GO COWBOYS!!

So, the game was VERY fun! We decided not to take Natalie and tried in vain to find another friend to come with us (sorry guys!). Unfortunately our camera died when we were trying to take pregame pictures, so we have no pictures from the game, this was sad for me. I was afraid that this was a sign of things to come, but the day got a LOT better.

It all started when we were waiting in line to come in the gates to the stadium. They were having problems with the ticket scanners so we had to wait in the sun for a good bit, and we were getting hot and thirsty. This small amount of discomfort was canceled out when a guy (Keith thinks he is from dallascowboys.com) came over to those of us waiting in line and asked if anyone had upper deck seats. We did so we spoke up, the guy then gave us 2 FRONT ROW tickets!! We were down on the Cowboys side near the end zone in section 23. Jason was very sweet and let Keith and I go down to the 2 front row seats, but it wasn't too crowded so during the 2nd quarter Jason came down and sat with us. It was a lot of fun to be RIGHT THERE with the game, but honestly we all agreed it was probably easier to watch the game from the upper deck. Luckily we convinced someone to tape the game for us (thanks Kelli!) so we can go back and really see the whole game. The depth perception down on the sidelines is off so I could never tell if it was a first down or not until we looked up at the jumbo tron things. Any who, I won't go into all the details, but it was a good time over all. It was really cool to see all the players in real life. When we were waiting for the game to start we kept pointing out players, like "there's so and so" and "oh look it's whats his face", we then realized that soon we would see ALL the players, so we kind of laughed at ourselves for that. And for those of you wondering, Tony Romo and Peyton Manning are even cuter in real life!

And by the way...the Cowboys won 23-10!

The Big Game!!

So, tonight we are finally going to the game. With all the commotion of moving and unpacking the last few days have flown by and it was Thursday before we knew it!! The apartment is really coming along. Kelli came over last night and forced me to unpack the kitchen. She was right, it was nice to wake up to an unpacked kitchen! (thank you Kelli!!) Now I just have to unpack everything else. This apartment is significantly bigger, but there is less storage area, so I may end up having to unpack everything.

So, I am having a moral dilemma. Keith and I told Natalie forever ago that she was coming to the game with us. Keith and I thought nothing of it and were totally prepared to take her and have a great family activity (minus Brady). But, on Sunday someone put a little seed of doubt in my head about how hard it will be to keep her occupied and content during the whole 6 hours that will be the game experience. So now I do not know what to do. Do I take her and risk not being able to actually watch the game that I have been looking forward to for months or do I leave her at home and risk hurting her feelings and in turn end up lying to her about it? These are the questions that haunt me!! Any advice would be appreciated!

moving...aargh!!!

I just wanted to do a quick post to update everyone and let you all know that we are still alive! We were supposed to move in to our new apartment on Saturday, but Friday night when we did a quick walk through of our new abode we realized that the carpet was too gross for words. So needless to say we had to get the carpet cleaned or changed. This wouldn't have been so bad except for the fact that all of our stuff was boxed and ready for a Saturday move. Our phone and Internet was also disconnected and set up at the new place (this is why I haven't been able to post until now) and now we couldn't move in until Wednesday. So here it is Monday afternoon and Keith, Jason, and I are here cleaning up and trying to see if we can't rid our new apartment of all traces of its previous inhabitants. As we look around the apartment we are seeing more and more things wrong with it. (For example, the kitchen has NO drawers for the silverware. There is not one single drawer that is bigger than 6 inches wide!! How am I supposed to deal with this?!)

Any who, I need to keep cleaning, but I wanted to touch bases and let everyone know that I will be sending out a mass email with our new home phone and address, until then if you need us use my cell phone. Please wish us luck in turning this new place into our new home!!

