Branson Belle

In March we got to go to Branson and ride on the Branson Belle for another event for my work. Shane's mom got to go with us and bought Austin this adorable hat. We had a wonderful time!!

Our Trip to Hannah's House

We took a trip to Hannah's house so that we could take her Christmas gifts and spend some time with her. As you can tell we had a great time. Austin loves his "sissy"!!!

Christmas 2008

Austin and his Nanny before my work Christmas Party.

Ripping open the presents Christmas Morning.

I just loved this picture, had to add it to.
Austin and the drum set from his Nanny and Papa.

Austin opening gifts from Nana, Pawpaw, and Aunt Nikki. Aunt Nikki had to help out a little.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving was great, we had it at Shane's Mom and Dad's house. As you can see, Austin had quite a selection and was very pleased.

Halloween 2008

We had two costumes at Halloween, Chicken Little and a Clown, he looked so cute in them we just did both of them!!

ACE!!

Austin loves ACE!!! and so do we!!!

Austin's First Haircut 10/2008

Before


After

He did very good and was not scared at all during his first haircut!

Shane's Birthday 10/04/08

Shane is a huge Longhorn's fan. Check out the awesome cake his mom made him for his birthday! It was Red Velvet and tasted amazing!!!

Family Photos

A very dear friend, Chris came to town to visit us and look at the adorable "biker" shot they got!!
He takes such great pictures!

Our Family.
We are hoping to have Hannah in our next family portrait.

I couldn't pass up putting this one in there. I love it!!

Goofing Around

Austin loves getting his picture taken if you hadn't noticed!

Austin's 1st Birthday Party!! Part 2

Opening presents.
The adorable cake face!

He wouldn't eat the cake with his hands, he went to it instead face first!!

Look at all those presents!!!

Austin's 1st Birthday Party!!! Part 1

Austin got to meet his big sister, Hannah, for the first time at his party. He really liked her from the start.

Hannah and Austin
Cora was a guest at the party!

Brooklyn was a guest at the party!

Austin and his Birthday Ice Cream from Coldstone Creamery! YUM!!

Austin's very own Birthday Cake!!

Birthday Weekend Begins

Austin had a very busy weekend for his First Birthday. A very close family friend, George, was having his 10 year event celebrating 10 years at Benchmark Group(where I work) and it all started out at our first Naturals Baseball Game.

The picture above is Austin with his first real baseball. One of my coworkers, Jessica, got it for him while the Naturals were practicing before the game.

It was very hot outside that afternoon and we had to leave early, but not before having to strip Austin down to his diaper.
The next day we got to go to Locomotion for the first time and he had a ball watching everyone play games and drive go carts.
Playing with dad on one of the blow up walls surrounding the bull riding game. He really enjoyed watching people try that one out.

Last was a trip to the lake for dinner. As you can see above Austin really likes Mr. George and had a blast hanging out with him and all of his family at the lake!!

At 11 months he was 27 lbs. 7 oz. and 30 1/4 inches long. Loves fruit and got to learn how to eat corn on the cob thanks to his Papa. He is walking all over the place and loves spending time with family. He got to meet one of my very best friends Allison and her daughter Mya. he got to play ina sprinkler for the first time and really liked it. Loves water!!

At 10 months Austin started WALKING!! He took his first steps and then he just took off!! He is so smart and such a fast learner. He is up to 26lbs. 5 oz. and 30 inches long. He got to really spend some time with his Nana, Papa, and Aunt Nikki. As well as his Aunt Jayme and Great Grandpa too!!!

At 9 months he was up to 25 lbs 13 oz and 30 inches long. He loves to be outside!! Still teething which was keeping him up at night. Loves food!! He started to really start feeding himself at this point.