Close call

Rusty is out in the field this weekend so the kids and I came to see grandma and grandpa. I had a day of shopping planned in Austin, while they watched the kids. I took their car so that they could keep the car seats in mine. I approached a toll booth in Austin to find that the brakes wouldn't press down. The car shuddered off and on and it took all of my body weight on the pedal to get the car to stop. I immediately called my father in law, and he took the 1 hr trek over to Austin to help me. It turns out an engine hose on the intake manifold broke and caused a loss of vacuum to the break booster. All of these to stay that the system that helps you press on the break wasn't working, and therefore bad news. I am so glad he was able to come and fix it and we all got home safely.

My father in law is the best! He put me in a new radiator yesterday. I had a leak and was tired of dealing with it. Instead of having to pay $1k like most people, he got it done for under $300. Yeah! It pays to have a father in law who is an amazing mechanic and can do anything I need on my car. I will drive this car into the ground and keep it as long as I can for that very reason.

Reese was doing great on potty training and has had major regression while on this visit. I thought we were making some progress!

Caleigh woke up screaming in the middle of the night.

All around good times! I keep telling the kids to be on their best behavior so that the grandparents will be happy to watch them when we go on our 10 year anniv trip to Jackson Hole this May:)

Sunday stand

Caleigh is changing before our very eyes. Today I took her out of the high chair from eating spaghetti (hence the no clothes) and looked over and find her doing this... And this is just a cute set of pictures I took of her this morning in her church clothes.

Splish splash I was taking a bath

It was time to put up Caleighs little bath tub. She was splashing all over the kitchen. We decided to get out the duck tub we used with Reese. Like anything new, Reese insists that he needs in it. He has recently become obsessed with wanting in the pack n play- imagine a kid wanting to be confined! She went crazy splashing around in it.

8 months and counting

Caleigh is 8 months old today. I can hardly beleive it! She is crawling all over the place and pulling up on things. She can go from crawling to sitting upright and then pull herself up onto Reese's toys. Things are about to get very interesting around here! Here are some recent pictures of her

Goodbye

Today I attended the funeral of my great uncle Woody. He was the last surviving sibling of my grandfather. He wrote poetry and they read a beautiful Valentines poem he had written his wife. Rusty should take note!