B's Birthday Party!

Brae's birthday party was fun. We kept it small and simple and had a blast. She played hard and looked so stinkin cute in her little zebra outfit. The party was "jungle" themed and turned out great. She got a safari jeep sandbox, a swing, a zebra pool and too many other things (thanks all!).

Getting ready for the big day!

MMMM... cupcakes and homemade ice cream. Thanks for all your help!


Cake time!

Aunt Teresa made her this cute little lion birthday cake. She thought he tasted pretty good too.

We ate cake......

We played with bubbles.....

We swam........

And we opened presents with dad!

Sure loved all my presents. Thanks everybody!

The big ONE!

Our Baby girl turns ONE! Boy has this year flown. What fun it has been and what precious moments we have had. Our little Braezer is something else and we find it hard to imagine our life without her. She has taught so much about love, laughter and most of all.... patience. We adore you Braelyn and can't wait for this wild journey to carry on!!!!

Oregon

Fun at the falls. Look at Madi as she falls over the edge.

The boys gettin it done. Had to bring the double stroller down these really steep escalators. Who else other than Chris and Billy.

Madisen and Koye are standing on this bridge over the street of down town Portland. The part they're standing on are these metal crates that you can see through to the ground. Koye was a bit nervous standing on them... can you tell.
Crewser on the go. So cute! He just loves being outside.

Yummy cookies Madi.

Braelyn and Madi making cookies on Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day! The boys brought us home candy and balloons.

Braelyn had so much fun being with her cousins.

Precious little girl! We just love little Marlee.

Burrr......cold day.

Me and "B"

Koye boy sharing his sucker with Braelyn. He soon gained a new best friend. Well......Braelyn ended up with croup this trip and all the kids got sick. Wonder why????? Sooo cute!!!!
Crew and Brae finally bonding just before we left. Fun had by all!!!!!

Ravioli!

Whatever would we do without Chef Bouyardee Ravioli???? Yuck!

Everyone has these "fall asleep in the highchair" pictures. I just love them!

Yes....that's Braelyn peeing on our freshly cleaned carpet.

yummy licorice!

Braelyn's first taste of licorice thanks to uncle Wally. She loved it! Funny faces and all she just kept on eating it.Yummy!
Robin thought it was pretty funny too!

Sugar high!!!!!

Shorty tie-dye

So thanks to cousins Andy and Melissa Young, my little Brae stays hip and stylish in her tie-dye. My cousins have started a tie-dye company called "shorty tie dye" and we love their stuff. Brae has been sportin' it since she was born and here are just a few pictures we took for them.
Sooo talented...thanks Andy and Melissa!

10 months!

Ten months has been a blast. Brae has conquered a few walking steps, she says "uh oh" "baby" "dada"and she continues to be a bit of a mommas girl ( I was told to eat it up while I can). My favorite part is that she's sooo lovable right now. Cuddle time is the best! Finally, we sleep pretty good but nap time is still over rated. Though you could never tell, she snacks all day and sitting down for a meal is a little crazy. Too much of a busy body for that. We're just lovin our sweet girl!

Yes, she has discovered the toilet paper roll!

Cuddling with her horse that aunt T and Uncle mac bought her.

She prefers to stand in the rocks. Chris has a yard full of grass for her and off to rocks she goes.

The Park

Lucky enough for us we have a few parks close to home and that makes for lots of play time. The weather has been beautiful and now's the time before it gets too hot. Brae loves being outside especially the sand and rocks. Grandma and I love taking her out on our days off. Thanks to hardworking husbands and part-time jobs!
The slide's ok now. Doesn't love it yet but i'm sure she soon will.

Braelyn's famous face. What???

Grandma's keeping her from hitting her head.

Nice Abs!

She'll be our little rock climber.

I took this picture because Braelyn just had to have her hand above grandma's on the swing. Every time my mom would move her hand above B's she would peel my mom's fingers off and Braelyn would make sure her hand was above grandma's. Sooo funny, little stinker.