We moved to Austin about 3 and a half years ago. Things were so different then. We hadn't even been married a year, we stilled owned a house in Vail, Arizona, no kids, and Jimmy was going to start a new job in advertising. We were living with my parents in Round Rock until our house in Arizona sold (which we hoped would be soon).
So much has changed. We sold our Vail house (after 6 months!), we bought a house in Austin, we got pregnant, had a beautiful baby boy, we celebrated 3 anniversaries, got pregnant again, had another beautiful baby boy. And last week Jimmy got a new and exciting job at a company named Bazaarvoice.
Jimmy is so talented at what he does, and I'm so proud of him. He is very excited about his new position and can't wait to go to work every day. He is having so much fun. This is just one new adventure to add to the list, and we couldn't be happier =)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Hard to Believe...
But Brendan started rolling over pretty consistently this morning from his back to his tummy. I just looked back the the pictures and James was 6 months before he started rolling over! Brendan is only 3 1/2 months. It amazes me how different they are. Both of them are always keeping me on my toes, and I love that =)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
January So Far
It's been an exciting month, and it's not even over yet!
It started off with us returning home from Tucson feeling a little under the weather. James had a fever for a few days and a pretty gnarly cold. Sure enough, Brendan caught it. Turns out it was RSV which laded poor little Brendan in the hospital over night. Luckily he is doing great now! I am so ready to be done with our "quarantine" though. RSV is very contagious and we didn't want any of our friends to catch it (especially the other newborns in our playgroup) so we haven't seen anyone in weeks. All of their symptoms are gone, so we go back to the doctor next week to have a final follow up and get the blessing to hang out with other kiddos again (before we all go insane!)
On a happier note, we had some visitors last week. My brother and his wife came to visit from California. Baby Brendan was named after my brother Brendan, so it was very special for them to meet.
We had a great time with them. We went to a hockey game. James had so much fun. Every time they would have a fight James would say "go time out!" He helped himself to some popcorn that belonged to a lady sitting in front of us. Luckily, in Texas, people are far more forgiving of other people (especially at a hockey game), and she thought it was hilarious. He stayed up way past his bed time, and was such a trooper. He even walked through the crowds on our way out.
We took Baby Brendan with us. I thought he might just fall asleep (what was I thinking?) But he lasted about as long as the introductions of the players and the first blow horn. He got scared and my mom took him downstairs where he charmed the passers by and fell asleep for the rest of the game.
On Saturday night my parents watched the boys after they went to bed and the "kids" (Jimmy, my brother, my sister-in-law, my sister and I) went down to Sixth Street and went bar hopping. Now, I thought I might make it until 11:30 or maybe midnight. You see, being a new mom takes a bit of a toll on your ability to party all night. Nope, we stayed out all night! We spent a majority of our time at a dueling piano bar. That was so much fun! I would definitely go back just for the entertainment. We went on to a few others after, but that was by far the most fun. I did pay for it the next day, but it was worth it to go out with my siblings and have so much fun.
I was sad to drop Brendan and Sam off at the air port, but hopefully I'll get to visit them sometime this year.
We did get a family picture in before they left =)
So, happy 2010! Here's to another year in the Mooney House =)
It started off with us returning home from Tucson feeling a little under the weather. James had a fever for a few days and a pretty gnarly cold. Sure enough, Brendan caught it. Turns out it was RSV which laded poor little Brendan in the hospital over night. Luckily he is doing great now! I am so ready to be done with our "quarantine" though. RSV is very contagious and we didn't want any of our friends to catch it (especially the other newborns in our playgroup) so we haven't seen anyone in weeks. All of their symptoms are gone, so we go back to the doctor next week to have a final follow up and get the blessing to hang out with other kiddos again (before we all go insane!)
On a happier note, we had some visitors last week. My brother and his wife came to visit from California. Baby Brendan was named after my brother Brendan, so it was very special for them to meet.
We had a great time with them. We went to a hockey game. James had so much fun. Every time they would have a fight James would say "go time out!" He helped himself to some popcorn that belonged to a lady sitting in front of us. Luckily, in Texas, people are far more forgiving of other people (especially at a hockey game), and she thought it was hilarious. He stayed up way past his bed time, and was such a trooper. He even walked through the crowds on our way out.
