Don Strange Ranch

The Cattle Baron's Gala Committee had a family picnic at the Don Strange Ranch yesterday as a wrap-up to a successful year. We raised over $300,000 for the fight against cancer. Don was definitely missed and remembered for being a gracious and hard-working chair of the committee. The family activities Don had planned included zip-lining, feeding the longhorns, and per usual, the food was delicious!

Patrick getting ready to zip-line:
Feeding the longhorns:

Patrick and Thomas:

Thomas's first Petting Zoo

We took Thomas to a precious 2 year old birthday party, and they had a petting zoo! Here are some pics....Thomas loved the furry goats and sheep:
Then, he seemed semi-interested in the baby micro-mini pigs...

Standing at the gate giving us that "please, please let me in" look:

This little piggy wanted in Thomas's warm jacket:

These little piggies wanted in his lap:

And these little piggies just loved Thomas!

....but Thomas did NOT love them back...

Nope, he did not love these fearless piggies at all...

The Ervin's and a little piggy - SO cute in person...but this pig kinda looks rat-ish here

A horse for a baby....

While the pictures are blurry, you get the point.... We went to a friend's house Friday night, and they busted out this stuffed animal horse that was the perfect size for Thomas! He was already trying to post / jumping up and down holding onto the reigns....I think we're going to have to get him a horse for his 1st birthday, he's a natural.

Better Late than Never

Even though he's only 10 days away from being 10 months old, we had to make it official and sneak in a 9 month old photo. We'll try to keep it more time for the next few months until his 1st birthday :)

Little monkey

Going to work is so hard when this is what I see every morning! Gives me something to look forward to during the day though! Thomas sleeping til 9:30AM is a blessing on the weekends, he's going to be a night owl like his parents.

Pink Eye and a new Hair-cut!

Last night we took Thomas to an after-hours doctor at Goodnight Pediatrics. His little stink eye went from clogged tear-duct to a case of highly-contagious conjuntivitis...yuck! He'll be better within 24 hours though with his super awesome eye-drops....long story short - CVS is WAY better than Walgreen's. Walgreen's tried charging us $91 and had the absolute rudest staff, so we took the prescription back exchanged unpleasantries (apparently I'm a fiesty pregnant woman) and headed to our neighborhood CVS. $20 later and lots of smiles, Thomas had his eye-drops and is off to a speedy recovery.

We got home and realized his "bangs" were so long they were getting stuck in his eye junk - ewww. So, daddy patrick busted out some scissors and went to work. I don't see him owning a barber shop anytime soon, but for a first hair-cut, it will do.