6 month Doctor's Appointment, First Tooth and More!

Caroline had her 6 month appointment Friday. She now weighs 20 lb. 6 oz (off the charts)and she's 27 in. long (90%). She had a great time tearing up the paper on the examining table. Christmas is going to be so much fun! After the doctor's appointment, we dropped in at the Casis Carnival (my school). This was the 40th anniversary of the carnival and over 1,500 people came. We know that Caroline is going to love the carnival in the next year or so. This morning, Alex was letting Caroline chew on his finger and he noticed something sharp. Her first tooth has come through! Hopefully we'll get a picture soon.
This is a picture of Caroline's first artwork. Ronda and Erica at Caroline's school stamped her bottom in orange paint to make "butt pumpkins." Caroline's was one of the biggest! We will miss the ladies at Highland Park. They have been so good to our baby. Here's a video of Caroline attempting to crawl. She gets a little better every day!

Sunday's at the Mathes House

We had such a lazy wonderful Sunday! We smoked a brisket and played with Caroline all day. This is a picture of Caroline supporting her daddy's school, Stephen F. Austin. Here's a video of Caroline showing off her oratory skills. The video is a blurry because it was dark, but it was too cute to leave out. Lately she's trying out whispering and yes she says "dadada" all the time! She only seems to say "mamama" when she's upset. I wonder why??? We hope ya'll had a great weekend!

Texas Longhorns

The three of us headed out this morning in our burnt orange for a walk around town. We started out at the capitol and then ventured over to the UT clocktower. ESPN was filming Game Day this morning on the South lawn. We arrived after filming, but it was still exciting to see the stage. The tailgaters all loved Caroline's UT socks and I didn't even tell them that she's really a Georgia fan. All of the game excitement made me miss UGA. It's definitely not the same way of tailgating under the oak trees in Athens, but man they know how to eat here in Austin. There's a smoker at every tailgate and boy does that brisket smell good! We are so lucky to live half a mile from the capitol and UT campus. Hook 'um horns!!


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So glad it's the weekend!

We are so happy that the weekend is finally here. It has been a long hard week for the Mathes family. I had Parent/Teacher conferences all day Monday, grades were due for report cards on Wednesday and we had a field trip Thursday! Alex has been working along the border fence near El Paso. He is conducting biological surveys of endangered species and wetlands that are impacted by the construction of the fence. He will be gone a week and home a week until the end of the year. I have a new respect for single working mothers! Here are a couple pictures of Caroline in her pre-Halloween bibs from Linda Buffington. She has sent Caroline so many wonderful things!

Jacob and Staci's Wedding Weekend on Jekyll Island and Photo Links

We had SO much fun on Jekyll Island for Jacob and Staci's wedding weekend. Caroline had a ball from the moment she got on the plane (we even have pictures to prove it =). She loved the beach more than we could have imagined. It was wonderful to see all of the Brinson family and it was also great to spend some time with Allison, William, Alex and Bella. We cannot wait until our next beach trip! Pictures from Carolyn http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8CcOGTho4 Here's a video of Caroline playing at the beach. Warning! She squeals a few times so turn your volume down =)
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