May 11th

My second Mother's Day...

was just as good as the first!

Today I couldn't keep my eyes or hands off Brady, he is just getting so much fun to watch and my love for him continues to grow each day, I'm so thankful and blessed! I always knew I was meant to be a mommy but until you are one, you can't really understand the love and what it really means to be a mom! It's funny to think too, God knew Brady before he was conceived and knew that he would be a perfect son for me! He coldn't be a better mixture of Ryan and I! His genuine sweetness, giving away kisses, frustrations when he can't do something, his big eyes and huge smile, he gets from me and then his love for the outdoors (he could seriously live outside, he runs to the door and bangs on it until we take him out), loving anytime of ball in his sight, determination to get something, his widow peak, blonde hair and nose is all daddy and of course his smartness is from Ryan too! He now knows where is nose is when you ask him, he'll point to it, he also will rub the back of his head when you ask him where his hair is! He loves to wave bye bye, he tells us by pointing and guiding us to the freeze or cabinet when he wants a drink or something to eat, he even started a couple of nights ago, waving his arms to his bed, when we ask him if his ready to go night night!

He couldn't be anymore attached to his blanket, he carries it everywhere, we even have 2 backups b/c they get so dirty! His also attached to his paci, he used to hand it over when we asked for it now, he shakes his head no and runs away laughing now!

I could go on forever and the only thing that I keep thinking about is what the next one will be like...oh I can't wait!

My precious adorable son, drool and all!


Brady and Me, look at the killer smile




Us last year, look how tiny he was, and how long my hair was!


He has the sweetest giggle!






We had dinner with Ryan's mom and Grandma took the kids on a wagon ride

Those kisses I was talking about that he gives away freely!

Brady and his cousin Kendra at my parets house, where we had lunch!

May 10th

Avery's 1st Birthday Party @ Gymboree Play & Music

One of my best friends Tarenthia's little girl turned 1 on the 8th and had her b-day party last weekend! This was our first time to go to Gymboree, and we had a blast! This place is perfect for little kiddos, I would recommend it to anyone, Brady was just big enough to climb, slide, shoot baskets, and lots more! Avery is just a doll, and a princess of course!

Avery chewing on a mat


Susan and Liam

Aaron

Brady peeking through a tunnel

Brady making a very funny face, he was laughing

Climbing

Standing on his head

Fun under a parachute

Shooting Baskets

Shaking Maracas with Mommy

Climbing on something else

Playing Peekaboo

Avery with a big yellow ball

Brady in his Princess B-day hat

The Lil Princess

Happy Family, Tarenthia, Avery, and Bradley

Eating cake

Brady stuffing his face with pizza

Pizza Face

May 4th

Outside Fun

Sunday after our naps we went outside to play for awhile, Ryan had gotten the broom out to clean up some stuff and Brady got a hold of it and started trying to carry it around! For some reason Brady thinks it's a lot of fun to sit on top of Ryan's truck, so we sat him up there and he got a hold of a package of kleenex and was in heaven!

He looks like just a big boy!

It looks like his whistling!

Sitting on the truck with his kleenex!

May 1st

Aaron comes to visit

Hillary brought Aaron over to see us while the boys had a softball game, he's now a month old, Brady is waiting patiently for him to big enough to play!

Hillary with the boys!

Look, I can handle this, Ryan...what are you waiting for?

May 5th

Aaron visits us @ school

The girls in athletics have been very eager to see Coach Saenz (Hillary) and her new baby, so she brought him to see us!

Ayriel and Coach Dowling with Aaron

Gretchen, Ayriel, and the girls admiring Aaron

Our principle Ms. Gaylord having a turn holding Aaron

April 27th

Powder Mess

We were doing a little Sunday cleaning and left Brady alone for a minute and he decided that he was going to create a new mess for us to pick up! The pictures don't do the mess justice, he had powder all over the floor and his clothes and also unwrapped an ace bandage and wore it around his neck!

Look, what I found!

Playing in the powder

Brady heard the dogs barking and figured out how to look through the blinds, notice the ace bandage around his neck!

April 26th
Babysitting Braeleigh/Bridal Portraits

We got to babysit my niece today, the kiddos had so much fun, they had us running all over the place trying to keep up with them! This is the 2 of them playing with Brady's books in his room, I think they pulled down every book he owns!

Later we took the both of them to a charity softball game Ryan and I played in well, I ended up just batting b/c I was running around chasing the both of them! They ran around throwing a softball, eating hot dogs and every snack imaginable, it's so fun to have them so close in age!

Bridal Portraits

I had to drop the kiddos off @ my mom's house so I could go take some bridal portraits of a very sweet friend of mine, Laura, who is my college roommate, Ann's, little sister, whose wedding I doing as well in 2 wks. Here's just a couple of colleges I created, check out my website sometime www.hbathousandwords.com, it's still under construction but should be up and running soon! I'm really trying to get my photography business going!