Uncle Keith

My brother and his girlfriend Sara visited for Christmas. They drove down from Massachusettes to spend the holidays with us and we all enjoyed their visit. It was nice to hang out with them for the week and catch up. It had been two years since we had seen them and it was their first time meeting Bransen.  We were sad to see them leave and are looking forward to seeing them both again Christmas 2014!

Merry Christmas

Last Christmas morning, I woke up in the hospital with a lady upstairs from me screaming in pain about to have a baby, this Christmas I woke up to these two little boys filled with smiles on the sight of what Santa had left behind.

We put streamers on Brayden's bedroom door so he would have to brake out in the morning to see the surprises of what Santa left behind. He was quick to run to the tree and stand in front of it in complete awe as to what Santa had delivered for him. He jumped right in to unwrapping all his presents. Of course after each one he wanted us to open it right away, but with each present he got more and more stunned that they were all for him. The one big present he wanted Santa to bring him was a "big truck". My parents bought the boys a power wheel truck but we wanted to wait until they arrived Christmas Day to give it to the boys so that they could witness the boys faces as they went outside to see it. Well Brayden was speechless. The one present he had been asking Santa for, had arrived and in his eyes it was huge!

And let's not forget about Bransen's Christmas morning, he had a few presents to open but had most of the fun playing with wrapping paper and boxes!

We had Christmas at our house this year like we usually do. My parents, Ian's parents and my Brother and Sara came over to celebrate. It was a beautiful day outside so we spent all of it hanging out on the porch. Brayden was able to practice driving (mostly steering) his new truck. He still needs some more practice steering!

Every year as the boys get older Christmas gets more fun. Seeing the excitement on their faces as Santa had made his deliveries is priceless.

Oh and Happy 28th Birthday to me too!

Christmas Eve

As a Christmas Eve tradition we headed over to Ian's parents for a get together. Every year we go over a couple hours before everyone arrives for the party to open gifts and spend some time together.

And aren't the boys matching snowmen shirts adorable?!

Bransen's First Birthday

The littlest man in our house turned one. Looking back on a year that flew by, it was filled with beginning days of getting to know each other, many sleepless nights, the bonding of two brothers, first steps and many smiles, this has been one of the best years!

Bransen completed our family of four! He's a quiet but a  mischievous little fellow, loves to follow Brayden around everywhere and loves to cuddle. He's a sweet boy with a little bit of a feisty side and is always doing something to make us laugh.

We celebrated his first birthday with Babci, Papa, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Keith and Sara. The day was filled with great company, new presents and cake! As like the cake smash Bransen was very careful with his cupcake making sure to not make a big commotion about eating his cupcake, no bath afterwards was needed!

Now we're on to see what year number two has in store for us!

 

Birthday began with birthday cake pancakes!

The Adventures of Kibb

Kibb went on some few adventures in our household this year. Each time he came back from his nightly visit with Santa in the North Pole, he always had quite the new spot. We documented Kibb's adventures in pictures, so below you can see where Kibb has gone!

Fisherman Kibb catching some fishies.

Pirate Kibb leading Mickey and friends to shore.

Skateboarder Kibb, let's skate some ramps!

Catching up on a good book.

 

The artist decided to draw silly faces on the boys picture.

Oops, Kibb fell and hurt himself.

 

 Shine on Kibb

 

 Flying high.

Dirtbike rider.

What kind of coffee would you like today?

Castle builder.

 

 Snuck in to take a little nap with Brayden. Brayden loved this one the best!

 

Kibb decorated our tree with the candy canes we got at the parade.

Hard at work.

Get me out of here.

Stole Brayden's underwear!

 

A message from Santa.

Our Countdown to Christmas books.



 Getting dizzy.

 

Just relaxing way up here.

 

Traveling back and forth to the North Pole makes me sleepy.

 

 Delivering a Christmas present from the Ryan family.

Routing for our favorite team. J-E-T-S!!

Peek-A-Boo, I see you!

 

Goodbye from Kibb. He wrote the boys a letter, lifted his magic and let the boys hug and kiss him goodbye.

 

 

 

 

Birthday Cake Smash

My friend Pamela, of Pamela Wheat Photography, was able to capture Bransen's Cake Smash for us for his first Birthday photos. I baked and frosted the cupcake and Bransen was a little unsure of what he was supposed to do with it. He looked at it, dabbed his finger in it a little here and there, tasted it but never went full on into it! Although a few times we did think he was going to go face first and bite right into the cake.