Wedding # 3 for the LG!

We took Christopher to one of Conan's coworker's wedding receptions a few weekends ago. The actual wedding took place in India, but the American celebration was amazing. Christopher loved all of music and dancing. He was not shy about showing everyone his moves, either.

Abby, Moll, JT

We have the best neighbors on our hall. One family has two little girls, and another has a 6 year old little boy. Chris plays ball, or whatever toys everyone chooses to bring out, almost every night out in the hall. I think this is his favorite thing in the whole world. He asks me about "Abby, Moll, JT" all day long.

This hall playing may seem strange to non- New Yorkers, but it's kind of like having the kids all play in the driveway in a normal city. We just have to worry about elevator doors opening and shutting instead of traffic. At any rate, our neighbor, Molly, asked Chris to her three year birthday party. Here he is all dressed up.

They had craft projects that were super cute. All of the kids had a great time.

And, cupcakes. I think he's starting to get over his fear!

More... Texas

Okay, just a few pictures from our Texas trip left (I wrote that before I actually downloaded the pictures- correction- a TON of pictures left). A certain someone is having Birthday Eve today, so I want to catch up on my blogging!

Before we left for Austin, we stopped to see my Grandpa again on our way out. Did I mention how much fun Chris had on that piano? I'm sure the other residents were thrilled.

We were all a little unsure how Chris would do in a car seat all of the way to Austin. He decided to put all of his stickers on himself. That took up about 5 minutes, only 2 hours and 55 minutes to go!

We met Lisa for lunch at the Hobbit Cafe on our way out of Houston. It was so nice to get to spend time with her.

It took about 5 minutes in the car after lunch and he was out, whew! You like how he insisted on holding the map? Better him than me : ).

We had a few minutes once we got to Austin before we met up with the Trovalls, so we stopped at a Walmart (that was our 4th trip in about 3 days). Conan needed to get a fishing license, and Christopher needed to ride on Daddy's shoulders and buy an orange ball. I completely forgot to take pictures there, but we ate some amazing Mexican food with the Trovalls and Bonnie. So great to catch up with everyone! (Bonnie, I need you to come to NYC asap, so I can make up for lost picture taking!)

We stayed with Lauren for the first couple of nights we were in town. She was so brave to let us in her new house with a 2 year old. It was nice to be able to stay up after we put the LG down and chat with her, unlike in hotels where you have to be quiet as a mouse because the whole fam is sharing a room. Thanks Lauren! Again, I can't believe I didn't get one picture of Chris with Lauren. Geez, bad blogger!

We met up with Mary, Matt, Noah and Isaac at the Domain one evening (our former stomping ground!). It's expanded a ton since we moved. There are double the stores, water fountains for the kids, and a... TURTLE. Noah and Chris had so much fun!

Family shot + turtle.

The fountains. Chris didn't waste any time getting completely soaked.

After that (and a trip home for some new clothes), we met up for dinner with Lauren for dinner at Pluckers. It was oh so good. Christopher was more than excited to try a corn dog.

Here's a picture of us before the rehearsal dinner. Chris did great hanging with Ga Ga and Bob (he renamed my parents with words he can actually say). This was one of the first times we've left him to go out.

We decided I would take him to Tim's wedding. Kristi's wedding was right after the ceremony, so I wasn't going to be able to go the ceremony. Here's the one picture I got- you can kind of see Conan's head. Weddings are a little difficult with a toddler. He was pretty good until Dad came out, and then he really wanted to yell Daddy throughout the wedding.

So we decided to check out the outside of the church. After Tim's wedding, I thought it would be a great idea to take him to Kristi's wedding. She is his Godmother : ). Kristi's wedding was in her gorgeous backyard, that has a little stream running through it, that Christopher thought would be amazing to play in. So, we didn't last long there either. I took him to the front during the reception and he managed to step into a little pond in the front yard. We both ended up soaked, and I decided it was time for Chris to go hang with Ga Ga and Bob. My parents were nice enough to take him to dinner, so I could spend some time at the wedding. Kristi looked gorgeous, and besides a sopping wet two year old there, the wedding was perfect : ). No pictures of that one, for obvious reasons.

