the beginnings of october....

we love fall around here.  football, cooler temps, football, holidays, football....and these last few years, some very exciting baseball post-season games!!  :)   it is such a fun time of year to be in these parts of the country.  our weather is hovering between 80-55 degrees, with a nice breeze most of the time.  we've been spending our time watching rangers baseball, lots of football, and enjoying our time outside in the yard and the pumpkin patch at the arboretum.  

link flirting with the cheerleaders  :)

with his cousin kyle after scoring the game-winning TD for his JV team!  he is one of only two 9th graders on the JV squad and he is awesome!  so proud of "tra-tra" as link calls him.

boomer sooner!!!  OU/tx gameday, early morning before our jog.

WOW!  OU BEATS tx 55-17!!  BOOMER!!!!!!!!  we had so much fun, thanks to my parents for keeping link again so we could go!

the game day crew

trips to the arboretum

already making the ladies cry....haha

ellie, let me see if i can fix my car for ya...

finley has a secret :)

they look like they are in a thanksgiving play or something!

CHOO-CHOO, LINK IS TWO

happy birthday, link!  you are two and we still can't believe it.  your party was so much fun - you loved the train, the friends, the family, and all the fun.  it was so special to watch your big day unfold in front  of you.  we were blessed to have such wonderful friends and family to share the day with us.  we love you so much, sweet boy.  i cannot grasp the fact that you are two.  it's just another reminder to cherish every day of your todder-hood, because it is pretty fantastic.  thank you God, for our sweet boy!

link, ellie and finley, his church buds

train in full motion with smoke!

jules, steph, ashleigh, and the dean boys!

finley and garrett

poppy, cousin jack, papa and link

birthday boy

the two conductors :)

scott and ellie

lindsey and lauren

jack and jay d

baby cole

elle, sutton, and addie

lauren

silly link

cousin jack

ashleigh and finley - so sweet

jules

choo-choo, link is two!

fall

football, cooler temps, and an almost-two-year-old boy (and his big upcoming birthday bash) have been occupying most of my time lately.  link is really developing his own little personality (that's his rock and roll personality pictured above.  he is definitely a lover of music!) now that he is really able to communicate with us.  i really cannot believe he is almost two years old.  i think each month that goes by easily trumps the last for how wonderful it is - have i mentioned how much i love being this little guy's mom? :)

watching baylor beat those nashhhhty horned frogs with his buddy wade

boys.  wrestling.  it starts early, folks.

the next day, cheering on the sooners!  TOUCHDOWN!!

on the trolley in uptown with papa.  he LOVES all things train.

watching a little yo gabba gabba with his buddy, jules.

hanging out at his friends, baker and edward's house

our (almost) two year old boy!