Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #46

Well I have started about 3 different "Favorite Photo Friday" posts since my last one, but never got far enough to publish one!  This week I've been home from work -- ALL week -- with sick babies.  It's been quite a treat to get to spend more time with my boys, but I wish it wasn't for this reason!  So I've decided to try to catch up a little bit... bear with me, and please be forewarned -- there are a TON of photos! Eek!

Dada and our little Red Raiders!  Watching the game on a Saturday!

To sum up the last few weeks... I started back to work as a PT at an outpatient clinic in New Braunfels 4 weeks ago.  It's going pretty well so far, but there is definitely a learning curve with any new clinic/new documentation system.  My mom graciously came over and watched the boys for us during my first week back, to help with the transition -- it's so nice she's only 2 hours away now!!  The next week the boys started at a big daycare -- John still cries every morning when I drop them off! :(  But he does fine the rest of the day, and the teachers are so impressed that he knows all his letters and numbers already.  And Will's teachers just adore him!  So I'm sure it'll get better, but we are really disappointed that that's where Will picked up his illness -- he got RSV!!  :(  Poor baby!  Praise God that our once-tiny-preemie is big and healthy now, so he's only needing breathing treatments at home instead of something worse.  And like I said, it has been a blessing to be home with my boys all week.  I've sure missed them!

Gramma was so kind as to text us lots of photos when she was watching the boys:

John playing at a park with Gramma!

Our happy little guy!

Too much fun on the swings!

Peek-a-boo with Gramma!  Sadly, this is the only picture I got with Gramma!

Two brothers playing together.

"Oh noooo!"  John loves stacking and knocking over his alphabet blocks.

We went out to dinner with Gramma one night...

...and restaurant broccoli is the ONLY type of vegetable this kid will eat anymore.  Not kidding.  And NO idea why!?!

Three weekends ago, we squeezed in a QUICK trip back to Lubbock to visit old friends!  We had a blast, and although we weren't able to leave San Antonio until 8pm on Friday night (getting in at 2:30 am Saturday!) and only stayed for less than 36 hours, we had so much fun!  We stayed with dear friends Jeff and Paula Mustin, who are always the most gracious of hosts, and we got to see a lot of old friends from work and church.  Man we miss that place!

It's good to be back!  We got to go to a Tech game, thanks to our good friends Ben and Erin Johnson.

Andy and I at the game -- just like old times.  We got to see Tech beat West Virginia.  Wreck 'em Tech!!

Group pic with Ben and Erin -- it was so fun to catch up with these dear friends!

I wanted to take a pic of the boys the morning of their first day at daycare... and this blurry mess with John crying was my only shot.  Ha!  That about summed up our morning that day!

We finally put up our fall decor about a week and a half before Halloween this year... oops!  We finally had a cool front, but now it's back up to the 80s most days.  Bummer!  When setting up our "Fall Extravaganza" on the front porch, John helped by sweeping... the grass!  Ha!  Now if I could just get him to do that inside the house...  :)

Our completed Fall Extravaganza!

My little pumpkin!!

Somebody LOVES him some mac-n-cheese!  I can't remember what we just asked him in this photo, but is that a guilty face or what?  ;)

Two weekends ago, we enjoyed a day trip to Austin for Andy's cousin Audry's wedding.  Andy's brother Pat flew in from Vegas (he's stationed out at Nellis AFB) the night before, and we got to see a TON of family at the wedding.  We also enjoyed watching the exciting Texas Tech win over TCU with Andy's parents and siblings in his parents' hotel room before the wedding.  We had a GREAT time!! 

Will all dressed up in his HANDSOME duds before the wedding!  Thanks to Gramma for making the boys' ties!  This picture especially cracks me up after Andy's sister Laura said it looks like he's playing air guitar or air drums, haha.

My only photo of the two boys together at the wedding...  Better luck next time!

John had an absolute BLAST at the reception!  Thanks to Pinkie for keeping an eye on him all night!  He's at that cute age when they just LOVE dancing and jumping around -- I'm pretty sure he didn't leave the dance floor all night! 

...and I mean ALL night!  Our tuckered out boys after the reception... around midnight!!

What a sweetheart!  The morning after the wedding, the boys joined us for breakfast in bed...

...John helping to feed Brother.

And who wouldn't want to start their morning out right -- eating a muffin while wearing Dada's boots??

My guys!!  All decked out to watch our Houston Texans play!  It's been such an exciting season so far!

Last weekend, Andy's parents and brother Pat came over to visit -- we had such a nice time!  It's sure been a treat for the boys to see them more often now, and especially to see more of Uncle P while he's down visiting since he lives so far away!  John also loved playing with Pinkie and Pa's dog, Molly.

John posing with Molly in our backyard!

And now we're caught up to this week!  As I said before, I've been home with both boys all week.  Here's a photo of our sick little William Mark -- poor guy was all tuckered out from that terrible coughing!

Look at those sad eyes! :(  Poor tired boy!

John enjoying some tree climbing in the backyard!

And here's our little turkey, finally acting a little more like his old self!  He still has a bad cough but his fever has improved, and now he at least seems to be feeling better!

That's more like it!

Well that's it!  I apologize again for the picture overload, but you can't say I didn't warn ya! :)  We did have a wonderful Halloween, but I'll leave that to my next post...  If there is a "next post!"  At the rate I'm going, perhaps I'll get my next post done by Christmastime!  Haha.  Have a great weekend and God bless!

Love,

Abby, Andy, John, Will, and Wayne-Dog :)