pumpks.

We had the best time at the Arboretum this weekend! 

Dyer and I both had the weekend off & since it was the last weekend of the Pumpkins at the Arboretum, we had to go!
(plus mama is obsessing over the perfect xmas card pic of the little). 

Isabelle LOVED the pumpkins. 
She was adorable walking around & holding the pumpkins!  Ibelle made a few new friends.  There was even a family there that couldn't believe how much Ibelle looks like her dad.  The funniest part was a young boy (about 7 or 8) told Isabelle that she couldn't touch or hold the pumpkins since it was against the rules.  Oh well, she rule-broke.

sprinkle-sprankle.

Last weekend Isabelle and I took a girls trip to Austin for baby Andrew's sprinkle! 

We had so much fun (aside from the drive, I thought Ibelle would never sit in her car seat again!).  Once we got to Erin's house Isabelle had a chance to play and hangout with Maddie while Grace was at her G'mas playing.  We headed over to Erin's mom, Coco's, house just in time for someone to take a nap!  Sweet Coco even had a precious baby doll waiting for Isabelle when we got there!  We felt at home and slept so well (& the food was SO yummy)!  The party was a success.  It was so fun to meet up with all of Erin's girlfriends that I've come to know well over the years and meet some of Erin's extended family!

The best part: seeing baby bellys x2!!  Not only is Erin pregnant, but her sister Kara (hawkins blog) is pregnant and awaiting baby girl Hawkins in late-April.  I can't wait!  So fun for them to experience all things pregnancy together!

[sadly, i accidentally erased ALL my pics from the last few weeks, so I stole these from Erin's blog!]

Happy Fall!!!

Ibelle at the pumpkin farm at the arboretum!! She loved it, she was carrying pumpkins all over the place and made many friends!!!

red car.

Best part of Fall?

the wonderful

and

perfectly

crisp weather.

more please.

(i know she is sporting

a less than happy

face.  this was

the best

i could do.  pics + 1 yr old = ...good times.)

(thanks to Erin

for sharing this funner-than-fun

baby car. ibelle

LOVES it. no lie.)

dear ems.

{dear ems, this post is really just for you.}

{your eyes only.}

{thanks for the cutest of "I" shirts!  ibelle & i Love it.  just thought

i would post a pic since you never really did get to see what it looked like

 in real life.  sadly the bow came off, i need to reattach it.}

{& notice that ibelle is wearing an gks-original hoodieshirt.}

{don't mind that this pic was taken inside of our garage. or that ibelle

has banana residue on her mouth, it was in the morning on the way to school.}
{oh, & we can not wait to meet nugget-Andrew.}
{my guess: he will be adorable!}

3fer.

Gosh, where else does I + D + R = my heart?


(notice rowdys perfectly pumpkined handkerchief.)
(notice that dyer is holding the sweetest & nakiest of precious babys.)
(know that all of these are pICHs from the iphone, the camera pics are gone, rather erased.. Sadly.)
(regardless of the lack of posts, lack of pics, we have been busy! Not to be confused with relax-y.)
(heres to a weekend of relax-y. We ALL need it, mostly the littlest hntz.)

Shoes.

I love my 14 month old.
I love her x1 million.
Everyday {yes, each and everyday} I count my blessings.
I think about her every second I'm not with her. (no lie.)

She can now say so many things (maybe not cleaaarlllyy).
Most recently, ker-key (turkey), hoh-cog (hot dog), chus (shoes) to name a few. Sometimes I can get her to mimic me, so fun. Love this age.

Speaking of shoes!! She is wearing the most darling of little girl shoes! Maryjane Keds (I've been thinking about these shoes from pre-baby times). Thanks gma for the wonderful shoes!!
(ignore that Ibelle is crying in the pICH, she was getting a molar in tonight, talk about fussy).

:)

Dear Gigi:

I am thinking about you and hope you are feeling better soon. Love, ibelle

Candy-givers.

Ibelle and rowdy were our Halloween greeters; candy-givers of sorts.

Isabelle had the funnest of Halloweens. Ibelle was a scary {& darling} spider!! Unfortunately she was sick; there was no trick or treating for our little miss.

As we were about to put her to bed (if you know her, you know if it is a second past 6-6:30 and she isn't in bed we will have a huge meltdown) kids started to come. She would get SO excited that friends were stopping by!!! Between she* and rowdy it couldn't be any cuter!!!

