Happy 7th Anniversary

I feel very fortunate to have married this guy 7 years ago.  7 years ago, I could not have imagined our lives would be so blessed.  He's a great husband and father, and we're all lucky to have him.  Happy Anniversary Honey Bunny!

These photos were taken Saturday before the Texans game.  Brady and Taylor went to the game while Anna Belle and I went shopping.

It might be a cheesy grin, but I'm really happy that Brady's smiling for pictures again (when prompted).

Rockwell's

On Daniel and Tricia's first day in town, many-a-Bacot drove out to Cypress to eat dinner at Rockwell's.  The burgers are so good!  Afterwards everyone came over to our house to play for a little while.  I love that the holidays encourage so much family time.

Happy Lil' Aggie

I'm so proud of my Aggies.  It sure has been fun to have such a winning football season.  As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeffrey and Daniel took Brady to the Children's Museum.  In the parking lot, they took a picture of Brady by this big truck.  The first picture brings joy to my heart...

Brady, Daniel and Charlie pose for a photo.

 Spiderman

After our day of adventure, I was eager to see Brady and hear how everything went.  The first thing that I noticed was his black mouth...  This Oreo dessert was the culprit.

Thank you Jeffrey for taking him out and for taking and sharing these pictures!

American Girls

Yesterday, Grandma decided to take the girls to the American Girl store.  Jeffrey and Daniel took Brady to the children's museum with a family friend (who has 2 boys close to Brady's age).  Before we parted ways, I wanted to get a picture of the 3 kiddos.

 Tricia loved the American Girl store.  I've never seen her so excited about something... ever.  She fell in love with the first doll she saw.  I feel like I had to force her to look at all the dolls before deciding.  She ended up loving Ann's favorite, Caroline from 1812.  Grandma bought her the doll and a lot of precious little outfits.  Grandma also spoiled Anna Belle with a new outfit for her baby.

The American Girl Restaurant filled up quickly, so we went to Cheesecake Factory.  They have little high chairs for the American Girl dolls to sit at the dinner table.  There was a 30 minute wait, so we changed the doll's clothes and took a few pictures.

 Anna Belle's baby models the American Girl, table mounted high chair.

 Afterwards, we met with a seamstress.  Patricia and Ann wanted to get a veil made for Ann's wedding, May 18th.  Patricia bought me a dress to wear for the wedding, but it needed some alterations.  Tricia patiently waited with her doll.  Anna Belle had a napless giggling fit.  When she gets really tired, she starts to laugh (or cry) at everything hysterically.  In the photo below, Anna Belle's playing peek-a-boo with the dressing room curtain. 

 Arlene, our seamstress, made little tulle skirts for the girls.  Tricia loved it, and Anna Belle's giggling fit turned into a crying fit when we tried to put it on her.

Out with the Old

So long 4Runner

Hello Accord

 Taylor's had a really good year, and wanted to upgrade his ride... so here it is!  The new Accord has a really nice dashboard with lots of fun gadgets.  It's definitely a good car for Daddy.

The 4Runner holds a lot of nostalgia for me.  I wanted a white 4Runner since I was in high school.  I liked the new body style that came out in college.  After we got married, Taylor bought me the car of my dreams.  It went to 115K miles with no repairs (except tires, brake pads, and a battery or two).  It was a great car, and I think my Sequoia will follow in it's footsteps.  

Happy New Year!

Brett and Allison invited us to a New Years Eve party hosted by one of the doctors in Allison's office.  Since we started dating in 2001, and after 7 years of marriage, this is our first time to dress up and go out for New Years Eve.  Grammy and Pappaw were kind enough to stay home with the kids for us.  They had an awesome band (Green River Ordinance).  We really had a lot of fun.  Allison - thank you so much for the invitation!!

Prior to the party, we had a lovely dinner at the Livingston's.

If the budget allowed, I would eat lamb every night.

Christmas Dinner

We ate Christmas dinner at Taylor's parent's house.  There was a small table set up next to the big table in the dining room, so that the kids could almost be at the big table (it's not that they're normally exiled, we just run out of seats).  The table was set with little figurines of children with Santa.  Both the kids did really well.  I always feel bad for posting more pictures of Anna Belle than Brady, but he really doesn't want his picture taken as much.

 Grandma and Grandpa gave Anna Belle this stroller for her baby and Brady a crane.  We set the crane up on the train table, which works really well.  The foundation is stable and we're a lot less likely to run into it and knock it over.  It's taller than me, when it's on the table.  Anna Belle told me her baby needed a bow.  Fortunately some of Anna Belle's headbands were small enough for Baby's head.