We took Baby Brendan with us. I thought he might just fall asleep (what was I thinking?) But he lasted about as long as the introductions of the players and the first blow horn. He got scared and my mom took him downstairs where he charmed the passers by and fell asleep for the rest of the game.
On Saturday night my parents watched the boys after they went to bed and the "kids" (Jimmy, my brother, my sister-in-law, my sister and I) went down to Sixth Street and went bar hopping. Now, I thought I might make it until 11:30 or maybe midnight. You see, being a new mom takes a bit of a toll on your ability to party all night. Nope, we stayed out all night! We spent a majority of our time at a dueling piano bar. That was so much fun! I would definitely go back just for the entertainment. We went on to a few others after, but that was by far the most fun. I did pay for it the next day, but it was worth it to go out with my siblings and have so much fun.
I was sad to drop Brendan and Sam off at the air port, but hopefully I'll get to visit them sometime this year.
We did get a family picture in before they left =)
So, happy 2010! Here's to another year in the Mooney House =)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Back From the Desert
We got back from Tucson yesterday afternoon. We are exhausted, but we had the best time. We got all of our favorite food stops and and saw a lot of family. We also did a lot of fun things like go to the Pima Air and Space Museum, the Zoo, and Story Time at the library. James had the best time with the cousins and aunts and uncles and (of course) his grand and great grand parents. We were sad to leave Arizona, but we're happy to be in our own beds.
Here are some pictures from the trip =)
James had his third round of gift giving.
He was very patient when it came time for Grandpa Henry to unpackage the toys (note to self: unwrap all packaging before wrapping gifts!)
Great Grandma Sue and Great Grandmama
It's fuzzy, but it's proof I was there =)
Finally got to play with that car!
Lorraine was such a big help with both boys. I'm pretty sure she was in heaven holding Brendan =)
Lorraine, Jessica and Dirk showed James a great time at their house. He got to pick up dog poop, water plants, and watch Ice Age! James was in Heaven. I was sad when they left for a portion of time we were there. But thank goodness they came back to us!
This picture cracks me up. Brendan's face is priceless.
Uncle Travis and Brendan (I love this picture)
The Baldy Club (Travis was in the middle of a hair cut)
Grandpa Bob
The future Mrs. Mooney-aka Taryn, Travis' fiance. Welcome to the family!
Darin, Denise, and Krista drove down from Phoenix just to see us. It was so great to see them! Thanks for making the trek!
Grandma Nana MaMaw Sandra
Cousin Eric and James. So cute together. They are about the same age difference as Jimmy and his cousin Todd. Really cool =)
James was so excited to see all the planes at Pima Air and Space Museum that he was just running in circles not knowing which way to turn!
I think this is the only picture of the two of us together from the trip. I guess someone's got to be on camera duty!
After the museum we went to In-N-Out for burgers. Yum!
We saw elephants at the zoo...
...and giraffes
Brendan thoroughly enjoyed himself =)
Hey! I was there too!
James had a great time.
I wish I had taken more pictures. Like of cousins Kayla and Maddy and Jimmy's cousin Stacey and her husband Will. They had us over for dinner one night. We had so much fun at their house. Also of Story Time at the library! James was so cute and Georgia made for a great elephant =)
We can't wait until we can make it back to Tucson!
Here are some pictures from the trip =)
James had his third round of gift giving.
He was very patient when it came time for Grandpa Henry to unpackage the toys (note to self: unwrap all packaging before wrapping gifts!)
Great Grandma Sue and Great Grandmama
It's fuzzy, but it's proof I was there =)
Finally got to play with that car!
Lorraine was such a big help with both boys. I'm pretty sure she was in heaven holding Brendan =)
Lorraine, Jessica and Dirk showed James a great time at their house. He got to pick up dog poop, water plants, and watch Ice Age! James was in Heaven. I was sad when they left for a portion of time we were there. But thank goodness they came back to us!
This picture cracks me up. Brendan's face is priceless.
Uncle Travis and Brendan (I love this picture)
The Baldy Club (Travis was in the middle of a hair cut)
Grandpa Bob
The future Mrs. Mooney-aka Taryn, Travis' fiance. Welcome to the family!
Darin, Denise, and Krista drove down from Phoenix just to see us. It was so great to see them! Thanks for making the trek!
