Hear me ROAR!

Brayden is going to be a lion this year for Halloween so we decided to make a dry run in the costume. He doesn't really like wearing it and frankly I don't blame him since it is 95 degrees outside and the costume is furry fleece. He looks so cute it in though and hopefully it will get colder soon.

Pumpkin patch

We took Brayden to the pumpkin patch today. The pictures didn't turn out nearly as cute as they did last year. This year he wanted to throw the pumpkins instead of pose cutely by them. I managed to get a few pictures and Brayden managed to have a blast as usual. We went to Central Market afterwards for lunch and he played so well with Rylie on the playground. I was very impressed since I am normally having to leave early for behavior issues. I guess he is getting old enough and finally understanding or Rylie is a good influence :)

Driving Mr. Brayden

Brayden likes to drive the car these days and he especially likes to press all the buttons. This can keep us busy for hours.

Stickers!

What fun to put stickers all over your body. These power ranger stickers give him special powers I think.

An Apple a day...

You know what they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, well in our case an apple a day makes Brayden smile. When I asked him what color his apple was, his reply was "purple".

What baby?

Can you belive how big he is? Check him out, no longer a baby for sure, he looks so much like a little man. We took these tonight in our yard, what a cutie!

Sleeping Brayden

He just looked so peaceful - not to mention BIG! It may be our first sleeping picture of Brayden, since I was so afraid to take pictures before this for fear he may wake up. You know what they say, never wake a sleeping baby.

Playdate friends

What a fun day! These are some of Brayden's friends eating lunch together. I think Brayden was too busy to eat any of his lunch but he did have a great time.

Cookie licking contest

I made chocolate chip cookies today and Brayden, Bill and Lily had a chocolate chip cookie licking contest to see who could lick the batter off the beater faster. I have no idea who won, but I can tell you they all had a BLAST!!

Concan weekend

We made the trip to Concan to the Frio River this weekend and had a blast. I didn't take too many pictures since we were having so much fun. Brayden swam and threw rocks and washers. He also made the most awesome tackle I have seen since the Rose Bowl. Ready or not - Longhorn O-line here we come. I saw Bill give lots of high-fives afterwards :)

Pudding Again!

I mean can you have enough pudding pictures?? Especially when Brayden LOVES pudding.

SEAWORLD!

We went to seaworld today and had a blast. Brayden did so well and we were so proud of him, especially since he got stung by a bee in the first 30 minutes. We saw lots of shows and played in the water park. It was a great, but hot day.

Beginning of the day - get ready Shamu here we come.

Brayden and daddy checking out the sea loins, just minutes after a pesky bee sting.

lunch time fun - don't we look cool!

this dolphin show rocks!

end of the day, after all the fun!

Neighbor friends

On friday afternoon we had the neighbors over for some slip-n-slide fun. Here is a picture from our day. Brayden is so lucky to have great friends right next door.

Bucket-o-fun

Holy bucket! We were in Lissie, TX (population 120) to visit my sister this weekend. Brayden found this bucket they fill for the new dog to drink out of. He decided it looked just his size and jumped in. Maggie wondering what was going on.

Brayden decided he wasn't gross enough and jumped in the dog carrier. I used extra soap during bath time that night.

SLIP-N-SLIDE

We went to a playdate at a friend's house who had a slip-n-slide. I immediately rushed out to buy one after seeing how much fun Brayden had. Here we are in the back yard sliping and sliding. I wish these were video clips cause the screaming that goes with the sliding is hilarious. I had trouble picking just one photo to put on here. To see them bigger just click on the picture.

4th of July

happy 4th! We went to a backyard BBQ this year at a friends house. Brayden had a blast playing in the water and drinking red and blue snow cones. I was so busy making sure Brayden didn't steal anyone else's cookies I didn't have a chance to take pictures. Later we went to dinner with Nanny and G-daddy and watched the fireworks off their back deck. Brayden wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry when he saw the close ones.

Lake LBJ Trip

Bill's parents rented a lake house on lake LBJ for the week so we packed our bags and headed up there. It was so much fun, at one point there were 18 family members there. Brayden loved every minute of it!.
Hi Kitty! Brayden LOVES the cats and ducks that were at the house. He learned to say "quack, quack" and screamed whenever he saw a kitty.



This is one of my favorite pictures of Brayden at the lake, such concentration!



Brayden in his make-shift baby pool. He loved it, he kept taking water bottles to the pool and then diving in.


Grandma loved squirting whip cream in Brayden's mouth, but not near as much as Brayden did.



Daddy and Brayden on the boat.