Recently

Recently we have been so full of bad weather and being sick!  Braxton had a cough (luckily that was all), I had a nasty head cold, and now Ricky is suffering through catching my head cold.  But things are looking positive.  A few updates:

Braxton is has officially outgrown his crib, and we are moving him to a twin bed.

Ricky is building Braxton's twin bed, and is almost done! Wahooooo!

I am about 15 weeks pregnant, and everything is going great!  I am also taking an 8 week photography class that I am LOVING!

Summer is rapidly approaching, we are gearing up to move...AGAIN.  Sadly, we will miss this place SO much, but juggling work and school, is tough, and looks like we are going to try and qualify for subsidized housing for our last year in a half.

Braxton talks more and more each day.  He is recognizing colors, letters, shapes, characters (especially woody and buzz from Toy Story).  He is a joy & delight!  Each day I think, what a wonderful big brother he will be.  Did I mention he will be turning TWO this month!?!?!?!?!?!?!? YIKES.  Cannot believe that.  But sometimes I DEFINITELY believe it!

We love you all, thank you for everything.

  



Coming to Our Home,

LIVE September 6th, 2011

Baby #2!!!!

Rated PG

Parental Guidance will be required at ALL times, even in the weeeeeeeeeee hours of the morning!



Lately

Lately,

Braxton has just LOVED playing in this window with all his cars, I feel like this is all I ever post about in regards to him, but what can I say, he loves his cars, and he loves having "places" to drive them, line them up, park them, etc.

However, today, he found a NEW place to play.  We have been practicing coloring, and he loves it, and he really does a great job at staying on the paper...........................MOST of the time.  He has never tried to color on anything else, till today. 

Thank heavens for washable markers, it took literally 2 seconds to wipe up.



Happy Birthday Ricky!

Happy Birthday Ricky!

For Ricky's birthday(February 5th) we went out to dinner, while my parents watched braxton for us. It was a nice quiet, fun, simple evening for the two of us. The following monday, I decided to surprise him with a Dairy Queen Blizzard Cake, and a house full of family. Thanks to all the family involved, the surprise was a HUGE success. Ricky had no idea, and really enjoyed the evening. I even put a small tribute to his favorite college team, Boise State, on the cake.

Love you sweetie!



Up to NO Good.

Quiet Mischief

Today Braxton and I played a lot! I was glad he was so chipper because for the past few weeks, he has not been the greatest at naps or bedtime, which, (thanks to my mother) made me suspect an ear infection. But today, he has been SO great. So I don't know what is going on, other than we had fun today. I sat down to check my email and I noticed Braxton had left the living room. Which usually means he is in his bedroom playing, and I can usually hear him. But this time was different. He was quiet. REALLY QUIET. TOO QUIET. UP TO NO GOOD KIND OF QUIET.

 

I slowly walked around into the kitchen to find this.....

I think the photos speak for themselves.



The 1st Haircut.

Yep, we did it.  We CUT HIS HAIR!  It all started at about 10:30 am this morning, when I realized that he was getting more of a mullet than cute long hair.  I loved his long hair, and his curls, and his "wispy-ness" as did many others.  I cried when I snipped the bottom layer off.  Goodbye cute little boy, hello handsome toddler.  So when Ricky came home, it took all of 2 seconds for him to say, "Brynn, what happened to his curls?"  I had to tell Ricky, that I just got the feeling I should cut it, and I did.  So, Ricky and I tag teamed finishing up his haircut (scissors only), the razor freaked him out.  But he actually sat through it, as long as we kept dumping out the money from the choo choo train bank.  That seemed to keep him quite chill, till his own hair started to fall on him.  He did NOT like that.  So I sprayed the mirror with some water, hoping he would like that and want to spray too.  Nope.  So it was a joint effort, and a few clean up cuts are still needed, but all is well.  We both miss his adorable curly locks, but it was time.

February Happenings!

A couple of days ago, Ricky decided to give Braxton a shower, and called me in to find this...

I had to take a few photos!

Today, Braxton and I went on a Date to Goodwill.  Every now and then I stop by and see what junk people are trying to get rid of, and in the process I try to leave some of our own "get-rid-of's."  I guess that is the cycle, get rid of junk then buy more junk.  However, today, I found some things that I thought Braxton just HAD to HAVE!  I found this ADORABLE wooden jungle gym thing, I usually see these with beads or something, but this one had cars, and stop signs, and trains.  So, I snatched it up!  Then I found the piano, which Braxton's friend Kloee owns and he loves it every time we go there.  Of course, all toys I thoroughly washed and disinfected prior to letting him play.  But he couldn't WAIT! 

 They are a big hit!  And I can't complain for a 6 dollar total for everything!

 

This photo was completely taken by accident, but I thought it was actually pretty cute, even though it's totally blurry...