I'm so exciting!

Mommy and Daddy really came through for me! Mommy went shopping the day after Christmas. I thought she was taking back Daddy's shoes but she came home with this awesome bounce house. I could not believe it. I keep saying "I am so exciting!" but meaning "excited". I had fun bouncing by myself but wanted some friends to come over too. My neighbors were happy to bounce with me. Neighbor boys bouncing.

Check out that vertical.

I am so exciting.

BTW- if you want to bounce- come on over. My bounce castle blows up in under 2 minutes. Sweet.

Christmas 2008

Christmas is a crazy time. I can't believe someone would put Davis down. He has been carried around for ten days.

Sue Sue bought Daddy this "impossible puzzle". Doesn't look too impossible to me. They rocked this puzzle.

Mommy got a new camera. She was playing around with it and decided to take pictures of Mimi and Buddy's roosters. Kind of cool looking birds, but boy are they nasty.

My tricked out new fire trick. The bell and light work. It is awesome. Mimi and Buddy got it for me. It is at there house now but coming to my house very, very soon.

Davis got this cool dinosaur with balls in it. As you can see, he loves it.

Check out my loot. See that red donkey- it bounces really high and can hold up to 400 lbs. Yes, that means that Mommy and Tia both tried to ride it (at separate times) just to prove they weren't too big. They say it does bounce really high but probably isn't meant for adult females to ride or bounce on.

Check out Davis' loot from Santa. He got that cool ride on car. He loves it too. Can you see his two teeth? This is his cheese face. We call him Smiley now because he loves to flash those two teeth and scrunch his nose like that.

construction on my fire truck. All they guys were needed to help out.

Sue Sue, Mommy and Tia in front of Mimi's tree.

Family pic sans Daddy. We picked up Katie too. She likes to pose. Look at all those presents. Most were for me and Davis. Seriously. I got the two biggest ones. I'm that cool (and lucky, and thankful).

12 Days of Christmas - Byman House

We have been busy Bymans. Mommy has been staying at home a lot the last few weeks. Mimi has been so sick. She is finally getting better. We hope! While Mimi has been out we have been up to no good! Check it out. Party time at Mother's Day Out. Sugar much?

Me and my pal Riley.

Davis is getting so big. He climbed all the way up to the top of the stairs. Don't call CPS, Daddy was right behind him. He was so cute. He was so proud when he reached the top of the stairs.

Christmas cookies made just for you by Luke. Sure to give Santa a cavity.

Cousins

Here I am with my cousins and Nana and Pappy. We celebrated Byman family Christmas today. I raked it in and had a yummy brunch at Aunt Michele's house.

Call me Chef

Here I am making my first breakfast casserole/egg souffle with Mommy. I also made a fruit salad for the same event.

Here I am tasting a yummy creations- BBQ sauce on chicken sandwich.

Looks like I just ate more than I put on that cookie. Don't tell Mimi.

S-N-O-W!

My first snowball.

Death by snow.

Our house during the "storm".

Luke 29 Months

Hello Internet,

In my 29th month it SNOWED in Houston. Yes, you read right, it SNOWED here. I was feeling pretty lousy but once the wet rain snow went away Mommy and Daddy let me go outside and play for a few minutes. It was awesome. I'm so ready for Christmas now. Considering the snow, Little Boy (see below), the Ginormous Santa on top of the Garden Center and all the shopping Mommy has been doing, I think it is going to be a great holiday. I'm becoming more helpful everyday. This weekend I did dishes, made a fruit salad and an egg souffle. Just call me Emeril. BAM. I am doing well with the potty too but there is still lots of room for improvement. Mommy and Daddy talked to Keegan's folks and now they are all in cahoots offering us a matchbox car for every poop in the potty. Suckers, I'll show them. (Time to buy stock in the matchbox car company). I'm helping Mommy and Daddy a lot with Davis and cleaning up the garage. It has been a busy month. I cannot wait for Santa.
Until Next Time,

-lfb

Davis 7 Months

Hey internet, its me Davis. I'm 7 months old now. This is not my most flattering picture because I'm sick and have a river of snotties flowing down my face. It hurts when people wipe it though because it has been flowing for 4 days. Please pray I feel better soon! As for the last month, I'm making huge strides. I crawl like a wild man. I eat all kinds of baby food, puffs, cherios and even some teeny tiny table foods with my two front teeth. I babble LOUDLY. I can pull myself up on the stairs and in my bed and I sit up when propped. I've sat up by myself a few times but no one has actually seen the process. I love my baths still, whether Brother is in them or not. My sleeping was going pretty well until I got sick and now I can't sleep so no sleep for Mommy or Daddy either. I'm looking forward to my first Christmas. Happy Holidays!
-dmb

Elf Power

Internet, meet Little Boy. He is our resident Elf on the Shelf. He has powers beyond those of even the best parents. He comes to our house everyday and leaves everynight in order to report Luke's behavior to Santa. He has Luke on his best behavior about 75% of the time (that's better than the 50% we were operating under).