Our last day there was Mother's day and my mom's birthday.

We went for breakfast at Hickory Street, right down the street from our hotel. He totally picked this shirt out all by himself .

Here he is with the Grandparents.

Being silly with Mom.

Chris and Ga Ga.

Family shot before we had to leave (on our plane that was delayed 5 hours!)

Here's Christopher after we got back to NYC. You could tell he missed TX, he was trying to walk around in my new cowboy boots (awesome Mother's Day present from my guys).

Texas, the beach

Conan and I took Christopher to the Galveston beach during our big trip. We had to start off our morning with something that we can't get in NYC... Jack in the Box!

I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since we took this picture...

The more things change, the more they stay the same, right?

That was before I started blogging, but long story short we had to escape our apartment because we ran our self clean oven before our move here and our place got so smoky we were afraid for our child's lungs. Thus, we ended up at Jack in the Box, with a 2 week old, who had just peed all over his Dad.

Okay, back to Texas!

Here's Chris in his carseat, telling us all about it. He was not so sure about being buckled in a seat for our half hour drive to Galveston. I think he was saying, "I want to ride the subway!"

Okay, now he's free. Dad was putting on his fishing gear, so Chris decided to take control of the radio. I didn't get any fishing pictures. The LG was not feeling the watching Dad fish. He desperately wanted to jump in the water so bad he couldn't stand it.

So, we took him to the beach! He loved the sand. The water was unbelievable, I forgot how warm Texas beach water is. It was the perfect day. (Minus a sunburn by my poor husband who waited about 5 minutes to put sunscreen on after we got to the beach). Texas, your sun is brutal!

Texas, the aquarium

We took Christopher (okay, Conan) to Bass Pro Shop while we were in Texas. Both boys had lots of fun. Christopher loved the aquarium there. It was actually the perfect size for him. He stood on the rocks and stared at the fish (or maybe just his reflection in the glass). You can tell how much he likes to look at himself in the pic below : ).

We took him to the Aquarium at Moody Gardens in Galveston during the week also. He was a little harder to capture in those pictures as he was ALL over the place. We didn't bring the stroller, so he had free reign. Needless to say, he was a little overwhelmed by all of the fish. He loved it, but it definitely wore all of the grown-ups out chasing after our little lover of sea life. He did actually stop for a few minutes while we were there and looked at the penguins, and he was enamored by the... turtle! I can't believe it took us that long to find him a real life turtle to see. Up until that point, I think he thought turtles were just one dimensional pictures in books!

Texas, the first couple of days

We had a wonderful time in TX! It definitely made me remember how much I miss it! Here are the guys waiting at the airport.

On the plane. I don't think Christopher was as tired as he looked in this picture. Okay, maybe he was. He did great on the plane, considering it was 4 hours of being still for someone who normally can't be still for more than a few seconds at a time. He wouldn't nap, but didn't scream either, so I call it a success. We brought out all sorts of new toys- markers, cars, and etch a sketch, even chocolate flavored Elmo crackers!
Here's our 4 generations picture. We were so excited to introduce Christopher to his Great Grandpa for the first time!

Grammy's taking the picture here.

Here's my mom and Chris at church. These are her flowers on the alter for her birthday.

We went to Gringo's (!!!!!!) with my parent's Sunday school class after church. We're all a little squinty in this one, but the food was delicious!

So that's the first 2 days of our trip, 7 more to go : ).

We "accidentally" left all of our bottles in TX

I can't believe this worked, but the LG has been drinking his milk out of a sippy cup for 2 whole days. He doesn't even seem too upset about it. I'm so glad, I was not looking forward to a lecture from Dr. Julie at his 2 year appointment. More vacation pictures to come soon!