A Little Hunting Trip with Daddy

Although I totally have not figured out how to balance everything right now with all the transitions, I do think I could get used to it if it looked like yesterday. Luke took off work at 2:30 and took the big kids dove hunting! The only way that happened was because Bailey just started her Fall Break so I could postpone homeschool homework, also because Bailey doesn't go to school on Fridays because they were not in bed until after 9:30 pm, AND because of Luke's ability to take off.

 

Here they are ready to go!

 

 

Sweet Blair kept looking at me and grabbing her shirt as they were getting ready, so I got one of Blake's old camo shirts to put on her even though she just stayed home and had mommy time yesterday.

 

Yep, I had an afternoon/evening with just one kiddo. I took advantage of naptime to knock out a bunch of to-dos and then I got to just be mommy to #3. Ms. Piggy tales had me all over the back yard and having tea in the playroom and doing chalk in the front yard. It was such a sweet time that I need to remember to just wear my mommy hat more and have more one-on-one time with Blair.

 

 

Luke sent me this and said that the kids had a ball! He said they were the best bird dogs he ever had and that Bailey was FASCINATED with the dead birds. Being that I am not the hunter of the family and that I just heard that Bailey was playing with dead birds, I definitely asked as a follow up question, "Did they wash their hands afterwards?" and he said "of course". Oh, and to top it off Luke and the kids ran into Luke's dad and got some grandpa time!

 

 

And if you read a post I did this summer, then you know that I love to check on my sleeping babies, especially when I don't get to put them to bed and look how I found Blake this morning. A boy with his gun!

 

 

I wonder when Luke will want to take the kids hunting again???

Transitions

We are definitely in a state of transition right now-

 

with Bailey starting kindergarten 

 

with me teaching homeschool two days a week

 

with Blair starting her first year of preschool & Blake starting his third year

 

with all three of those creating new schedules, rhythms, routines, and rules

 

with us changing campuses within our church

 

and with being surprised in early July with the news that we are expecting baby #4.

 

Yep, a fourth little Mezger coming to you in mid-March, which means that I am 15.5 weeks preggo. It was a rough ride for the first trimester, but thankfully like a switch being flipped, at 12 weeks on the day 95% of nauseousness and heartburn were gone, so all I am really dealing with is just being tired all.the.time. And there's nothing like pregnancy tired to prevent you from being productive, but hopefully we will start to settle into all this soon and hopefully no more transitions for awhile. : )

 

Here's the newest little one! Yes, we are finding out the gender and yes, we will announce the name as soon as we know it.

 

Gigi's Vist & More on Bailey's Birthday

A week before Bailey's birthday we had a Friday park playdate with friends from ACS. Morgan and Bailey both had September birthdays, which worked out perfect to sing to both of them while the moms got some much needed fellowship time.

That same day, Luke and some of his guy friends headed off for a hiking trip of the Tetons in early September. Luke said he had the time of his life. This post has been delayed due to my wanting him to narrow down his pictures so I could post some, but here is a glimpse of animals, mountains, guns and friends.

Luke and Kyle almost made it to the top of the South Teton, but ran out of time.

 

 

 

The boys- Carlos, Kyle, Gunar, Luke, and Joel

Anyways, my mom came down to help/spend some pre-birthday time with Bailey. Early birthday fun included Chuck E Cheese, getting to see Planes in the theatre, making Bailey a matching skirt to her 6 shirt, plus she got to open her birthday present early which spread out the gifts.

Bailey loves her "6" outfit!

 

A sweet reunion with daddy when he came home.

 Bailey's Aggie Watch Party

If I can't be at Kyle field watching the Aggies, then I certainly want to be watching it with Aggie friends, especially when the opponent is the #1 ranked team who we beat last year. Also, the game was on a national network and not cable so we could host and watch it at our house. The tricky part was that the game was on Bailey's actual birthday and I didn't really have it in me to host a kid's birthday party plus there is nothing like watching the game with a group of Aggies, so we just invited our Aggie friends and called it Bailey's Aggie Watch Party.

 

The only decoration I had was a welcome sign where I compiled all of Bailey's Aggie pictures. It was fun to look back and reminisce.

Blair decked out in her Aggie cheersuit. If you look above you can find Bailey in the same suit at the same age. 

 

The boys

 

A good looking group of Future Aggies!