Halloween was so fun!! Can't wait fir next year!!

(* I know your thinking, "where is the gdiaper???". Due to her sickness it was in our best interest to use disposable. Trust me.)

spider!

Tigger (Roshan), Nemo (Victoria), Banana (Jack), Pochahanas (Sophia) and Spider (Isabelle)

"!
Little miss was a scary spider for her 2nd Halloween!  We had the funnest time!  We went to a Fall Festival with Isabelle's friends; we were able to hang out and play!  We had a blast!!
I've now decided (along with my other mommy friends!) that Halloween just-might-be my most favorite holiday!!  It was so fun to see Isabelle all dressed up.  Although we didn't go trick or treating we had a great time.  Can't wait for next year!

BOO!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

love, the scary spider (aka ibelle)

[fyi: that is a ghouly purple ghost, you just can't see the eyes and the mouth.]

16?!!! ☺

Happy Birthday Garner!! ☺

Holy cow. 

How did 16 happen??  Seems like 1994* was just

yesterday.  I can't believe

my baby brother is 16 and driving!  He is

just about the best kid and we love him like

crazy!  Garner is turning out to be a

nice young man; we are so very proud of him!

Isabelle is a HUGE fan too.

  

[*this makes me feel a little old.]

 

Almost-Hween!

The sweetest pumpkin ever!!

Isabelle loves•loves•loves pumpkins! She thinks she is such a big girl around them since she can touch them/push them over! It is hilarious. She is going to be a little Scary Spider* can't wait!

Ibelle had a Halloween parade at school yesterday, my guess is all the littles looked adorable! She came even came home with a little trick-or-treat bag of candy!! (no lie!). So cute! Good thing m and dad Love candy.
Today we are going with her friends to a Fall Festival; should be a lot of fun!

(want to see little-bitty-halloween-Ibelle: http://desireeanddyer.blogspot.com/2009/11/mombro.html)
(* thanks mpc!!)

Sic 'em.

Happy Homecoming Baylor!

From the littlest Baylor Bear!!

elicit.

AM pICHture session.

her sweet laugh elicits happy warm fuzzies!

Walk.

Walks 24/7. Isabelle fav.

Isabelle loves to go on walks, all day everyday. She will point to each and everything in sight saying, "s-that" [what's that]. Adorable.

Her favorites: Halloween decorations, Dogs!, birds, pumpkins, people/ specifically kids, cars and flowers.

She absolutely loves when there is a bush or plant that has grown over into the path of the sidewalk. In such a way she can touch it from her stroller! It is so cute; in fact last weekend she was able to pull some leaves off a bush as we strolled by and held them (read: not Ate them) all the way home!!

She is such a big girl and we love her like crazy!!!

{three}

10-19-2007
3 years of perfectness, happiness, giddiness, cuteness {per ibelle} and silliness.

Dh: you make me smile 24/7. you are the bestest. I love you.

{here's to the next million-bazillion years. i can't wait!}

Hug.

{yep, I'm certain a sleepy baby loving on her daddy before bed is just about the best sight ever.}

Pre-Anni.

My other half spent this weekend doing all things busy:

SAHD {while mama worked this weekend} • dressing ibelle in the cutest dress and piggies ever • making me laugh, smile, happy, giddy {et al. ok, maybe he has done that everyday for the last just-about-3-years} • {make that 7.5 years} • trying to figure out his Anni gift from me {until the ups guy showed up, argh} • & one of the things he gets most excited about every October: Hween candy for trick-or-treaters!* {no lie, he does this each and every yr} • & fighting me off of said candy** • cheering on the Texans {yep he wears that shirt proudly in Cowboy country} •

Notice rowdy "supervising" in the bottom left of the pic!
If your wondering, I didn't help with the Hween-bag-fill as dh has a 'method'. Or maybe I just like to joke that he does, tee hee!

* trick-or-treaters: feel special. No young child or first year of fellowship will deter him.
**while I wrote this blog entry + watched Juno (aka the movie I watch when I found out my eggo was preggo on 1/1/2009).

full.

So blessed. 
My heart is full.  I love, love, love being a wife & a mother. 
There isn't a day that I don't cherish every single second.

Photo from D+I Holiday (or 9/2).