Part 2 of Catching Up

I'm back to catch up on the rest of 2016 so far :)

Rhett is a great dad and took the day off on St. Patrick's day to bring the girls to the Houston Rodeo.  They were on Spring Break.

Their favorite part of the rodeo was the mutton busting (google it) and Charlotte has convinced us to let her do it next year.  We shall see if she sticks to her guns on that one.

Emery had his first haircut back in March.  The picture above was "the after."  "The before" involved a nice little mullet in the back, and the front looked amazingly like the lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls circa 1998.  Below is another "after"...so much better!

We hosted our annual Easter Egg Hunt, the day before Easter, at our house.  We really, really, really missed our old Virginia friends, but the Texas hunt was so fun!  

The picture below is mostly our neighbors, plus Charlotte's best friend, Rhea, who is standing to the right of Charlotte, and Caden, Cate's first grade crush.  Caden is in the blue and yellow Under Armor sweatshirt, in case anyone is interested :)  Oh, also pictured is a bunny piñata in the middle.

Why a piñata at an Easter Egg Hunt, you ask?  I will tell you.  My awesome neighbor, Denisse, has two boys, Brian and Kevin.  They're so much fun to be around and there is always something going on at their house.  You can roll up there and find a giant bounce house or a snow cone machine in their yard randomly, just because.  Denisse ALWAYS brings a piñata to events.  Kid's birthday party? Piñata.  Neighborhood fiesta?  Piñata.  Fourth of July?  Piñata.  Christmas Day?  Piñata.  You get the idea.  Girl loves an excuse.

Next, we must get to the Final Four.  Once Rhett found out that the Final Four was in Houston, he decided that no matter what, he would get his brother and dad here to watch the games, should the Heels make the playoffs.  At the same time, I am pretty sure his brother and dad decided they were going to get to Houston come hell or high water.  

Well, my friends, God had a plan and it was called the Tarheels Make the Final Four.  Luckily Josh had airline points so that took care of travel expenses.  Rhett's good friend is a UNC alumni and was able to find three seats for Rhett to buy in the Carolina section.  It all came together beautifully, although I have expunged the last seconds of the final game from my memory ;)  Here are some pictures...

I will have to leave it there and do a Part 3 in my next post.  Coming up: Rhett's birthday and what we're up to this Spring :)

Catching Up

It seems like most of my friends who have blogs have seriously backed off on posting often, and obviously I am with the crowd on this one.  But, I still like posting pictures of life lately, so here are some snaps:

We sort of slid right into the new year after a busy holiday season and all of a sudden it was 2016.  Cate made a project at school where one of her goals for the year is to do 100 laps around our neighborhood circle.  Oh, but each lap counts as 10.  Nice job, Cate, you are always thinking!

Cate also had her first sleepover in January.  My little one with a 7pm bedtime stayed up the latest of anyone.  It was...wait for it...ONE O'CLOCK AM when she finally went to bed.  And she was up before 7am.  OH OF COURSE SHE WAS.  She kept it together until noon and then took a two hour nap.  She looked like an angel when she woke up.

You will believe me when I say that shot looks drastically different from the Cate that I had earlier in the day.

There was a daddy/daughter dance back in February at church.  Cate was sooooo proud to be able to take her dad.  On a side note, how does her hair look almost Pinterest-worthy when it air dries?  Yet, I spend time blowdrying, teasing, spraying, and styling (only every 3 days BUT STILL) and mine always ends up lame and flat?  #notfair

Here is a random shot of Major just because he is never mentioned.  Maj is nine years old now and has one objective in life--to ensure he is as comfortable as possible.  Man's best friend, I tell you.

This was the first warm day of the year.  80 degrees in February?  Yes please.

Aunt Liz came to visit us on her way to run the Austin Marathon.  We were lucky to see her!  She was especially helpful preparing Cate for her quiz on the Presidents.  And here are the results...

Cate lost her first tooth in March and it felt very momentous.  It was loose for a LONG time, but when it finally came out, it took me by surprise.  I mean, it didn't even come in THAT long ago.  Her giddiness made me happy though.  Here she is with her tooth.  By the way, what do you do with baby teeth?  It feels weird to keep them, but heartless to throw them out--especially the first one.

School was busy that month too.  Cate had a first grade performance and Go Texan Day...

I swear, Cate is not my only child--she has just been busy this year.  Emery is a full on force of nature.  He has made leaps and bounds (almost literally) in the past few months.  He loves to bike around the neighborhood...

He also loves food!  I didn't know what it was like to have a baby that would down meat like it's candy.  Bacon, turkey, steak, bison burgers--he scarfs it all.  He doesn't totally love veggies, but I put a bunch of spinach in a smoothie for him every day and he happily drinks it all up!  Shhhh--don't tell!

Peek-a-boo is his absolutely favorite thing to do...

I will post next time about Charlotte and March Madness...more to come!