Reid Turns 2

My little boy turned two this January! I am not sure how I feel about it. It is a little bitter sweet. It is so great to watch him grow up, but he now isn't my little baby anymore.

Some facts about Reid at age 2:

He is obscessed with whale particularly Killer whales

He is talking more and more every day.

He loves to say his siters name and to him she is

Waywee.

He has learned the word no and does not hesitate to use it.

he has developed a love for taking his pants off and running around in a diaper.

Happy birthday Reid!!!

Opening presents!!

my favorite whale.

Whale cake

My hands were dyed from the fondant whales. ha ha

Trip through King William's district

The first part of January my wonderful friend Charly took me and the kids for a drive around the King William's District in downt town San Antonio. It was the area of San Antonio in the 1800s that was fashionable and where the well to do settled. Some of the homes have plaques outside to tell you about the homes history. A lot of the home were either being restored or were beautifully restored. It was such a fun trip and the architecture of the home is what I have always loved!

This was not one of the homes that was restored and as you can see it is leaning horribly toward the back of the house. The worst part about it is that people lived there. It was a little scary and sad that this once beautiful home is so run down. Loved to porch on this one, not a fan of the color, but to each his own.

gorgeous porch

One of the smaller but really cool homes

Loved the curved railing that leads up to the door

This was my absolute favorite home there. It was so beautiful. This picture does not do it justice!!!! If you look close you will see a large cement block out at the edge of the side walk. These blocks were used when the person would ride up on their horse. This horses were of course tall so these blocks would be used as a step to dismount the horse. I thought it was so interesting that some of the home owners had left these in.

This home still had the origional carriage house. You can see part of the house on the left of the picture and the carriage house is set back a little.

Sorry this one is a bit blurry, but we were driving around and I am not the best photographer :)

You can see a plaque on the fence on this one

This one was gorgeous too!! I loved the arch ways

Loved the entry on this one and the picture doesn't show the detail in the doors very well, but the doors were so pretty

Simple yet very eligant

Loved the curved porch on this one!

Sorry for so many pictures but the old southern style homes have always been a love of mine and if I could buy or beuild my dream home it would be in this style ( maybe not as big though. too much to clean ha ha).

Christmas Overload

I have made a goal to keep up with my blog better so there are no more six posts in one day. Here is the rest of our Christmas season. It has been a fun one. The kids are at a fun age and really understand what is going on.

First Derrick, my very sweet husband, knew how much I hated our old tree because it was falling apart and was a 15 dollar walmart special that we bought about 6 years ago. Well he bought me a new one this year. It was a great deal! it is 9 feet tall, but can also be shortened to seven foot if needed. It is such a beautiful tree! I love it! Christmas pajamas
Everyone in the PJs

This is what Santa left


Santa also tracked snow into our house from another area.


Avarie has been asking for snow so this was what Santa brought her

Christmas Morning

off to church

a little better lighting on this one. They are so adorable and getting way to big!

after church opening presents

Reid running away from the dog with one of her toys

Reid playing with our dog

Yes this is my prissy daughter who has wanted a pink gun for about 6 months or so now. She talks about getting her pink gun and going with daddy and grandpa Kent to go shoot the deers and the birds with them. Not sure how I feel about this. ha ha. Granpa Kent found her this toy pink gun and she loves it!

practicing her target shooting with her princess and the frog figurines lined up on a board

Daddy Reido time reading a book