Brick House Cafe. When we got back to the car we had two options: 1. Take Jon's car and let him deal with it when he got off work 2. Use a can of fix a flat that Caroline had in the back. We decided we would just handle it ourself and use the fix a flat. Caroline read all the directions and began to take care of it but when she pushed the button the can exploded everywhere. A very nice guy was walking by and said he thought all we needed to do was put the nozzle back in. So he proceeded to do that and when he pushed the button it exploded again. It got all in this poor guys eye and some in Caroline's mouth. Aggg!! At this point we decided to choose Option 1 and let Jon take care of it when he got off work. We headed to Caroline's to put the boys down for a nap. After (short) naps we went to Dockweiler Beach to let the boys run around for a bit. The water is so cold that we just played in the sand. Colton had a wonderful time and left the beach covered in sand--I am pretty sure he ate quite a bit as well. After the beach we went to Good Stuff for a yummy dinner! After all that excitment and short naps the boys were ready for bed so we headed home and put them down.

Saturday morning we got up and walked to Blue Butterfly for the best bagel I have ever had! After breakfast we went back to the apartment to get dressed for the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Colton liked seeing the fish from the comfort of his stroller. He wasn't too thrilled with getting out and getting close to the windows. At about 1:30 we headed back to Caroline's where she had a babysitter waiting to put the boys down for naps while we went to do some shopping. Our first stop was The Promenade where we had a late lunch at Barney's Beanery. After that we did some shopping--Anthropologie, Gap and H&M. Caroline wanted to get some kids clothes at H&M but this location did not have them so we decided to head to The Beverly Center to check out their H&M. After that we had planned to make a visit to Sprinkles Cupcakes. However we didn't get to do that because they closed at 7pm and we were just entering The Beverly Center at 6:45pm. Instead we headed to The Grove where we experienced the best Gap ever. They had everything they sell in that store (most of the time I can not find most of it except online). We were really wanting dessert since we had such a late lunch and didn't really want dinner so we decided to get some cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. It was really crowded so we got it to go--even after looking at the menu and seeing the calories in each piece. We couldn't believe they posted them!! I loved every single calorie!! When we got home the boys were in bed and I was ready for bed so Caroline and Jon went out for a little late night date.

Sunday morning we got up and went to church at Redondo Beach United Methodist. It was so fun to see where Caroline works! Colton went right into the nursery with Mitchell and didn't even fuss when I left. He was actually very disappointed when I got there to get him. He didn't want to leave!! After church we grabbed some lunch and went back to Caroline's in hopes of getting Colton to take a nap before leaving for the airport. Colton had other plans though and did not nap at all! At about 2:00 we headed to the airport and he fell asleep immediatley in the car--too bad they only live 5 min from the airport. I did manage to keep him asleep while transferring him to the stroller and all the way through checking in. Then it was time to go through security and they made me take him out of the stroller which woke him up--since I was alone and had to fold the stroller, put my bags up on the belt and remove shoes and some jewelry. Not easy with a 25lb kid sleeping on you. When he woke up he was NOT happy to be awake at all and screamed until it was time for us to board. I even called Cory at one point and told him he was going to have to fly to Cali to get me cause I wasn't getting on a plane with him. Poor baby was just tired! Our flight was delayed but they assured us we would make our connection (where Cory was waiting on us). Colton was very active on the plane and fell asleep about 5 min before we landed in Phoenix. When we landed and I looked at my clock we had 15 min until our connecting flight was to take off and we hadn't even deboarded the plane. We got off and ran all the way across the airport to our next gate and barely made it on the plane. There were only 2 seats left and they were not together. Cory took Colton to give me a break and a few min later he came to get me because the man next to him wanted to switch seats with him--he wasn't too thrilled with sitting by my rowdy little man. It worked out good for us though! Colton slept for most of that flight and we made it home all in one piece.

We had a wonderful time and I am glad that I got the first flight under my belt! We took a ton of pictures so you can check them out here under July.

Love,

Happy 4th of July!

We spent the first half of the day running errands and hanging out as a family. That afternoon we drove to Brenham to celebrate my beautiful niece's 8th birthday! Happy Birthday beautiful girl!

Colton's treasures from the pinata---notice the ring and bracelet. He wore the ring for a long time before he figured out how to get it off.

Colton spent the entire time on any riding toy he could find. He was in heaven!!

Cory and I headed home around 9 while Colton and my mom went with the rest of the crew to see fireworks. I was worried he wouldn't like them but mom said he LOVED them. She said he rested his cheek against hers and every few minutes he would sit up and look her in the face with a huge grin. Love that kid!! Thanks so much to my wonderful mom for taking him home and keeping him for the night. Cory and I got up this morning and cleaned house before going out to lunch together. (Lately it isn't much fun to eat out with Colton so it was nice to enjoy our meal!)

Love,