Goodbye February!

Wow. I can't believe February is already gone! We had a busy second half of the month, hence my lack of blog updates the last two weeks! Sorry!

One Sunday a few weekends ago, Mom and I had a girls' day while Eric and Carter had a boys' day! Here are a few cute pictures Eric took of their adventures that day!

Eric and my Dad had a business conference in D.C., so we all headed up there for 5 days while Carter stayed behind with his grandparents. It was a great trip for Mom and me.... we did a lot of sightseeing. Unfortunately for Eric and Dad, they were stuck at the hotel in meetings almost the whole time! Since Eric and I just went to D.C. last summer and saw all the major memorials and such, mom and I stuck to the Smithsonian, The Archives, and The U.S. Capitol. All were pretty amazing. 
 

Michelle Obama's Inagural Ball gown

 Dorothy's slippers

 Michael Jackson's hat

 Abe Lincoln's top hat... the one he was wearing the night he was assassinated.

 A beautiful coral reef. Every piece of this was crochet by hand.

 Jaws of a Great White!

 The famous elephant in the rotunda of the Natural History Museum!

 The Hope Diamond

 The U.S. Capitol, of course.

 Inside the dome of the capitol

 The U.S. Archives. This is where the Bill of Rights, The Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence are housed permanently.

Our family celebrated Matt's 30th birthday on Friday night with a hibachi dinner and a trip to a comedy club. Unfortunately I forgot my camera that night.... but we had lots of fun!

We went to the zoo with some friends today. It was a little chilly to start the day, but warmed up within the first hour, and then it was perfect! Carter really loved it, just like last time.

March is also a busy month... lots of stuff going on! Hopefully I can keep up with all our happenings, and not let two weeks pass me by again without a post!

Our Valentine's Day

I took Carter to play with friends earlier today at a Valentine's themed playdate. Carter passed out Valentines to all his buddies, and received a few of his own. He enjoyed his play time, as always!

Love this action shot of Carter jumping!

 Carter and Mason got in a little tiff today over the basketball. This was about at the start of it. They are best little buddies, and always rough house, laugh at each other, and play so well together, so we got a kick out of them fighting for once!

I personally feel like Valentine's is a "hallmark" holiday, so I'm not a huge fan. We're more likely to cook a nice dinner in than go out and fight the crowd at a fancy place, and we typically skip cards/candy/chocolates/flowers all together. We acknowledge it in our own way, but don't ever do too much. Tonight we enjoyed a heart-shaped de-lite pizza from Papa Murphy's. Yummo! Best part is it was only $7!

Hope you all enjoyed your time with your loved ones this Valentine's Day!

Cowboys Stadium Tour

A few months back, I got a great deal on Cowboys Stadium tour tickets on Groupon. Eric and I have been to a few games at the new stadium, by never taken a tour. So this morning, the three of us headed over to Arlington to check it all out. We were a little disappointed that the center field star was missing, and the endzones still had the Packer's and Steeler's logos, but it was cool to see all the things that were still set up all over from the Super Bowl. There was still confetti all over the field! Carter had a ball running all over the place, and Eric and I really enjoyed the tour, and all the sights and information it had to offer. It was a great family outing!

Killing time before the tour started by enjoying the great weather outside!

 

Carter and I enjoying Jerry Jones' suite.

Terrible lighting in there... makes for not so great photo opts. Maybe that was his plan.

Inside the press box. That area was huge!

Carter had a blast running all over the press box.

They look like two sports writers hard at work!

Enjoying another one of Jerry's luxury suits. This is where Cameron fed A-Rod the popcorn!

Outside the Cotton Bowl offices. These are all the SEC teams.

Notice the Tennessee helmet... Eric couldn't resist this photo opt.

Carter thoroughly enjoyed the Cheerleader's locker room.... as did every other male on the tour!

Inside the Cowboy's locker room

Getting ready to head out onto the field!

Gigantic!

 The best part for Carter... time to run and play!

 Like father, like son!

  A little love for Mommy, too!

 He kept saying, "Big TV!" and "Cowboys!!"

 

End In Sight?

We are just like the rest of you out there.... ABOUT TO GO CRAZY! I was done with this whole staying inside thing on Tuesday night. Little did I know it was going to last the whole week, and possibly more?! Eric has been home all week, with the exception of yesterday. He did manage to make it to work, after an almost 2 hour commute. He's back here with us today, and also about to lose his mind!

At least today we were able to go outside without busting it on the walkway. We took Carter to play in the snow, and he had a lot of fun.

Eric got a gift card for On The Border (one of our favs) for his birthday from his grandparents. We were planning on going out to use it tonight, but not so sure now. Eric and I joked that some margaritas and chips and queso might be the only thing to get us out of our funk! And now, we may not be able to have those!

Carter has been wildly rambunctious today and yesterday. We were trying to skype with my parents this morning, and all they could see of Carter was a big blur running by every now and again. It was hard to even hear each other for all the shouting Carter was doing! Poor little guy I know is so ready to get out of the house and play. Keeping my fingers crossed that tomorrow is the day, little buddy!

And as for Stormie, well it's business as usual for her. All she ever does it lay around and sleep anyway. She's probably wondering what all the fuss is about.

We're trying to hang in there.... but not sure how much more of this we all can take!

Twinkle, Twinkle

Carter stayed with Eric's parents while we were in St. Thomas, and one afternoon they caught him singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" while playing the piano. This is definitely one of his favortie songs... I catch him singing it in his crib in the morning after he wakes up at least three times a week. The video was much longer, but I had to cut it way down to be able to upload it here. 

Maybe he has a music career ahead of him?! Either way, I thought it was adorable!

Happy 30th!

Eric's 30th birthday was on Sunday! We had a pretty busy weekend celebrating with family and friends, but Sunday we decided to take it easy and enjoy a simple day, just the three of us. We spent some time enjoying the great weather at the park, went out for lunch, then watched a few movies at home.

On Friday night we celebrated with my family by going to a hibachi place for dinner. Carter was not in the greatest of moods, but he did enjoy watching the chef cook right in front of us. Then after Carter went to bed we went to see "The Fighter." Great movie!

Our little family after dinner.

Saturday afternoon we had lunch with Eric's family at Babe's in Frisco. YUMMMMM!

Saturday night we met Eric's best friend and his family for some Mexican food.

Here is Carter loving on baby Ava... she's 5 months old!

 She seemed to be pretty fascinated by Carter.

 Look at my sweet boy!

 They came back to the house to hang out for a while, and Carter couldn't get enough play time with Ava.

Here they are playing together on the floor.

When she would roll over, Carter would roll over right next to her!

 "Here Ava, let me show you how to crawl.... it's easy! Like this."

What a great weekend! Happy Birthday to the most wonderful husband and Daddy! We hope you enjoyed your big day.... we love you so much!