Graduation

You know what always makes a boy happy..grown or growing?  Spaghetti night! Yes, this boy loves his mama's homemade turkey with veggie chunks and whole wheat pasta (oops D didn't know that part) Oh well! :)

**Just because we thought this was funny***Over the past few months I have been looking at car seat reviews on Amazon. I narrowed it down to two separate ones and honestly couldn't decide. Did I want one that folded down flat for air travel but weighed alone almost 40 lbs and accommodated a 130 lb child, or the one that was lighter weight and went up to 100lbs? I asked other parents and remembered advice from Andrea and Marshall from last summer. I finally came to the realization that I am usually the one in the airport by myself with Wyatt. Do I really want to carry a 40 lb car seat and will I keep him in the same seat after he is over 100lbs?  Ok probably not to both of those! HA! So anyway, we decided to go ahead and move him since we were going to Austin and could easily put the infant car seat in storage.We still had time in weight and inches on the other however, the ease of storage was a big sell to both of us. And..I was typically taking him out of the infant seat anyway because I felt like I was having to lift the carrier over my head to get it  into the Sequoia! HA! Well we couldn't install it. So we actually ended up having both car seats with us until Sunday afternoon, so ultimately our plan backfired. Thankfully the Shellenberger family had the same car seat for their youngest, so they knew the trick on getting it tight. The one thing I had read was that this seat was hard to install the first time..they weren't kidding! I wonder how many people have gotten into "heated discussions" during the installation of a car seat?  We did for 2 or 3 days! HA!

Last weekend in old seat

So happy!

We had a three day weekend in Austin and as always had a blast! We stayed with Terri, Shelby and the boys which was perfect.  Our four legged babies even got to have a fun weekend playing with Becca. (They slept the entire first half of this week!) We got in late on Thursday and enjoyed visiting for a few hours before bed. Friday, we had Thundercloud (a fav of D's) then the three of us ran  around campus for a few hours. Daniel was excited to show Wyatt the heart of the Eyes of Texas. We all know he is going to be a HOG though!!

 We spent the rest of the day searching for pants for Daniel. Apparently all the men in Austin (and Houston) are short. We could NOT find any in his length. After several hours of shopping we had success. Terri made a yummy dinner and we all prepared for a fun filled day of graduation on Saturday.

Proud. The only word I have to say how I feel about Daniel. He completed his bachelors degree while we travel full time, I got pregnant, had a baby, worked full time, kept me sane, and moved, moved, moved! I am so proud! We had a great crowd for graduation and the party after at Chuy's. All the love and congratulations that Daniel received made him feel so proud of this accomplishment. He could not have felt more honored and have had a bigger smile on his face! 

 We had a large crowd of 30 for lunch and enjoyed every second of it! I can't tell you how many times I heard that people were having a great time! Thank you to everyone that came to the graduation, lunch, or just simply celebrated with us that day. It was completely felt from wherever you were! :) A big thank you to Daniel's mom for helping me with the details! :)

 Sunday we spent the day helping clean the pool for summer. Wyatt played with H and R inside and out. He had a great time with the big boys!

 Before leaving town we stopped by to see Ben, Ann, and Connor as well as Mary and Leo. We had a quick visit at each place but, it was nice to see them while we were in. Ben and Ann are expecting another little this summer and we can't wait!! I know we will be back soon! Congrats again Daniel Wyatt and I are so proud of you!!! An accomplishment to be extremely proud of!