Where have we been?

I can't believe it has been 2 months since my last post. SORRY!! We have been extremely busy. Avery has been sick A LOT. About every 2-3 weeks she is either running a fever, has an ear infection or has a cold. It is crazy. She is getting over a double ear infection now. So, that coupled with Halloween, me being extremely busy at work, I've left this blog neglected. I would like to say I will have it updated more often, but it will be even harder now that we have a VERY mobile 8 month old. Avery turned 8 months old on Tuesday. She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on everything. She tries to take steps, but hasn't figured that out yet. Braylon is starting to get very protective if his toys now that she is mobile. It is pretty cute. I love seeing him interact with his little sister. Braylon is doing great! He has been completely potty trained for a while now. Through naps and nighttime too!!! He will get up and go potty in the middle of the night if he has to. He is such a big boy! He is growing like a weed. Not sure how, since he hardly eats anything, but that boy is TALL.

We had a great time for Halloween. We went back to Centralia for Halloween and participated in the first Trunk or Treat down main street. It was great, especially for very young children. We went back to some family friends house for dinner and Braylon loved passing out candy! They were ALL his friends. That is a big thing to him, all kids are his friends. I love such sweet innocence. Enjoy some photos I have taken of the kiddos. My little Superman and little Ladybug!

6 Months Old

Happy Half Birthday to my baby girl!!

Sunday Fun / 5 Months

Enjoying our Sunday afternoon on the slip-n-slide! Braylon had a blast and Avery loved watching. Now if it would only cool down a little bit so we could spend more time outside!

Avery is now 5 months old!! She is one very active and vocal little girl. She will not sit still anymore. She will roll or scoot to where ever she is wanting to go. It won't be long before she will be crawling! We started her on rice cereal a few weeks ago and she finally Loves it! We can't get it in her mouth fast enough! She is sitting up on her own pretty well now. Still gets wobbly from time to time, but does a pretty good job. Now if we can just get her to sleep better. We are STRUGGLING! She gets up about 4 times a night to have her pacifier put back in her mouth. That is all it takes, but man it makes for a long night. Hopefully it is just a phase and she will out grow it.

Braylon is doing great! I would consider him officially Potty Trained. He rarely has an accident and even stays dry during naps and through the night for the most part. His vocabulary is continuing to grow everyday and he just amazes us.

His Actual Birthday

We had a fun day spending time together for Braylon's birthday. We pretty much just hung out all day and played. We then took him to dinner at Fritz's! It was a blast to see him so excited. To those of you who do not know of Fritz's, they serve your dinner on trains. It is so cool and Braylon LOVED IT! He actually ate almost ALL of his food. You order your meal on a telephone, and then a train brings it to your table from the tracks that run across the top of the restaurant. After dinner we took Braylon to Power Play (a huge arcade place). He rode a few rides, played a few games and DID NOT want to leave. We only used half of our card (about $10) in over an hour. We will probably go back next weekend to use up the rest. We headed home because Braylon's aunt Robyn got him a DQ Ice-Cream cake. We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday. It was a nice, quiet and fun birthday if I do say so myself.


We took Braylon to see Toy Story 3 this afternoon. He loved it and behaved well. He told us both times when he needed to potty and was such a big boy. He is fast asleep on the couch right now. I guess it wore him out. :)


Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Happy 3rd Birthday Braylon!!

My big boy turns 3 today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAYLON! Mommy, Daddy and Avery all love you so much.

You are an amazing little boy. You love to snuggle and give kisses, but you are also a very rough and tumble little boy. You will pretend to do karate (thinking of putting you in classes) jump off of anything, wrestle with anybody. You are definitely ALL BOY! You talk so well now. Almost too well (you like to tell mommy and daddy how it is). You are picking up on EVERYTHING we say. You are a very independent little boy who likes to do everything himself. You are still a very picky and little eater. You are almost completely potty trained. Accidents are few and far between now, but we still put you in pull ups at nap and night time. Most of the time you even stay dry through that. We are so proud to be your mommy, daddy and sissy. We had an amazing year watching you grow and develop. Can't wait for whats to come in this next year!

We had Braylon's B-Day party last Saturday at my parents house (Dinosaur Themed). We had a great time. Good food, cake and ice-cream and even Fireworks!! Braylon got a lot of fun new toys for outside. Plenty to keep him busy. A new bike, helmet and knee pads, slip and slide, kites, baseball tee, horse shoes, Toy Story car and undies, Toy Story shirts, play dinosaurs, bug collector. (I even made his little dinosaur shirt to match his theme!)

Here are Braylon's 3 year statistics:
(I think someone is going to be tall like their daddy!)
Height: 39.75 inches (97th percentile)
Weight: 33 lbs (75th percentile)

We plan to take Braylon to his first movie theater experience today to see Toy Story 3! I plan to take lots of pictures!