Gotta LOVE this face!

If there is one things our kids love to do, it is go to the park.  I must get asked that 10 times / day, "can we go to the park?"  Well, Brian caves in, so yes, we often ride or walk up to the park in July and August in Houston (the hottest months of the year!).  We may not last long, especially now that Annie has discovered how much she likes to eat mulch, the trips to the park are a little high maintenance on us (or I should say me, being on constant mulch patrol).  Here are a few pictures from the park the other day:

Annie having fun!

Climber 1:

Climber 2:

I think they look alike here!

The cutest thing:

He just never stops!

Ready to go:

Sisters:

Slide race (Jacob won):

Little Miss Annie is babbling up a storm, clapping her hands, still eating everything (we joke that her first birthday cake should be three layers of her favorite things to eat: mulch, paper and magazines, and shoes), making funny faces, eating just about everything and wanting less baby food and more finger foods, she loves her bottles (and rolls her eyes back at the first taste everytime, like it is the best thing she has ever had!) and she still smiles about 90% of the time when she is awake.  One of my favorite times, is going to get her in the morning, she is always standing at the edge of the crib closest to the door waiting on someone to come, so sweet!

She is 10 months now, and here is her official picture along with Jacob and Gwyn @ 10 months:

Jacob @ 10 months:

Gwyn @ 10 months:

Here are a few pictures from the week, that really capture the kids personalities.  Jacob doing what he does daily, drawing.  He loves to draw pictures for people, of all kinds of things.  He asks you what you think something is, and whatever you tell him, it will be wrong, and then he'll tell you what it is.  Right after this picture was taken, he decided to draw on himself (he said he ran out of paper), and used black, cheap-non-washable-marker to draw all over his face and arms!

Gwyn laughing, she loves to make Annie and Jacob laugh, and tells me "Mommy, you're funny!"  We met her teacher last week and she is super excited about going to school. 

Annie, this is her funny face she makes all the time now.  If you make this face to her, then that gets it started and it just doesn't stop!  She has her second bottom tooth now, both had been giving her some trouble for awhile, but the first one broke through last week, and the second one broke through yesterday.

Gwyn LOVES to match Annie, and thankfully their Nana and Papa and their G and Grandpa have provided some matching outfits since Annie pretty much just gets Gwyn's hand me downs.  Whatever Annie is wearing, Gwyn wants to wear the same.  She got upset the other morning when Annie had this striped shirt on and she couldn't find anything to match it!

Finally, here are some pictures of our new house, we've still got some things to do, and I didn't include any of the backyard and pool since we'll hopefully be doing some updates there in the next year or so: 

Front of house:

Dining:

Kitchen/Dining:

Living:

Living:

Playroom / Office:

Playroom / Office:

Master:

Master:

Jacob:

Jacob:

Gwyn:

Gwyn:

Gwyn:

Gwyn:

Annie:

Annie:

Annie:

Annie:

Kids Bath:

Funny things the kids said/did this week:

Gwyn (to Brian at dinner):  Girls not supposed to get in the trash!

Gwyn to Jacob wearing her new sunglasses:  How do I look?

Jacob:  Sistinguished (Distinguished - seriously, where did he learn that??)

Brian calls Jacob "Mr. Savor"  He savors every last fruit snack, candy, etc, long after Gwyn has devoured hers.  The other night we went up to bed, and he brushes his teeth first and then I go over them with him to make sure he got them good...he was being really careful and when I started brushing them and he opened up his mouth, he had a red Swedish Fish (a gummy fish) stuck to his tongue and he was being careful not to get any toothpaste on it!

The kids are learning fast and poor little Annie gets blamed for everything!  I hear Annie pinched me, Annie hit me, Annie spilled this or that, Annie hurt my feelings...poor thing!