2011: a year to remember

2011 has been an unbelievable year for us!!  Obviously the best part about 2011 was welcoming our sweet baby boy to our family.  There were lots of wonderful moments but nothing can top that!!

Here are some of our favorite moments from 2011.

We started the year off by finding out that we were having a baby boy!!

 We had a huge snow storm where the schools were out for 4 days.  

 But we missed all the snow because we were on our Babymoon.  

{a cruise to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica}

 My Mom and I spent my entire Spring Break making Pearson's bedding.

We traveled to Arkansas for Matt's cousin's wedding. 

 We had four lovely showers for Baby Pearson.  

We had maternity pictures taken.

I finished Pearson's nursery. 

I couldn't have been more pleased with how it turned out!

 24 hours of labor, 2 hours of pushing, and a c-section later, we welcomed our son to this world.

Pearson Davis Link

7lbs 15oz.

21 1/2 inches

6.16.11

2:21am

 We had family pictures made that I will cherish forever. 

We had lots of lazy days in June because Matt was able to take off 3 1/2 weeks of work. 

 

I started my new job as a full time Stay at Home Mom. 

 Pearson's cousin Olivia Reese St. John was born on July 26th. 

We celebrated my 27th birthday, Matt's 29th birthday and our 3rd anniversary!!

 The Rangers had an unbelievable season and came so close to winning the World Series.

 Pearson's had his 1st Halloween. 

 Pearson took his 1st road trip to Austin, TX. 

 Pearson celebrated his 1st Thanksgiving. 

We have watched Pearson grow and change. 

Pearson had his 1st Christmas. 

We enjoyed celebrating as a family of three.  

 We look forward to 2012 and all that it will bring!!

iPhone rewind {december}

Here's some little snippets of our life according to my iPhone!!

Kisses from my little man!!

 Short hair= No bed head

So proud of himself that he can finally sit all by himself. 

 Homemade chai tea latte 

 Who needs toys when you can just chew on tags!

 Pearson loves his own remote. 

 Too cute for words!!!

 Tammy and Sam stole my phone.  Silly friends.  

My little roly poly.  

He going to be in everything! 

 1st time in the highchair at Chick-fil-A.

Naptime with Daddy.  

Hey, how did you get under there? 

All those toys, and he just wants to play with the basket.  

Sleepy shopping buddy.  

 He wants to crawl SO bad.  

 Love my new TOMS that my parents gave me. 

New Year's Eve Party Pooper

a night out with my boys

So Matt and I were totally blessed by a sweet friend of mine tonight.  A friend that I used to teach with called last week and asked if we would be interested in 2 Baylor tickets to the Men's Basketball game at the American Airlines Center and a free nights stay at the W Hotel in Dallas.  Her parents had won the package in a contest and weren't able to use it so they wanted to give it to someone who could really enjoy it.  If you know my husband at all you know he is  huge Baylor Sports fan so we jump on board immediately.  

We shopped around at Park Lane this afternoon, leisurely drove through Highland Park, then checked into the hotel around 4pm.  I got my camera out to start taking pictures and of course, my battery was dead.  I was so mad.....so iPhone pics for the weekend.  Thank goodness for phones that take decent pictures!!

P-Man was loving the big King Sized bed!!

 We got free WiFi for our stay!!

 And we have a nice view of the city. (behind these curtains)

 The bathroom is sooooo modern.  

 We literally walked right out of our hotel and right into the game!!

 We had no idea that our seats were on the floor.  Matt was super pumped about being so close to his Baylor Bears. 

 Me and my little buddy in his vintage BU gear watching the game.  I actually had a great time watching the game.  I can enjoy any sport when I'm right up in the action!!

 See how close we were!!

 We were so close that the refs could possibly hear all the stuff that Matt was yelling at them!!

 Pearson was absolutely perfect for the entire game.  The game started after his bedtime so I didn't really know how he was going to do.  He took a nap before we left so he was so happy to look around at the players and the big screen.  He was even being a little flirt with all the ladies around us.     

 The Bears won 54-52.  It was such a great game.  Matt was super excited for the win!!  The game was on ESPN2 so we had tons of friends facebooking/tweeting/texting us telling us that they saw us on TV.  One friend even said that Matt's reaction when the game was over was awesome!!

Such a fun night out with my boys. 

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the Collins family for thinking of us and blessing us with a fun night out!!

pearson's first christmas

Pearson actually slept later than normal on Christmas morning.  He didn't wake up until 8am, which was nice, but it kind of made us have to rush to make it to church by 10:30.  

Santa brought hand-me-downs this year.  Pearson's cousin that is 2 years old passed down a great table top toy and riding/walker toy.  We thought Santa could use the break and just give hand-me-downs this year!!

I was surprised that Pearson could sit on his toy so well.  

He really liked all the buttons on it.  I can't believe he's going to be scooting around on it soon!!

He can't stand on his own, but he loved playing with his table top toy while I was holding him.  

It won't be long before he can stand and play with it on his own!

Since we had already had two Christmas celebrations, Pearson knew just what to do with the presents.  

Isn't he just precious in his little Santa PJ's?

We probably could have saved our money and just given him paper and boxes because that's what he seemed to love best!!

Christmas was so much more fun this year with a little one around.  Matt and I had so much fun watching him open all of his presents.  

Pearson's favorite present was his little tool bench. He loves all the lights and songs its sings.  It is so cute to watch him play with it!!

We had such a great Christmas together as a family of three.  

Since Christmas was on a Sunday this year, I toned down my big Christmas breakfast and just made Monkey Bread.  Mmmmm....so good!!

We had to get ready quick for church but we made it.  Thankfully we didn't have to go far because we went to church with with my parents here in town.  

Merry Christmas from The Link Home!!

merry christmas

Merry Christmas from our little family to yours!!