On December 28th Maverick and mommy flew to El Paso
While Ryan, Grandma & Grandpa loaded up the Uhaul and drove across Texas, Maverick did an excellent job flying. He even made friends with a nice 80 year old man next to him, two women in the row in front of him and another kind man behind him on the plane. He was quite popular.

checking out the new house that night

going through security at the airport,

they had to check his formula for explosives...he didn't mind

leaving Corpus to go to the airport,

Bapa gave him plenty of toys but he was still a little sad

We spent Christmas in Corpus with Nana, Bapa and the cousins






On December 17th, Ryan graduated with his PhD in Chemistry...

Grandpa, Grandma, cousin Johnathon, Ryan, Sleepy Mav, Erica, Jamie & Uncle Jason

Bapa, Ryan, Sleepy Mav, Erica & Nana

Maverick woke up to hold daddy's diploma

Update

cousins

Our new home...

Front Door

Living Room

Living Room/Kitchen

Hallway to Bedrooms (tall ceilings)

Kitchen, opening looks out on living room

Kitchen/Door to back patio

opening in kitchen

dining area

They had this sweet white dog but he doesn't come with the house

The wall between the kitchen & living room doesn't go all the way to the ceiling

hallway to bedrooms

Maverick's bathroom

Guest Bedroom

Maverick's room

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Big Jet tub for Mavi to play in

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I usually find any excuse for putting up Christmas decor early and having a 9 month old who is fascinated with shiny balls and pretty lights is my excuse this year. Maverick LOVES the Christmas tree. If we bonk his head or he slips on the kitchen floor (which NEVER happens) we immediately bring him to the tree and he will stop crying.

helping mommy wrap Christmas presents

spotting the blue ornament

reaching...

reaching...

got it!

going after it

decisions decisions

Maverick has begun to want things that mommy uses a lot such as cleaning supplies, coffee mugs, t.v. remotes, credit cards....you know, the essentials. when he crawled into this room he immediately passed up his two cars and little red bike to play with the vacuum. Another video captured him looking between his two favorite toys for a quite a while but it was having problems uploading so this one will do...

Bundled up to go to the park on a cold day

playing with Tobey

Harvest Party

Our church had a harvest party for haloween ....

Ryan (Wizard of Oz) Maverick (Lion) & Erica (Tinman)

Mike (scarecrow) Regan (Dorothy) Ryan, Maverick,
Erica & Cara (munchkin)

Ryan & Ronnie

Erica & Steve

Laney's cousin (lion), Laney(pig) & Maverick (the better lion)
This was Maverick's expression for most of the night.
He was extremely confused by all the costumes around him. We were slightly worried when a Chewbaca surprised him and expected tears but he reached out for the giant dog and smiled. He lasted at least an hour in the costume and kept wanting to play with mommy's toy ax. The night successfully ended with a bag full of candy for maverick to share with his parents.

Earlier in the week, we carved pumpkins

and Maverick learned to drive