Play Group Halloween Party

We had our play group Halloween party at the Grissen's house today. Amy went all out and had tons of food, games and prizes for the kids. Wright won the pin the tail on the cat game and Molly won best costume. It was a great party and the kids all looked adorable.

Molly was the cutest pink piglet.

Lanie and Wright posed because we bribed them with M&Ms and juice. Still no smile from Wright though.

The best pic we could get of all of them - this was shortly before the tears began.

Our family.

Our little scarecrow in the ball pit.

Cute bunny Eleanor.

Wright pushing Lanie for a change. The Dora car was a HUGE hit with all the kids!

Sweet scarecrow.

Big Boy Bed

Wright is officially sleeping in his big boy bed! On Tuesday, I put him in there for his nap. At first he was super quiet and I thought, Oh Wow, that was easy! Then I checked on him and he was reading books on the floor. After about 3 more times of this, my telling him not to get out of bed again and eventually a spanking, he fell asleep for 2 hours. The next day was a little better. He only got out of bed twice before he stayed in his bed. Then when he woke up, he talked to himself and stayed in his bed until I came to get him. Last night, we read books in the bed and he said "Go ni ni now." We asked, "Do you want to go ni ni in your crib or big boy bed?" and he said big boy bed. So, even though our plan was to wait until the weekend, we of course let him. He went straight to sleep for the entire night! This morning he stayed in there until I came to get him. And for his nap today, he never got out even when he had a dirty diaper. He just called for me. We are so happy this transition is over and that it went so smoothly. Proud parents for sure!

Wright's Family Birthday Party

Wright had his family 2nd birthday party this afternoon when we got back from out of town. We had everyone at our house and opened presents, ate pizza and cupcakes and played with new toys. It was great fun. Tomorrow is the actual day, but I think he is pretty much celebrated out! His favorite new toys are his trains, tee ball and play wallet.

Wright and Mommy. Kind of a close up since I took it myself.

This is what he looks like when I tell him to "say cheese".

Max and Wright are big buddies.

His sweet cousins gave him their favorite hand-me-down toys.

He was spoiled with many wonderful new things.

Gigi made wonderful cupcakes that Wright could not wait to eat!

Dig in!

Jenny and Jeff's Wedding

We went to Jenny and Jeff's wedding this last weekend at the Rough Creek Lodge in Glen Rose, TX. It was a great place with tons of cool outdoor stuff to do. And in typical J and J style, everything was very nice and the food was wonderful. We had a great relaxing weekend away. Wright stayed in Dallas with Gigi and Papoo and had tons of fun. Their big outing was a trip to the FW Zoo which he loved.

Hitting balls on the driving range.

Brendan in the skeet shooting stand waiting for his turn.

He looks funny holding a gun to me.

And I look even funnier! I only hit one out of about 15!

At the wedding...

Wright's 2nd Birthday Party

My little baby is almost 2, and it is very bittersweet. Today we had his second birthday party. He loved everything about it. The whole way to the park, he was singing to himself "Happy Birthday to Wright" and was still talking about his cake that we picked up yesterday. The theme of the party was Cowboy and Wright wore his best western wear. His boots were hand-me-downs and about 2 sizes too big, so they fell of within 5 minutes of playing. But he still looked cute in the rest of his outfit. All his friends wore western attire too! The big hit of the party (besides cake and Chick Fil A nuggets) was the "gold rush" where all the kids hunted for gold coins and nuggets. After his 3.5 hour nap, he got to open his presents. Overall it was a fabulous day!

Two of Wright's favorite gifts were his Lego Thomas train set and his tee ball.

Party Pics...

What a handsome cowboy.

Wright didn't even eat the cake, he just licked the blue icing off the top.

Blowing out the candles.

After we sang Happy Birthday and he blew out the candles, everyone cheered for him. It took him a second to understand what was going on, then he started cheering as well.

Wright spent most of the party following around his big cousins.

The pull-apart cupcake cake was a huge hit.

We laughed at how quiet all the kids got when they were eating their yummy nuggets.

Hunting for gold.

Ruthie and Riley searching for nuggets.

Wright and Mommy.

Which one is heavier??

His bucket is almost full, but he is still hunting.

Lanie looked so cute in her pink cowboy boots.

Eleanor would have won best costume for sure - how adorable is this!

Wright and Owen playing on the playground.

New Favorite Phrase

I had to write something about this because it is by far Wright's favorite thing to say these days. Wright has been obsessed with Wiggles for some time now, and has started saying "1, 2, 3 WAKE UP JEFF" a million times a day! He thinks it is so funny and we do too! When he says "Jeff" it sounds a lot like either "Czech" or "Chips" but the cutest thing is that he counts 1, 2, 3 with his fingers and then puts his hands on both sides of his mouth to shout "Wake up jeff". He has started doing it to me when I am laying down (1, 2, 3 wake up mommy!) and to Lucy when she is resting or tired. I have visions of this continuing with a newborn...I can see him running into the baby's room and screaming "1, 2, 3, WAKE UP BABY!!!" That would not be good. :)

The State Fair 2009

We went to the State Fair today and had a great time. Wright is just now old enough to do a lot of the stuff so he loved it. We enjoyed watching him and of course eating a ton of fried food!

Brendan took Wright on the airplane ride.

He rode the train with Mimi.

And loved the horsey merry-go-round with Mommy.

We took the Skyway from one side of the Midway to another.

Wright was so excited that he won a prize after fishing.

The petting zoo was a big hit. He loved the baby piggies.

Feeding the cows. Wright did not like the feeling of them eating out of his hand, so he would use these shovels to hold the food.

He did like watching Mommy feed the animals from her hand though.

We went to the farm area and walked through a day at the farm.

He got to ride a tractor.

Here he is picking vegetables in the garden.

He looked so cute in his apron with his bucket which he loved carrying.

Mimi and Wright in front of Big Tex.