Grandma Nana MaMaw Sandra
Cousin Eric and James. So cute together. They are about the same age difference as Jimmy and his cousin Todd. Really cool =)
James was so excited to see all the planes at Pima Air and Space Museum that he was just running in circles not knowing which way to turn!
I think this is the only picture of the two of us together from the trip. I guess someone's got to be on camera duty!
After the museum we went to In-N-Out for burgers. Yum!
We saw elephants at the zoo...
...and giraffes
Brendan thoroughly enjoyed himself =)
Hey! I was there too!
James had a great time.
I wish I had taken more pictures. Like of cousins Kayla and Maddy and Jimmy's cousin Stacey and her husband Will. They had us over for dinner one night. We had so much fun at their house. Also of Story Time at the library! James was so cute and Georgia made for a great elephant =)
We can't wait until we can make it back to Tucson!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Merry Christmas
We had a great Christmas! On Christmas Eve we made pizza and read The Night Before Christmas.
We've been reading it every night this December to introduce Santa to James. On Christmas morning we all woke up early to open gifts. Santa had visited (he enjoyed some cookies and an apple for the reindeer) and brought the boys some special treats.
He decided to go green this year and wrapped his gifts in reusable bags which we will set out next year for him to use.
Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the rest of the day. James was also visited by Santa at their house. It was a super fun day because James is starting to understand what Christmas is, and he was so joyful the entire day.
Tomorrow we head for Tucson to have our final Christmas celebration and to celebrate the New Year.
Merry Christmas from the Texas Mooneys!
We've been reading it every night this December to introduce Santa to James. On Christmas morning we all woke up early to open gifts. Santa had visited (he enjoyed some cookies and an apple for the reindeer) and brought the boys some special treats.
He decided to go green this year and wrapped his gifts in reusable bags which we will set out next year for him to use.
Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the rest of the day. James was also visited by Santa at their house. It was a super fun day because James is starting to understand what Christmas is, and he was so joyful the entire day.
Tomorrow we head for Tucson to have our final Christmas celebration and to celebrate the New Year.
Merry Christmas from the Texas Mooneys!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Getting in the Christmas Spirit
Today we made gingerbread houses. We went to the store this morning and headed up to Round Rock to build them with Grandpa Mark and Grandma Susan. When James was napping my mom and I put the houses together. We did a little research and found the best way to adhere them together was to make a caramel and dip the sides of the houses together. This made the joints so strong that they would not fall apart. This is definitely something I recommend to those of you with kids and want to build strong gingerbread houses. Definitely assemble them without the kiddos because the sugar is h-o-t.
We used graham crackers and tons of candy to decorate. They turned out so cute!
James' and his armless/legless/headless gingerbread man
Grandpa Mark's with his self portrait gingerbread man sun bathing
Grandma Susan's (love the window boxes)
Jimmy's (he gets the award for best shingles)
Anna's (it looks just like our house, right?)
Some of us also decorated gingerbread men =)
Jimmy's self portrait with a burger and fries
And Anna's Rudolf
James did great. I was a little worried that he might not decorate the house and just stuff himself silly with candy. He did have some candy, but he decorated his house and knew when he had had too much candy and stopped.
He ran his sugar high off in the yard next door with the neighbor boys who taught him to play soccer. It was so fun to see James interact with the older boys, and they were so caring to have been so patient with him.
Today was a great day. It really felt like we were making some family memories and traditions =)
We used graham crackers and tons of candy to decorate. They turned out so cute!
James' and his armless/legless/headless gingerbread man
Grandpa Mark's with his self portrait gingerbread man sun bathing
Grandma Susan's (love the window boxes)
Jimmy's (he gets the award for best shingles)
Anna's (it looks just like our house, right?)
Some of us also decorated gingerbread men =)
Jimmy's self portrait with a burger and fries
And Anna's Rudolf
James did great. I was a little worried that he might not decorate the house and just stuff himself silly with candy. He did have some candy, but he decorated his house and knew when he had had too much candy and stopped.
He ran his sugar high off in the yard next door with the neighbor boys who taught him to play soccer. It was so fun to see James interact with the older boys, and they were so caring to have been so patient with him.
Today was a great day. It really felt like we were making some family memories and traditions =)
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