birthdays, rodeo and rolling!

We started out our busy weekend by celebrating my mom's birthday by eating dinner at the House of Blues in downtown Houston. After dinner, we walked over to Discovery Green park where Brinley and Reese had a great time playing. For some strange reason, our camera stopped working after taking this picture, so no other pictures from our birthday celebration!
Sunday, we went to Marian's piano recital...which we learned is not a good place for a 2 year with no volume control :) We then headed over to the Smith's to celebrate Jason's grandfather's 77th birthday. No pictures because we still can't figure what is wrong with the camera and our little camera wasn't charged.

Tuesday, Brinley, Clayton and I went and met Jason for lunch at his work and then headed to the Houston Rodeo. Brinley was so excited to go and woke up that morning asking when she could ride a neigh! When we got there, her eyes were so big and she ran everywhere! We were there from 2pm to 7:30! She was a trooper, having no nap, and Clayton did great as well. She loved the animals...when I told her to come look at the chickens, she asked "mommy, I eat?". The person who was handling the chickens was almost in tears. I guess she thought of chicken nuggets..that's my girl! She was tall enough this year to enjoy the rides at the carnival. She is quite the daredevil and we had to say no to a few rides she wanted to do, just because they seemed to rough for her, but she was persistent in asking!

Brinley and Clayton ready to rodeo

The first thing we had to do was ride the neighs, she would have done it 100 times had we let her!

She walked right up to the cow to shake her hand, this makes me so happy that we may actually get a good picture with the Easter bunny this year...you can visit past blogs about her fear of easter bunny and santa!

Brinley our little cowgirl! The Longhorn started to move and she got the funniest look on her face.

Clayton wasn't too impressed with the rodeo, he would rather play with his friend!

Brinley and her Daddy on the big slide

Brinley and me on the jumping bees

Once we got home from the rodeo, I layed Clayton down on his blanket on the floor to stretch out because he had been in the car seat or held all day long. After a few minutes, he rolled over! I have tried to get it on video but have been unsuccessful, so keep an eye out for it!

Clayton and his bear

Jason's company sent a belated welcome to the world present to Clayton this week, a huge bear! When we had Brinley, she got a huge pink dog that now lays by her bed and she loves to hide under when it's bath time! Here are some pictures of him with his new buddy....Brinley is breaking it in for him by dancing with it, riding it and sitting with it on her couch!

I think he liked the soft fur, because he was just smiling away!

Of course, Brinley had to get in on the picture action!

I will have lots to post next week as we are celebrating my mom's birthday tomorrow and heading the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Wednesday. The rodeo is my all time favorite thing to do in Houston. Brinley had so much fun last year, so I can't wait to see how she enjoys it this year. She is already watching the news coverage and keeps asking to ride the neighs (horses)!

Jumping good time and 2 month old stats

This weekend we went to Hannah's 5th birthday party at a bounce place. Brinley wore herself out jumping and sliding for and hour and half straight!

She also enjoyed playing air hockey with her daddy!

That evening, Keith and Sarah came over to meet Clayton. So we had a nice relaxing evening just visiting, with entertainment provided by Brinley, topped off with some Marble Slab ice cream..YUM!

I took Clayton to the doctor yesterday for his 2 month old checkup. He weighs 10 lb 6 oz and is 23 1/4 inches long. As the doctor put it, "he is tall and skinny!" He had his shots and isn't feeling too good today, running a fever and fussy. It is really the first time since he was born he is continually fussy...yes I thank the lord everyday for such an easy baby!

2 months old

It is hard to believe that Clayton is already two months old! He has really come to life these last few weeks. He is sleeping 7-9 hours a night and staying awake for 2-3 hours at a time. He is a happy little man, always smiling and cooing. Brinley didn't really coo much, so it is nice to hear him talk and "hold" a conversation with you! He tells his dad all about his day when he gets home from work every night! Jason calls it their "man time". As you can tell from the picture, he is holding his head up wonderfully. He really enjoys sitting in his bumbo and looking around! He even tries to keep up by watching his sister as she whirls past him like a tornado! He still screams bloody murder during his bath, but he has gotten used to diaper changes and doesn't cry anymore during those.

We don't go to the doctor until Tuesday for his two month checkup so I will update his height and weight then!

Happy Valentines Day!

He just thinks his sister is funny!

favorite video

I got a new computer last weekend with an awesome photo/video program! Needless to say, I can now edit my videos down so they can be uploaded onto my blog! Here is one of my favorite videos from the last few months!

This video is of Brinley at my mom and dad's house on Christmas eve. The Wow Wow Wubzy doll was her first present to open. We were all crying from laughing so hard to her reaction. It is a good thing I had my camera rolling! Although it took everything I had to keep it steady from laughing so hard!

Look at those dimples!

Clayton made our hearts melt yesterday with his first smile! We were at my mom's house and she was talking to him and he let out the biggest grin! I got my first smile this morning, so I ran and got my camera and got him to smile again. He has the biggest dimples! What a handsome little man!