A Little Late... sorry!

These were actually taken before we left for our trip to Branson, sorry I didn't get them posted till now. The first two pictures are of Cait and me at HEB. We were shopping for some goodies to take to a bbq we were having with friends but we were also celebrating opening day of AGGIE football! She wanted to wear my hat so badly so all through the store she had it on her head. Cute huh!

Cait has also learned the valuable trick of holding fluid in her mouth. She has been doing this with both her juice and her milk now. So I am constantly telling her to swallow whatever is in her mouth before she laughs and spits it out! Yay, the things we get to learn while growing up are great!!

Whoop! for Aggie Football! We're trying to teach her how to whoop now. She's got the fish wildcat down pretty well! But who wants to hear "AAAAAAAAAAA" all the time?

And remember the pictures posted of her dinner pal, Bear? Well this time she had to wear her sunglasses to eat her breakfast. I mean, it was bright outside but I think she was just being silly! And if wearing sunglasses and sitting with a stuffed friend will make her eat her meals... I'm all for it!

New Kid in Town...

NO IT's NOT ME!

I'm proud to announce the Gillian Marie Johanningsmeier will be a big sister next April! My sister is pregnant with baby J number 2! At this point the designated names are

girl: Haley Claire
boy: Nathan Michael

So I've already decided if it's a girl I'm calling her HaJay!
Her first doctors visit is in a couple weeks and we'll find out if the baby is doing well and how many are in there... Ben's mom is a twin, I'm just sayin'!!

Little Pieces of Fall in Branson, MO

I had to take a few pictures of what Fall looks like in September almost everywhere else but Texas!

Pictures from Branson, MO

Where did my little girl go? She looks so grown up here!


We took a train ride through Branson and into Arkansas and back while we were there. Cait had a very good time and the people on our train car were really good seeing as there were two toddlers running up and down the aisles the whole trip!

Cait and Gillian had a great time playing and running around Shephard of the Hills. Most of the things were closed for the season but it was a pretty cloudy day and the temperature was great so we just enjoyed being outside for a while!

There was a saddle sitting outside one of the stores and Gillian was the first to get on it, I don't have any pictures because Cait needed a bathroom break!, but we decided to get some pictures of Caitlin afterwards. She was so tired at this point and she did not like sitting on the saddle! I sat with her for a few minutes and she seemed to be ok then. Naptime came very quickly after this. Sean and I went horseback riding and everyone else went back to the condo for some much needed R&R!!

Pictures from Branson, MO

One afternoon on our trip Sean and I left Caitlin with Grandpa, Michelle and Mandy and we went horseback riding. It was a very remote little spot off one of the major highways and we got turned around a couple of times trying to find it. BUT we finally did and we had a great time. It was a trail ride for an hour. This place pretty much let you do your own thing, to an extent, and the horses definitely had personality!



This was the group of horses they had for the rides this day.



This is me and Arnold. He was a good horse, did not like the mouth shield they put on him so we spent most of our trip with him shaking his head rather violently! But all in all, a good ride!!









And what do you do on rainy days? You sit on the porch with your cousin of course! We spent quite a bit of time on the back porch while the rains from Hurricane Hermine swept through. Then we went to Grand Village and found this HUGE chair, so of course we all had to sit in it!

Mandy, Me with Gillian, Michelle (and baby J in her belly) with Caitlin!