So sorry!

After receiving many emails I've finally found some time to sit down and brag on my boy. I'm sorry it's been sooo long since our last blog. We've been busy and just enjoying life, and it's one of those things when we did have a little time it seemed like we needed to catch up so much time that we chose to do something else. Anyway...here's some of our last few months.

December-We went home for Christmas and had a great time!! Braden and I drove through the night with Grandma Dianna and AJ and came home a week before Dad. It was great to see everyone and Braden was lavished with gifts!! Braden went sledding a couple times and loved spending time with the "baby" aka precious little Tori!! He was definitely enamored by her. I can't wait to see them really play together!!

January-We drove through the night again...this time with Dad. Minus the dog smell from the 2 dogs in the van, the 17 hour drive surprisingly wasn't too bad! We got back to work and school, and tried to stay warm. I realize we live in South Texas but it was still pretty cold. We are finally working our way into spring now!! Braden stayed warm by doing a lot of playing in the garage where it was at least bearable. Braden's awesome dad would also bundle up and take him out on the swing set. I mostly watched from inside. Yes, I am a wimp. =)

February-It started to warm up a little, and we were able to play a lot more outside. Grandpa Steve came down for a weekend and he and Braden went to many softball games together. They had a lot of fun, and it was great to see them together. We also started looking for our next lot! We finally decided on one and should close next month!! We're very excited for our next house so we're praying for a quick sale on our current one even though we can't sell until the end of May. We've started looking at plans and will hopefully finalize that soon also. Braden has again become more and more a fan of "side" or outside. He could stay outside all day and be incredibly happy! He loves the "sli" and "swin" (slide and swing) and also love this wierd thing that Dad calls the roller coaster. It is much safer than the "carnival ride" he used to do on our bed, but I'm still not sure how he comes up with these things. All I know is that Braden loves them and his absolute favorite person in the world is Dad! It is so wonderful to see Braden's face when Dad comes home from work. He just lights up!

Braden changes more and more everyday!! He is adding more and more words and just showing more personality! He is such a happy little kid and a good little guy too. He is eating more and more. Still a skinny little man but he's filling out and developing ahead of normal! He runs a lot! It's hard to keep up with him, and he climbs a little too well also! Scary sometimes! Still loves dancing too! It's absolutely adorable to watch him dance/march/move around to the sound of any music. All in all I love every single minute of being Braden's mom. He is a blessing every single day!!