Blythe meets Aggieland

Blythe took her maiden voyage to the motherland this weekend- College Station, Texas. ATM played Baylor, and we attend an annual tailgate but don't actually go to the game. This year the Sales came along because Stacie graduated from Baylor. It was fun to show them one of our favorite towns and get to walk around campus, which we hadn't done in quite a while.

Blythe at the Pi Phi House!

*Pi Phi girls, I think we all know that I also took a little halo picture with her in the front grass

Taking a break in the AC at Rudder
(the MSC is under major construction... who knew?)

The Century Tree

Fish Pond

Aggie Family Pic in Spence Park

And the walk back to the car...

We had so much fun getting to catch up with old friends. We just love the small town, family feel of Aggieland and can't wait until Blythe is big enough to go to the game to cheer on the Aggies!

Last weekend Stacie organized a Fall Extravaganza- an outing to the pumpkin patch and farm in Elgin and a post-party at their house eating chili and tons of other Halloween treats that Stacie made. It was Pinterest heaven.

trying to get Blythe to smile for a family pic... that didn't happen

in fact, the kids were not on board with the whole picture idea...

this picture totally cracks me up

on the hay ride

the sale fam

the lee fam

the assunto fam

playing trucks with knox

um, okay... stacie and her mom made... i repeat, made, this costume for knox. it is, without a doubt, the cutest thing i've ever seen.

good thing i'm not scared of germs because she definitely petted the pig's snout multiple times

and the after party- some charlie brown and some atm game. we actually played the second half this time, which was pretty special.

thanks to the sales for starting this fall tradition!

Cousin Love

We are super fortunate that Blythe's cousin, Levi, is so close to her age. They are literally 15 days apart. They play so well together and, because of birthday parties for each of them, we've gotten to see Uncle Trey, Aunt Joy and Levi a lot lately.

Playing the morning of Blythe's party

Blythe showing Levi how to unpack all of the DVD's

Levi letting Blythe ride his Kawasaki

Blythe hit the gas

Reading a book with Lolli




Blythe looooves Aunt Joy. I see shopping trips in their future!


We love you, Levi!

Fun at the Beach

A couple of weekends ago, we took a fun trip to Galveston with the Sale Family. I hardly took any pictures because Stacie is a great photographer and photoshop-er.

So... for a rundown of the trip head on over to their blog.

I think the only thing not mentioned was the giddy excitement that Stacie and I had over getting feather hair extensions. That was a high!

12 Months

19 lbs. 2oz. (20%)

31 1/4 inches (95%)

Oh man, this girl is a hot mess.

crawling and pulling up... i think we're still several weeks away from walking

laughing and laughing

signing more, all done, milk

loves to pet bella and feed her from her tray

babbles a ton

is starting to try out words she hears us say

loves to dance to music

she's a pretty good eater- not super in love with veggies, but we'll get there

not a fan of whole milk quite yet

I can't believe it's already been a year. We love this little girl so, so much. It's like our hearts get bigger every single day.

Blythe's First Fiesta

We had oh so much fun this past weekend celebrating this little girl's first birthday. I think Ryan and I are both recovering a little bit from the shock that this year went by so quickly.

I had fun being in craft mode and putting together decorations for the par-tay.

What's a fiesta without jalapeno ranch?

What made Blythe's fiesta so special to us were the people that came to help us celebrate- family, old friends, and new friends... We had a blast!

Blythe vs. Cake

Blythe: 1 Cake: 0

Signs of a fun 1st birthday celebration

I'll post some more party pics soon!