Water Boy

\/ Look at this little tubs.. he takes after his momma. :)

Today we went out on a friend's boat on the river. We had a great time and plan to maybe go again on Friday. Brayden had fun just pushing buttons on the boat stereo. :) I'm so happy it's been nice outside so now it's finally time to start getting some sun!!

And Then There Were Four....

I know, I know, that was sneaky.. but I'm not pregnant!! We got a new puppy, that's all! Brayden loves crawling into his little dog brother's bed and giving him kisses. He doesn't mind if Striker is asleep, he will get in the bed with him anyway.. :)

Zoo Day

Today Brayden and I went with one of my friends, Karrah, and her little girl, Eva, to the zoo. We got to try out the new wagon and he did pretty good with it. He really wanted to be out more today because he couldn't see the animals too well from the wagon. Anyways, we had a great time but we are ready for Jeremy to come home tomorrow! My birthday is on Tuesday so we are going to meet my dad and stepmom for dinner tomorrow night when he gets here. What a busy weekend!

Enough said.
This was when we first got back in the car...
..and this is about 10 minutes after that... :)

Rodeo Day

Brayden and I went along with Chrystina, our wedding photog, and her little boy Michael to the Rodeo one day this week. We had a lot of fun and got to see all kinds of neat things. Brayden loved the petting zoo! It was really cute. I have never taken Brayden to anything like that before and he sure enjoyed it!
Look at this face.. he totally thought that this big goat was going to run him over.
There was a picture booth for AT&T. They had props. I got carried away. I swear, before he had this getup on he was not standing still. Once I put the hat and other jazz on him he was all excited and clapping. Needless to say this is not the picture my husband was expecting me to show him when I told him look at this cute picture of Brayden!

They had another booth where they would give out free ice cream samples. They were amazing! I even got Brayden one and he loved it. He ate it pretty well on his own but ate the bottom of the cone first which made for a little bit of mess but one happy baby! :)

Unbelievable

I am watching Oprah right now and it is absolutely heartbreaking. I don't feel sorry for them but it is a very sad, sad situation. The entire family of four (including their two teenage boys) are addicted to heroin. The only one that does not do it is their 13 month old little boy. Lisa Ling shot a video with them where they are first looking for someone to leave their little boy with so they could drive an hour (one way) to get more heroin. Then, when they can't find anyone to dump him off with they take him with them to meet the drug dealer. They get back in the car after buying the drugs and they shoot each other up with it with the poor little baby sitting next to them in the car seat drinking his bottle. Seriously, it makes me so angry. I don't understand why anyone would/could do that. When you go on Oprah shooting up drugs with your kids there and admitting that your teenagers do it too-- how in the world with anyone with authority ALLOW you to keep your children?

For All The Mommas Out There

Hey baby mommas! These pictures will make you feel better about your stretch marks.. I know it worked for me!! By the way, this is the "Octo Mom" everyone has been talking about that I mentioned the other day..

Picnik

One of my friends, Julia, has introduced me to Picnik. It is a photo editing website that you don't have to download and is totally FREE! There are some things that are considered "premium" effects that you can't use unless you pay $24.95 for an entire year.. (I am definitely considering it!!) This website totally blows Picasa out of the water! It is so much easier to use and has better features (ie teeth whitening!!) I thought I would continue to pass it along. Be warned though, you'll love it and never want to do anything else.. which is probably why my husband will leave me when he gets home and sees I haven't done anything but play with pictures and watch my d.v.r. shows I missed this weekend! haha :) Here are a few of the pictures that I have played with..

Fun Times

This weekend we went down to the coast with some friends of ours. They have a little "child" together, AKA Dixie, who is a little Boston Terrier. My husband and his friend have grown up together so I'm sure they have always dreamed of the day when their children would play together! :) Dixie loves Brayden and vice versa. Brayden was even trying to feed her his bottle and used both hands to hold her face to kiss her. The boys went fishing on Saturday (which we thought was crazy!) but they enjoyed themselves and caught quite a few fish. Sunday after we packed up we all decided that we would take a little boat ride and try to do a little fishing with Brayden. The sun had gone down before we actually made it out on the water so we made a few wardrobe changes and still froze! We caught one fish right at the end on the pole that no one was even paying attention to, go figure! On the way back it was a bumpy ride and Sarah and I (with Brayden on our laps) tried to hide behind the steering wheel console to stay out of the wind. It was not a fun ride home but somehow Brayden fell asleep?! We were all so surprised but he must have been tired. He never even woke up when we were getting him off the boat, out of his life jacket, and into his carseat. We had a great time and I got so many great pictures!! Here a some pics of the weekend..

B with his daddy before we went out..

On the way back in.. he had eaten a few Cheetos :)

Brayden playing by the pool at the house..

Our Green Thumbs

Brayden and I went to Lowe's today and got some flowers to plant in the beds in the front of the house. I couldn't get a good picture of the entire beds when they were done because of the way the sun was shining. Believe me though, it looks good. :) Brayden followed me around the entire time and played with the shovel and the dirt. I actually caught him a couple of times trying to eat the dirt (which he didn't like, thank God!). In the second picture you can actually see some of the dirt on his mouth and hands. I feel like I have actually accomplished something on my own. I never do things like this so actually completing it is a huge accomplish for me (and Brayden)! :)

I Finally Did It!!

Since we moved in I have wanted to have our trim painted the same color as our front door (chocolate brown). So, since Jeremy is out of town I decided to have it done this week and surprise him when he comes home this weekend. I think it turned out great and I have already had two of my neighbors come tell me that it looks nice!! I have met more of my "new" neighbors today than I have since we moved in and I look rough today! I guess that is how it goes sometimes! I have been working in the yard and planting flowers all afternoon... go me!! :)

Before:

After:

Is It Just Me?

Is it just me or does this new baby momma of octuplets have a striking resemblance to Angelina Jolie? I just finished watching the Dateline interview with her and they even ask her if she has had work done (her lips do look a little odd) but who knows!