Cotulla Christmas

Darren got a Wii from Dammie and Papo for Christmas. He is very excited, and plays it non-stop until we make him take breaks. Uncle Wes and Aunt Shelley got him a Lego Star Wars game to go with it. I am amazed at how good he is at it. Uncle AD and Aunt Kourtnie and the boys got him a remote control car. I have become very agile, dodging that thing in the kitchen!

Kamryn got lots of clothes from everybody, and some fantastic new boots! Uncle Wes and Aunt Shelley got her a cute butterfly that sings and flaps its wings as it rolls around the floor. It encourages her to crawl. It is a very nifty gadget. All in all it was a great Christmas in Cotulla. Now we have Christmas at the house and then Christmas in Victoria. Christmas in our family last an entire month!

Kam Updates...

This is our beautiful girl as of late. She is so much fun! She is very vocal these days, and has quite a repertoire of coos and giggles. She is eating like crazy again. Bananas and Applesauce are her favorites, but she is still eating all her veggies too. Her sleeping varies, sometimes she wakes up 3 times a night and sometimes she sleeps through. I never know what to expect.

You have to watch her now when you go to give her a kiss on the cheek, because she has started to try and kiss back! But she just opens her mouth really big and slobbers all over you!

Last week she started sitting up by herself really well. And sitting up makes Little Miss Nosey Britches very happy, because she gets a much better view of all that is going on.

She has the best smile. When we pick her up in the afternoon, she is all gums! It is great for the whole family to see how happy she is to see us, and to be home. Darren is still the apple of her eye in the afternoons. She is still his biggest fan, no one can get her laughing like he can!

Her toes are her favorite teether. She can always reach them, and she is a master a kicking off shoes and socks. During the summer, this was not such a big deal, but now that it is cold outside I feel like I spend all day putting her socks back on her feet!

It's Either...

Last night after dark, we were in the driveway and Darren says, "Mama, look at that light in the sky, it's moving." I said "It sure is, isn't it."

He replies, "Yep. It's either a helicopter, a airplane, or a bird with a flashlight."

Football Banquet

Darren got another trophy at his football banquet to go along with his 2nd place Superbowl trophy. The boy is going to need a trophy shelf soon.

The team sat together at a table with their coaches. We were told by some of the mom's from the older boy's teams that decorating this "team table" had recently turned into an unofficial competition between the team mom's. We decided to snub the competition and their over the top displays. We had the boys bring their Superbowl trophies and lined those down the center of the table, enough said right? We did have a few balloons and the biggest cheapest pack of NFL trading cards I could find at Academy and sprinkled them down the center of the table to keep the boys entertained. Sitting still for a guest speaker isn't exactly easy for 5 and 6 year old boys.


Darren and his coaches, Jonovan and Jason. The coaches had as much fun as the boys did this season, and I attribute a lot of our success to that fact.

The guest speaker, Hunter Goodwin. He's a former Aggie Walk-on, and a former Minn. Viking. Rumor has it, we are campaigning for him to coach the freshman team next season. If so, I hope he keeps it as fun as the coaches from this season.

Superbowl

Superbowl was a heart breaker. We played Brenham Black. The game went into overtime, Brenham had the ball first, and they made their touchdown but missed the extra point. Our possession ended with a fumble recovered by Brenham, it was a tough way to lose. Their sidelines erupted, and their coaches rushed the field, and our boys burst into tears. When they realized they were still getting a trophy, the tears immediately dried up though.

Darren had gotten sick the night before and we didn't know it at the time, but he had Strep. Throat. He played the first two plays of the game and came to the sidelines crying that he didn't feel good. So he sat out the rest of the first half. His coaches and Zach and I kept checking on him, but he didn't want to play and nobody made him. After half time, he played a couple plays then told his coach he was going to throw up, so he came off the field again and sat out the rest of the game. When we got home he was running a 102 degree fever so I took him in to the Dr. Team picture with the coaches after the game. See how proud they are of their trophies?That's Darren to the far right. Poor guy! He was so out of it. Normally he would be right in the middle of everyone.

Hindsight 20/20, this was probably not a good idea Daddy.

But isn't he so cute in his uniform?

Kamryn's 1st Carrots

The video we took of Kamryn's first few bites of carrots was uneventful. This video was taken about half way through the jar. Darren was at the table working on his homework, and Kamryn was much too interested in him to even realize she was eating something new. She was looking backwards at him the entire time, which made it difficult on me. At the end I actually got some up her nose! I kept telling Darren to let her eat and to finish his homework, but it was a waste of time. The two of them kept looking at each other and smiling and laughing. It was a little frustrating, but cute. I hope they continue to adore each other in the years to come.

Hony Hawk Bike

Because I put up the videos of Darren when he was first learning to ride his bike, I thought it was only fair to put up a video of him now that he knows what he's doing. Our neighbors are breathing easier, their shrubs are no longer taking a beating from Darren's once daily crashes. He has finally mastered the stop and start, and Lord knows I don't miss the fits!
His bike is a Tony Hawk bike, named after Tony Hawk of course. So Zach showed Darren videos of Tony Hawk doing tricks in competitions and what not, so that Darren would understand more about his bike. I was nervous he would start trying to do the tricks, but so far he hasn't - thank goodness. He did however go to school and tell all his friends about his "Hony Hawk Bike", which we thought was really cute. We've now added "Hony Hawk" to Darren's famous phrases, right along side "tootpick", our previous favorite.