Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #36

Hi again! Hope you've had a great week! Last weekend we were fortunate enough to get free tickets to the Tech football game vs. OSU through some very good friends of ours. Unfortunately, you all either saw or heard how terrible that game turned out. :( Tech has had a rough year to say the least! But nevertheless, we still enjoyed getting to take John to the game, and we were grateful for the tickets!

This is my favorite photo! He looks like he's really into the game and hollering at the field, haha! A real fan!
Hanging out with Dada at the football game:

Goofin' around with Momma:

Family photo op:

A sweet one of bedtime snuggles with Dada... No matter how crazy life may seem, it's so humbling and such a blessing to have family:

Playing in his bedroom... this week John discovered that he can climb on his little shelf to see out the window better:

Look at that mouthful of teeth!

Love this one... A boy and his dog!

Have a great weekend and a wonderful Thanksgiving week! We sure have SO much to be thankful for! God bless you and keep you! And safe travels to any of you traveling to be with family for the holiday!

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

18 Months/100 Days!

What a day today is -- John turned 18 months old today! It's hard to believe our first little miracle is already 1 1/2 years old! He has brought more JOY to our lives than we could have ever imagined!! We are so grateful for the blessing and privilege it is to be his Momma and Dada!

Here he is at just 1 month old:And now at 18 months old! (Different toy, similar size)

Also, today marks the 100 day mark for our pregnancy -- 100 days to go, that is! Hard to believe our second little miracle will be here that soon!

Hope you're having a great week so far. God bless!
Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby Will, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #35

Happy Veteran's Day! A great big Thank You to all of our family members, friends, and all other Veterans who have served this great country!! We hope you know how very appreciated you and your sacrifices (and those of your family!) are.

This week has been another good one! So without further adieu, let's get on to the photos...

Poor Wayne-Dog has got to be the BEST, most patient dog EVER... even patient enough to be a step-stool to get onto the couch:

Sweet boy!

One of John's new favorite activities is to empty the entire contents of his drawers when we think he is just playing quietly in his room...

Then when told to "put it back," he will pick up one item at a time and stuff it back in there in one big pile... any chance we can teach an 18-month old how to fold clothes??
(By the way, how great is his after-nap hair? Talk about bed head!) :)

So the big event this week was on Thursday -- Andy was sworn in as an Attorney in the great state of Texas!! He was presented before the court, and this is unfortunately the only photo I got of that part of the ceremony -- John took a late nap and woke up right before the ceremony. Of course that meant he did NOT want to sit still or be quiet, so I was outside with him for the majority of the ceremony. We walked in just in the nick of time to see Andy getting sworn in! So with John squirming in my arms, I frantically grabbed my phone and took this blurry picture - oh the joys of parenthood! ;) Regardless of the poor photography, we are so VERY proud of Andy!!

Here the new Attorneys are taking an oath (ok, it was really after the oath, but the judges had them pose so family members could take photos... :) I do believe they've done this before!) Andy is on the far right of the line of attorneys with the orange tie:

A family photo op in the courtroom with Texas' newest lawyer!

And to bring this post to a close, here's a great one of our sweet John Boy sleeping like a starfish (or a "dar"-fish as he would say) ;)

Hope you have a wonderful and restful weekend! Take care and God bless you!

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

Halloween Fun!

On Sunday night, we finally sat down to carve our pumpkin! John got to help this year:

Gooey mess!

Special memories with Dada:

Our finished product:

And here's our little golfer! Sadly, this is the only photo we have of John wearing his handsome hat (that Gramma made him)!

On Halloween, Andy picked John up from daycare, then they came by the clinic to visit me at work! After I finished all my paperwork, we headed over to see Mandi and the girls. Shelby and Kinsey dressed up as fairy princesses:

Say cheese!

Our attempt at getting the cousins together for one picture:

I guess John was proud of himself for posing for the photos -- here he is taking a bow: ;)

Little Payne Stewart with his golf clubs:

Ready to hit the course...

...But not without his caddy!

The best of many attempts to get Golfer John and Caddy Wayne together for a photo:

Well we hope you and your families had a Happy Halloween! It seems like Thanksgiving will be here before we know it -- boy, this year is flying by! Hope y'all have a great rest of the weekend... Take care and God bless!

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

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #34

Well we've had another great week! Halloween was fun on Monday -- that post to come -- but the most exciting thing this week was seeing this:
That's Andy's name on the list of those who passed the Texas Bar Exam!!! Results were posted yesterday -- it's official! He's now a licensed attorney! The boys and I are SOOOOO proud of him! All your hard work has paid off -- way to go, Dada!!

On to other pictures... even though this one is blurry, I love it! Andy took this one morning this week -- oh to be able to sleep like that! :) What a sweetheart!

The rest of the photos were actually taken today -- John joined Dada and Wayne-Dog out in the backyard to play around:

Could he be any cuter?? ;)

Playing chase with Dada!

Then John joined Mama for a quick trip to Target. We tried on some hats to be silly -- any surprise that his giant cranium is too big for this hat?? :)

Y'all have a great weekend! Sure hope our Red Raiders will show up to play tomorrow against UT! Take care and God bless!

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

Pumpkin Patch & Pinkie's Visit

The next weekend, Pinkie (Andy's mom) came into town for Dave's play with Tech Theater... and to see John, too, of course! On Friday night, we got a babysitter and got to go to the play with her! Dave had his biggest role yet and did GREAT!! The play was "Urine Town," and it was fantastic! Funny and super entertaining - we laughed non-stop! Great job, Dave! I unfortunately don't have any photos from that night, but Dave did get join us for ice cream at The Arrogant Texan afterwards! Thanks, Pinkie -- what a great night.

On Saturday, we took John out to a local Pumpkin Patch! We got some great photos and he loved running around! Thanks also to Gramma -- she sent this handsome outfit to John, and he grew into it perfectly for the fall! Thanks, Gram!

This is my all-time favorite!Running!
Posing with Dada:
Wagon Ride!
Our attempt at a family photo...
This pumpkin is just John's size:
Playing chase with Dada:
Playing on the hay bales:
Such a big guy!
Inspecting the pumpkin:
More fun with Dada!
Once we picked out our pumpkins, there was barely enough room for John left in the wagon:

What a fun time! And speaking of fun, we got to watch the Tech football win over OU that night! (No comment on our game this weekend) :( John also had lots of fun with Pinkie!

Tickle torture!
Too much fun!
And of course a good ol' bedtime story with Pinks:

We had a wonderful weekend! Thanks again for visiting, Pinks! Well I think we're all caught up now, whew! Tonight we carved our pumpkin, and tomorrow we'll be dressing up John and Wayne-Dog... pictures to come! :) Y'all have a Happy Halloween!

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