zoo trip

we headed to the zoo on wednesday after my 38 week doc. appt where she said that NOTHING had changed. so, why not go to the zoo?? we had so much fun looking at the animals on such a GORGEOUS day! mimi and pops tagged along with us to help keep up with busy boy. i rented my little motorized scooter since i knew i wouldn't be able to walk the whole zoo and also because that was the only way rhett would let me go. :) can't wait to take BOTH of my boys to the zoo one day.

court found a huge sand box and i think he would have stayed there playing if we had let him. 

sitting on the scooter together. court found the "horn" and i think annoyed everyone around us!

mr. independent

checking out the penguins while they got lunch

giving the alligator a kiss

blowing the elephants a kiss

checking out the giraffes 

hangin' with mimi and pops

and this is the famous scooter. YES - my belly is THAT big! a lady even came up to me and yelled WOW - YOU'RE ABOUT TO POP! yes, thank you for that..... i know! :) 9 more days til my due date. 

Beckham's Room

we have finally finished the baby's new room. just in time for baby beckham to arrive...... any day now. :) here are the LOVELY ladies that did all the bedding, diaper stacker, pillows, blankets, crib skirt, etc. love it all!! this is melissa's  (my sil) mom and nanny. they did a fabulous job! i just know beckham will love it! :) the only thing missing is curtains (rhett's mom is making those) and beckham's name over his crib. i'm still trying to come up with something cute for his name. any suggestions?

aunt missy (melissa) went shopping when we thought beckham was coming early. she did a FABULOUS job with all the accessories! :)

do you see the shelf over the changing pad? rhett made that! isn't he talented?!?! my MIL nancy painted the shelf and helped with all of the last minute touches for the room. we are so grateful!

i only have the closet door open to show you the shelves rhett made for the closet. again - i have the most amazing and talented husband! :)

and here i am at 36 weeks preggo. i don't think i can get any bigger! :)

halloween 2009

this was court's "2nd" halloween. he was only 7 months old last year, so i doubt he remembers how cute he was then. but, i sure do! this year, he was a fireman because he loves to imitate the fire truck siren. he had a hard day of very little sleep, so i worried that we would be a cranky trick-or-treater. but, he got a short snooze on the way to uncle jon, aunt missy, and cousin cade's house, so he was good to go. we joined them at a church festival and court just loved taking it all in! :)  we didn't stay too long because we were ALL getting hungry. we stayed just long enough to find the balloons because these boys love balloons! then, we headed out to eat and then home to catch a good nights sleep! :)

here is cade....ummmm excuse me, i mean NEMO! :)

the boys and their daddies having fun on the slide!:)

Pumpkin Patch 2009

here are some pics from our trip to the flower mound pumpkin patch this year. i love being so close! :) it was a chilly day, and it was the 1st sunny day in about 2 weeks, so there was MUD everywhere. i think we lasted about 1 hour before the meltdown began. we didn't even get a group pic with our MOPS group! maybe next year. rhett ended up taking court back the very next day so they could get a pumpkin and ride the hay ride - 2 things we didn't get to do when we were there. :) mimi went with us which was such a help since i was waddling along everywhere. next year, i think we will plan on a day when rhett can take off since we will have 2 wild boys! :)

our little "michael jackson"

my friend brittney had a michael jackson song on her blog a couple of weeks ago and as soon as court heard it, he was off! he loves to dance to michael jackson. in the video, court sits down as soon as he remembers he had a booboo on his leg (that is actually about 2 months old, but i think he likes the sympathy). rhett is trying to teach court how to moonwalk, and now - he is a pro at that. you can see his meltdown at the end of the video when he is saying -"no more dancing!"

make sure you pause the music at the bottom of my blog. :)

kid gym

every tuesday morning, court and i head to winkids here in flower mound for a mommy & me gym class. court LOVES it!!! if we don't make it on tuesday due to fever or not feeling good, we make it up on saturday (when rhett can join us!). so, this was a saturday that dad got to go and play. from the moment court hits the door, it is NONSTOP action: singing, dancing, running, playing, jumping, swinging, bouncing, laughing, etc. 

climbing the rock wall

court is so good on the bar! no fears!

one of his favorite parts is when all the balls come out for them to play with.

waiting in line patiently for stamps - court's absolute FAVORITE part of class.

he gets a stamp on each foot and each hand and we look at them ALL day!!

here is court's buddy grant, with his dad buck. the guys had SO MUCH FUN!!

check out this cute boy!

is he the cutest thing? this is cade - court's 10 month old cousin. he will be exactly a year apart from baby boy #2. so, the grimes side of the family is ALL BOYS! how fun!!! let the fighting begin (as rhett would say)! :) but, i think these boys are too cute to fight. they already LOVE each other to pieces. :)