Sutton's First Christmas!

It's hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone so quickly.  We had such a wonderful Christmas break.  Sutton added such a special meaning to the celebration of Christmas, and we had so much fun celebrating with her! We celebrated with Patrick's family the weekend before and we had so much fun.  Kiersten and Clayton came in town so we had all the kids together! I just wish we got a picture with all of them together.  Kiersten, Clayton, and Holton are all so great with the newbies, Sutton and Weston.  We can't wait until they are all running around together next Christmas.  

Kim, sweet Weston, Patrick and Sutton

On Christmas Eve, we headed down to SA to celebrate with my family.  We had such a great time and were able to stay down there for almost a week.  

Waiting for Sutton to wake up from her morning nap to open her stocking!

Santa left his "toy bag" behind with my name on it and it was full of gifts! 

 My first doll, a stroller, and a dino to ride!

I LOVED playing with the wrapping paper and ribbons!

Krissy and me!  Thank you for my vest.

Our family after opening up gifts on Christmas morning! 

I'm 5 months old!!!

All I want for Christmas is TWO PEARLY WHITES!!

Sutton has TWO TEETH!!  The last week and half has truly been a lot of firsts for Sutton - ear infection, cough and TEETHING.  We had no idea.  We thought her fussiness and lack of spunk was all due to her ears!  How did we find out about her chompers, you ask...WELL....

Sutton and I were walking into school on Friday and were talking to some friends.  As we were chatting, one of the teachers came up to kiss Sutton and in return, Sutton gave her a big smile. 
Teacher: "Sutton, you have a tooth!"
Me:  WHAT!?!?!?!?!  She has a tooth???  MY child!?!?!?  Are you serious?  Where??
Carrie: Don't you just love it when other people notice things about your child before you!!
Me(still in shock):  What?  A tooth?  Seriously!!  How can this be?  How did I not notice?

I quickly took Sutton to her classroom to see what I have been neglecting to see!  Sure enough, she had a pearly white on the bottom.  I couldn't believe it!  We are not even 5 months old yet!  Then, on Saturday morning, Patrick, Sutton and I were playing and we were trying to get a better look at her tooth.  And what do we see...ANOTHER ONE popping up right next to it!!  I was just glad we caught this one before someone else did.  :) 

I told Patrick, she better slow down or puberty is going to hit us at the age of 6!!!

Yoakum, TX

Ever heard of it?!?!?!?!  Well, both of my parents are from Yoakum and I spent a lot of my childhood running around this small, small town!  I have such great childhood memories there and have not been back in many years.  This past weekend, Sutton and I decided to make the trip (sadly, Patrick had to stay back in Dallas) for the Knocke Christmas which was being held in Yoakum.  Yoakum is about 5 hours from Dallas so we broke up the drive and went to Austin to stay with Krissy then drove in with her for the day on Saturday.  When we arrived, Kristen and I took Sutton on a little tour of Yoakum.  Our first stop was our Grandmas house.  It brought back a lot of emotions but was so great to see it at the same time.  Lots of wonderful memories were had there and I SO wish Sutton could meet my grandma.  She was an amazing women who loved and adored her family.  We also showed her the bulldog statue we use to play on at the highschool which is across the street from Grandmas - I use to spend hours sitting on the bulldog while my grandma watched me!  We then went on to meet up with everyone and introduce Sutton to the whole Knocke family.  The Knocke family is quite large (my dad has 5 brothers and sisters) who have lots of kids who have lots of kids...you get the picture.  Sutton got to meet her great-grandparents, Granny and PoPo (my dad's parents), which was so special.  Granny and PoPo have 8 great-grandchildren and Sutton is the youngest and ONLY girl!  She was such a hit with them - they loved meeting her.  It was a fun day and Sutton was quite a trooper considering she had an ear infection and bad cough last week.  :( 

PoPo, Sutton, Grey and Granny

My dad, Popo, Sutton and Granny

Krissy (aka: Baby Hog) and Sass

Grey was in hog heaven - look at that pose!

Taking in the scene

 

Playing with Oso and getting ready for night night.

We had a great time and I loved having Sutton visit Yoakum.  XOXO!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

Happy, Happy 60th Birthday!!  Thank you so much for spending the day with me, nursing me back to health and loving on me!  I had so much fun being with you on your special.  Thank you for all that you do and for spoiling me to pieces!  We love and hope you had a great day!  XOXO!

Happy Birthday CiCi (Mom)!

Happy, Happy Birthday!  We hope you have a wonderful day and know that we are thinking about you all day today!  You have blessed our lives in so many ways and I am SO lucky to call you MOM (and CiCi).  You are an amazing women with such love, faith, friendship and kindness (and SO much more)!!  We love you so much and are sending LOTS of kisses and hugs from Dallas!

