Monday, January 12, 2009

6 Months Old!!

Braden is 6 months old! I can't believe how much he's changed! We are so blessed to have this little angel in our lives! We've had so much fun seeing him learn to sit up and learn about the world! We can't wait to see what the next 6 months brings!





Sunday, January 11, 2009

I'll be home for Christmas

On Christmas morning Braden woke up early with Grandma Dianna to make breakfast! When everyone else woke up we opened presents!

Braden liked to taste the paper to see if it would be a good present to open. He loved all the presents he got!
Julia was super excited to get her surprise present which was an iPod touch!


Then after opening presents the two babies were pooped and took a long nap!


After finally waking up from his nap, we went over to the Simpson's to have our 2nd Christmas!
We had an awesome time and got way too many presents! We can't wait to see the addition to the above picture next year!! Will it stay all boys or will there be a girl? The next day we figured out the reason for the long nap and the little bit of clinglyness...it was Braden's second tooth! That day we also went for our 3rd Christmas with the Lawless'. Braden had so many people too meet there!


The food was delicious and we got some great things! Nana and Papa sure do know how to spoil us! It's hard to believe that we've double the size of this picture in just 6 years! On Saturday we headed over to the Davis' for our 4th Christmas! Braden had fun playing with all of his cousins.



We were showered with lots of great gifts and then even though it was pouring outside the boys kept the tradition of playing some football!

On Sunday, Uncle Paul (UP) got a little baby training and dressed Braden for church and for our last Christmas with Aunt Linda. UP put on Braden's shirt backwards (just like Scott did about a week earlier).

Braden seemed a little worried about how it was all working out.

But in the end, he seemed pretty happy with his Uncle's performance.
The rest of the week we got to see everyone again and we got a little relaxing in...especially when the grandparents took him for walks, watched him while we went and saw a movie, and woke up with him in the middle of the night!


We had one last family get together on New Year's Eve. It was great to see people one last time.





One thing we always relize when we go home is how blessed we are to have such wonderful families. We loved each and every moment we had together. We can't say thanks enough for all the meals, presents and especially for entertaining Braden so we could relax. Braden loves all the books, toys and clothes he got and we are using them all!



Leavin' on a Jet Plane...

We flew home to IL for Christmas! We got into OHare around 6, and then we went and ate at Maccaroni Grill. Braden had fun eating the paper on the table! We had a couple accidents so 2 outfits later luckily we had his pjs to put on and Scott walked him around in the Bjorn. It took a little longer than we would have liked, but we got home at 12:01 on Christmas morning just in time to see Santa.