 

These kids played great together and I felt like I actually got to watch the game. Thanks bouncey house! We ended up buying one since we lost our sweet deal that we had been using the last 4 years.

Danielle and Bowen

 

Nana with most of her grandkids

 

The girls- maroon looks good on Aggies and those who marry Aggies as well!

 

 

The day of the game I went looking for an elephant since Alabama's mascot is the elephants, but walked away with this. It provided some good half-time entertainment.

 

For those no Aggies out there it says " Help Bailey BTHO (beat the hell outta) Bama!!!"

 

 

 

Singing to Ms. Bailey

 

 

 

Blair and her "Bo" (short for Bowen) or her beau. : )

 

Poor Blue! With so many people in our house this was the safest space for her (under the kitchen table).

 

 

 It was a great day despite the loss and happy 6th birthday to Bailey! 

Happy Birthday Bailey

I can't believe that 6 years ago (and 3 days) I first laid eyes on this beautiful girl.  

 

 

My how the time has flown and we thank God for you everyday. I love what your teacher said about you this year, "Bailey posesses great quantities of love, imagination, creativity, charisma and energy." I could add so much to that, but one of my favorite things about you is your silliness and ability to make me laugh. Just today, you told me "Mommy, since I am the first born, then I get the birthright, right? Not Blake or Blair. And mommy, I wouldn't sell it for no soup, no matter how yummy to my tummy it was." : ) Can you tell what we have been learning about in school?

 

Happy 6th Birthday Bailey!

 

Bailey at 6 Years Old:

(These are the same questions we ask her last year and it was fun to compare her answers to her 5 year old answers.)

 

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite TV Show: Wild Kratts

Favorite Movie: I like all the Disney Pixar movies.

Favorite Song: "Hallelujah, Hallejuah, we are going to see the king." Meaning the song- Soon & Very Soon

Favorite Food: Spaghetti

Favorite Toy: Lion

Favorite Activities: arts/crafts, horses & My Little Ponies, baby dolls, Barbies, animals/dinosaurs.

Favorite Book: A Bad Case of Stripes

Favorite Outfit: My Pink Stripes (in the picture above)
Favorite Holiday: Easter because of all the bunnies.

Favorite Thing to do with Mommy: School
Favorite Thing to do with Daddy: Go on dates.
What's Something You Really Don't Like? Getting in trouble.

What's Something You Wish Mommy Would Let You Do More: More playdates with friends.

Favorite Thing to do with Blake and Blair: Play

What's Something You Want to Get Better At: Flipping on the Trampoline.
What's Something You Are Good At? Climbing Trees

What's Your Favorite Thing About School: Centers

What's Fun About Being 6: Nothing, I don't even feel six years old.

What Do You Want to be when you grow up? I want to be a trapeze girl in the circus.

 

Stats from today's check up are that she weighs 44 lbs (50th percentile), is 46 inches tall (70th percentile), and her BMI is 14.6 (30th percentile).

We Have Spirit, Yes We Do! We Have Spirit, How About You?

We are excited that College Football has started up, so we can cheer on the Aggies!

 

 

2 Gig 'Ems & a #1!

Mezger Family Fun Days

The older two had been asking to have some family adventures lately, as if we don't spend enough time with them as it is. Let's just say that their persistence won out.

 

Family Fun Day #1 was a canoeing trip on Lady Bird Lake. The plan was that I would walk the trail around the lake and meet Luke by Zilker park to trade kids and then we would meet back up at the Rowing Center. It was very hot and I am very out of shape, but the kids LOVED it, especially seeing all the swans up close. I had no idea how many there were!

 

Luke and Bailey's turn 

 

 

And then Blake's turn!

We saw this swan as we chased Luke & Blake around.

 

Family Fun Day #2 was heading out to fish at Uncle Doug's Dock. It was actually a slow day of fishing, but that's okay because we just rode the paddle boat and swam more, but that's not to say we didn't try to fish. I actually accused Luke at one point of doing something wrong because the fish kept eating our bait, but we did eventually get some catches.

 

Playing with the worms.

 

I was the first to get a catch, but it was only a perch and NOT what the kids wanted to see.

 

They wanted us to catch "Mr. Whiskers" or catfish so we can fry them up.

Blake was SO patient and tried SO hard to catch a fish and didn't. I was very proud of how he took it. 

First Day of Preschool

Blake and Blair were thrilled to start school today and walked into class with no tears & a quick goodbye. So glad to start up another year at CUMC!