Austin!

This past weekend was my cousin Greg's wedding. We had a busy busy weekend! It didn't work out for all 4 of us to drive in town Friday b/c Miles had his team soccer picture Saturday morning, so I flew down with Elaine. She did fantastic of course and it was so nice to not drive both ways. Friday night Mom babysat Elaine and I met Nina, Chris and Emily for dinner. We went to Z'Tejas and had a great dinner sans babies. Saturday morning Patrick took Miles to his team picture and then to a b-day party at the park. Meanwhile, Saturday we got some errands taken care of in Austin and then had our babysitter come to the house to watch Elaine for the wedding. This was not her first sitter, but I had never met Jessica before so I was a little uncertain about it all. She came highly recommended and is a preschool teacher so I wasn't too worried, but still it's easier to leave your child with a sitter once they can talk and tell you what they did.... Jessica was great. Mom, Ev and I met Patrick in Miles in Walburg for the wedding. This was Miles' first wedding and he had a blast. There were LOTS of kids so that was fun. Greg and Amy's wedding was so much fun and the weather was perfect. We drove back to Dallas Sunday after lunch. This was Elaine's first car ride and she slept the entire time. She is one good baby! Miles had so much fun in Austin that it was hard for him to leave. It's been about 6 months since I've been to Austin due to pregnancy and newborn, so it was a much needed trip. I'm hoping once the holidays are over we will be able to spend more time down there with not lots to do.

We had some pictures taken the past few weeks. First Chris and my sister came in town for TX/ou and he took some great pics. Also we had a lady take some that turned out pretty cute.

pics

Elaine - 3 months!
Miles' silly face
Elaine, Miles, Megan and Elise

Oct. 16th

We'll I've come to terms that I won't recover the last post, which is SUPER annoying to me.
Miles is loving preschool. Tuesday evening we had a moms' night out with the moms in his class. It was so much fun to get to know some of them. I knew about 3 or 4 moms already. Anyways, when we got there we were going around introducing ourselves and telling who our child is, etc.. and one mom said, "wait, who is miles' mom" - I was hoping this wouldn't be an embarrassing story! She said that her daughter, Riley, has a baby at home and named Miles! She thinks Riley has her first crush on Miles. It was too funny - I've got to see this little girl! Then a few other moms said that their kids talk about Miles all the time and how cute he is. Come to find out, there are only about 6 boys in the class and almost 10 girls, so it makes sense! Miles is trying to learn our phone number, which is hard since Dallas is 10-digit dialing! Oh well, we'll get there. He is becoming more interested in games and loves Hi! Ho! Cherry-o! which is fun. I think he'll be getting a few more for Christmas.
Halloween is in full force here! Miles is going to be a fireman and decided that long ago. His costume came in the mail a few weeks ago and he wears it all the time. He will put the whole thing on and ride his tractor down the sidewalk to the fire hydrant... forgot to mention that he has an inflatable fire extinguisher, so he likes to "fill it up" at the hydrant. Miles really wanted Elaine to be a fireman dog (Dalmatian) so I finally found a cute one at Pottery Barn. The others I saw seemed a tad bit tacky so Elaine was almost a ballerina, but thankfully we found one. I even downloaded some instructions on how to make a costume, which would have been scary.
Elaine is doing fantastic! She is 3 1/2 months and soooo happy - we are so blessed with such happy and relaxed babies! Elaine really hardly cries, except when bath time is over. She loves water so much! She also LOVES to watch Miles. Whenever she is in the car she stares at Miles the whole time, which he often looks at her and sticks out his tongue or does something very big brother-like - charming... No, he is really sweet to her and tells her he loves her and kisses her. He loves for her to lie in his bed next to him during story time before his nap if she is awake. His favorite book as of now, Thursday, is "we're going on a bear hunt" thanks to GaGa!!