Pearland Oiler Black

Last Friday night was Youth Football Night at the Pearland home game. Since Luke is playing flag football this season, his team was invited along with the other youth teams to run out onto the field with the Oilers before the game. Luke was extremely excited! 

Him, Caleb, & Uncle Samuel are somewhere in that huge blob of people surrounding the Oilers for their pregame huttle. Let's go Oilers!!!!

Luke got his yard sign, so it is proudly displayed in our front yard :)

I may mentioned this before, but I am sure you noticed that Luke picked to be #10. He was also #10 last year in soccer. There is a reason for that...

Baylor had this really awesome quarterback for the past few years and he was #10. Robert Griffin III even won the Heisman trophy last year! Luke loves him and thinks he's the coolest, so that's why he always chooses to be #10. I hope he always picks that number :)

Catching up...

The past few weeks have been super busy, so I have been slacking on my blog posts. Here is a very quick catch up.

Brady is in a new football phase. Not sure if it's motivated by Luke playing now or what, but it is pretty intense. He refuses to wear anything but a jersey wherever he goes. He has also come to the realization that the Mario Williams jersey he already has is no longer valid due to the fact that Mario no longer plays for the Texans. Therefore, he will not wear that one even for pretending unless I distract him while he is putting it on and he forgets to check the name on the back.

He is also still the fisherman of the family so when Papa invited him to go fishing a the church pond he was in pure HEAVEN. They even caught lots of fish! This bass was their biggest catch so they had to get a picture with it. Thank you Papa for making Brady's whole week! 

Sidenote: not only does Brady love to catch fish, but he also loves to eat them as well. I made fish for dinner tonight and he had 4 pieces- no joke.

On to Luke...

 

He's been playing flag football since the end of the summer, but his jerseys were delayed in shipping. He did get his jersey today and it's super cool! Love Love Love! It will be so much easier to spot him on the football field now with his jersey! Yay!

I was cleaning out Luke's backpack tonight and found this note. Mrs. Judge has a mailbox set up for each student and encourages them to write notes and leave them in each other's mailbox. I think that's a bright idea on her part because it gets them to have fun while practicing their writing skills. Another reason why I love Mrs. Judge. Anyway...isn't that a cute note his friend Fisher wrote him? 

Last Friday night was Pearland High School's first home game! We try to attend as many home games as we can because we have so much fun at them. Brady and Owen chose to stay with Grammy and Papa for this game, so it was just us and Luke. Luke's team got to run out on the field at the beginning of the game because it was youth football night (more pics to follow). Shortly after the game started and began to rain and I was out of there (this momma loves football, but not in the rain). Apparently the Oilers aren't to fond of the rain either because they lost :( Hopefully next week will be better.

Sadly, I do not have any picture of Owen to post. I don't know what happened with that... Maybe its just that he is much harder to get picture of these days because he is busy busy (that was a lame excuse- I need to get better at that) Anyway, He is doing great and loving school. His newest thing is watching Dora the Explorer (I know, I know-that's a girl show, but come on he's 2 it's not like he's carrying a purse or anything) and practicing making animal sounds- he is getting really good at that. I think that's partly why he likes Dora because there are a lot of animals on her show. 

So, now I am officially somewhat caught up with my blog posts!

It's Official!!!

Today I had my 18 week appointment with the doctor. I had an appointment at 12 weeks and they told me then that they were pretty sure our new baby was a boy. At the appointment today, they confirmed it :)

We are pretty sure that our new baby will be named Griffin Wilson Allen. Caleb & the other boys LOVE the name Griffin and no matter what-  we are going to have the middle name as Wilson after Papa. So, that's how that is looking for the moment.

I hope the above picture isn't to personal for our little Griffin, but that pretty much says it all!

Caleb was able to go to my last appointment with me which initially told us he was a boy so since he just started his new job I told him it was totally fine for him to not take off today and go with me again. I did bring Luke with me though :) He has been so into our new baby lately that I thought he could really learn a lot from getting to see him on an ultrasound. It went great! He watched and listened the whole time and even had a few questions of his own. I hope he never forgets and I don't think he will.

As far as us having another boy- I really & truly could not be happier. At this point in life, I have come to realize that God does truly know best for me and our family. So, if he chooses to give us another boy- there must be a good reason. Not to mention the fact that my other three boys are nothing short of amazing in my sight. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am. They are everything I ever hoped for in little boys. I think they are pretty fond of me too :) Plus, Caleb is THE PERFECT boy dad hands down. He loves playing with them and teaching them. I don't just say that either- he really does. So adding one more little cutie to my mix is pure joy.