Mama

That is the sweetest word I have ever heard when it comes out of the mouth of a freshly speaking child! Brady has finally decided to really give this talking thing a try. On Sunday he really began recognizing that "mama" is talking about me. Now maybe this is really slow and he is behind, but i don't care! You should hear how sweet he sounds when he says it. I want to melt. I think if my kids knew the effect of their cuteness on me they would milk it so much more. I want to give him anything he wants when he says that one little word and looks at me with his big blue eyes. Now this is not to say that he does not still get confused. He often points at himself and says "mama", or pokes Keith in the arm and says "mama,", but I still like to think that deep down he knows that I am "mama". This one word has opened the gates of language for Brady. He is trying to say every little word we say. I am very excited, I really thought we were going to have a problem with his speech, but it seems like everything may work out with plenty of practice and prodding from me and Keith.

sooo close!

OK, so football is SO close. As I sit here working in my closet/office I can hear Keith watching highlights of training camp and interviews. I actually missed a Tony Romo interview the other night! That is the best part, I love to get to know the players. It makes the game much more enjoyable when the team doesn't seem like a bunch of thugs. I am so glad that we moved here because now we get to see everything Cowboys on TV. I remember Keith and I were shocked the first time we saw a Cowboys bit on the local news, we were like "this is so COOL!!!" When you live near the team it is always on TV and so it is easy to get pumped up for the season.

So I guess I didn't really have anything to write about except that for some reason I am VERY excited for football season. I think it has something to do with all the changes that are taking place. New QB, new coach, new regime, should make for an interesting if not awesome season. I feel bad for Keith who has been waiting for a good season for over 10 years! I have only been waiting for 6! Keith says that makes me a good fan though because I have never like them when they were really good, except for that brief stint with Quincy Carter where we all got our hopes up.

This just in...

Natalie has informed me that her name is now "Shoe Fix", I am just guessing at the spelling here people. It took me long enought to decifer what she was saying, Nat...I mean Shoe Fix is not the greatest at saying the F sound. So, we shall see how long this lasts, as of right now she won't answer to Natalie. I will keep you all posted!

OK... one more today.

We have a fan in the corner of the living room that we have always had out. For some reason the other day Brady discovered that this fan actually does something. So he stood there and was cracking up as he let the fan blow on his face. He was opening his mouth every time the fan rotated back onto him, like he was trying to catch the wind. It was just too funny, the kid was laughing SO hard. And of course Natalie had to come and see what all the commotion was about, so she joined in too!

Sibling love!

Keith got some cute pictures of the kids. Brady looks like a different kid without his gangly teeth showing! And of course Natalie can never just smile for the camera (I wonder where she got that from...).

My manly man!

So Brady loves to carry things around in his hands. He will find the smallest piece of any toys and just carry it around. He especially loves the small parts to Natalie's ponyville toys or his little screwdriver from his GO Cars. He has also discovered that he can drape things on his arms and carry them around, we have a few book sets that have handles that work well for this purpose. But, being that this a house with females, we also have a bunch of purses laying around. On Sunday Brady found, of course, the girliest, frilliest purse that we have (we actually have 2 so Nat and Brady can match-thanks Grandma Lori!) and carried it around. It is a pretty funny sight, he will drape it over his forearm and hold his hand out like a little lady. He also swings his arm when he walks so overall it creates quite an image!

2 weeks and counting!

Keith and I are getting very excited for the game. It seems like forever since the Superbowl and we are both ready for football season to get up and running again. We watched the training camp opener on T.V. and that was good to get us even more pumped up. It is fun to see all the players, it helps me to get more in to each season.

Meanwhile we are just busy packing and getting ready to move. We move on the 4th and Jason and Erin are coming in on the 2nd. It is going to be a busy few weeks in the Bowers house! In between all the packing and unpacking we are going to try to do some fun things with the whole group. We will be sure to take many pictures.

For those of you unfamiliar with the random names I throw out, here are some pictures to put faces with names. Plus I just wanted to post this pic of Erin because I thought she looked so beautiful at her graduation!

From left to right: Sisters Emily and Erin, Mom Lani, and Step dad Vern

Keith's brother Jason with the kids