Hanging Out

It is hard to be this cool.

So excited about my new fire truck, complete with fireman that is too big to fit in the firetruck. No worries, I will stuff it with popcorn.

No autographs please, its just me Luke with my chocolate milk and chocolate donut mustache!

Davis- mobile!

Dude, have mommy rotate this picture! Well, if you can hang your head to the side, check out little brother's tooth! He has 2 now and another cutting through the top!

Santa 2008

Mommy thought this was a great pic of Nana and wanted to put it on the blog!

I was no more excited to see Santa this year than I was last year. Daddy was a sport and posed with me. I would not take my eyes off the jolly man in red. Even when I was making my toy at the toy bench 25 feet away. I did not want that big elf getting anywhere near me!!

Davis did better than me with Santa but he wasn't all in either.

A rare Byman Family picture.

Happy Thanksgiving

We went to Nana and Pappy's for Thanksgiving. It was fun, Marsha, Matt, Michele, Rob and Ryan were there too. It was a baby hangout!

Davis, Mommy, Daddy and I shared a room. We Byman boys get up before dawn and had to come up with creative ways to quietly entertain ourselves. Mommy would not let us out of the room before 6:40.

Davis spent a whole lot of time body slamming, steam rolling, and generally clobbering baby Ryan.

Here we are packing for Nana's house.

Posing at Nana's before we went to see Santa!

Davis Update

Yo internet, Davis here. A lot has been going on. Check out all the updates below. I've been hanging with family and even got baptized. Hence the "gown" I'm wearing above while hanging out with my Pappy and Aunt Marsha.

Wanted to give you all a quick update. I've run through all the stage 1 baby foods. I love the fruits the best but will eat pretty much anything. Even rice cereal tastes good when you mix it with such yummy delicacies as sweet potato or peaches. I'm crawling/scootin' around like a wild man. I can get where I need to go, no problem. But I'm not sitting up just yet. Gotta leave you wanting more.

talk at you soon.

-dmb

Luke 28 Months

Hey internet. I'm 28 months now. I've been a little under the weather lately so I'm just getting around to giving you my update. As you will see below I've been traveling around Texas. I've been to San Antonio and Austin and I'm headed back to Marshall next week. I've really had a burst of activity this month. I sing my ABC's, the Barney song and lots of other songs totally unprompted. I play by myself. I refuse to eat some stuff and beg for candy and "bug juice" on road trips. I'm really pretty much potty trained though I prefer to go number 2 in my britches sometimes when I don't get my way. Mommy, Daddy, Mimi and the crew are trying to figure out what to do about that. I sleep well and dread the fact that my paci's are going to be taken away soon. School is good. I'm even good in church. I survived the nursery and mass and Davis' baptism recently. I'm really into watching movies but the only time I sit that still is in the car on a roadtrip. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I'll holla at you soon.

-lfb

Sticky and Sweet Tour 2008

Mommy and the other Mommies on RSC went to see some old skinny broad named Madonna on Sunday night. Mommy said it was a ton of fun and that she enjoyed herself a little too much. Sadly, she came home to me puking and Daddy as sick as he has ever been. Mimi got the bug the next day and that is why blogging is a little late this week!! How hot are the RSC mommies?

Little pic for some reason but this is Mommy's pic of waiting 2.25 hours for Madonna to take the stage. Good times.

Blessed Baby

Davis was baptized at Sacred Heart Church in Manvel on Saturday. He was such a good boy. Mommy and Daddy are so proud!

The fam, the priest and the Godparents-Donna and TC!

Mommy, Davis and Mommy's Godparents- Donna and Uncle Mike.

Davis, mommy, daddy and his Godparents. So glad the hour long ceremony following hour long mass is over!

After the baptism everyone came over to our house for BBQ and cakeballs. if you haven't tried cakeballs you don't know what you are missing. Daddy thought it would be funny to take a picture of the feeding freenzy surrounding that which is CAKE BALLS!