Ty & the laundry basket ride :)

December Fun

December has been SO busy but we've managed to have some fun too! "Hey mom, look at me...I'm Elfie's twin! I even smile like him"
Brayden and I "tried" to make a gingerbread house one Sunday after church. We were too impatient to wait for the frosting on the house to dry completely so naturally our house totally collapsed once we put all the candy on it. But thankfully we have a high tech construction management professional in the house who put it back together for us with a glue gun! Thanks dad! Seriously next year I think I am just going to glue gun it together in the first place...its not like we ever eat the thing anyways. Actually, I think next year I'll sit back and relax and let Guy make it with the kids. That sounds like a better idea! :)
We had our best tree ever this year! It was so pretty and BB took decorating it very seriously!

And Tyler surprisingly never knocked it down. A true miracle!

Brayden pretty much rearranged our tree daily. All ornaments got their turn at being in the front
I found Tyler in this basket one day. He emptied it and crawled in with his favorite toy. Its this super annoying singing/dancing hamster that wiggles its arms and legs and sings "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" in the most obnoxious way. It pretty much drives me crazy, but for the boys, it never gets old...which is why it drives me crazy! :)
Brayden with his 2009 ornament...Lightning McQueen of course! He is obsessed! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Hill for the pj's you got him for Christmas. They have been a hit!
We loved driving around and looking at Christmas lights. There are a few neighborhoods here that go all out so we let Brayden stick his head out the sun roof for the best view...we were only going like 2 mph :)
We took the boys to the Polar Express Train ride again this year and had so much fun. Here's Brayden with the tallest Santa ever!

Pretending to be a penguin on the spray painted snow...best we can do here in Texas!

He loves Charlie Brown and was very excited to see this!

It's frosty and a reindeer

Before the train ride they had this little program concert thing and they had all the kids come up and yell...I mean sing, a song together! Brayden pretty much loved it. It was a nice glimpse at what our future will be like at a million school programs! Oh, I just can't wait...

He was beyond excited to finally get on the train

All Aboard

Look who's coming...

It's SANTA

Santa tried to hold Ty's finger and say hello

and Tyler pretty much FREAKED out!

Santa makes him cry every time!!!

Merry Christmas everybody!

BB is 3!

My baby is 3 today! It's crazy to me that I have a 3 year old... he's supposed to still be my little baby! Sometimes I look at the little outfits that Tyler fits in now and think to myself, "hey, shouldn't brayden still be wearing this!" It's hard to believe that 3 whole years have gone by since he became a part of our family. It seems like just yesterday we were holding him for the first time and staring into his big, blue eyes! We are so grateful that he's our boy and we love him so much!!! He makes us laugh and smile every day and I truly love being his mommy and watching him learn and grow! He has such a big heart and we are so proud of the big boy he is becoming! We sure love you Brayden and we always will!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

GO BUCKEYES!!

GO BUCKS!

BEAT TEXAS!

Tonight is the big game between Ohio State and Texas and even though I'm pretty sure we are going to get beat, we're still cheering for them over here! We just gotta keep it down with all these Texas fans around! :)

Mini Christmas

We are headed out to Oregon for Christmas this year and we had a few big presents that we just couldn't take on the plane. So we had our own "mini" Christmas tonight at our house. We did our best to take our own family pictures in front of the tree! Brayden loved opening presents and it was fun to see how excited he was...can't wait for Christmas morning to see what Santa brings! :) The lincoln log train set that Grandma and Grandpa Richardson gave him was a huge hit... not just for him! We all sat down and played with it forever although I am taking all the credit for building this setup! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa... wish you were here to see his face when he opened it up!

Here's a few videos of Brayden singing some of the Christmas songs he knows...I hope they work cause I've never tried posting videos before!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Jingle Bells

:: MERRY CHRISTMAS! ::