Bransen's First Haircut

After much talking myself into it moments and trying to convince myself it had to be done, I cut Bransen's hair. It was hard, really hard. His baby hair was going to be chopped off. The long blonde locks were going to be gone. He was going to look like a little guy instead of a baby. Yes, it all happened and he looks at cute as could be.

I took a picture of him and realized that it was time to cut the hair. After going out with my Dad for a few hours in the morning I decided to take him and get it cut. He sat there as still as could be and let the hairdresser cut his hair. It was falling to the ground and I have to admit I did shed a tear. She was done in about ten minutes and I looked at him and I think he grew a few years older.

Bransen before:

 

 

Bransen after:

Future Baseball Player

Brayden has officially started playing tee-ball and absolutely loves it. The first practice Ian took him and Brayden jumped right in. Brayden loves making new friends and can jump right into any group and have no problem talking or doing what the other kids are doing. I love the fact that he's not shy and intimidated by others! The team started practicing one day a week for a few weeks and then we moved onto to games. And no there not nine inning games! Each team bats and plays the outfield twice and the games usually last about forty-five minutes. The team is big on routing on all players and it's great to see all the teammates cheering on the player at bat. The first game Brayden was afraid to run after the ball when the batter hit it, but second game he was all for it. I think he liked the sliding effect of trying to get the ball the best. He is on Team Paradise and has already made a "best buddy" Enzo.   These two are always together out on the field and have formed quite the friendship.  I'm excited to watch all these boys grow and learn the game of baseball. We also have friends on other teams that we have been able to watch and play also. Fall season is short wrapping up in a few weeks but we're already looking forward to Spring Ball. Papa and Babci have also been big supporters and have been to all the games so far! Brayden has quite the cheering section.

Month of September

 

These boys and their crocs!

 

 

Yummy ice cream treat after dinner!

 

 

Legos have overtaken our house!

 

 

Special time when Papa and Babci read them books.

 

 

Dancing in the rain!

 

 

 

Morning playtime with Mommy!

 

 

JETS football season has started!

 

 

Afternoon stroll where we also saw our turtle friend.

 

 

A brotherly competition of Hungry Hungry Hippos

 

 

Why eat my yogurt, when I can use it as fingerpaint?!

 

 

My coffee date with his cakepop!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VPK

Summer is officially over and school is back in session. We had a great summer and as much as I'm going to miss having Brayden home and having no set schedule, Brayden is ready to jump into his year of VPK. When we first started school at Christ the King he was only two and it seemed like forever before we would be entering the classroom of VPK, but it came up fast and it's here! Some of his friends from last year will be in his class and then he'll also be making lots of new friends. His teachers Ms. Jessica and Ms. Kathy are ready to teach and I can't wait to see all the new things Brayden learns this year. I'm going to soak up the afternoons that he is home because next year is Kindergarten and it will be full days.

Randoms

CLOSE UPS!

 

 

And we do Ninja Turtles a lot around here.

 

 

An afternoon spent with Daddy at the park.

 

 

Brayden fell asleep watching tv and nicely lined up all his animals to sleep next to him.

 

 

I just love Bransen's long blonde locks. After wetting his hair to comb it I couldn't believe how long it was when he doesn't have the little curls. I don't plan on cutting the back anytime soon, no matter how many people like to refer to him as a girl!

 

 

It's very rare when Brayden takes an afternoon nap.

 

 

Somebody enjoyed pizza night!

 

 

It's always fun to put together the alphabet train puzzle. Brayden puts it all together and Bransen likes to go and pull it all apart, most of the time while Brayden is still completing it!

 

 

 

 

 

Double Trouble Boys

Summer of 2013

To sum up our summer of 2013 in just a few words: 99% of it was spent in our bathing suits!