December 22, 2011

Catch up and Decorating

Ever since we got the remainder of our Christmas Decorations from my  moms house Braxton has been ecstatic about where everything goes and really wanted to go "Dog Sledding." Brandon hooked up the dogs to the sled in the house and tried to see if the could pull brax on the carpet. It didn't work and brax was pretty disappointed when we told him that we had to unhook the dogs.

The chaos that engulfed my house for a few weeks from all the boxes and figuring out what went where was so frustrating, then main part that was so frustrating was that while I would clean up one mess Braxton would find another box to unpack.


Then a few days later it SNOWED!
Braxton was so darn excited he ran down to dad and begged him to go sledding. There was just enough to have the dogs pull him on the road.

Lucky was so excited he obviously remembered from previous years.
Cooper on the other hand was terrified and confused, he did finally get the hang of it but only by himself.









I bought this 8ft Santa from my mom and Braxton loves it! If ya can't tell by his face.

picture courtesy of Braxton

These next pics are random ones from throughout the past couple weeks.

Caught him sucking his thumb!

Braxton was so hyped up to help me decorate outside I let him put the tinsel on this bush, he did pretty good for a 3yr old.
Then I let him stick these 4 things into the ground too.

Their first bath together







I love his face when he yawns 

It's like they're both saying "Really Mom, another picture"

And next, "I'm done, stop it!"

Last year on clearance I bought a few extra large wall stickers and let Braxton put them up onto the fridge the first was a snowman the size of him.







 The little brother woke up the big brother by lying next to him in his bed. Brax was happy when he opened his eyes to Logan.


I heard Braxton start to giggle, so I walked over to investigate and found this.

November 28, 2011

Thanksgiving and Logan's Blessing


Dad and his boys

3 Weeks old


Thanksgiving

We did thanksgiving with my family as we do every year. But this year we were able to stop by Brandon's parents for about a half hour and visit before we left for I.F.
This year I wanted to try something fun with my pies this year and make them single serving size (aka: cupcake size). It took way longer but they were a hit and soooo yummy.

My favorite, along with my brothers, was a new one this year, Sour Cream Blueberry.
When I told him what they were he turned his nose up to them and said no way. But then he took a small taste when everyone was raving about them and ended up eating 4 or 5 he like them so much.

Caramel Apple Crunch Pies 
  
I also made the traditional pumpkin, caramel pecan cheesecake, and coconut cream. But for some reason I forgot to take pictures of those.

Also Broken Glass Jell-o
 and Crumb Topped Sweet Potatoes.

My silly little turkey showing off his turkey shirt that I made for him. 


My matching turkeys.

The Feast...Buffet Style


the day after Thanksgiving was Heidi's (Brandon's Mom/Nana) Birthday. Every year we go bowling as a family for her birthday, Brax was in heaven, he loves bowling.

 I made her cake with the swirling rose technique that I've been wanting to try for a while, it turned out pretty.

 Braxton and Logan
Their first brother bath! 
Braxton was over the moon excited to finally be able to sit in the tub with Logan.

Saturday the 26th, we went up to the mountains to get a christmas tree for Brandons parents. We wanted to get a real tree this year but  decided not to. 
And yes I went to, with Logan strapped to my chest and bundled up nice and warm.



 His first ever snow angel!

 Chowing down on some hot dogs!
 Back in the car all nice and warm.

Logan's Blessing Day