Staying Busy!

Brady thinks it is HILARIOUS that Micah can go down the slide with him now. He holds her tight most of the way down!
Brady is very anti-messes, he doesn't like his hands dirty or cracker crumbs on the floor, etc. Micah is only 8 months old and needless to say she is not the neatest eater. Brady always says "Micah mess!" when she eats. I guess she was especially messy this time because Brady felt the need to get the cloth and clean off her tray before she was even done eating.
I was upstairs when I heard "Mama! Help!" I ran down the stairs and this is what I found...
We have been back at the gym and Brady loves it...funny how a little while away can get him back into it again.

Helper Helper.....??

We have about 20 trees on our lot so raking is a very common pass time around here. Brady thinks it is a fun game for him... mama and daddy rake leaves into big piles for him to run/drive thru...


This pile is taller than his waist...
Taking a walk- everyone needs a little alone time...

My Favorite Subject

Testing out a new location for photo shoots with my favorite subject...

Tracing...

Brady learned how to trace things! HIs favorite thing to trace is his foot but he never gets all the way around because it tickles him...



Proud owner of 2 new tractors.

The Great Thing About Wednesdays...

is that the trash men come! Brady loves to watch for the trash men and yells "trash! trash!".




Andy and I got Brady a scooter and helmet for his birthday. He loves to ride it around the living room- even insisted on putting his shoes on to ride. I guess tomorrow he will get to ride outside...

Brady is 2!

Sunday, December 5th, was Brady's second birthday. He had a joint birthday party with a little boy in playgroup at Gymboree.


They had a truck theme- complete with 30 cupcakes!



Back a home with a huge pile of presents! He was about half way done opening presents when he said "go night night" so he did. He got back to the presents first thing on Monday morning!
He got lots of great trucks, puzzles, trains, books, clothes and even his first set of "real" golf clubs.

Thanksgiving!

I broke my camera a few weeks ago and have been going crazy without it. I held out hoping there would be a great Black Friday deal on the one I wanted. I finally got my camera in the mail today so I will be back to blogging again!

The Texas vs A&m game was in Austin this year so we tailgated with the usually crew and Andy's family and headed to the game. It was COLD- in the 30's with the wind chill. Brady was a trooper and really seemed to enjoy the game- and the thermos of hot chocolate I smuggled in!

On Friday morning Brady and I headed up to Dallas to meet up with the Volker clang at my sister's house. These pictures are courtesy of Emily.

Brady is obsessed with his cousin Luke- talks about him all the time. All he said on the 3 hour drive up was "go Luke's house" over and over again. He liked to hang out in Luke's crib with him.

Elle seems to like Brady more and more the older he gets. She really takes care of him!

Both boys got their nails trimmed...

Brady coloring and Luke playing "choo-choos"
We celebrated Brady's birthday with my family while we were all together. Uncle Brad gave him a lot of cool cars and truck.
Last year Brad gave Brady a big wagon full of mega blocks that Brady LOVES (still plays with it on a daily basis) so he won what Emily calls the "best present award." I think Em's feeling were a little hurt but this year Brady loved the trash truck Aunt Emmy got him. Score: Brad-1, Em-1!