Thankful!

Thanksgiving came and went WAY too quickly!  This year, we celebrated in Dallas and Patrick and I hosted both of our families.  We had a house full but enjoyed every moment having everyone!  As the host, you don't have much "down time" taking pictures but here are a few we were able to snap throughout the Thanksgiving week! 

 

  

Her first artwork! Look at those precious hands.

I LOVE my jumparoo in the mornngs!



AND another big milestone over the break - 4 MONTHS!! 

Our Sweet Sutton,

We can't believe you are already four months old!  Time is flying and oh how we wish we could stop time!  Right now, you love to laugh and SMILE.  Your smile lights up a room and melts our heart! Your favorite time of day is in the morning.  You are so happy when we come into your room to wake you up.  It is the highlight of our day. You LOVE us to sing to you, especially when you are in your carseat and want out.  It puts you right to sleep.  You are rolling over both ways and are trying to sit up. 

You are one strong little girl - and strong willed! We love the way you make us laugh.  You have changed us and have brought a whole new meaning to life!  You are loved by so many and we feel blessed to call you our daughter!

Thank you, God for this little girl.

XOXO!

All Smiles!

Sutton has been laughing a lot lately and listening to her chuckle is just the cutest thing!  My dad was in town earlier this week and he had her laughing when they were playing.  Sadly, when mommy pulled out the flip - she stopped laughing for us.  I will catch it some day but for now, here is Miss Sutton all smiles before bedtime!

 

FUN in SA!!

To continue from the last post, we had a busy week while in SA but LOTS of FuN!! Here are some pictures from our week!

Sweet Honey hosted a grandmothers, mommies and babies brunch at her house one morning! We all went to high school together and have been friends for many years! Who would have thought then that we would all have babies within 4 months of eachother! Too fun!!

If anyone knows how to get a group of babies camera ready at the same time, please call me! We were all over the place!

From top to bottom: Field, Mateo, Sutton, Harper and Anabelle

 The mommies and babies!

 The Grands!

(grandmothers and grandbabies)

After our brunch, we went to the SA dinner club halloween picnic! All the kids came in their costumes! Miss Sutton was a little pumpkin! She was a little worn out at the beginning!!

 Here are some of the kiddos! As you can see, Sutton wanted to call it a day! :)

 My little pumpkin!

Sutton got a new, fun toy which she loved playing in! She loved all the lights and sounds but can't quit touch the ground just yet! I'm sure she will be jumping through the roof at Christmas time!

 And we turned 3 months! Gosh, time flies. I can't believe it. She is getting so big and is so much fun. She is the sweetest little thing EVER and is a little sassy! She is our BIG love!!

 Check out this hair! I love it! I just can't bring myself to put product in it nor will Patrick let me. Don't kids work hard to get spiky hair like this???

We met Kristen in Gruene to celebrate her 3 month birthday!

We were in SA for a full week but when it was time to leave, we were wishing for more time! It's always hard to leave but Sutton and I were also excited to get home to see daddy!! We went over to Kendra and Dan's house on Halloween to celebrate Dan's birthday and trick or treat. We didn't do much of the latter but had a great time hanging out and playing with the kids.

Grey was a puppy and had his costume on all afternoon but when it came time to go trick or treating, he wanted to take it off. HA! What s a mom to do?? So Kendra put him in his pajamas and he was a skeleton! Such personality!!

XOXO!!

Playing catch up!

Sutton and I have been on the GO since Patrick left for his annual hunting trip.  I have not had a lot of time to post some of the fun activities we have done so we are now playing a little catch up!

Early last week, Kim, Grandma and I took Weston and Sutton out to the Arboretum to see the amazing pumpkin patch they have every year! They have over 40,000 pumpkins and these amazing builds. We stayed for an hour or so but then left bc the kids got a little hot!

My little pumpkin!

Sweet Weston at his first pumpkin patch!

 Grandma and Sutton

 How cool are these builds?

Weston did so good out there with all the girls!! :)

Then last Thursday, Sutton and I loaded up and headed down to San Antonio while Daddy was gone. Sutton did really well in the car and slept from Dallas to Georgeotwn. We stopped for lunch then picked Kristen up in Austin, which was great. We played all day Friday then headed to Lake Travis for a big family celebration on Saturday. My cousin, Morgan, got engaged and her fiance rented a house for everyone to get together to help celebrate. Marcus did a wonderful job and was so thoughtful in all the details. They have been dating for 7 years and we were so excited to be apart of the happy day!

The HAPPY couple!

 Brothers and their little ones!

The ladies and Grey enjoying the company, view and weather!

 Kristen, Kendra and Sutton!

This little boy is FULL of energy and so much fun!

MORE to come!!  XOXO!