Tarren's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday our baby boy turned 2! It is hard to believe it has been 2yrs already, but it has been 2 of the best years of our lives. We love having Tarren in our family and love seeing him grow. He has become such a big boy and it is so great to be able to communicate with him better. We still have those moments of where we are not sure what he is saying, but they are becoming less and less. We decided to just have a small family dinner and celebrate his birthday. Last year, we spent more money on the party and less on his presents. This year we decided to spend less on the party and more on his presents. It was a lot of fun to see the family and to celebrate with them. I can't thank my mother-in-law enough for all she did yesterday. She did A LOT to help us out with the party and the clean-up. She is the best mother-in-law ever! I really am glad that she is in our lives! We are excited for the years to come!

Easter!!

We went down to Pearland last weekend to celebrate Easter early. We had a fabulous meal and then we had the easter egg hunt. The older kids were not allowed to get any eggs that were on the ground. These eggs were for the smaller kids. Tarren was the first one out the door. He ran right past all of the eggs and to the ditch that he had been playing in earlier.

He did not have any interest in the eggs whatsoever. Spencer had to take his hand and point to an egg and tell him to put it in the basket. Almost, like they were cleaning up his room.

He got his fair share of eggs and then he took off back to the ditch to play. After awhile, the confetti eggs were brought out. This is a tradition they do every year. I was exempt from having one smashed over my head this year because I was pregnant. It is very hard to get all of the confetti off normally, but can you imagine when you are pregnant. There are parts of your body you can't even see so I am sure those little bits of paper would find themselves in spots where they wouldn't be noticed for awhile. Tarren and Carrigan even got involved with the eggs.

Tarren and Carrigan sitting on a little bench in the hallway.

Tarren's Easter outfit.

Spring Break 2010

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so we decided to go to Discovery Green. Tarren wouldn't get in the water they have there because it was super cold. He finally did go take a look when the sprays weren't as big. He really like playing on the slide and running up and down the hills. It was nice to get out of the house and let him use up some of that energy.

Where did the water go?

I'll just wait until it comes back.

Tarren wore himself out and fell asleep in the car. We were going to go to the Children's Museum, but it was way too busy for us and Tarren was asleep. So, we called it a day and headed home.

Houston Rodeo 2010

Every year we go to the rodeo. Usually, I just choose someone that has a song out that I really like. This year, I hadn't really heard a new song that I really wanted to hear so I just chose a person that was on a Saturday. Saturdays are the best days for us because we don't have to worry about going to work the next morning. This year the person we went to see was Blake Shelton. I found some really really good tickets for cheap on stubhub and so I was sold. We got the front row action seats. These seats are so close that when the horses were racing by some of their hair landed on us. It was only a couple of pieces so it wasn't really gross. The other thing about these seats is that you get FREE food and drinks. It was fantastic! They had sodas, waters, chips, ice cream, candy and then a hot food line where you could get nachos and hotdogs. We had already eaten at Pappas BBQ before we got their so we didn't eat anything but the junk food. The bad thing was I was stuffed, but because the food was FREE I just kept eating the candy and ice cream. I know...disgusting. Needless to say, I feel a little sick this morning, but it was worth it! We really enjoyed those seats and I think those will be our ideal seats if we can find them cheap.

We were right by the gate on the floor. Tarren really liked that.

Every year, I have always been super excited get the fried twinkies. However, this year I didn't really feel like having greasy food and I remember last year walking past a cheesecake on a stick stand. So, that is what I decided to have. It is a slice of cheesecake on a stick that is dipped in chocolate. It is my new FAVORITE snack at the rodeo! I will have to say I will be getting it next year when we go. YUMMY!!

After I finished, Spencer liked the stick it was on. It looks like a giant toothpick.

We took Tarren to the Fun on the Farm. He did a good job of collecting all of this stuff.

At the end of the course, they give the kids dollars to turn in all of their stuff. They can then take the dollar and turn it in for a snack. Tarren chose a juice box.

We tried to get him to take his picture in one of those standing face things, but it proved to be more difficult than we thought. He put his head through the hole and got it stuck.

We went to the petting zoo. Tarren tried to kiss every animal in there. It was cute, but gross at the same time.

At the end, Spencer had him wash his hands and he loved the hand sanitizer machine so much he didn't want to stop washing his hands.

Spencer won Tarren a ball and he held onto it the rest of the night.

Tarren LOVED running down a little hill. He kept going up and down. Spencer taught him to roll down it and it was soooo funny.

Tarren took his picture with the rodeo clowns when they came by. We had a hard time getting him to look at us. He just kept staring at the clowns.

We had a lot of fun and look forward to next year!

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Finally a warm day...

Yesterday was finally a nice day. We decided to take advantage of it and go outside with Tarren. We have a couple of tricycles that we keep outside that have been rained on quite a bit, but they still seem to do the job. Tarren has not mastered pedaling yet, but he is getting the idea. His daddy had to help him figure it out.

Tarren got to swing on the tire swing with his daddy.

Then we just enjoyed the day! Tarren picked some flowers and gave to me...it was very sweet!

We are looking forward to more days like this, spring break and the rodeo! It should be a fun week ahead!

Silly things from a little boy

Tarren has been doing and saying a lot of things lately that are just so funny. He has recently realized that I have a baby in my tummy and every time he sees it he will come up and pat my belly and say baby. Well, a couple of weeks ago I was laying on my side and he came up and patted me on my butt and said, "baby". Yeah...so I guess I need to start exercising more because if my butt is starting to look like my stomach, that could be a scary thing!

He is starting to try and say more and more words. It is so cute because sometimes the way they come out are funny. For example, he will see your belly button and call it a billy bun. I love it! He does his best to copy us when we are singing the ABCs. He is also starting to recognize when he has pooped. He will tell us pooh pooh. This is good because maybe we will start leaning toward being potty trained.

He goes to my basketball games and the girls love him! They will take him out in the hall and play with him. He enjoys all of the attention he gets from all of those girls!

He is such a good boy about helping out. He will throw away his dirty diapers and trash. He also takes his clothes to his hamper. However, he has been confused a time or two and his diaper ended up in the hamper and his clothes in the trash. I love how loving he his and how he likes to cuddle. We can cuddle in bed for hours at night and play little games. He loves to play a kissing game and will come back for more and more. He is such a sweet spirit and has such a great personality! I look forward to seeing him grow more and more and I know he will be a fantastic big brother!