June 24 - Happy Birthday Braden!!!

Happy Birthday Bubby!!! I wrote a little note to him here if you want to read it! I really can't believe he is five!
I think he did have a great day - even though he was still sick.
He did manage to get a big surprise from Daddy and he got to go to the new Transformers 2 movie. He couldn't believe that it opened on his birthday!
We tried to make the day extra special since we had to postpone his party!
I hope we succeeded...here are a few shots from the day!

We started with candles in his cinnamon roll!

And I just happened to catch the clock at the time he was born - 5 years ago. What a miracle!







Blake wanted in on the action too!

Mommy drew this John Deere Tractor freehand...I think I did a decent job :)





Happy Birthday Braden - hope you had a great day! We love you!!!

June 23

I guess this is how Chris found us this morning when he got home from the gym! Excuse the crazy hair :) Love snuggling with my boys!

Then, even though these storms were really not supposed to get anywhere close to us...they did! At least it cooled it down a little bit! The heat index today was 108 degrees. Needless to say we stayed inside most of the day. And on another bummer note, Braden is still sick. We have made the decision to postpone his birthday party that was supposed to be tomorrow to next week. Poor guy! He is taking it pretty well though and I'm sure he'll love it once he figures out that he gets to celebrate his birthday longer!!

June 22

Ouchies :( Blake had to go to his endocrinology appointment today to check his thyroid levels. Each time we go they have to draw blood out of a vein. It is a little hard to get the blood out of his tiny veins...today they had to stick him twice, once in his foot and then in his arm, poor baby. Blake has been gaining weight pretty slowly the last few weeks and we are looking for answers. We thought the culprit might be his thyroid but his levels were normal on the meds he is currently on...so we are still looking for some answers on getting the little guy to gain some weight. We are hoping to get a consult with a GI doc in town to see if he has any ideas!

June 21 - Happy Father's Day Chris!!!

Happy Father's Day
to all the fathers out there! Especially my dad - whom I think is one of the best around - and Chris! These 2 boys absolutely adore you - thanks for being such a great daddy to our Miracles!!

June 20

Since I did a little photoshoot with Blake the other day...and I liked the way a few of them turned out, I decided to do one with Braden today! We then took them and had them enlarged for Chris for Father's day...hopefully we will get them hanging in the house soon! These are a few of my favorites!

June 19

Braden felt well enough today to run through the sprinkler! It was so darn hot out!

June 18

Braden isn't feeling too great...so we made some smoothies this morning. Not sure what is wrong, he's stuffy, has a sore throat and threw up...oh fun! Hopefully it doesn't last long!

June 17

I stole this one from my good friend Shonda! She volunteered to take Braden to the pool this afternoon - I hear he and C had a great time! Thanks babe!!

June 16

SMILES!!

June 15

A little photoshoot with Blake! The light outside was perfect so I thought I would experiment with a few things I am trying to learn on my camera!

June 13

Blast Ball!
I think Braden is having a lot more fun at this these days! He is hitting the ball great and learning how to field it too. He still gets really distracted in the outfield, but whats new! It is really cute to watch!

June 12

Kaitlyn couldn't wait to hold Mr. Blake! So cute!

All smiles in Lincoln! He really has started smiling and laughing out loud A LOT this week! So fun!

June 11

Mom's homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Pie...YUM!

June 10

Uncle Adam finally got to hold Blake - and he even gave him some big smiles!!

Dad had borrowed this trailer from Uncle Al to haul some lumber for Eric among other things. Braden thought it was pretty cool. He was outside playing and we peeked out to see what he was doing and he had his truck completely hooked to the trailer! It was too cute!

June 9

I got a girls night out tonight! Dinner with some dear old friends from High School! It was so good catching up with Michelle and Kelley! We had some great food and good conversation...and they each got to meet Blake too! Thanks girls, it was just what I needed!

June 8

Keegan's first time on a big boy swing all by himself! He loved it and didn't want to get off!
And of course Braden loved the 'baby' swing...go figure :)

June 7

First time in the BIG tub at Meena C's house! He loved it! And as you can tell by the blurry feet he was kicking away!

June 5

A little water fun at Gavin's house!!!

Playing with Photoshop

Blake and his Brother from another mother!!

June 4

First time in his swing! He liked it a lot and it put him to sleep - bonus!

June 2

He is fitting into his "going home" outfit so much better these days :)

I love catching these moments...

June 1