OOOH, What a Deal!!

I was just walking through walmart to go get some food and they were rolling out racks of clothes with clearance marked on the top of the racks. So why not look, right. I got a floral dress (top and skirt) and 3 gorgeous dress jackets.

Retail Value: $105.00
What I paid was $5.00!!!!! $1 for each item

And they keep bringing more clothes out every week, so i keep looking hoping for some pants that will fit.

This is a Big One! Birthday's and Firworks

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Brandon's brother took us out to dinner on Saturday for Brandon's birthday to a Mexican restaurant. So I went and told the waitress that it was his birthday thinking that they were just going to bring out some fried ice cream which they did, but they also brought out this tattered sombrero for him to wear! LOL. That was a funny surprise. I was glad he put it on, I really didn't think he would.

Of Course Braxton had to wear it too! Silly kid, and such a cutie.
Don't I have cute boys!

The Cake
Almond Praline Ice Cream Cake

Fun Patriotic Jell-o for Daddy's B-day BBQ
Daddy's Presents
He got this Red Camping Chair
and as always Braxton thinks that it is his Chair.

Brandon never wears sandals always tennis shoes!
So I got him some crocs and he loves them and of course so does Braxton.

Rain on Brandon's Birthday
Braxton and I got caught in this "monsoon season" Cloud Burst walking back from walmart, we were soaking wet by the time we got back home

HAPPY 4TH JULY

Well we didn't go anywhere for the fireworks because it was still 102 degrees at 9:00pm! So we heard that some could be seen from our apartment, so that is what we decided to do.

Our annual family fourth picture

Braxton hates it when Uncle Tyler picks him up he kicks and whines. But last night it turned into a game and brax kicked harder and was laughing. I was afraid he was going to hurt Tyler with all his kicking like he has with Brandon so many times. Ha Ha

Little did I know behind Tyler and Erins apartment is this giant grassy area with a small hill! So Braxton had lots of fun running up and down the hill, we had to take his shoes off because when he would run down the hill, his flip flops would trip him and he would face plant it in the grass and slide down a little ways! He never cried though, he thought it was funny.
I was trying to teach him to lie down and roll down the hill, but he didn't quite understand. He did think it was funny as a manually rolled him down the hill. We'll work on it.

Waiting for the fireworks, it was so cute how braxton would go and lay down in between them.

The fire works were really far away, farther than we thought they would be.

Flying with Uncle Jared
(My Camera wouldn't take very well with it being so dark)

There were also two dogs out there with us and of course Brax the dog lover had to give them pats on the head and hugs.

Lucky also got to meet and play (they are playing, I know i looks like fighting) with another dog for the first time in a few months, poor puppy. I can't wait till I can let him run free again.

No more than twenty minutes after we got home he was past out cold on the chair.
And he slept all night until 9:30 this morning !!!
That was really nice because we had everyone over to watch "8 Rounds" until 1 am.

Hanging out on Dad's lunch break at the pool

Yeah! Laughs and Giggles

In this last pic Braxton was terrified and also kicked Brandon in the face. Brandon couldn't see him coming down that well. Luckily he caught him. I can't believe i caught this picture!!
Awesome isn't it! How about Brandon's farmers tan!

"Cars & Reading"

We were really bored one day last week and it was way to hot to even step outside so i built braxton his first tent out of blankets he had so much fun running in and out.

He is so silly, he just loves hats!

Braxton First Time eating Corn on the Cob

Okay my sanity is just about gone, Brax is totally obsessed with "Cars"!!! We have to watch it 2-3 times a day! The first thing in the morning that comes out of his mouth is "hi, T ars" which means "Hi, Tv Cars". So cute but really getting old.
He has learned to climb out of the tub too. Saturday night brandon and I were out on the couch finishing up our dinner while brax was in the tub and then all the sudden Brandon says "whoa! MOM!" I turned around and here comes brax butt naked running out of the bathroom soaking wet, laughing his head off until he slipped and fell onto his back, then it wasn't funny anymore.
He has also grown tall enough to reach up onto the table and the kitchen counters, so he is grabbing everything he is not supposed to have.
Well, i guess this was all supposed to happen some time but it is coming up all too fast. He will be 18 months old on the 18th. The past few weeks he has been fighting me and crying his head off to go to nursery, why do they have to do that? He has been going to nursery for the past 6 months and he loves it, I just don't get it.
He has also been crawling under the bed to get the dog, Well lets just say he hasn't quite figured out how to get out from under the bed. His head is actually stuck in the picture, because he wouldn't turn it to pull it out. It was funny, yet sad. I really didn't know that he was stuck when I took the picture. I promise, im not that mean. lol

Bragging Time:
Braxton has the "Your Baby Can Read" videos. well, Friday I made him take a break from "Cars" he through a fit for the first few minutes, then relaxed and watched it. The way it works is that a word comes up on the screen then 2-3 seconds later they say the word twice. Well, before they even said the word, Braxton READ IT!! and they were big words too. the first word he just did the action the second he saw it pop up which was "waving" the word came up and he waved his hand at the TV. The second word "clapping" he did it and said it! before the tv said anything. The last word he said was "bubbles". It is so awesome that he knew those big words and could say them and he isn't even 18 months old yet! We are so excited.

This is one of my favorites of him.

The Preventive Pest Control Wives of the summer
From the Left:
Kelsie Hawkes (cousin-in-law), Kallee Cook and her kids Kinlee and Jared, Me and Brax, Sara Lee and her daughter Clara, Erin Hawkes (sister-in-law)
Kallee and Sara are also pregnant

The Kids had so much fun bouncing and running around

Two very impatient children


This picture has such a funny story, braxton would stand on one side of the circle then run as fast as he could and ram his whole body into the other side and fly backwards. He did it over and over.

I know this picture is fuzzy but with them moving so much it was hard to get a clear picture with my camera. But I thought this picture was funny, he was actually stuck.

(Imported from Braxton's Blog)

Swimming, Broccoli and a Very Messy Boy...aka COOKIE MONSTER!

This boy LOVES broccoli!

Racing Mom to the Pool!

Waiting at the gate..."hurry up mom!"

Chilling down by the pool with some snacks before jumping in.

His first time wearing arm floaties and floating by himself...he was pretty scared but started to get the hang of it after a few minutes.

He loves to look at his scrapbooks, if I tell him to get a book to read he usually grabs one of these.

Cookie Monster!!!!!!

He had so much fun eating his oreo's and he got to learn how to dip them in milk. As you can see he thought it was pretty darn yummy!

I Love this smirk on his face...it's like "ya, I'm a mess and I'm too darn adorable for you to get a tiny bit mad."

He did wash himself up afterwards though, haha.