Sunday, November 6, 2011

HOORAY! Baby Turns One :)


















September and October have proven to be busy months for the TX Tetzlaff's. Brooke took an acting manager assignment in OKC for three weeks, so "Nana and Papa" McNeely took three weeks off to help Robin watch the kids while he was in night school. I think that experience has given them a better understanding of why it takes us so long to publish a new post....these two kids are fun, but definitely hard work!

We were able to get away one of the weekends Nana and Papa McNeely were on duty in order to have a mini-reunion with Brooke's grad school roommates from Purdue. We went to a Purdue-Notre Dame football game in West Lafayette, in which not much good football was displayed by Purdue and it was pretty chilly too! We had been coming from 90 degree weather, so that much of a swing hit us southerners pretty hard.

In October the milestones keep coming. Leighton turned one on October 15th. We celebrated in Houston with Brooke's cousin Jon getting married on the same date. Because we were out of town for the big birthday, we had brunch at a local restaurant where Nana and Papa McNeely, Uncle Brandon, and great Aunt and Uncle Jim and Michelle joined us. Everyone was a good sport wearing the minnie mouse party hats while "peanut" aka the birthday girl wore a cute set of minnie mouse ears.

While in Houston we took the kids to the Houston Zoo, and we must say, if you ever get a chance to go to Houston GO TO THE ZOO! As far as zoo's go, it was great, kept the kids entertained the whole time and allowed us to pack lunches for a picnic. Was a fun filled family day and the weather couldn't have been better!

Robin turned 29 on October 19th, and sadly with Brooke being out of town for three weeks and the travel with the wedding and planning Leighton's birthday, Robin's birthday was a bit lackluster. As parents I think we have resigned ourselves to the fact that our birthday's don't matter too much anymore. Although with Robin's 30th being next year, it would be nice to have a big bash for him for that one.

We were really looking forward to Halloween this year with both kids walking. Halloween was on a Monday, and the kids go to a Parents Day Out program on Monday's so they got to trick or treat at school as well as in the neighborhood. Landon had so much practice saying trick or treat at school he knew exactly what to do when we started going door to door. We tried to put Leighton in the clown outfit this year. Nana McNeely made it for Brooke for her first Halloween 30 years ago and Landon wore it last year, but it was still way too big to fit Leighton, so we are keeping it handy for next year. Since we still had the minnie ears from her birthday, Leighton naturally went as an adorable little minnie mouse. Landon wore a tigger outfit and was particularly obsessed with pumpkins this year, or as he says "punkies"!

We hope you all enjoy the pictures. Love the Tetzlaffs!