Valentine's Day 2010

For Valentine's Day this year Caleb and I went and ate at Santa Fe steakhouse in Lawton and went to see the movie "Valentine's Day" while Brandt spendt the night with Bubby and Grandpa. It was fun--This was our 3rd Valentine's Day together!

11 months old

Brandt is 11 months old now and learning new things every day--it is so fun to watch. He can pat-a-cake, play peek-a-boo and do the sign for baby. He can also take a diaper to the trash and throw it away, its too funny! He also has 8 teeth now. On Feb. 19th we had to take him to Urgent Med and he had RSV and an ear infection :( I figured thats what it was b/c it was going around really bad. Now I have an upper resp. infection and I think Caleb does too. No fun!! But at least Brandt is feeling better, that's all that matters! We are planning his birthday party to be on March 13th at the Simmons Center--its going to be a St Patrick's Day theme so Im really excited! Hopefully we will all feel better by then!

Brandt's 1'st Haircut!

Brandt got his first haircut on February 13th, 2010. I think it's so cool that my mom got to give him his first haircut! She was happy too! He was such a good boy--he just sat up in the booster chair with his little cape on. It was adorable!!

Brandt & Aiden--a little late

Opening Christmas Presents

I don't know why I never posted these but here they are better late than never. These are a few pics of Brandt's 1st roadtrip to Missouri to visit Aiden on December 18, 2009. We had a blast! It snowed while we were there but the weather wasn't too bad for the drive thank goodness. Brandt and Aiden played so good together--its so cute watching them play! I wish we lived closer so they could play all the time! Brandt did so well on the drive up there and back. He's my little traveler! Hopefully we will get to see them again this summer sometime!!

Ice Storm 2010

So our power went out Thursday Jan 28th in the afternoon--I thought oh it will come back on later today b/c it's never been out for very much longer than that so I didn't really think about. Then I heard people saying it was going to be days before power would come back! Caleb, Brandt and I went to my parents house since they have a fireplace hoping we could at least be somewhat warm. We slept there Thursday night--it was ok for us but Brandt just wanted to crawl around everywhere so it was too cold for him. We got up Friday morning and decided to head to OKC to my aunt and uncles house. We got to Chickasha and realized that the turnpike was closed and the weather was getting pretty bad so we decided just to turn around and come back home. After sitting at my parents for the rest of the day it just started getting colder and colder so we luckily found a room at the La Quinta inn in lawton--it was the only one they had left and it was the jacuzzi suite so it had a king size bed and a huge jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room so my dad and Caleb had to sleep in the floor...lol. At least we were all warm! We got a regular room the next night thank goodness so we could all have a bed. We ended up staying there Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. Thank goodness they had a gym so at least I could work out or I think I would have gone even more nuts than I already was! Caleb had to go back to work Monday morning so my mom, Brandt and I went to waste time at the mall and went out to eat before heading back to Duncan. Monday night Caleb's mom got power so we stayed at her house. By this point we were basically living out of my car and I felt so sorry for Brandt having to stay in a different place everynight. He didn't know what the heck was going on but he acted so good. Even despite that his 4 front top teeth were popping through as well as one bottom one all at the same time. He also learned how to pat-a-cake through all this as well..lol. Anywho, Tuesday we borrowed a generator from one of my dads friends and Caleb hooked it up at my moms house to the heater, a lamp and the TV so me, Caleb and Brandt stayed there and my mom and dad stayed in a hotel in Duncan. Wednesday I went home before going to work and realized FINALLY we had power!!! Ive never been so happy to see a light in my whole life! I will never take electricity for granted again..lol. It was so good to sleep in our own bed and get back into a routine. It was especially good to eat normal things again instead of eating out every single meal--that definitely took a toll on my diet!! haha. We got through it though and nobody killed each other surprisingly, even though I had my doubts at times! I am so ready for summer now its not even funny--I am in desperate need of SUNSHINE!! We are starting to plan Brandt's 1st Birthday party for next month so thats exciting. Can't believe my baby is already going to be 1!