Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day 2009

Today is Earth Day. Brayden looked very "green" in his protect our planet t. The weather was great and we definitely enjoyed playing outside today. Here is a cute picture of Brayden supporting mother earth!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Splish Splash

We recently decorated Brayden's bathroom with the Dr. Seuss--One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Theme. It is so much fun. I'll post pictures as soon as the final touches have been made. Here are some fun pictures of Brayden enjoying his new bath seat. He loves it so much that he gets a bit upset when bath time is done and swivels his head when we walk past the bathroom. I am really looking forward to taking him to the pool in our neighborhood now that he really enjoys playing in the water!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter










Brayden's first Easter was very busy and very fun! We started on Saturday by hosting my side of the family over for dinner. We took advantage of the beautiful spring weather. We made lots of yummy food to share with the family and Aunt Louise brought over a wonderful dessert. Right after dinner we enjoyed the Easter egg hunt. My mom and I hid about 140 eggs - stuffed with candy and money (it was really neat that the money eggs included $2 bills and $1 coins). Brayden really enjoyed hunting with his daddy, uncles and cousins to collect the bright eggs.He found mostly candy filled eggs and one $1 coin! I put it in his piggy bank to show him later. After a wonderful evening together with family Brayden went to bed to wait for the Easter Bunny to visit.

On Sunday we woke up early and went to celebrate Easter at mass. After a beautiful mass we went to First Watch for breakfast. Once we got home we showed Brayden his Easter basket from the Easter Bunny. We played together for a while and then he took a long nap. After his nap we then went over Thaddeus and Colleen's house to celebrate with a wonderful Easter dinner. We had a ton of fun and feel blessed to have wonderful family and friends.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Road Trip

Some of our friends invited us to rent a wonderful chalet in Gatlinburg overlooking the Smokey Mountains. So we packed up and headed for Gatilinburg, TN. Much to our sweet surprise Brayden was a great car traveler. We arrived and were greeted by The Davidson's--Paul, Lauren and baby Owen. Then The Schreck's--Ryan, Allison and Jack. Followed by Damien and Amanda Lass. The chalet was beautiful and relaxing. Here is a great pick of our view.

While there we hung out and caught up with great friends. Brayden loved playing with the boys too...what a great couple of kids. On Friday we went on a hike but that was cut short due to some rain. So we hung out next to the fireplace and relaxed.






Then on Saturday we went to the Aquarium and loved looking and learning about fish, sharks and other underwater sea creatures.
That night we all went to dinner and had a great time at the Smokey Mountain Brewery. It was so nice catching up with everyone...we really had a great time.