Brandt's 1st Christmas--2009

This Christmas was a crazy one--but the best one yet!! It came a blizzard so our usual plans got changed. Wednesday night my Aunt Jan, cousins Kathy, her husband Ruben and their daughter Isabella came to visit on their way to move to Texas. It was great to see them b/c we haven't seen them in like 3 years!! Then on Christmas Eve, my aunt and uncle and cousins that we always spend it with couldn't come b/c of the weather so our friends Dustin and Jen came over and Dustin and Caleb went sledding on with my dads 4-wheeler. On Christmas Day we woke up at my parents house and opened presents--Brandt didn't care one thing about his presents, all he wanted to play with is the cell phones and the laptop and everything else he wasn't supposed to have..haha. On Saturday my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Kenneth and my cousins Kristen, Coulter, and Cooper finally got to come from OKC to have our Christmas with them. Now today we are having Christmas over at Caleb's mom's house--so 5 total Christmas'--CRAZY!! But it was all wonderful! Brandt had a blast playing with all the little kids and we all got such great gifts! And the snow definitely made it all a Christmas that we will never forget!!

Brandt--9 months old

I can't believe my baby is 9 months old! Lets see--whats new with us. Well we just got a new car Dec. 4th. Its awesome! Its a 2010 black GMC Terrain. Its got flip up DVD players in both the backseat headrests so that will be so nice for long trips for Brandt to watch. I love it! Next week is going to be very busy--work Christmas party on Tuesday night, Brandt's 9 mo well check on Thursday morning and Caleb's open house at his work on Thursday afternoon, and we are leaving bright and early on Friday morning to go to Missouri to visit Lauren, Nate and Aiden and staying until Monday. I can't wait to see them! I feel like a total scrooge--we didn't put any lights up and we didn't even put a tree up this year. I figured it would just be something else that he would get into, and besides my parents have one at their house and thats where we are doing Christmas anyways. We will do all of it next year though but Im sure Brandt could care less this year anyway. Im looking forward to Christmas but can't stand the cold weather--can't wait for the summer so we can go to the beach!!

Day at the Park

These are just some pics of the first time Caleb and I took Brandt to Centennial Park. He was a little small for the swing but he loved it!

Brandt's 1st Thanksgiving--09

We had Thanksgiving at my parents house. Brandt actually ate some "real" food. He wasn't so sure about some of it but he sure did like the macaroni. He is 8 1/2 months old now and can do so many new things. These pictures are of the first time he ate meat. Man that stuff stinks! He seems to like it pretty well though. He is saying "Momma" now (especially when he is mad). He can pull himself up to stand and walk around his playpen and crib holding on to the edges. I can't believe how fast he is growing up! It's sad and fun all at the same time. We got him a forward facing carseat and he loves it! He likes being able to see where we are going and we like that we can see him alot better now. He has two bottom teeth now--they popped through at the same time, which was no fun for him I'm sure. About that same time he stopped wanting to sleep in his crib and so now he won't sleep unless he is in the bed with us. I know its not the best thing in the world but if thats what we have to do so we can all get some sleep then thats what we are gonna do! Plus its the sweetest thing in the whole world when he snuggles up to me! He likes to sleep late. He goes to bed around 9 p.m. usually and sleeps until about 8 a.m. sometimes even 9! which is amazing since I don't have to be at work until noon everyday except Mondays. We went to OKC the weekend before Thanksgiving to meet Holly and Chris' baby Theo--he is so precious! Brandt loved him!

Family Pictures--November 14, 2009

We had our pictures taken by Ashley Thomas of Aspen Blue Photography. She was the same girl who took my maternity pictures. Brandt's teeth were hurting him this day so he didn't want to smile in any of them but he was trooper. I think they turned out great!

Halloween 2009

Brandt was a spider for Halloween this year. We just took him over to a couple of my moms friends house so they could see him and we took him to the mall to have his picture taken. He didn't have a problem wearing the costume but by the end of the night he was worn out!

September 09--Brandt & Aiden meet!

Its been forever since I updated this thing--Ive got lot's of catching up to do. I left off when Lauren and Aiden were about to come visit and meet Brandt for the first time. We had a blast!! It was the cutest thing ever watching Brandt and Aiden play! Brandt was about 6 months old and Aiden was 7 months old at the time so they were just starting to crawl around. We are about to get to go visit them in Missouri December 18th so I can't wait to get them together again! I just wish we didn't live so far away from each other!