OU!!!!

We had a small gathering for the TX vs OU game yesterday and what fun. Nothing better that a group of men loving football. I think the women would agree that the men were louder that our children ever are..... But a good time was had by all.

Otis played his fourth football game yesterday, and they won with no problem. They are undefeated. Watching the other team's coaches get frustrated and yell at their boys, made me very thankful for our coach who is patient, laid back and fun. He is so encouraging with Otis, who is one of the youngest players. He found a job for him to do, and keeps him on task so he is successful at it. What a great coach.

Payton is walking everywhere and pointing and grunting for everything. He is becoming a full time boy. But he is soooo cute. He is still very much a Mommy and Daddy's boy, but he is starting to go to others, so maybe there's hope.

We spent Sunday at Big Daddy's for his birthday. We ate and played at his new house. Little O has a tree swing there and today, that's all he wanted to do was swing.....Payton was very jealous that he wasn't old enough to swing and let us all know how unfair it was.

Big Big News

Otis couldn't stand it anymore(I love that about him),he told me about my present. For those of you who don't know, he had ordered me something a couple of weeks ago and wasn't going to tell me.... But, here it is, I get to do a ride a long in a Nextel Cup car the night before the race. 160 MPH for four laps. It will either be the ride of my life, or I will throw up and pass out. Either way, I can't wait. What a cool gift. I will be a forever memory for me. I had hoped to one day get to go to a race, but this is much cooler.... Everyone pray for no rain on November 3. Lucky me!!!!
Everything else is great here, Otis and Payton are well and their parents are too. We are all eagerly waiting for the Texas/OU game this weekend. We are having people over to watch....
One month to Nascar....

We have walking!!!

Finally, Payton has decided to join the walking world. He decided on a Friday to give it a try, and by Sunday, he was taking 10 steps at a time...what a cutie. Now I have to chase him even harder. Great for MOM. He is still eating everything in sight, and all the time. He and Otis are so different, but I guess that's what makes life interesting.
Otis has played two football games now, and did even better the second week. He is trying so hard, but his concentration level only lets him go so long. Thank goodness the games are only a hour, he manages to get through them well. Practice, not so much. We are working on that. After 45 minutes or so, he is done. Then he's just trying to find anything else to do. And I mean anything.
We went to Oma's and Opa's last weekend, and Michael and MikelAnn were there. Otis had so much fun playing with MikelAnn. It was great for him to get to spend some time with his cousin. I didn't get good pictures, but here is one. She is 14 and beautiful. Poor Mike.

First Big Game

I don't want to seem like an impossibly proud football mom yet.... but, today was our first game with flag football and Otis did great! He is number 15 and his job is to hike the ball. He has a little trouble focusing on the game, so the coach put him in the middle of the action to hike the ball, and he does it great! They won and made 3 touchdowns! After the game, the Coach came over to him and told him that he had hiked the ball perfect every time and that's why they were able to make touchdowns. Otis was beaming... I didn't specify which one here, because it was hard to tell which Otis was prouder..... Here are a couple of pictures. It is hard to focus on the one year old, cheer and take picture, but I am doing my best. Big O can't do anything else but watch the game. He is so excited.... We had a great time as a family and Payton didn't seem to mind not getting much attention. What a day.
Otherwise, Payton is taking two steps at a time and trying to get it. Maybe soon. He is getting two back teeth and is still eating everything he can get his hands on. I know this, because yesterday while I was carrying him in with my ice cream, he took the spoon and began to eat it before I could get in the house...

What a week.....

It was a busy week.... Here are pictures of Little Otis' first day at preschool. He was resistant, but finally gave in and posed for a picture. He is very happy in the 5 year old class... He feels like such a big boy and we are working on things like "responsibility" and "using our manners". He is really maturing.

We also have a new member of the family. It's larger than most of us, and it had a bumpy ride to our house, but it is here and now installed in our kitchen. Let me just tell you that finding your refrigerator dead on the first morning of preschool can be a bit stressful.... The only thing worse is to find that you have disposed of the only large cooler you have because it leaked. However, we survived and by 8pm that evening, we had a new refrigerator and a tired mom. Let me also just share with you that Home Depot does not stock "dream" refrigerators. You have to take what is there. So if you would like stainless steal or black, and can not live in a cooler for a week, order you new fridge before it goes out. Also, the Home Depot guys are not the smartest guys on the block (my dad pointed out that that's why they don't have better jobs), and when they say,"You don't need to tie that 2 ton appliance down", or "it will be fine if you don't go 100 miles an hour" they are incorrect. The last bit of wisdom I will leave on this subject is that you need to know how to tie down your own 2 ton appliance, or have it delivered. (Which if you can not live out of a cooler for a couple of days, again order early.) Well that was our week. Exciting huh?