Super heros

Check out my two superheros. Cody is taking after big brother and loves to dress up as batman. There is no doubting that these two are boys. Cody's first word was "grrrr", meaning "I'm gonna get you". It is getting a bit tough living in this apartment with two boys who are used to their big backyard. We are trying really hard to stay active and busy but the weather is still so cold (relatively speaking). The pool here was my only out and we still can't swim in it yet. So while we hold out for the triple digits we spend our time saving the world as super heros (or sometimes villians!)

Easter 2009

We stayed in Angleton for Easter this year to celebrate with Bill's family. The kids had an egg hunt and the Easter bunny came to visit. We had a great time seeing everyone and eating lots of candy!mmm chocolate!really, all mine? no sharing?

eeewww, maybe I should have shared this sour thingy.no trip is complete without the four wheeler ride!on the hunt

opening the eggs - Cody got a cookie monster.

Wildflower Center

We decided it was time to see the wildflowers in bloom so we took a trip to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center today. The kids favorite part was the water falls and streams and seeing the bluebonnets. Brayden also loved climbing up to the top of the tower to look out. The flowers were beautiful and there were butterflies and birds all over too. Definitely worth the trip.Checking out the turtlesAt the top of the tower

Dare Devil

I know some of you are saying, "you took pictures of this instead of getting him down?" But trust me, he does this a lot these days. Cody cannot walk very well, he is clumsy and falls down a lot and runs into walls, we have the scars and boo boos to prove it. However, Cody is a master at climbing, he can climb anything and does every day. The other day I found him on top of the breakfast room table hanging on the chandelier. Climbing the rocking chair and launching himself into the crib is his new trick. He can also climb out of the crib as well - dropping 5 feet to the floor after he lunges his body over the side. I'd say I have a bit of a dare devil on my hands. So I can't just let him injure himself, the emergency room is not my favorite place in the world. So I fixed the problem by buying a crib tent, it was the best $50 I have spent. He can't climb in the crib and the best part is he can't climb out either. I also signed him up for My Gym class where he can climb, jump and play all he wants.

Brayden wanted to make it a little tougher on Cody by spinning the chair out from under him - thanks big brother.

new house update

The beginning part of building a house is not exciting. We now have dirt and it is spread out and are waiting on the plumbers to come before they can finish the slab. It has been a slow process so far with the rain adding to the delays. Here are the newest pictures.Our new addressThe boys on the lot

Best Friends

Super cute brothers tickling.

New House

As most of you know already Bill and I decided to buy a new house. We decided to build a new home in Belterra (a subdivision 7 miles west of where we are currently) because it gave us the best options as far as floorplan. We put our house on the market on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 and we recived 2 offers by that Saturday. One of the offers we couldn't refuse and we accepted it on January the 27th, the very same day we finalized the contract on our new house. There were a ton of emotions involved in selling our house. We have really come to love our neighborhood and all the people on our street and close by. We love our house, it was our first and we made so many wonderful memories in it. We will miss everything about it dearly. But we are looking forward to a new bigger house for our growing family. Plus we already know some of our neighbors in the new place and they are GREAT! There were a couple of minor details I won't bore you with here that made the lease back option on our house not a reality so we packed up all of our stuff and moved to an apartment close to Bill's work. We have a lot of stuff in storage but we are really enjoying the apartment. It is the nicest one I have ever lived in - remember college - this is not like that. So I said all of this so I could post some pictures of what we have been doing since, so here they are.The lot with no work done. We took a trip to the lot one COLD Sunday, here is Brayden all bundled up.

Bill scoping out the view in the back.

brayden's 4th birthday

Brayden turned 4 this weekend. We had a great mario birthday party for him at our house - our last party before the move. We had 15 of his friends over and played games and had cake. We had everyone dress up like, luigi, mario or peach. He had a great time. My favorite comment from him was when he walked up and said "Congratulations mom!" I said "Thanks Brayden, why?" and he said "Because I love my party." I was so proud, excited and loved at that moment, what a wonderful, sweet boy we have raised.

Bathing Beauties

And you wonder why I always say I'm cleaning. As my sister who has two boys of her own told me once "Two boys is like having your own water park, just add the mud pies."

G- Daddy's birthday

Cody and Brayden got new haircuts today. We tried something different with Cody's and spiked it, he looked so cute tonight for G-Daddy's birthday. And I must say that Ruth Chris handled the McDaniel boys pretty well too, I am sure they are not used to running, screaming children. I think we should stick to Waterloo and Chickfila for awhile longer.

Brotherly hug or stangle

Watch out Cody!

Ahhh, what a sweet hug. Wait a minute...too tight!uggh, WAY TOO TIGHT!but he is kissing my ear, should that make it better?