Needless to say we had a pretty cool day today getting to see Griffin again and finding out that he looks healthy up to this point. Thank you God for blessing our family.

Luke's First Football Game

Last Saturday, September 8, 2012 was Luke's first football game! He had been so excited about this day and it finally came. The coolest part was that they got to play in "The Rig" where the real Pearland Oilers play! I don't think it gets any better than that for a 6 year old who loves Pearland football.

 

Yep! They even had their own run-thru!

Luke had his own little fan club at the game. Grammy, Papa, Papi, Yaya, Sam & Steph, KK, and of course Mom & Luke and Brady. Daddy was on the field coaching.

Warming up!

As a mom of boys, one of the many things I have always looked forward to is wearing my boy's jersey with their number on the back. Well, my dream finally came true! I had "Allen 10" on the back of my jersey which made me so very proud.

Brady, Brady, Brady. He breaks my heart. He wants to play SOOOOO bad and I know it's so hard to come and watch Luke get to play and get all of the attention. We have set a rule though that the boys can't start playing sports until they are 5...otherwise we would be going even more crazy with all of their sports schedules than we already will be. It's tough right now, but his day will come very soon. Until then, I am trying to work with him at home when Luke is gone and build up his self esteem.

Luke's team rocked it! They won 25-0!!!

I was so proud of my boy! He got a touchdown, safety and an extra point. As well as playing mean defense. He stopped a very fast runner from getting a touchdown. What a game!

Victory snack after the game!

Their jerseys were delayed coming in, that's why he is in a plain black shirt...

My favorite coach with my favorite QB. Love these two!

Luke even had a special guest come to watch him play! His sweet friend Emily who was in his class last year came! She was cheering him on and so excited to get a picture with him. It was really sweet.

Quick family picture before we went home to get that stinky boy a shower!

Way to go Oiler Black!

First Baylor Game 2012

This year we renewed our Baylor season tickets and last Sunday was the first game of the season. 

Baylor vs. SMU

We drove to Waco with Luke & Brady. Owen stayed home with Grammy & Papa (a few more years and he can go too). The boys always love to go to see their Baylor Bears! Luke is a die hard Baylor football fan. He knows the players names, positions, good plays they've made, etc... he is fun to be around- I learn some good football knowledge from him. He is just like his daddy.

Brady loves football in small doses. He loves to tailgate, he loves the beginning of the game, he then gets a little antsy, then we get up for halftime, then he's back in the game for a bit, then back to being antsy until the end of the game. I think that will get better with age. Anyway- he loves his Bears.

Caleb & me!

This trip we got to spend some time with our friends The Wilsons. I have talked about them before- they were our very first married friends when we moved to Waco and truly a gift from God. We have stayed in touch with them over the years and always have a great time when we see them. They now have two kids who are Luke & Brady's age which makes things even more fun. 

We are looking forward to a great season of Baylor football! Sic' Em Bears!

Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

My baby turned 2 today!

Owen is still kinda in the dark about what it means to have a birthday, but he has been walking around the house saying "Happy Birthday Owen!" which is really cute. We had his and Brady's party a few weeks back, but wanted to do a little something today to celebrate as well.

Since he loves trucks and tractors so much I thought it would be fun to take a tour around our city and other small cities around us to see if we could see anything cool along those lines. If possible, we could even get out and look up close. So, we grabbed some lunch to go & headed to Alvin which is a small town not far from us. Shortly into our drive Brady stared saying how bad his tummy hurt and continued about his tummy for the next 10 minutes until I decided this must be for real so we needed to get home.

We did see an old train, and a huge tractor, but will have to have our adventure another day soon. Brady came home and laid down for a little bit then started better just in time for Owen's nap. Oh well! It was still a fun day. 

Tonight Caleb and I will take the birthday boy to dinner.

Happy Birthday my little cutie!

Owen's First Day!

Owen started school one day after Luke & Brady. His first day was Tuesday, August 28th.

This year he is in MDO 2

Traditional first day picture on the stairs. 

We had been talking about how he is a big boy now and big boys don't cry at school. He seemed to be very excited to start because I think he picked up on some of the hype from the other two boys starting back.

Brady showing him the way in. He already knows, but this is just one way Brady can play the big brother role and he loves it.

Cuties outside the playground.

Owen was a little nervous, but he didn't cry. He went straight to his teacher Mrs. Robyn. I didn't want to make a good situation turn bad, so I avoided taking any posed pictures. I did, however, come back by for a quick shot outside the door. That other little boy is Owen's friend Rob and his mom. Owen and Rob are buds, so I think that helps!

So far it seems like it's gonna be a great year!