Halloween 2009

Well I finally decided to blog again. I must confess I find Face book way to convenient and Blogger takes way to much time to upload pictures to. Anyways here are Halloween pictures of the trio. Better late than never..... Sweet Baylor in his adorable Halloween costume find from T.J Maxx! It was only $12.99 and came with the striped top and bottom, pumpkin top and hat!

Sweet boy, he was very cooperative for me. He did not give huge smiles, but not is just not Baylor. I was just happy that he sat there and let me take a ton of pictures. Ha!

Showing mommy his pumpkin that the nice man gave to him!

He had just this plan $ .99 bucket, so I added the cute Halloween ribbons to the handle to make it look a little fancier :o)!

The boys pumpkins all carved up. Bennett's was the mummy, Baylor's was Elmo, and Brayden's was a Vampire

All dressed up and ready to Trick-or-Treat. Brayden was Storm Shadow from G.I Joe, Baylor a pumpkin, and Bennett was Kurt Warner from the Arizona Cardinals.

I'm open!!!

Not sure about Brayden's pose, but it was working for him, so we went with it!

So happy! I tell you I did not think he would wear a costume this year, but he really loved his little outfit and even kept the hat on almost the entire night!

The back side!

We went to our church for Trunk-or-Treating, and Baylor saw his best friend Samantha, aka Dumbo! He was thrilled when he saw her and she was dressed up!

The trio in front of the inflatable pumpkin at church after their buckets were full.

The big boys after baths and in their Halloween PJ's. I thought this picture was classic! Brotherly love.

May 2009

While I was recovering from my Rt. knee surgery done 3/26, we needed to have someone around M-F to help with getting the boys to school, Dr's appt, PT appts., grocery shopping, keeping up with the house, helping to care for Baylor etc, etc.... We were blessed to have met De, and have her help us out over a 7 week course. We spent nearly 300 hrs. together!!! She was an answer to prayer and we were both blessed with one another. The boys absolutely LOVED her, and I can say she just brought so much joy and happiness to our lives. May 14th was her last day with us, and it was such a bittersweet day. It was a day I had looked forward to for 7 long weeks, and when the time came, I was so sad to see her go. The boys still ask me each morning if Mrs. De is coming, especially Brayden.

This picture is a bit out of place, but the last week of January Grandad and Martha came to visit us. One of their last days here, we went to the World Wildlife Zoo for the day. It was so much fun, and we are hoping next year they will spend the month of January with us!

This is Baylor having his very first doughnut! It looked as big as a car tire in his mouth! Ha....

A cute picture of Baylor.

Friday May 8th I was invited to Chapel and a Mother's Day tea in Brayden pre-school class. We enjoyed pastries, fruit, cheese, and vegetables. The children performed a couple of songs, and presented their mommies with a picture and sentence of why their mommy was special. It was such a nice morning with just Brayden and I. There was a cute moment in Chapel where the kids were singing a song, and Brayden was singing at the top of his lungs. It was so cute and all the moms we so tickled by him :o).

As soon as Brayden's tea was over, I was invited to a tea in Bennett's class. They made us a bonnet with silk flowers, they gave us their chair to sit in, had a menu for us to look at, written us a book called, "My Mom can...", read out loud why they loved their mom, sung us a song, and served us our food and tea. It was so nice to spend some sweet one on one time with Bennett and hear his affirmation of his love for me.

They had asked us to send in a shoe that they had outgrown, so after bleaching his old sneaker, his teacher had sprayed it with bronze paint and they had a potted marigold in it for us to take home. The kids also iced our cupcake and topped it with a little flower pick! Bennett had made a heart shaped bowl as well in art class for me too!

It happened to be Hawaiian day at school so that's why he was dressed with a Hawaiian shirt and not his uniform shirt that day. I snapped this picture on the playground just after our tea. I thought this was a sweet picture of him.

Close up of the bronzed sneaker and plant from Bennett!

Later on that afternoon, we went to see the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the Washington Nationals. It was Faith and Family night and we went with our Community Church of Joy family. This is the boys waiting on the light rail. It costs us only $6.25 round trip to get to the game. They loved riding the train :o).

