Happy Thanksgiving!

Sooo many things to be thankful for this year. We like to decorate with lots of pumpkins or as McB says "pump" around our house this time of year. Here is a shot of McB and dad playing with the "pumps" on our front porch. I'm sure they have plenty of bruises by now. They are often mistaken for a ball. Not sure we can use them to make anything tasty.

We visited the Medina Pumpkin Patch and mommy got accused of trying to smuggle out a pumpkin. Noooo...here is baby#2 making his or her debut. If you're really good, you can make out a little bit of the face next to the left hand in the 1st pic and hopefully everyone can make out the cute little feet in the 2nd pic.

McB mastered the hay maze real quick.

No, this is not really a pumpkin patch but the tall grass at cousin E's and C's house was very similar to traipsing through the hay pile at the end of the hay maze. 4 wheelers make it easier to get around. There's already an argument over who gets to drive/ride in front.

Sword fight! Cousin C found some straw and McB found a stick. Mom came to the rescue real quick.

McB got to travel with G'pa and G'ma to this pumpkin patch in Arlington without mom or dad.

Cousin Katybug got to go along too.

McB tried to teach her some of his horse handling skills.

Here are a few more shots from the Medina Pumpkin patch. McB got to explore the whole place with his best bud Giddy-up.

Last year we took all kinds of great pics of these two in the pumpkins. It was great b/c you could plop them down next to a pumpkin and get plenty of pics. This year we had to TRAP them in the middle of a huge pile of pumpkins and be REALLY fast with the camera....and then edit/crop the shots that were close to what we were aiming for. It's amazing how much they change in a year.

Now that is an adorable scare-crow...tongue and all.

Fall Festivities

OK, no excuses this time, we're just getting bad about blogging regularly. We're starting our 3rd trimester so I don't think our blogging frequency will improve much over the next few months. Here are some of the things we've been up to:

#1. Being Silly

Like Father/Like Son. Definitely his daddy's boy.

#2. Getting a Haircut

We finally took him to get a real haircut. The 1st 5 or 6 haircuts were done by mom and the last one didn't go so well. He did great...as long as we kept a sucker in his mouth and he got to watch daddy getting his haircut in the chair next to him.

#3. Going to the Fair

He has been to 3 fairs this yr including the State Fair in Dallas. Here is a shot at the Jackson County Fair in the BIG city of Edna:)

Not sure the goat was too thrilled, but he LOVES animals.

...especially horses.

He takes his horse handling skills very seriously...just in case you missed his facial expresion in both of these shots.

This fair had the biggest sand box we've ever seen (not counting the beach). Paw Paw took the time to share some of his farming skills with McB.

Here's a shot of McB and his big cousin cruising around in the boats at the fair. She picked the color of their boat. He's still not to sure about carnival rides. I think he made it one time around before we had to stop the ride and get him out. This picture was taken before it actually started moving.

#4 Being a Boy

He is getting more adventurous "dangerous" each day. Daddy encourages this as much as possible. Mama is slowly getting used to the idea.

Just about anything can be turned into something you can climb on or through or ride:)

Swinging is one of his favorite things to do right now...

...even if he has to create a swing of his own.

McB was trying to help his cousin swing higher. He got in trouble as soon as we got the picture taken. 1st things 1st!

I see an ER trip in the future if these two keep hanging out together. This makes mommy look like the worst babysitter in the world but it was lots of fun. The pictures look a little worse than it really was. McB's buddy got smart and decided to sit back and let him try the dangerous stuff first. It was soon back to seeing who could out-do the other going down the slide.

They are not even 2 yet;)

They eventualy settled down for some good ole Elmo entertainment.

Moss Summer Time

OK, I know it's been a while since we've blogged but there is a reason:) McB is going to be a big brother and the 1st trimester was a little bit of a challenge. Taking care of McB, dinner, laundry and work took up most of mom's energy. We are past that now and feeling great so here are some pics of other things we have been up to over the summer.

McB sports his rubber boots around the house even though there are definitely no water puddles to be found in K town.

Trip to Dallas

Playing in the Water

Hanging out at the Farm

Boat Rides

Bike Rides

13+ Months

McB loves to try everything on whether it is meant to be worn or not:)

He has a while before he can share shoes with mommy or daddy.

Daddy's hat works to strengthen his deep neck stabilizers.

Paper is great fun to wear around the house.

Clothes hamper/mobile hideout.

The beach is McB's new favorite place to hangout.

His 1st camping trip was in the middle of a hail storm. He slept through the whole thing.

McB is thinking, "where has this mud stuff been all my life?"

Climbing is his favorite thing to do around the house. Through stuff, over things, up onto things. The problem is, he sometimes has a hard time remembering that he has to climb down carefully.

Like mother, like son.

We've decided that it is a little early to start thinking about potty training but he loves his toilet.