One Year Pics.... (way late)

I kind of forgot that I never posted these.... we did one year pictures for Beckett about a month ago.  I picked a few of them to post....

First we did some family shots.  

This one is probably my favorite.

I also really like this one.  I wish he had been looking directly at the camera, but that RARELY happens.

Then we moved on to the best part... a cake smash!  Surprisingly B did not go quite as crazy as we thought he might.  Although he did enjoy it....

Such a stinker!  What do you think about the banner and bow tie?  Cute, yes?  I made them!  I used the same fabrics and patterns for his birthday party.  

I think he kind of looks like me here.  (99% of the time he looks like Guy)

What do you think?

Baby Missy, Baby Beckett, Baby Guy

Hats Off to Beckett

As a boy mom I have few accessory options - belts, ties, bow ties, and hats are about it.  Needless to say I have stocked up on many of each.  However in recent months Beckett has shown that he does not seem to share my appreciation for hats.  He doesn't like ANYONE to wear hats.  If a hat is on your head, he will take it off. Promptly.  And then throw it on the ground for good measure.

Occasionally we can get him to wear one for short periods of time.  It requires an Olympian effort of distraction, and it only works for a few minutes.

The other day B was wanting to go for a car ride.  It was the middle of the day so we really wanted him to wear a hat to protect his eyes (He's always looking at the sky for airplanes.  Have I mentioned here that a few weeks ago he started doing the sign language motion for airplane?  We are directly over the DFW flightpath, so he signs this about 80 times a day.  Anyway.....).  So, we try to distract him to get the hat on.  Here's how it went -

We quickly discovered that a forwards hat wasn't going to work.  He would throw it on the ground and snarl at it.  So then we got the idea to try the backwards hat.  

It started off a little better....

And it's off!  So let's try that again...

Now really??!?  Such drama!  Nine times out of ten B is very laid back, but he knows how to throw the head back and have a very good fit.

Don't worry, Mom and Dad are not thrown off by a little tantrum (aka we just like to torture our son and laugh about it).  Dada tries again and even gets a few laughs.

Momma and Dada = 0

Baby Beckett = 10

*Winning*

Weekend Fun and Celebrating EIGHT Years of Marriage

Happy Anniversary to us!  We have been celebrating eight years of marriage this weekend.  We were going to go to one of our absolute favorite restaurants for a dinner date, but at the last minute I got a wild hair and decided to sabotage Guy's plans.   I thought it would be lots of fun to tease Guy with our new change of plans.  Here's how some of our conversations that led up to Friday night went:

Thursday night on the phone:

Me: "Hey, instead of doing our anniversary dinner on Saturday night, can we do it Friday night instead?"
Guy: "Sure, but you need to cancel our Chamberlain's reservations and see if Ricky (our favorite server) is available for Friday."
Me: "Ok, well I actually already cancelled the reservation........and I'm not making a new one.  We have other plans...... muwahhaa haa haa!!"

Friday Afternoon:

Guy: "What are we doing tonight?  You gotta tell me.  I can't take it anymore."
Me: " I'm not telling, but I do need to let you know about the dress code."
Guy: "Dress code? Uhhhh.... nope, I'm out.  No way.  Guy Mayo doesn't DO dress code."
Me: "The website says to wear 'summer chic and comfortable shoes.' Got that?"
Guy: " Summer chic??? I'm all over summer chic.  Guy Mayo IS summer chic."
Me: (rolling my eyes)
Guy: (in an exceptionally whiney voice) "But I don't have comfortable shoes to match my summer chic...."

Friday Night Driving to Ft. Worth:

Guy: "MISSY!!  What are we doing?  This is ridiculous.  I'm not going.  Me and my summer chic are going to Chamberlains."
Me: "Ok.  Pop quiz then.  Which of the following are we doing?  A.) Going to a concert B.) all you can eat food and beer/wine tasting C.) going to the zoo or D.) a charity event
Guy: "It better be the food and wine tasting because I am hungry.  Starving.  I fasted the last two hours so that I can get in summer chic shape."


Well, it actually turned out to be all four. We went to a great event at the Ft. Worth Zoo called Beastro.  Food and drink tasting, animal watching, and live music... all a fundraiser for the zoo.

And so that you can see our summer chic, here is a pic the babysitter got before we left.  (B wanted to be in the picture and sport his summer chic pj's.)

The food was AWESOME!  There was everything from gourmet meats and pastas to desserts like baklava with chocolate coconut ice cream(the best I have ever had).  Or, you could be like Guy and ignore all of fine cuisine and eat fourths of the corn dogs and hamburgers.  (He claims they were delicious... I'll take his word for it.)

We also got to roam the zoo and see the animals.  The paths were lit with tiki torches, so it made it even more fun to do at night.

But one of the best things was the music!  Sister Hazel played and they were fan-tas-tic.  Like really, really, really good.  I shall be purchasing their new CD.  And since there weren't tons of people we were right up front.

View from the back 

Where we stood

Sister Hazel

 After they finished a local cover band (Time Machine) played.  They got everyone revved up, so we got our dance on.  (Good thing we had the comfortable shoes.)

The Love Birds

It was a great time, and a unique way to celebrate our anniversary.  I will definitely look forward to doing it next year!

Here's what the rest of our weekend looked like.....

Saturday afternoon we took B to the splash park - always a good time for B man.

Beckett and I also had a picnic outside since it was such a nice day.  Isn't this smile just the cutest??

Sunday was our actual anniversary.  Since we had technically already celebrated, we kept it pretty low key.  Like super low key.

We did grab Fuzzy Tacos and headed to the park for a picnic breakfast.  Someone enjoyed a potato, egg, and cheese taco...

......and got to play on the equipment for the first time!

Guy and Beckett are so cute together. 

And this is about the cutest picture ever.  I love his 4th of July John John.  

The rest of the day was spent getting a new cell phone for Guy, making Sloppy Joes for dinner, and watching the True Blood premiere with Braum's chocolate malts.  Romantic, huh?

Some Random Pictures from the Past Couple of Days

Playing ball with his cousins....

Reading a good book....

Splash Park Meet Up....

Laughing at Mom....

Looking at airplanes...

Dada is home!!!