Sweet Gracie's 1st Birthday!

Okay I will finish our Houston trip with my sweet niece's first birthday party!!  Yay!  So last Saturday, July 30th we celebrated Gracie!  Here are some cute pictures! 

Here is the sweet 1 year old, Gracie!  She was busy playing with the kitchen. :)

Way to busy playing... doesn't really want to pose for a pic. 

And more playing.  Her party was at Wonder Wild, by the way.  For those of you in Abilene it was like the Jump Around.  It had a few blow ups and lots of fun climbing things for kids. 

Here's Mags waiting for the party to start! 

So in the very back of the gym there was this blob like thing.  You know like this...

Have you ever seen or been on one of these at the lake?  Well they had one kind of like it, but inside.  It was awesome!!  I do have to say, I was so jealous.  I really wanted to go jump on it, but didn't think that would be so smart.  You are welcome, Dr. Tadvick. 

Maggie LOVED it!!!  She did awesome!  She learned very quick how to fall and how to jump the right way.  She did awesome.  We want one for the back yard!  Santa?? Please! 

She would fall and get up laughing her head off! :)

Daddy really like it, too!  He was on it most of the play time... even if there weren't any kids jumping. :)

Seat Drop! 

You know Hunter LOVED it! 

So they also had this play gym type thing and since I am 8 months prego guess who go to go up with Mags?? 

That would be Daddy! :)  Maggie kept sneaking up there, but couldn't get down by herself so Daddy had to go up and get her every time! 

So after we played it was time for cake and crafts! 

So I got to make sweet Gracie's cake this year!  Yay!  I was so excited.  The theme for her cake was the Hungry Caterpillar.  I think it turned out pretty good.  I was so glad that Nana, Grumpy, Jayne and Ben helped me finish it the night before!  They did a great job! 

Boy is it humid in Houston, by the way!  The cake was very moist!  We definitely weren't in Abilene! 

Singing Happy Birthday to Gracie! 

Ready for some cake! :)

Yummy!  I think she liked it! 

Yeah... she liked it!  Just look at that face! 

Gracie and Nana.  

Happy 1st Birthday, Miss Gracie Cate! 

Her actual birthday was this past Wednesday.  We are so glad we were able to come to her party.  She is such a sweet little girl.  We love you, Gracie!!  Happy Birthday! 

The Children's Museum

So Friday we went to the Children's museum in Houston.  It was really neat, but kind of crowded.  I wish there weren't as many people there because I think Hunter would have LOVED it even more.  Oh well... guess we will have to go again. :)

Maggie fell asleep on the way to the museum and had a hard time waking up.  She finally woke up to play with Hunter and Gracie at the magnet table. 

Even Gracie played at this table! :)

Then there was the huge arch that Hunter pulled down.  Don't worry you were supposed to be able to pull it down.

So we put it back up!  Maggie and Hunter both helped!  Maggie kept giving me blocks. 

This table we could have been at forever.  You were supposed to roll golf balls into holes at the end of the table.  Well Maggie doesn't know how to roll... but she did get the balls in the holes way better than anyone else.  It was so funny to watch her. 

Hunter drove us around Mexico! 

And Maggie did a little driving, too!  It was funny because on our way home we stopped at the mall in Temple for dinner and they had a real car on display in the middle of the mall for everyone to look at.  Well Hunter saw it and was like oh yeah!  I wanna drive that car.  Let's get in!  He thought it was like the cars at the museum.  He thought they were just for you to play in. :)

Maggie and Gracie headed up to Tot Spot and played for a while.  Hunter and I went shopping! 

When you first get inside the museum all the kids get a credit card.  This is a picture of the town that you can work and shop in.  It was really neat!  They had all kinds of different jobs you could do.  They also had a grocery store.  Hunter got his basket and his shopping list and was off.  He wanted to make sure he got everything on his list.  But he did get some cookies, too! :)  He thought he needed them.  Kids are also the workers and are there to check you out, and you get to use your credit card to pay.  It was really neat!  He loved it!  I wish it wouldn't have been so crowded.  I think he would have enjoyed the whole city! 

Here is a picture of Miss Gracie playing in the tot spot.  She was so cute!  She really liked it!  

After Hunter and I went shopping, I switched places with Daddy.  I got to play with Maggie some and he went off with Hunter. 

Here is Mags driving the car in the tot spot.  She liked it! 

Hunter had fun in this metal maze thing with Daddy.  Ben said he was so funny trying to figure out where to go!  (We didn't have a picture of him.  This is from the internet.)

We had a great time at the museum.  If you are ever in Houston, you should go!  It was really neat!  They had all kinds of different things!  

NASA

Astronaut Hunter!  We went to Space Center Houston on Thursday!  We really didn't know if Hunter would like it or not.  We have never really talked about outer space or anything like that so we just didn't know... well he LOVED it!  He was so interested in everything!  

This helmet was a little too heavy.  

Hunter was so interested in the astronauts.  He learned a lot!  Next time you see him, you should ask him about it! 

On the moon! 

The car they drove on the moon.

Us waiting to watch a movie type thing about going to the moon.  Maggie did really well during this show!  Hunter was all into it! 

This was my first time to go to NASA in Houston.  If you are ever in Houston, you should go!  They have a lot of stuff for kids to do.  Maggie was a little to young, but Hunter really enjoyed it!  I think we will go back in a few years when he is a little older.  

Oh and we did get...

sooo good!!!!  Hunter loved it, because it wasn't cold and it didn't melt.  Yummy!!!  You should go there just for the ice cream if you ask me! :)

Thank you Nana and Grumpy!  We had a great time!  

Wednesday in Houston...

So last Monday we went and saw dinosaurs.  Tuesday we went to the beach.  What did we do Wednesday????  

You know... just monkeyed around... at the Houston Zoo! :) 

We had a great time!  I think since we went on a Wednesday there weren't as many people there, which made it nice!  

Maggie and Hunter both loved petting and brushing the goats!

Maggie could have done this all day long!

(notice Mags hair is still a little crazy from the sunscreen at the beach from the day before)

They love goats!  Honey and Coach's neighbors have goats that they go to see every time they are in Lindsey.  Maybe we should find some brushes and see if they will us brush them...  ummm maybe not. :)  I don't think they are as sweet as these goats were.  

We also saw some baby elephants!  They were so cute... but a little stinky! :)

Jayne carried Hunter for a little while in this blue thing.  I think she realized while he might have been light to carry with that thing, he sure was hot on her back.  It was very hot that day. 

We didn't take many picture at the zoo, but we did have a great time!  The kids did great!  Maggie walked a lot of the time.  She is getting so big!  

So what do you think we did on Thursday??  Any guesses??