Thanksgiving 2011

This year we hosted Thanksgiving at our house.
Mom and Chris drove in on Tuesday to spend the week with us. We loved the visit!

Wednesday, we headed to the Frank's Annual Turkey Fry

Thanksgiving morning with Pop

Watching her first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade



Cooking time...

And finally, all the preparations were done and we got to enjoy family and lots of food!

We had a fun Turkey Day!

San Antonio Road Trip

A weekend getaway to San Antonio was just what we needed!

We had so much fun stopping along the way in Shiner, TX to take a tour of the Shiner Beer Factory. It just so happened to be a gorgeous day!

 

Arden was so good and enjoyed stretching her legs and playing with Ryan's sample cup.

The brewery was out in the country on some really pretty land

After the brewery we had to stop at this hole-in-the-wall restaurant that is said to have the best food around. We agreed. It was pretty darn good!

Then...onto San Antonio

The next morning, we headed out to get some Mexican brunch at the very popular Mi Tierra. I can't even begin to tell you how good my meal was. The desserts were not only beautiful but tasted delish! I couldn't choose just one, so I picked out several goodies. The coconut macaroon was my favorite!

Market Square

We took the trolley to the Alamo for a tour...

 

The Veteran's Day Parade

We even took a stroll down the River Walk

Such a pretty church

That evening, we headed to our friend's Brent and Lindsay's house to celebrate their daughter Kaylee's 1st Birthday!

Lots of new toys to play with...

On our drive back to Houston, we stopped at this place for some BBQ. I had the best bread pudding ever!

What a fun trip to San Antonio! Next time, we will be sure to hit up Sea World...

Arden is 9 months old!

Happy 9 months Arden!

We just love this little lady and her adorable gummy smile :)

Arden's 9 month stats:

Weight: 17 lbs. 7oz.
Length: 26.5"
Typically sleeps from 8:00 pm-6:00 am
Takes 1-2 naps (equaling 3.5 hours)
Drinks four 8oz. bottles along with level 2 baby food

Arden's Firsts:

She is crawling...and she is fast!


She gets in the bear crawl position trying to stand up


She can stand when holding on to an object


Lots of new noises and sounds

Arden's Favorites

Alphabet Caterpillar

Having someone mimic her noises (especially blowing raspberries)
Wee Sing CD
Riding in her red waggon
Playing with rubber ducky while bathing
Funny noises
TJ
Baby Einstein DVD
Being lifted in the air
Singing (la-la tunes are her favorite)

We love you so much little girl!

Our Austin Adventure

I was so excited that we bought tickets to the UT/TTU game but was even more excited that we were getting to spend the weekend with Lisa and Kyle in Austin!

Ryan and I left on Friday and made a pit stop in Brenham to visit Blue Bell Creamery. We sampled fresh Tiramisu, Krazy Kookie, Cinnamon, and Blue Berry Cobbler ice cream.
YUM!

After checking into our hotel and meeting up with Lisa and Kyle, we enjoyed dinner at Home Slice Pizza and had even more food from Austin's finest food trucks.

Lisa's friends invited us for a pre-game tailgate.

We cheered on the Red Raiders! Unfortunately, we didn't cheer loud enough...

After the game, we walked along Congress Street to check out the Capitol Building

We stood on Congress Bridge waiting....and waiting...and waiting for the 1.5 million bats to fly from underneath the bridge. They never did :(

We even managed to drag our tired selves out to 6th Street

It was a very fun and exhausting weekend!