Brayden at the game.

Bennett at the game still sporting his lei from school:o).

We left Baylor home with Maxine his babysitter, since it was a late night. Having fun at the ballgame!

April 23rd, Bennett school had a play The Tale of Three Trees and had their art on display. This is Bennett just before his performance. He played the part of a cow. This is Brayden and Katie at the play. They are in the same pre-school class, and she came to visit us during the play. Don't ask why Brayden was making this funny face, I think he was so excited to see Katie.

Mother's Day May 10th, with my 3 boys. Baylor was not in the picture taking mood, so this is what I got! Ha.

I opted for individual pictures, since the group shot was not happening. Me and my Brady Bear!

Baylor thought this was o.k., so he decided to laugh for this one! Such a stinker.

Me and my sweet Bennett. It was such a nice day, they cooked breakfast, we went to church, spent time in the pool, and went to dinner at Black Angus. They got me sweet cards, Gerber daisy potted plant, some clothes from my favorite store, and lots of hugs and kisses. Thanks for a great day guys!!!!

Halloween, Parties, Haircuts, and more

Okay, so I was supposed to get this all finished some 2-3 weeks ago, but better late than never.

First up is Baylor who is now sitting proudly in his forward facing car seat. He loves his new view and does not scream as loud as before when he was rear facing. I guess he likes to see where he is going. I mean who wouldn't.

Baylor also got his first haircut. I know these pictures are out of order, but I did not feel like trying to figure out how to rearrange the order. Oh well, this is Baylor with Jessica. She is my hairstylist, and she did his little trim for me for free. Thanks Jessica!!!

We used a sucker for bribery. Sure this is acceptable for 13 months old, I mean don't you all give sugary snacks to your wee ones :o) This was his first sucker, and let me tell you he LOVED it!

Basically all we did was trim the back of his hair, so the bangs and sides could catch up to the length in the back. We are letting him have the "hippie" look in case your wondering why we left the front and sides to grow.

Baylor lovin' his sucker!

Daddy held Baylor for his trim.

Wow this sure is good, I can't believe my mommy left me have this.

Bruce giving me the evil eye.

Next up we decorated our pumpkins. This year we opted for these little plastic pieces that you just push into the pumpkin. They are like Mr. Potato Head pieces. You just press them in and presto your done! Now that's my style no mess. No really the boys wanted to carve a pumpkin the old fashion way and had to be convinced to do it this way. I promised next year we would do it the old fashion way, but I just could not manage a knife this year with my non-working left arm!

Brayden with his monster pumpkin. This poor sad pumpkin he choose had to be the worst looking pumpkin in the whole patch, and I think the guy at the patch felt sorry for us and just gave the pumpkin to Brayden. He loved his pumpkin when it was all completed and hated to see him go bye-bye.

The boys making silly faces :o).

Brayden and Bennett with their pumpkin creations. We finally found a pumpkin patch to take the baby to for fall pictures. There were not many pumpkins at all, especially compared to Hunter Farms that we had taken Bennett and Brayden to when they were little. I got some cute pictures and Baylor loved banging on the pumpkin like it was a drum.

I love this picture of him clapping for himself.

More clapping...

Bennett, Baylor, and Brayden

On 10/31/08 I took cupcakes to Bennett's class to celebrate his Birthday which was Saturday 11/1/08.

The kids from his table L-R, Paulina, Mackenna, Karsten, Mason, and Bennett. They are wearing their letter expert hats. Each child was given a letter to learn about and present to their classmates to help them become an expert of each letter.

Bennett pretending to blow out candles on his cupcake.

On 10/31/08 the pre-school classes had pajama day. I spent the morning with Brayden enjoying a fall party, crafts, and pumpkin rolling contest.

Brayden's pre-school class. Top row L-R: Cole, Addison, Kaylee, Steven, Brooke, and Sarah

Second row L-R: Katie, Gunnar, Brayden, Minseo, Chloe, and Gracie

For Halloween we dressed up as Pirates! Mommy and Daddy with Baylor

Bennett as Darth Vader

Arg... Brayden as a pirate

Baylor as an adorable pirate