Pumpkin Patch

Picture overload.

We visited the Boerne pumpkin patch last week to snap a few pictures. Here are some of our favorites!

Crockett was very in to the dirt.

Update

It has happened again. I am behind on blogging. My best excuse is that we SOLD OUR HOUSE and have to be out in 30 days... but that only covers about 2 weeks worth of blogging absence... the other 5 weeks are excuse-less.

Now that I've explained myself... let's get to the good stuff. Pictures!

When Crockett turned 6 months, we started solids. I have made most of his baby food. I started making it when he was only 5 months old and stocked the freezer full. I've already had to make a new batch of squash, peaches and pears. The first food he had beside baby cereal was butternut squash. It is still one of his favorites!

Crockett's cousin Hailey Yost turned 1 on September 19th. We loved celebrating with our family!

Crockett's cousin Hannah is a wonderful helper! She is a little mommy in training!

An attempt at a cousin picture!

The next day we celebrated Mimi & Pa's 40th wedding anniversary! Aunt Laura is awesome because she let's Crockett play with her jewelry!

 Mimi and Pa with all 5 of their grandkids!

Crockett has a new favorite... he LOVES this net thing. I cut up a chunk of apple and put it in for him to suck on... it gives me a solid 15 minute break... so I also have a new favorite!

On October 3, Crockett turned 7 months!

We spent the first weekend in October in Austin for my 10 year high school reunion. We met Kimberley and Hunter at Lady Bird Lake for an afternoon walk.

Crockett and Hunter checking each other out.

These guys will be buds for life!

After Crockett's nap, he spent some time on the putting green at Mama C and Bogey's house.

Crockett still LOVES bath time!

Play date at the park with some friends from high school. Really is hard to believe that we have babies!!

10 year reunion party with some of my favorites!

My sweet friend Katherine married her prince charming this past weekend. Thanks to Mama C, Michael and I had a baby-free weekend in Fort Worth to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Whit Wolman!

And... Michael and I celebrated 4 years of marriage on October 20th. Michael thought up this idea and I agreed... why not continue the trend of documenting milestones with ties!?!?!

Ok, back to packing boxes. Rent house here we come!

1st & 2nd Hair Cut

"What has surprised you the most about being a mom?" asked my parents a few months ago. I tried to come up with a serious answer but truly the biggest surprise about baby Crockett was the fact that he was born with a full head of DARK hair! 

I have 5 nieces and nephews and they were all bald or had a little bit of light hair when they were born. Michael and I were both bald babies so I assumed that Crockett would be too.

Crockett's hair on March 3, 2011

I secretly hoped that he would keep the dark hair. 

I mean look how adorable he looks?

At 6 weeks old he started to show signs of it falling out.

I took this picture on Easter Sunday to document his dark hair.

Once I realized that the dark hair wasn't here to stay, I started to document it falling out. 

 It started to look ridiculous... 

Even Crockett, as cute as he is, couldn't pull off a shaggy mullet! 

So, we called in the professional... Crockett's Aunt CAT (Carolyn Ann Taylor) my best friend from high school just happens to be the best hair stylist in all of Austin, Texas. 

Crockett had to check in every once in a while to see who it was that kept touching his hair. 

He started to get a little fussy, so daddy stepped in to help speed up the process. 

Aunt CAT did a fabulous job cleaning up the shaggy mullet and she made sure to save a few clumps of hair for me to put in his baby book. 

Then Crockett went to stay with Mama C and Bogey for the weekend and got round 2 of his first hair cut. Mama C was ready for the mullet to disappear! She has cut all of our hair at some point and the story is now true for her 2 grandsons.

Crockett is now sporting a clean cut/shaved hair style. If you didn't know better you would think he was born with very little hair. 

As sad as I was to see his dark hair gone, I think it looks better! 

His new hair is slowly filling in...

It is looking much lighter and maybe has a little strawberry tint to it?!?! 

I. cannot. wait. for. him. to. have. a. full. head. of. hair .again!