School Pictures

All I have to say is I have the cutest little boy in the whole world!


Just a little FYI: I know that i promised more pictures on here this past weekend but I have been having some car troubles. Now that we have finally resolved that issue I should have a little more time to blog on here. I also went out today and bought the Nikon D40 that I have been lusting after for the last year. You can expect to see some AWESOME pictures coming your way soon.

Dora?

I have been absolutely terrible about posting on here on a regular basis but I am promising by the end of the weekend to have a few pictures for everyone to look at. In the meantime, I wanted to share a video of my munchkin doing a little counting... in Spanish! It hasn't been perfected just yet but I didn't realize he was trying to count in Spanish until just the other day. I am sure that he will have it down in no time. Do you think he might be watching a little too much Dora and Diego?

Happy Easter!

I know it was like a month ago but I had to post pictures of Braeden and his Easter fun. This will be a quick post to get everyone off my back. :)

Braeden got to color eggs while Grandma Compston was in town. He had a great time using his hands to dunk the eggs. Don't mind the green tint to his skin, he thought it would be fun to dump the green dye all over himself and the floor. As soon as he stopped crying he said, "Look at all the mess!" It was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life.

Easter day we went to the Westermeyer home in Cincinnati. Braeden had a great time playing with the other little kids and running around like a crazy man during the Easter Egg Hunt. He ended up with way too much candy and plenty of money for his pig.

Future Rockstar?

Let it snow!

The past couple of days here have been just crazy! On Thursday it was sunny and kinda warm but yesterday and today have been a totally different story. It started snowing sometime early Friday morning and did not stop until this afternoon. When I say snowing I don't mean constant flurries it was DUMPING snow all that time.
Braeden absolutely loves it when it snows and hasn't really had a chance to play in the white stuff yet this year. Last night while it was still snowing I decided that we could go out and play for a little bit. I got him all bundled up and I just put on my coat thinking we would only be out there a couple of minutes. Boy was I wrong! I had to negotiate a deal with him in order to get him to come inside. I was freezing, but he didn't seem to care.
As we did last year we are using Braeden's body as a measuring tool for snow accumulation. At this point in the storm we are somewhere in the knee range.

He had the most fun running around trying to throw the ball at me.

No snow play time is complete without a little snow snack. Don't worry it wasn't yellow!

This morning Travis decided that although it had not stopped snowing that he would get a jump on the task of shoveling the drive way. This is what he had to deal with.

When the snow finally decided to stop falling I told Braeden (as per our deal the night before) that we could go out and play in the snow again.
This time the depth per the Braeden-o-meter is in the waist range. It was too funny watching him try to walk to get out of this spot.

Travis came out and did another sweep of the sidewalk and driveway. Braeden wanted to help build the snow mountain with Travis.

I also taught Braeden how to make snow angels today. He LOVED it! Can you see the angel he made?


After the snow angels came the snowball fight. Braeden had a blast trying to hit me with snow but with those mittens on he had very little luck.

He even liked it when he got covered in snow by my awesome snowballs. He didn't act like the cold bothered him one bit. The only reason why we came inside when we did was because his mitten fell off and we couldn't get it back on.

Needless to say he has had a ball the last couple of days. I on the other hand cannot wait for spring to get here. As a matter of fact I just went out and bought a couple of new spring things for Braeden. Here is a picture of the awesome hat that I had to have.


Now that is cute!

New Stuff

I thought I would write a quick note to let everyone know about my NEW CAR! It is a 1999 Honda Accord that is totally awesome.

I actually really wanted a VW Jetta but after Travis spoke with our mechanic we decided it would be better to look for a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. It really didn't take long to find what we were looking for. Travis was looking through the paper and spotted an ad for a Honda Accord for $5200. I didn't pay that much for it though. Although it wasn't what I really wanted I absolutely LOVE it.

In other news...Braeden got a new haircut! Braeden actually asked Travis for the haircut and did sit still like a big boy. It turned out really good and now it seems like he loves to gt his hair cut. He asked for another haircut the very next day. He is too funny. Here are a couple of cute pictures of the boy with his new haircut.

Friends and Fun

For Christmas Braeden got an easel from Grandma and Grandpappy Compston so that he could express his creativity. The one that they got for him wasn't really the one that they had wanted to get so we returned it and bought the style that they were looking for. He absolutely loves it. Not only can he draw/ paint on paper he can use chalk or dry erase markers OR just play with the magnets that came with the easel. Even I really like to get down and use the easel with him. Here is a picture of him showing how he can multi-task.

Last Monday Braeden's friend Gavin came over for a playdate so we decided to do a little painting.

When the boys were finished painting they had a good time running around and around the house chasing each other. They also decided that they would try to ride Braeden's new bike together. I am so glad that Rachel and I have boys who are so dang cute and get along so well.

At the end of the night I think both boys had a good time. Here is a picture of Gavin just after he finished painting.

We also got a new game recently that Braeden LOVES to play. I mean what kid doesn't love Hungry Hippo's? It says for ages 4 and up but seriously how hard is it to hit a lever over and over again?! Every night we have to play this game for at least 15 minutes. Which if you have ever played Hungry Hippo's you would know is WAY too long. :) Braeden loves it though so we make sure that we make time to play.



Finally, on the potty front we are beginning to really make some progress. Braeden is really trying hard to use his little potty so that he can get a sucker and sticker to put on his potty board. We have both at Travis's house and at my house so that we keep everything consistent. A few days ago we actually didn't have a wet diaper all night! He went potty 3 times between when we came home from daycare and bedtime. I cannot wait until we are out of those diapers. Keep your fingers crossed hopefully that day will be here soon.