Thursday, January 26, 2012

Fort Worth Stock Show 2011/2012


Last week we went on our annual trip to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
Since I never posted when we went last year, I included some of those photos, too.
If you are really bored, you can check out our trip in 2010 (after MG was born) and 2009.

First stop, the petting zoo.
Margaret Gray was super excited about the animals.

Henry was very apprehensive about them...
... while his sister kissed the animals. Sanitary.
Surprisingly, Henry was perfectly fine with "riding" this horse.
On "Apache"
Margaret rode "Marshmellow"
(Jenny B- the next day, they got their horses from Bekah's party and rode around on Apache and Marshmellow)

Fun times playing on the tractors



From 2011




Checking out chicks

We ate our Cowboy Burrito and this enormous serving of Potato Twisters

Last year, we got to the Stock Show too late to enjoy the Cowboy Burrito, so we had to settle for a corndog.


Saw some wild horse competition... the kids got stopped on the way to our seats and were given these rockin' shades.

Got to include a picture of Simon

We ended our night with a couple of rides.
Margaret chose a spin on the carousel. She wanted to ride on the monkey, but a boy who was "too old to be riding it" (in the words of Tom), snagged it first.
Watching Henry in his ride of choice....

... the motorcycles.
Funny he picked the exact same one 2 years in a row. He talks all the time about when he's older (how old Henry? ..."5" ) he's going to get a motorcycle.

Take 1
Take 2. Fail.


Good Louis times!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Simon- 1 month

Little Guy turned 1 month last week.
Here Simon is at 1 week

1 month... getting bigger and hair falling out :)
1 week old at the pediatrician
Weight 7 lbs 3 ounces
1 month
9 lbs 13 ounces
22 inches


Simon had the pleasure of meeting his great grandparents,
Mammaw and Pappaw this month:
Singing "Rockabye Baby"

Random Pics from this month
Trying to get a birth announcement picture... we'll see if that ever gets done. :)
1st real bath after his umbilical cord fell off
Wearing Sissy's towel



Sleep wasn't so easy this month.
He slept mostly in his bouncy seat... thought it would be helpful since he spits up a lot and seems to have pretty painful gas.
Then he went to his crib.... but now he's currently back in the bouncy seat.
Simon would much rather sleep in our arms :)

I'm not going to lie... it's been a hard month with sleeping and nursing. Thank goodness both of those things have gotten a lot better.
I guess we'll keep him :)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Just the 3 of Us

Just some random pics of the kiddos...
But 1st let me introduce you to "Elephant"... the newest member of the Louis Lovie gang: