One Lucky Playdate!

The Mom's club that I have joined here in Spring, proves to be just as wonderful as the other clubs I have been a part of in Minneapolis and Columbus! It is amazing how many wonderful Mom's I have met through these different organizations (meetup.com and International MOMS Club)

Ethan, Savanna and I hosted a playdate today at our house. Only one person got a pinch for not wearing green. There were about 10 Mom's and 13 kids in total. We enjoyed some yummy snacks that everyone brought and of course some cake that I couldn't keep Ethan away from. Everytime I turned around he was dragging some object across the living room to try and climb up to it. Savanna's highlight was her new interest in EATING sand...

We had a great time and the little game that I stole from my parents proved to be a hit once again! The game is to write names on a piece of paper and then tape it to everyone's back. The person can ask 2 questions and then gets a guess, you go around as many times as it lasts before someone guesses. We went around twice. Our names were all green and were cartoon characters of some sort.

Enjoy the pics

Forward Facing and PigTails - it's only the beginning

Savanna is now facing forwards in her car seat. She now has the Cadillac of car seats, it is so comfy looking and extremely sturdy. Now, all I have to do is talk Eric into getting one for Ethan

to keep his neck from kinking over...hhhmmmm.

Savanna sat patiently enough for Mommy to get some pigtails in~her first ever...baby book moment. :)

Discovery Green - Houston

We spent Sunday downtown Houston at the Discovery Green park. Now that we are going "green" with the kids, we thought we would check it out. Basically, it is a large open space near the convention center that they make available to families. They host a organic food market, yoga classes and many other things. There is a park for kids that is made completely from recycled materials. We followed that with a trip to Whole Foods, where we got 4 things for $100 (I'm just kidding, well kind of :)

Baby Girl Turns 1!!

Savanna celebrated her 1 year birthday with family and friends at a get together at our house. We had a bouncey house, cupcakes and snacks. We had about 25 people in all and it was a really nice party. Savanna received many generous gifts of clothes and toys, she is set for the summer.

She enjoyed her cake, but didn't really want to get her fingers all dirty. Nope - she went for a fork to eat her cake. These aren't the best of photos... Emily and Wendy got the better shots. I look forward to seeing those.

Savanna took her first steps on the 19th and is now cutting her two top teeth to match the two on the bottom. I can't believe that she is growing up so fast...our baby girl.

We "rocked out" after the party.

Misty & Lilly's Visit

My girlfriend Misty and her daughter Lilly came to visit from Austin for a couple of days. Misty and I have been friends for over 20 years. It was great to visit with her and especially to meet Lilly! We spent the afternoon at our favorite park (Meyer Park) the second day. Little Savanna scooting around the park with the big strawberry made me smile.

Skip diddle doo my darrrllliinngg

So, this hand me down toy from my sweet cousin, Amy, is the hit of the house these days. Only after, of course, they discovered it over at Emily's house during finger painting (she has the same toy). When they got home that evening, they both spent time in front of the fridge dancing. I had to capture it on video for you!

CORRECTION!!! So, if you are getting this via email - you have to go to http://www.wylieadventures.blogpsot.com/ and then click on the photo to see the video. What you see in the email is only the still photo. I hope you will take the time, it is pretty cute, especially Ethan.

Finger Painting!!!

Well, I am sooooo behind on getting this updated but am recommitted to share again... Things have been crazy just as I am sure your lives have been.We enjoyed a great holiday season and are back in the groove of things. I don't think that I will go backwards, but will focus my energy on trying to stay current.

We had a finger painting party at our friend, Emily's house this past Monday. Ethan wasn't quite sure about it, but participated and even got his one finger a little bit dirty! Savanna on the other hand went for it! She had second thoughts though and wanted to be clean again.. hence the crying face in the group photo at the end.

Savanna's Photoshoot

Savanna and I had a two day photo session to try and get a photo for her bday invite. I am still haunted by the Christmas photo attempt at the mall, and decided to just take the photos at home this time.


I love this one... I am going to try and paint it one day!

Eric likes this one in the little chair the best. It is pretty cute.

I love this little frilly skirt and her signature ponytail.

This one looks like my one year photo. I see some of Eric's traits in her as well, but this one is all me!

Baby Girl Walks (well kinda)

Savanna figured out the pushing technique. I hope that you enjoy the video. For those of you that get an automatic email, you have to go to the blog and then click on the photo to view the show. www.wylieadventures.blogspot.com

Christmas Tree, Gingerbread House and SNOW in Houston!

We put up our christmas tree this week and got new stockings which I love! Just need to get them embroidered... The kids tried to help, but Mommy finished it up after they were asleep. Yesterday, we decorated a gingerbread house. Ethan spent most of the time eating the candy, but we had fun. We have been couped up all week since Ethan has a cold. I am running out of ideas for things to do in the house...

AND - it snowed in Houston last night. Palm trees just don't look right covered in snow.

Saturday escapades - friends and Xmas tree farm

We had hoped to get to a birthday party for one of Eric's fraternity brothers kids, but didn't quite make it. So, we went over to another friends house and then to the Xmas tree farm. We had hoped to take some Xmas card photos, but that didn't happen either. So, all in all, not the most productive day - oh, well. Ethan really liked the pretend safety goggles at Chase's house, so I had to include the photo. We met Emily, JD and the girls at the tree farm where they successfully got there Xmas photo taken - yippee! Ethan was in pretty much a full run at the tree farm the whole time. Savanna chilled out with her puffs in the stroller - I

thought this was a good shot of how long her hair is...

David, Katy & Patrick

Sunday was a great time with David, Katy & Patrick... Katy made yummy queso (which I ate too much of) and a delicious lasagna. We hung out all day and visited and played Wii. I wasn't sure if I would ever get Eric off of that thing. I think the hula hoop was the most fun to watch. Eric is really good at hula"ing", I couldn't quite get it.

Drew & Leslie's Wedding - A Night Alone..

Jason, Wendy & Poppy watched the kids so that we could attend a wedding and stay at the Hyatt Reunion in downtown Dallas. It was not far from where we got married - it was fun to go down memory lane. The kids did fairly well.. it was the first time I had left Savanna overnight, so I was a little anxious. She took a bottle though, which is great! Ethan didn't even miss us. He was too busy playing with his cousin Jayden. I only got one photo of us off of my camera - it's not the best but here it is.

Visit with Melinda and Alexandra

I spent the Friday after Thanksgiving at my friend Melinda's house. Eric was in a Bachelor Golf Tournament that day... We had fun catching up and letting the kids play. Ethan had a hard time understanding that adult toys were off limits - he just loved Bret's motorcycle models. We had a really nice time.

Thanksgiving - lots to be thankful for...

Gobble, gobble is what we did... We spent Turkey Day in Dallas. We enjoyed the day with Eric's family. We spent early afternoon Turkey in Rockwall with Eric's Dad's family and the late afternoon in Mineola with Eric's Mom's family. We enjoyed seeing the family and only one kid melted down with all the activities. :)