Sesame Street Live and Thanksgiving!

Well like I mentioned in my last post, we went to "Sesame Street Live" on the 19th and it was AWESOME! Berkley loved it and it was fun to see her face when she realized what we were seeing besides Sara! It was great entertainment and I highly recomment it for kids of any age. I think Jack would have even enjoyed it because of the colors and music! We sat on the second row and it was great! The characters all come down off the stage and Berk was highly entertained at seeing all of them up close; she even got to give Grover a high five!

11/19/10...On our way to San Angelo!

11/19/10...SO excited about Aunt Sara AND Sesame Street!

11/19/10...When she saw this Elmo she DARTED inside the coliseum!

11/19/10...Relaxing before the show!
11/19/10...It initially scared her, but didn't take her long to settle in!

11/19/10...ABBY CADABBY!

11/19/10...View from our seats

11/19/10...Prairie Dawn

11/19/10..."Grouchy" as Berk refers to him, and his girlfriend (who knew that monsters that live in trash cans can get girlfriends?!)

11/19/10...Right after she gave Grover a high five!

11/19/10...Pure elation!

11/19/10...Just watching

11/19/10...$10 balloons that they sold at intermission; we got Berk one of these and out of EVERYONE in the entire coliseum, guess who let go of hers even when it was tied around her wrist?! Yep, that would be Berk! So Elmo got to watch us from the ceiling and she surprisingly was OK with that!

11/19/10...Berk and dad

11/19/10...Me and Berk

11/19/10...Bert

I had to take Jack to the doctor on the 18th because he had a barky cough the night before and come to find out, he had croup. So they gave him a steroid and some decongestant and he is fine. When they weighed him at the appoitment he weighed 23.1. He is also teething, getting his top two teeth, which has not been fun for any of us. The things are MONSTERS and his poor gums are so swollen. But hopefully they will pop through any day and he will back to his happy, normal self! The next few are some snapshots of the last few weeks!

First taste of bubbles!

Hanging out after bath time in the laundry basket!

Sweet girl!

11/23/10...Hanging out on the air mattress before getting ready in the morning. Thad redid our bedroom with hardwood floors and new paint, so we got to spend a couple of nights on the air mattress.

Thanksgiving 2010....Well we spent Thanksgiving Day at the Meadows and then went to my parents on Friday. We had a great Thanksgiving and there is so much for us to be thankful for. It was fun with all the kids together at both places. I can see LOTS of fun holidays in the future. Berk loves being the "chief" of all of the kids and I don't think the boys mind at all. (at least not right now!) Jack loved eating the sweet potatoes, pie and stuffing and Berk had plenty of it all! So, here are some snapshots of our two Thanksgivings!

11/25/10...First Thanksgiving!

11/25/10..."You want me to eat what?!"

11/25/10...Two boys; remember they are only SIX weeks apart!

11/25/10...The newest Meadows member: Cohen Blaine. (And his look alike daddy!)

11/25/10...Sweetest babies!

11/25/10...BIG HUG!

11/25/10...Berk and Wesson are big buds too!

11/25/10...All of the babies! (Please excuse the panties, we are working on her appropriateness!)

11/25/10...Corey and Wesson Rhyder

11/25/10...our little fam!

11/25/10...Newest little family!

11/25/10...A frequent occurence when Aunt Sara is around!

11/25/10...One of the last singles with the matriarch and patriarch of the fam!

11/26/10...On the way to Nana and Papa's! (with M & Ms of course!)

11/27/10...Just hanging out!

11/27/10...Berk and Jayden playing

11/27/10...Jayden and Jack; please take into account that Jayden is 7 months older than Jack and Jack weighs two pounds MORE and is the same height! Can you see MAMMOTH?!

11/27/10...Jack and Papa

11/27/10...Jack and dad

11/27/10...He loved this!

11/27/10...Jayden pushing him!

11/27/10...Silly boys!

Last Week!

Well last week was a fun one for our family. Berk got to go to her first circus on the 3rd (which wasn't a big to do) and then we took her and Jack to their first Tech football game on Saturday. The circus was just a little one that came through Lamesa, complete with NOTHING that a normal circus would have; i.e. an elephant, tigers, clowns! The best thing about it was the cage that had the two motorcyclists going around at the same time. Nonetheless, Berk really enjoyed it. Then that Saturday we got the wild hair to take both of them to the Tech game. They played Missouri and we were sure that it would be a blow out (Missouri was ranked 14th at the time and Tech was not playing well), but alas, Tech pulled it out AFTER we left! We left at halftime because the weather was starting to cool down and we were losing, but then finished listening to it on the radio and was disappointed that we left! Berk and Jack had a GREAT time and were both, for the most part, pretty well-behaved! (Jack even slept through some of the first quarter!) Berk LOVED seeing all the people, listening to the fight song and seeing the Masked Rider and Raider Red. When we were leaving she was BEGGING to go and see Raider Red. It made it better that the Masked Rider's horse was in the trailer when we left so she got to see it. All in all I am so HAPPY that we took them! I know that this will be a great thing in years to come.

Jack turned 8 months old yesterday and is the biggest boy! Today I put him in an outfit that was 18 months and it was a LITTLE big, but not like it should have been on an 8 month old! He probably weighs about 22 or 23 lbs and is probably around 27 inches long. We go to the doctor on the 13th of December for his 9 month check and I will be so happy when she tells us to start giving him whole milk! I am so tired of this formula and his spit up and am hoping that milk will solve that! He is still eating anything you will give him: 3 jars of baby food at one sitting and screams for more! He still only has 2 teeth but I don't think his top two are far behind! He is crawling and pulling up on everything and can get anywhere he wants to pretty quick! He is such a blessing in our house and I love the way he and Berk interact. He just lights up everytime she is near and they have this thing right now where she will start squealing and he will join right in with her! I love it! The other day they were playing together and Thad and I just looked at each and he said "You know that we are fixing to be in for it, right?!" I couldn't help but laugh because it is so true but it is the best thing we could ever have done! I am so happy that they are so close in age and will be accomplices in the near future!

Next weekend will be a busy one for us as well, as we are planning on taking Berk to "Sesame Street Live" in San Angelo on Friday night! We aren't telling her, just that we are going to go and see Aunt Sara; I know she will be so excited! Then we have tickets to the Tech game Saturday and Holiday Happenings is in Lubbock! We will see how much we get around to! Anyway I hope everyone stays warm this weekend and I will be posting pics of "Sesame Street Live" after we go!

Oh yes, those family pictures that we got made last month, well Pamra has posted some of them on her website and here is the link if you want to take a gander: http://rollsoffun.blogspot.com/.

Meadows

11/3/10...Berk's first circus!
11/3/10...The two motorcyclists (a tad bit insane if you ask me!)

11/6/10...Game day ready!

11/6/10...With dad at the game! You can see Jack's curiousness and admiration in the pic!

11/6/10...My two stinkers! This outing could not have come at a more perfect time to reemphasize how special and important my family is to me!

11/6/10...Watching the band

11/6/10...Wreck 'em Tech!

11/6/10...Berk was pumped!

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11/6/10...I always love seeing this part before the game starts! And they were wearing camo on their uniforms to honor Wounded Warriors Project.

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11/6/10...The perfect ending to a perfect day!