we are THANKFUL ~ 2011!

Our family of....FOUR!!

My mom, her siblings and mom

Haley and Kris

Dad, Mom, Matt

Court, Shad, Kaleb

Our family

My big baby :)

LOVE this. Jakey loves Papaw...just a little. :)

Gran and Seth

We had a great Thanksgiving! Soo thankful for our family and new addition precious Seth this year. We had lots of family time, food, games, black friday shopping, Christmas decorating, laughing, time with friends, etc. We are so very thankful to the One who gave us everything we have! Lots and lots to thank Him for this Thanksgiving and every single day. :)

ps- we had Thanksgiving w/the Worley side of the family on Saturday, but my camera battery was dead after the long week/weekend! :(

Haley and Kris' Wedding!

Sisters! (at the very end of the reception after 11pm)

I'm not sure what we were laughing about, but this was a funny pic! (soo not a flattering pic of my 9 month pregnant body and double chin, hehe!)

Court and Matt





Dad and Haley

Bridesmaids

Jakey and Luke

Jer, Shad and Matt

Jakey and "Baby" :) LOVE IT!

The yummy Bride's cake

Mr and Mrs Banner Haley and I made

The sign in table at the reception

centerpieces and cute wedding cake and baseball sugar cookie favors

Last Friday night Haley and Kris got married at Amber Springs. That place is gorgeous!! I can't wait to see the professional pictures because this was the prettiest location/venue I have ever seen. Luckily, the weather was nice and not too hot or too sunny. The wedding was outside and the reception was inside. I was really disappointed with the amount of pictures I took and Jeremy said the camera was acting up when he was taking pics during the ceremony. It wouldn't focus and then wouldn't snap a picture when he tried. Hopefully I can purchase some of the photographer's shots! I literally can't wait to see them.

San Antonio and Sea World...again!

Daddy and Jakey at the Sea Lion show

Mommy and Jake on the Shamu roller coaster! I think he rode it 5 times, which was fine since there was no line. I was just glad that I fit!


Before we left Gran and Lissa's house that morning...

Daddy and Jake waving...again...no line for Shamu!

My boys!

We got there at the wrong time to feed the dolphins, so we just had to settle with watching and trying to pet them.

Letting our boy cool off and get some energy out!

You can see him smiling, it just melts me!

He would ride rides all day if we'd let him, he's just like both of us. We love to ride!

Oh, and eating makes him pretty happy, too. :) Pizza!

Shamu! We hadn't seen the new show, "One Ocean".

Asleep in the stroller before we left.

And then again most of the way home =)

This past weekend we went to San Antonio on a whim. Of course, why not go- we won't be doing much on a whim in a few weeks when baby Seth gets here. I needed to exchange my bridesmaid dress for Haley's wedding next Thursday (and there was a destination maternity on the way into town instead of driving an hour from our house), Jake had been asking to see Lissa and Gran (who live there and have plenty of extra bedrooms), and we already had season passes. And we'd really like to make it back before the end of the year so we can go with the rest of the family, but atleast we got to go this 2nd time, in case we don't make it back again. We had a perfect day of family fun and I know we will have these memories forever!

PS- If you're wondering when the perfect time to go to Sea World is, it's now! Basically the weekends on the off seasons like spring and fall are less crowded than a weekday during the summer is what we've found. There really weren't very many people anywhere, and it was so nice!

Our Water Baby...

Isn't much of a baby anymore! He is beginning to get around this week on his own in the pool. On Tuesday of last week we went to the pool with our friends Jill and Christina and their kiddos. That day Jake would push me away -even in deep water. I guess he really was ready to spread his wings...he didn't sink! That day he did great and would swim maybe 5-7 feet before needing help.

Today we went back to the pool with my parents, and with the camera in tow. He was just getting warmed up in these videos, I was telling him to practice and get used to being in deep water again. Then....the rain came! Atleast we got a couple of videos and rainchecks too since Jer and my parents don't have pool passes. We will go again soon!

But for now, here are some videos of our lil fearless 2.5 year old water baby. Hopefully we'll get even better video next time! Now I'm having to decide if I'm still gonna want him to take lessons or just let him learn on his own now that he's begun on his own.

As always, we are so proud of our lil Jakey! =) It's so fun watching him grow and learn and we feel so very blessed to be his Mommy and Daddy.

Seth's Sprinkle!

Adorable diaper wreath made by Nikki! It even had an "S" hanging in the middle. LOVE IT!!!

Cake and gifts- split girl for Meredith and boy for me! So cute!


Seth cleaned up! We're chopping away at our "needs" list. Yeah!

Me (31wks) Meredith (34 wks)

Cute bib and burp cloth! Love them!!

Soft blankets made by Jess. I hope Seth loves them as much as Jake does. He still sleeps with several blankets each night/naptime.

Me and Jess

Haley, Me, Court. Love my sisters!

What a special night tonight was! Mine and Meredith's mutual friends gave us a combined sprinkle. We had lots of fun and Seth got sooo much cute stuff! The decorations were adorable and the company was great! I am so thankful to have the thoughtful and giving friends that I do. Everything was so perfect and I had fun showing Jeremy all of Seth's cute new stuff. Tomorrow my mom's stopping by to see it. Thank you all!!

I can't believe that we are 31 weeks and in just a few short weeks we will likely be induced and be meeting Seth around 38 weeks! Crazy...and so much to do!! I CANNOT wait to hold my baby boy!

Gruene and Canyon Lake!

Jeremy and I walked down to the water and this was our view...

Walking back from the water to the house (This 7.5 month preggo mama barely made it back up in the 100+ degree heat!)

Back of the house/Volleyball set-up

Sweet, sweet boy!

big jump!!

love this baby face!

Gruene, TX

The pool and lake view from our backyard!

Aunt Starr and Jakey

Our family in Gruene...love that place!!

On the boat!

big jump to uncle Shad!!

love the crossed feet :)

Kaleb and Aunt Starr

Shad and Court

Me and my big baby :)

Before he jumped in the lake wearing his glasses...

One happy captain!

We packed last Fri and Sat with fun in Canyon Lake and Gruene with Jeremy's family. It is so gorgeous, I've been several times and forget how clean and clear and cool the lake water is every time! We also love going thru the cute shops in Gruene and eating at Gristmill! Yummmm!! =)

Some of our favorite quotes from Jakey this weekend:

"Where's Daddy's gwasses? (pause) They're at da bottom of da lake!!"

"That's Papa, not Papaw, Papa."

And, as we're passing a road construction site... "That's a big crane, Mommy. Not a big train...a big C-Crane!" =) He loves to show us that he's not confused and corrects himself when two words are very close and easy to get confused. It's our favorite!