There's No Stopping Me Now!!

It's so amazing to me how when one thing "clicks" in a baby's mind, it all seems to follow so quickly thereafter. This child is amazing me every day with all of his new tricks and is determined to be up and running after his big sister in NO time. It was only last week that he "mastered" crawling which pretty much came at the same time of him mastering sitting up. So much for a peaceful period of him being able to sit up and play but not move :) Now today he was already trying (and succeeding once) to pull up on the sofa and anything else that he thought might be stationary, which wasn't always the case. I had forgotten how much having a mobile child changes your world and now with two I'm not sure I have enough eyes and arms to handle it.

Couple of videos I caught today.... he was SO proud of himself!! Also, note the lack of chatter in the background from Little Miss Kaitlyn...don't tell her but we got these in while she was at school so Brayden didn't have to fear being knocked over by one of her big hugs or "love taps" :)

And one of these days I'll remember the correct way to hold our camera to get the videos right side up...sorry!

Preschool and Crawling... so many exciting changes!!

It's been an eventful week around here for both Kaitlyn and Brayden.

Brayden has gone from starting to "scoot" around the house last week to pretty much full on crawling everywhere at a much faster speed than I'm ready for. He's mastered pulling himself up from his back or crawling position to sitting and vice versa. This is definitely sooner than Kaitlyn ever did but not surprised when we just watches his big sister run around the house non-stop all day long....got to keep up somehow. He is already getting into everything and I'm realizing that we are way behind on baby proofing the house.

Kaitlyn had her first day of preschool or as she says "shool." I was a little curious to see how she would do since it's been about a year and half since she's gone to any sort of daycare but she did great! She's been so excited since we've moved here and we pass the school often and get asked "my shool open yet?" all the time. Luckily that same enthusiasm was still there this morning when we dropped her off and when I picked her up. When we pulled up to the school this morning she said "I'm so excited. It's going to be fun!" Couple of pics and video from the big day and Brayden's new tricks!!

Daddy's "special pancakes" to start the school year off right...

So excited and ready to go...

Does this bag look too big on me :)

Can I play you a tune?!?

Little Froggie!

I realize I am SO behind on posting pics to the blog but working on getting all of the pics from the last few months off the camera and onto the computer now that all of the boxes are unpacked. Here are a few teasers from this afternoon. Hard to believe it but I think our little "froggie" is about to be mobile really soon. Not so sure I'm ready for that.

Might not be able to understand it but in the second video Kaitlyn is saying "hi little cutie" "hi little boy" :)


And can you tell someone is getting excited about "school" starting in just a few weeks. When I asked her today if Brayden or Momma could go to school with her she responds "No momma, just big girls"....hopefully that attitude will stay the same come day one :)



Promise to post more of the past few months soon!

Rolly Polly!!

Brayden has definitely gotten a hang of rolling over. I can't keep him on his back these days and it's so cute how excited Kaitlyn gets for him when he rolls over :)

Dallas Visit!

We went down to Dallas a couple of weekends ago to finalize plans for our BIG move in just THREE weeks! We spent four days there looking at tons of houses, preschools, and Brad getting things worked out for his practice. It was such a crazy four days I didn't even manage to get a single picture in. Sorry! But we know that we will have TONS of fun times to come with Mimi, Papa, and ALL of our cousins! Kaitlyn had such a good time playing with her cousins. I don't think she has played that hard in a long time. Thank you to Aunt Anne for keeping her one day and saving her from the misery of house hunting. And thank you to Mimi and Papa for a night out without kids for Brad and I to go out with Brad's future partners and their wives. It was a much needed break to have adult conversation without a baby in my lap :) We found a house to rent in Plano (just north of Dallas) and signed Kaitlyn up for preschool! The house isn't the "purple" house that Kaitlyn requested but we are hoping she's okay with it once we get her "new room" all set up!

We are SO excited about the upcoming move and still working through the final details (which is killing the "planner in me) but I know that it will all come together in the end.
So hard to believe that it's already time for us to move again. Where has the year gone!!! Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying summer.

Spring Fun Pics!!

As we take in the last month and half left in Columbus we've been busy trying to get in all of the Columbus "adventures" and spend as much time with our friends as possible!! Last weekend was quite a busy one with the Circus and a baseball game!!! We went to check out the Columbus Clippers.... nothing like hanging out with all of the boys....Kaitlyn with Sam, Joe, Jack, Gabe, Parker and Brayden :)

Brayden's first baseball game was just too exciting for him!

Kaitlyn and Sam sharing popcorn.... I don't know how we are going to separate these two :(

We did a mom and kids adventure to the circus... quite the crew!

Just a few other pictures from the past few weeks....
Someone has to mow the lawn around here..

Being such a good big sister and getting Brayden ALL of his toys!

Kaitlyn "reading" to Brayden...

Mother's Day Brunch! I'm so blessed to have TWO beautiful kiddos and wouldn't trade a minute with them for anything - well, okay maybe a 60 minute massage every now and then :) !!

Llamas at the library!!

Planting our Texas Bluebonnet seeds that Brad brought back from his boys weekend to Austin. However I have a feeling we might need to wait till we're actually in TX to see actual Bluebonnets.

Brad and I decided to start the "Insanity" workout program two weeks ago and Kaitlyn loves to do her "exercise" with us!! We'll see how long this lasts for all of us :)

April Fun Photos!

My big helper.... Kaitlyn LOVES to help get everything ready for bathtime. I never knew a two year old could be so helpful but she makes sure we have EVERYTHING we need for bathtime for both Kaitlyn and Brayden - two towels, two wash clothes, two sets of PJs, two different "napkins" (aka baby wipes), and two diapers. And the best part is that she has to lay them all out on the corresponding towel on the bathroom floor. I'm afraid a bit of my OCD might be rubbing off :)

Brad took his board test a couple of weeks ago... here are his two biggest fans wishing him luck!

A little celebratory tiramisu for Brad after his test. Kaitlyn helped make it and insisted that we have candles b/c of course every cake must have candles and singing.



Kaitlyn took the slide on the playground a little fast and did a nice face plant a couple weeks ago hence the "ouchie" above the lips. It looked a lot worse than it really was thankfully.

Look at me...I'm three months old and quite the flirt with my smiles!!