Corpus

On our Thanksgiving get-away we ventured to Corpus, only a short ride away from Port A to the National Aquarium. We watched a dolphin show, sea turtles, a cool birds in flight display, played with hermit crabs and star fish! It was another great day at the beach!

All by her self

We should have known that when we asked Blayne to pack her own bag for our little Turkey-day-get-away that we might be a few cards short of a deck, but we were quite surprised to see what she thought she might need for a weekend at the beach...

-A monkey hat

-a princess dress

-a cow bell

and

-2 D batteries...

Yes, of course.

Desipte our doubts, as you can see above, it did keep her busy for at least a one evening.

Turkey tastes better at the beach...

must be the salt...

Mamly man

Oh the push-push...

When Momma requested we stop at Walmart to grab a forgotten push-push before our 5 hour drive to Port Aransas for Turkey Day, Dadda annoyingly replied "he doesn't even like the thing" --then when Dadda came back with Mam's instead of Nuk's, Momma (equally annoyed) said "he'll never take that- it's not the right kind"...

Surprise, surprise, it seems Caden James is following in his sister's footsteps- at least as far as proving her parents wrong. Not only does he LOVE the push-push, it turns out he is a Mam-ly man.

We may have both been wrong, but I think Ian would agree, we were happy to wallow in our ignorance in exchange for a little peace and quiet.

Thanks! Giving!

As we approach Thanksgiving...and we think about what we are thankful for...we are thankful for grandmas...

(Bucca don't think we forgot you, but you understand...it's different)- we love our mommas and our grandmas and can't thank you enough. Thank you for spending time with us, loving us and just being there. We don't know what we would have done without you!

The extra mile:

- Changing your flight (twice!!!) at our request to stay longer...

-Staying up all night (at least 2 bottle feedings if not 3) to let Mommy sleep...

Our grandmas are the best- we love you so much and appreciate you more than you imagine!

3 weeks already!

Give the people what they want...alright, alright.

I know you've all been waiting for some new pics of young Caden as he grows and changes day by day. Once again, we defer to the Mia pics- (she should really start charging us for her services!) she did impressively well keeping up with the photos despite the madness of a 2 year old and a newborn.

Not a whole lot new to report at 3 weeks except that all is going very well. Blayne is still in love with Caden, so that helps a lot. He has been eating well and sleeping well, considering. He is hanging on to that calm, content demeanor which is a God-send and keeping the rest of us equally calm and content.

He is starting to coo and make those little reactive smiles! It is so sweet, we think there might just be dualing dimples like Ms. Blayne- we'll have to wait and see!