Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Happy 2nd Birthday (July 18)

Because Brayden's birthday was in the middle of the week we decided to keep his actual birthday low key with a few gifts and a trip to the zoo. I still wanted him to know it was his birthday which is obviously something to celebrate so I decorated the living room for him and made him a special breakfast. 

After we cleaned up from that we headed to the zoo for lunch with the Belcher girls and Daddy met us there too! I still can't believe that 2 years ago our lives were changed in a matter of hours... hard, long, excruciating hours. But nothing in the world would make me change one thing about it. 
Here are some things Brayden likes as he turns 2...
-Dancing 
-Animals (any and all)
-Coloring 
-Going to the zoo
-Barney (the only show he will remotely pay attention to... even if it's just 5 min)
-Music 
-Peanut butter
-Blueberries 
-The color blue
-He loves to "cheers" EVERYTHING (drinks, forks, napkins, shoes, pants, ANYTHING) 
-Jumping 






Dear Brayden, 

My wish for you will always be to follow your dreams and do what makes your soul happy. You are turing into such a caring and smart little boy. You keep me and your dad on our toes every moment you're awake. You have such a contagious laugh and such a kind spirit. You teach me things every day about myself and how to love unconditionally. I love the little boy you are becoming and even through all the tantrums and timeouts at the end of the day there is nothing you could ever do to make me love you less. I pray this coming year brings just as much joy as your first. I'm honored everyday to be your mommy and am so excited to watch you become you. I love you to the moon and back sweet baby boy. 

For Always, 
Mom

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Sunriver Shenanigans

When one of your best friends is getting married one of the perks is the bachelorette parties of course! Being the lucky lady I am it just so happens my best friends has multiple parties! Here are just a few pictures from girls weekend in sunriver. Note that the first picture is a picture of the winners (my team) and a picture of the losers (helmet team) during one of our games. Whenever there was a loosing team... they had to wear the helmets! It was such a fun weekend with amazing memories made. Loves these girls to death! 

Click HERE for Alyssa's blog to see many more pictures of this crazy adventure! 











Papa Craig's Ranch

4th of July weekend was so much fun! Fireworks, BBQ's, parades and horses! Alyssa's dad Craig (Papa Craig as we call him) loves horses and has quite a few.  We stopped and grabbed some breakfast and headed up to Papa Craig's for a morning full of fun. They live up in the valley and we were lucky enough to go up there one morning and let the kids ride/walk. To say they had fun would be an understatement. All 3 of them would have ridden until the poor horse couldn't walk anymore. Of course with camera in hand I snapped these super cute pictures of the munchkins! Thanks so much Papa Craig and Grammie Mary for letting the rascals come up and play! We had so much fun and must do it again soon!