Fun in Dallas!

Pearce and I got to Dallas Friday afternoon.  He was such a good boy on the drive up....slept pretty much the whole way!  He did wake up for about 20 minutes, but then went back to sleep.  Mama and Papa were so excited to see him...and me too, I guess :)  Mom had one of my favorite dinners that night...meatloaf, mashed potatoes, rolls, and chocolate pie!  Pearce LOVED the mashed potatoes!

 Mama doing one of her favorite things with Pearce. Pearce loves to be read to.

 Saturday we met Ash and Nathan and Charlotte at Grandma's.  I was so excited for Grandma to see Pearce and all of his little tricks.  When we got there, Grandma was in the main sitting room visiting with one of her friends.  She was so happy to see us!  Pearce showed her how he could crawl all around.  Then we went back to Grandma's room and met Ash.  We had such a great visit with Grandma!

I went to a craft fair last week and a cute old man was selling these "Bug Barns" for $3.50, so I got Nathan and Charlotte one....they loved them!

 After Grandma's, we went to the McKinney square and had a nice lunch and strolled around the square.  That night, Daddy grilled out and made his yummy kabobs...they were soooo good!!

 Mom finished Pearce's Christmas stocking and it is absolutely perfect!!!  I can't wait to hang it up during Christmas and fill it up with all sorts of fun things!  I wanted to take Pearce's picture for our Christmas card, so we had fun getting him dressed and trying to get the perfect picture, which I did, thank goodness!!  I'm not using these, but I did think they were so cute!  You'll have to wait to see the Christmas picture :)

"I thought a stocking was supposed to have toys and treats in it!"

"Ok, I'm happy now."

 Look at those two bottom teeth!  I mean really, how did Chris and I get so lucky????

 Charlotte LOVES Pearce and most of the time Pearce feels the same way :)

 Mama and Papa had fun playing outside with Cookie and Charlotte and Pearce....Nathan was inside asleep!

Mom and Dad with their baby, Cookie.  Cookie is such a sweet dog!!!  Pearce loved crawling all over Cookie and Cookie would just lay there and let him!

This is what Pearce did most of the time when we when to the Dallas Arboretum on Sunday! 

 Sunday evening, Daddy brought over pizzas for us and we had fun eating and playing outside!

 Papa!  You're too big for that swing!

 Papa and his big boy.  Pearce loves being with Papa!  Daddy could always make him laugh and smile!

"Here Papa, let me see that hat."

"How does it look on me?"

"Now I look like you, Papa!"

 Nathan was so good at throwing AND catching the football!  Papa even taught Pearce how to throw a ball.  I have the cutest video of Papa giving Pearce a ball and then Pearce throwing it....he really got good at it!  We just had the best time, as always!