WOW!!

8 months old (This time last year:)

20 months old

Looking back over the last year, it has seemed to fly by! Everyone said that it would, so we tried to enjoy all the stages he has been through. BUT still life just moves too fast and now my little baby has grown to a little boy! It is so amazing to watch him grow and change and know that I did that-- I made this wonderful little person! Braden has brought so much love and joy into my life and I feel so blessed to be his mom. I cannot thank God enough for blessing me with him!!!! Of course it hasn't all been easy and he gives me a run for the money, but he is worth every second and I am so proud of the little boy be has beocme.

For the new year, I see many new and fun experiences for our family. I want to enjoy life to its fullest and help Braden learn and explore the world around him even more. I want us to have lots of family moments and create many more wonderful memories together! I love that little boy with all of my heart and soul- all of my being! I wish he could understand how much he means to me and always will!

To all my blogger friends out there----I wish all of you a wonderful New Year and hope that all of your dreams and wishes come true in 2010! Love to all:)

Tis the Season

The holiday season has been really good to our family! We enjoyed all the extra time with our family and friends over the past few weeks. We started having parties around the 18th and finished up with my brothers on the 26th! So we spread out the joy over several weeks! Braden really enjoyed the decorations and the lights. When we went to see the lights at the park he would ooh and ahh and say "lights!". As far as presents... he was lovin life! He took his time taking off all the paper (every last bit) before he would even pay attention to what he got! It was too funny! I believe Santa was very good to all of us! I guess we were pretty good this year though:) I hope you all enjoyed your Holiday season as much as we did! I can't wait to see the new pics!! Check out ours below...

These are some shots for our Christmas cards:)

Cheese:)

Jill's work had a staff kids Christmas party- It was really neat!
This was the decorate your own cookie station- YUM!


They also had Santa! Braden was not too fond of Santa this year

Here he is Christmas morning in his Handy Manny Chef hat and his new kitchen!

I believe this was his favorite gift!

Here he is at Jill's dad's Christmas party.
They got him a Little Tikes barn!

Here is Braden's Christmas Loot! Yes he is VERY spoiled!!

Dressed up for another Christmas party!

Pic with my brothers:)

Holiday Fun

We have really enjoyed our Thanksgiving break this past week. We spent lots of time with family and friends, which is always a joy. We put up our Christmas tree and all our decorations and are officially ready for Christmas!!!! It has been so much fun preparing for Braden's Christmas this year. Last year, he was still so little he had no clue what was going on, but this year he will be old enough to show some enthusiasm over his presents. It will be so much fun!!! So far we have a table and chairs, kitchen and food, some books, and small big boy toys. I think he will love it all! I hope all my blog friends have a wonderful and safe holiday season! Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!!

Here are some pics from our latest holiday adventures:)

B and Mama on the Iphone:)

Family pic at the Christmas Parade

Sucking on an apple slice:)

B and Mimi

Turkey Day 2009

Too Cute!!!

Mr. Clean at Mamaw Barb's

Up close:)

Thompson Thanksgiving with the guys:)

B and his Grandparents

Fall Fun

We have been having LOTS of fun at our house! Braden has been a blast to be with and play with and watch him learn new things. He is so amazing and we are completely blessed to be his parents. As you can tell, I think that this age is amazing!! He is always making us laugh and making every second with him a good time! He has been using sign language a lot, which has been neat. I think it has really helped him be less frustrated because he can communicate easier with us. He knows the signs for please, eat, more, milk, and thank you. We are going to do some more, but haven't decided what would be good yet. He understands when we ask him if he is hungry, or wants to take a bath, and can ask us for a bite or a drink. He also shows us if he wants something- he will take our finger and lead us to what he wants. So can you recommend any other signs that you have found to work well with your little ones? Here are some fun pics for your enjoyment:)

Playing in his toy basket:)

Hey Mama!

Peek-a-boo!! I see you!

Eating breakfast with my buddy Colton:)

This is our new table and chairs- we love it!

The boys playing basketball

Cheese!

Putting up the Christmas lights with Mimi:)

Yes, it's early but it is a beautiful day to do it!

Trick-or-Treat 2009

Here is our little golfer in full swing:)

Close up:)

At the first house getting his treat:) He was so excited!

Helping himself to the candy:)

Checking out his loot:)

Handing out treats to the kiddos- too cute!

He kept dumping out the candy!

It took him all of one minute to crash!

He didn't even finish his milk.

He had a GREAT night!!!

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!

I would have updated sooner, but our computer was acting STUPID!! A friend fixed it and told us we had 300+ viruses on it!!! YUP that would make it STUPID:)

We survived the all nighter, but were up at about 7AM waiting at the door for them to bring him back home:) I'm sure it will get easier each time we do it and he really enjoyed his Mamaw Kathy and she enjoyed him too! We have been on Fall Break this week. It has been really nice to spend the extra time with Braden and Jill. We even got an early start on some Christmas presents.

We took Braden to Trunnel Farms for a friends second birthday party. He got to go on his first hayride and pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. There were lots of kiddos around his age so he had a blast. He played corn hole, went through the hay maze, and climbed the BIG haystack with his mommas.

Last night we carved a pumpkin-- I think he LOVED it! He had his hands all in the goop and was throwing it around. We have so much fun doing all these "firsts" with him. He is such a blessing and we are TOTALLY and COMPLETELY crazy about him!!!!!

Here are some fun pics...

Cooking with Mama (He flung the batter on me:)

Sleeping with Mimi

Pumpkin Patch

First Hayride!

Hay Maze

Watchin Franklin with Mama- big buddies:)

First Pumpkin Carving
October 22, 2009

Scooping the goop:)Is there anymore down in there?????