Casey Circus

The Caseys had a circus themed birthday party for Trey (2) and Lily (1). Trey's daddy is Michael, who was Nic's college housemate. Lily's mom is Kristin, who was my college housemate. Kristin's husband, Ryan, and Michael are brothers. Got that?

As you can tell from the pictures, we had a blast!








Nico really hammed it up and got into character.


Nico & Trey ... these two are too funny!




The birthday boy


The birthday girl


Mmmmm ... cupcakes!


There was even a choo choo train!


Like most two-year-old boys, Nico loves trains.










Breakfast of champions! We spent the night with the Caseys, and the next morning, Nic and Michael fed the boys hot dogs, because that's what you give boys for breakfast, right?


These two are hilarious, so I had to post several pictures to document their shenanigans.

Fun with Finley, Hudson, Demi and Scarlett

We had a fun weekend at the Leonard's house! Nico and Hudson played until Nico was so tired he couldn't stand anymore. Meanwhile, Finley happily watched all the action. The Dahlbergs came over to the Leonard's and introduced us to their new addition, Scarlett. Scarlett was only 2 1/2 weeks old and as precious as could be. Big sister Demi stuck to what she knows best ... swinging and sliding.


How sweet are these two?




New baby on the block -- beautiful Scarlett


Scarlett's big sister Demi


Alison and sweet Finley


These boys played so well together! Nico idolized Hudson and copied everything he did.


"Hi Finley!"


"Hello!"

Aunt Shark Visits!

Nico had so much fun hanging out with his Aunt Char, who he calls "Aunt Shark," when she visited from NYC. The two really bonded over tattoos, drums and dragons.

We hung out in Austin for a few days and then headed to the big CC.


Jam session


Showing off their matching tattoos




Nic, Charlotte and I explored Austin on a Friday afternoon.





Enjoying Valentine's cookies with Janny in Corpus Christi!




Cocktails on the Bay


Hanging with Aunt Shark at the Surf Club


Nico & the ladies

Catching Up

Once again, I find myself catching up on a month's worth of blogging. It has gotten harder to carve out time for blogging since Nico demands more attention and sleeps less. Who knew this parenting-thing was so much work?

I'm backdating these posts in an attempt to keep everything chronological.

These pictures were taken two days after it snowed in Austin ... it was about 70 degrees and sunny. Texas weather is crazy! We played outside with Nonni & PopPop and ate burgers at Phil's Icehouse.


Nico and his Nonni


Such a sweet boy ... loves to give kisses!


More kisses!


Hanging out on the cow at Phil's.

The Great Snow of 2011

We've had freezing temperatures for the past four days, and finally today, we were rewarded with snow. We got about an inch of the powdery stuff over night. Two years in a row ... so lucky!

Nico kept telling me how pretty the snow was and he was anxious to go outside and play. But, he didn't last long because he was so cold. He kept crying that his hands hurt. (Poor kid doesn't even have gloves. Socks on the hands just didn't do the trick.) South Texans just don't have the right clothes to withstand these temps. Needless to say, we enjoyed our half-hour out in the snow this morning and got some cute pictures.




Shoveling snow with his buddy Garrison


Garrison is smart ... he's wearing gloves.


Working on getting the driveway cleared!




Ready for a ride in the wagon




Cold and ready to go home!


After we warmed up, we explored the back yard, too.


Kyla is too cold to sit.