Go Fish!

Christian LOVES to play games! And so do I! Seriously! I love card games, board games, etc. Growing up an only child, I rarely had anyone who played games with me, so I would get so excited when I stayed with my grandma and got to play cards with her or tag along on "card night" with her friends.

This past weekend was a nice and relaxing weekend at our house. No big plans, just watching the Hogs beat Auburn! Woohoo! So we played some Go Fish!
Christian is very good at it!

Christian took this picture of me playing cards with him in his room. ;)

Baby food!

Andrew will be 6 months old in just a few days, so we decided to give him his first taste of baby food this morning! We decided to start with green beans. Pediatricians recommend starting with vegetables then to fruits. So Andrew had green beans for breakfast! Yum!




I think he likes it!

Happy 60th Birthday Pops!

Yesterday Christian was out of school for teacher in service day, so we drove down to Van Buren to wish Pops a Happy Birthday! We were able to enjoy a birthday breakfast with Pops and GoGo!

Andrew really loves his Pops!

Happy Birthday Pops!!! We love you!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

Andrew's 5 month picture

Courtesy of Legacy House Photography

New Family Photos!

Legacy House Photography recently did "Pictures in the Park" at Tanyard Creek this year. The session only cost $35! I take Andrew there for their Baby Club program, which is where he gets his picture made once a month his first year. It is only $10 a month and you get a free 8x10 each time! A very affordable way to keep up with those early changes in that first year. Plus they have lots of fun backgrounds and props too. If you have a baby or are expecting, I suggest you go to Legacy House Photography in Rogers!

The Hopkins Family 2009

This will be our Christmas card picture this year.
So be looking to receiving it in the mail right after Thanksgiving!

I love this picture of Christian! He looks so grown up!

We tried getting a picture of just Andrew but it was hard since it was outdoors around rocks, etc. Not too safe for a baby to be sitting up. ;)


Jim and I don't get our picture taken together very often so I took this opportunity to get a few shots of just us. I really like this one!

Thanks Kenny at Legacy House Photography!

Playing at the park!

This past weekend, Jim played golf. LOTS of golf...18 holes Thursday, 18 holes Friday, 36 holes Saturday and 18 on Sunday in a tournament with some golf buddies. The weather was great so I decided to spend the entire Saturday outdoors with the boys!

We went to the Bentonville Farmer's Market for the first time! It was smaller than the Fayetteville one but still had lots of variety. I brought a blanket for us to have a picnic on the Bentonville square while we watched all the people walking around the Farmer's Market.


Andrew woke up to discover he was on a picnic! ;)

Christian took this picture of me

I like this picture because you can see the Walton five and dime store in the background.

Hangin' out

Andrew sitting a our blanket watching Christian play!

We went to both the Dave Peel Park and Wilson Park! I think I wore out Christian. ;)
I am so glad we got to spend the whole day enjoying the outdoors since it has already turned cold and rainy this week! Fall has officially arrived!

Andrew loves his mommy and daddy!

Yes, he does love his mommy.

He also loves his daddy.

Jim was off work today. He received a day and a half off for extra time put in during a recent project at work. So he decided to spend the entire time golfing. But he did spend some time playing and snuggling with Andrew this morning.


Having fun with dad!

The weather has been really great this past week! We even spent a whole afternoon at the park after school one day too!
Here are some fun playtime pictures of the boys from this week...


Surprise hug from big brother!

Andrew is now sitting up and playing with his toys! Check out that crazy hair!

This afternoon, I took the exersaucer out on the deck and Andrew watched Christian play.


Christian playing with his rocket launcher

Andrew ready for a walk in his stroller! Christian likes to push him around in the driveway. ;)

Sweet baby boy!