soccer pics

Colin is still really loving his soccer team this year.

Of course, with the expectation of the new baby, I didn't have my act together in getting his soccer pictures taken from the professional photographer.  But, I did get some great shots of him in our back yard following picture day.  I figure I will get a good group shot of his team after a game sometime.

I googled some traditional soccer picture poses - I think they turned out awesome!

Mixed in with some silly faces

Our little soccer stud - Go Blue Tigers!

Just a few more days...

So I promised a couple co-workers that I would get a belly shot with my kiddos.  

I thought this was a pretty cute one.

We're ready when you are, Teson Baby #3.

Random September happenings

I checked my blog the other day and was sad to see I hadn't really posted anything in September.

It's not cause we haven't been busy, but I just haven't gotten around to it, I guess.

Brian and I attended a co-workers wedding one beautiful Saturday morning.  

We thought it was cute they had their dog in the wedding.

Mom, Tiff and I finally got together for our "painting date" that was a birthday present for me.

We chose a KC Royals painting and we had a lot of fun hanging out together.

It was a late night, but totally worth it.  Now I need to figure out where to hang my painting!

All of my college girlfriends came into KC for a 2015 reunion last weekend.

The original plans were to go to Nashville and party it up, but then when they found out I would be 9 months pregnant and unable to attend, they shifted the party to KC so that I could be there.

We had a GREAT time getting caught up and planning our next trip (Mexico 2017!)

We went to a Sporting KC game and got to hang out in the special area for season ticket holders.  It was raining before the game, but we went out after half time and sat in our seats.

Sporting KC won that night - we figured it was because we were there, of course!

Enjoying the soccer game

After a long day of shopping, a pedicure was needed!  

Colin started soccer a few weeks ago.  He has gone from knowing very little about the sport to really enjoying it.  We lucked out with an awesome coach and a good group of boys to play with.  There's 8 of them on his team and he started games last weekend.

Colin plays for the Blue Tigers!

GRRRRR!

Colin is #2, sitting here with his coach

We are still working on a lot, but he obviously is enjoying himself out there :)

Brian took the kids to a party one night and Maggie got herself all dressed up.

What a ham!!!

We went to Grammie and Granddad's for dinner one night to celebrate September birthdays, and I snapped this super cute picture of all the KC Teson cousins enjoying their dinner together.

We love that they are all so close and can see each other often.  We definitely miss those Texas  Teson cousins!

Oh, and in case you were wondering - the Teson family is going to be the Power Rangers for Halloween.  Get excited!  Colin is Golden Ranger, Maggie is Pink Ranger, Brian is Blue Ranger, I am Red Ranger, and Baby Teson #3 is Green Ranger.

We'll protect you all on Halloween.

And Speaking of Baby Teson #3, he still hasn't arrived.  We thought for sure he was coming yesterday morning when I had 3+ hours of strong, regular contractions.  I headed into the hospital, and about 20 minutes after arriving, all the contractions stopped and Teson #3 quieted down.  So much for that!  I'll have him on Friday (October 2nd) if he hasn't come on his own by then.

More parties and weekend fun!

Okay so I am definitely behind in posting these pictures, but better late than never.

I'm trying to get things all tied up since I am now full term (37 weeks), the baby weighs 7.5 pounds and I am dilated to 2 cm already.  Could come in a few weeks, could come tomorrow.

The Parkville Days Carnival showed up again in downtown Parkville.

The kids were great - they picked just 3 rides and had a blast!

I'm pretty sure Colin picked to ride the Ferris Wheel 3 times.

A super nice lady offered to take our family's picture while we were there.

This one turned out great!

Then we had a fun birthday party (and just found out we have 4 more parties coming in the next few weeks - Brian will have to do the brunt of the work for these coming up as I'm certainly not bringing a newborn to a toddler's birthday party!) :)

And we have been getting into baby mode at the house.

I unwrapped and registered our car seat, which Maggie had to try out on her baby doll.

We hit up our Veterinarian's office grand re-opening celebration with some family fun!

Maggie really wanted her face painted....

And somehow also ended up with this gigantic Belle princess crown.

Don't worry, it popped shortly after making its way home.

Colin got a cute doggy with a leash, which also didn't last very long with Moose around.

Colin's a big Kindergartner!

Okay so my sweet Colin Joseph has been in Kindergarten for over a week now, and I seem to have forgotten to post pictures.

It was a momentous morning for us, and Colin was definitely excited to go.

He even happily obliged to take pictures before we left (at 6:45 am!).

He wanted his hair spiked up for the first day - so cute!

And then he insisted on getting pictures with each one of us (in front of the van that we just bought the night before!).  Yes, a minivan, and it will be the perfect vehicle to transport our growing family!

He even wanted one with Moose, who obviously just wanted to kiss Colin's face more than take a picture.  

In front of St. Therese, and right before I held Colin's hand down a long hallway.  He was so brave, while I, of course, cried the entire way out the door and while sitting in the van.  

Colin is in Mrs. Bradley's class in room KC.  Go Royals!

And we recently have taken up carpooling with his buddy Mady B that he knew from Christ Lutheran last year.  The kids always seem to have a much better day when they can walk in together (even though they are in different classrooms this year).  

We are so proud of Colin.  He is doing great!  He comes home fairly tired (and pretty grouchy at times), but he has gotten nothing but good reports from his teacher and tells me about his 'best friends' when he comes home from school.  His most favorite part of Kindergarten - getting to eat hot lunch!  He gets to pick one meal a week where he can go through the hot lunch line. It really is the little things, huh?!

"beaches" and baseball

We have been busy trying to fit in all the fun "summer" items that we haven't accomplished yet (before baby comes).   This past weekend included a trip to Smithville Lake to visit the "beach" (I know, a pathetic attempt at a beach, but it's not too bad when you're 4 and 6 years old!), and another Royals game on Saturday night.  

It sure was sunny out there on Saturday morning - the kids had so much fun!

Brian, being such a good sport - endured a mud fight and stayed in the water with the 2 of them the whole time.  As for me, well, I stayed dry on a towel being covered by an umbrella.  No icky lake water for this pregnant lady!  :)

They had so much fun!

Maggie took a little break and hung out with me for a minute eating her peanut butter crackers.

Colin played hard right up until go-time, which at the end of the morning, consisted of laying and doing sand angels in the sand.  Yeah, he had sand EVERYWHERE and we had a very crabby child when he realized he had to sit in that the whole way home.  Bathtime was quite a mess!

Then we rested for a bit at home and went out to the Royals game after church.  

It was really busy that game because Mike Sweeney was getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, but the kids still had a blast and we had lots of fun hitting up the outfield and doing some games.

Colin did awesome at the Little K!

Running the bases

We lucked out and got seats in the shade - it really wasn't all that hot out sitting in our seats

Colin called these empty cups his "armor" for the game

Maggie insisted on sitting on my lap and trying on my sunglasses (AKA - breaking my sunglasses)

But she looked so cute!

I can hear her laughing in this picture - Love this girl!

Oh, and Colin caught a T-shirt during one of the T-shirt toss giveaways!  Brian had him held up high and the Blue Crew gal made an awesome throw right up to him.  He was so proud of himself!  Maggie was proud of her brother, too!

And one last attempt at getting a good family picture with the stadium behind us.

Clearly the sun was in everyone's eyes - but I just love how both of the kids are still trying so hard to smile (unsuccessfully, of course!)

Phew! Another fun weekend in the books.