The Cabreras

Brayden Fishing

2010-03-25T23:29:00.000-07:00

Two videos of Brayden fishing.. If they are both turned sideways, sorry! I always forget that I can't turn the camera or the video will flip! :(

Is it the photographer? Or the subject?

2009-09-18T13:30:00.000-07:00

I got Brayden all dressed today and fixed his hair so that I could try to get a good picture or two to use on his birthday invitations. Right now, my days and nights are consumed with thoughts of birthday party decorations and party favors. I got a couple of okay pictures but none that I am convinced is "THE" picture. I have convinced myself if I had a better camera I'd get better pictures! :) Plus, when your subject is a two year old wiggleworm the odds are already stacked against you!

First, I got this....

Then, this...

Next, this...

And finally, this!

He may not be looking right at the camera but it may just have to do! I can't believe my baby boy is already turning TWO! My oh my, how time flies!!

Brayden's "Shishy" Room

2009-08-21T00:44:00.001-07:00

Both Jeremy and Brayden are bigtime fishermen. Brayden can't exactly fish on his own yet-- but he just cries and cries if I don't get his Shrek fishing pole out of the closet during the day for him to play with. He loves anything and everything "shish", as he calls them. :) I have been in a major painting mood these past few months and have almost painted every room in our entire house. I finally had to take Brayden's crib set out of his room because he had finally outgrown it and was slowly but surely tearing it apart. I found some small pillows that I asked my grandma to cover to add into Brayden's bed during the day for decoration and it all spiraled downhill from there. :) Two small pillows turned into curtains, pillows, blankets, a bedskirt, a chair, five crib sheets, and from what I hear a quilt is in the works...... all to match his "shishy" room. I told my friend Julia that I would post pictures of how it all turned out so here goes! :)

Sorry these pictures didn't exactly turn out great! Apparently, my camera is trying to punish me for these past few months of no use!! :)

These letters are lime green believe it or not.... They look puke green in the picture! :)

Here are some pictures of Jerm, Brayden, and Uncle Lloyd at the last few fishing tournaments Jeremy has had.....

By the way, that's not their purse in the picture.... it's mine :) Jeremy will appreciate that I cleared that up!

A Small Update (After 4 months of nothing) :)

2009-08-20T01:02:00.000-07:00

So, I've been bad. Not one single post in four months! :) Everyone is doing great -- Brayden is going to be turning TWO here in the next two months.. Jerm is working a lot and Brayden and I are just hanging out together and enjoying life. :) We are hoping and waiting for some sort of hurricane or hail storm....(Jeremy is an insurance adjuster). Other than that, I'm sorry I've been such a slacker.... maybe the next post will actually include a picture! I have lost my camera cord and haven't found it yet!!

Julia--- I cleaned up Brayden's room today and I will take a picture soon and post it for you to see!! I haven't forgotten.......yet ;)

Easter Pictures

2009-04-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from Easter. My battery was running super low so there was no time for posing. Plus, Brayden was way into putting eggs into his basket!

Save, Save, Save $$ {{Part 2}}

2009-03-25T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here we go again! I have been couponing like crazy lately!! :) I'm going to try and link some of my favorite deals that I've seen around..

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New movie Bolt with John Travolta and Miley Cyrus.

$5 Printable Coupon Here

$10 Printable Coupon for Blu-Ray Here

$4 Rebate when you buy a pasta product -- Print Form Here

If you buy the movie right away Target and Walmart both have the movie for $15.99 this week! I bought ours and used the $5 coupon and am mailing in my rebate for $4! After all is said and done, we will have only paid $6.99! That is awesome for a new release movie, especially since we would have bought it for Brayden anyway.

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The best printable coupon sites I have found are :

http://www.afullcup.com/

coupons.smartsource.com

You may have to register (not on smart source!) with your email address but they don't share you information and really don't send out emails either. :)

Go to coupons and select Printable Coupons. The list they have of printables will blow your mind! ;) There you can search for coupons and see if the ones that you need are available. All you need to do is type what you are looking for -- example: diapers, or more specific Huggies Diapers.

Also on their home page they have a blue box on the right hand side that says Target Coupon Generator. There you can print out awesome Target coupons. The best part is, I've noticed, that whatever they have coupons for is already on sale in-store! Plus, if you can find a manufacturer coupon to use in conjunction with the store coupon you can get items free or almost free! :)

For instance, this week at Target they have $1 off a Pledge product. Also, if you go to http://www.pledge.com/savings/2009-1/ they have a printable for $2 off! Combine those together this week at Target you can get Pledge almost free! I got two Pledge items for about 30 cents a piece!

** Make sure anytime you find great coupons, use your browser's back button to print the coupon TWICE** :)

If you really are in search of a certain coupon you can always use google.com BUT sometimes it is harder to find what you are looking for because google will return searches that are expired coupons, etc. It just takes a little more time to find exactly what you are looking for, if that all makes sense!

If anyone knows of any other good deals, feel free to comment!

The Past Week

2009-03-20T15:20:00.000-07:00

We spent all of last week down at the coast and it was beautiful for the most part. Later in the week a cold front came in and it got chilly and rainy but other than that we had a great time! Here are a few pictures..

This one is my absolute favorite!!

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So, this week we are back at the coast again. :) We came down on Wednesday night and are heading home later tonight. Brayden and I went out on the boat today and I ALWAYS manage to underestimate the power of the sun. One would think I would have learned my lesson by now since my skin type is see through. :) ( I DID put sunscreen on Brayden though. ) I haven't uploaded the pictures yet from this week, but they are mainly just pictures of fishin', which is not near as cute as the pictures of Brayden frolicking in the water from last week.

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A couple that I have been reading about, The Tipping Family, have lost all of the sextuplets they were expecting. The memorial service was planned for today at 3 pm so be in prayer for them.

Save, Save, Save $$

2009-03-04T13:28:00.000-08:00

I have a few different things for today, so be ready. :)

Kohl's department store has an organization called Kohl's Cares for Kids that is just awesome. Here is a little picture talking a little about what they do and what things they are offering this season. Not only do they have neat books and stuffed animals, but 100% of the proceeds are donated to support kids and education! They usually feature four different books with a stuffed animal that goes with each one. Everything is only $5! This season they are featuring Dr.Seuss books and characters. The books especially are a great deal because these books that are now known as "classics" are not cheap at a regular store. I know that I am going to buy my son a stuffed animal or book here and there so why not buy from an organization that is donating everything to a good cause?

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The next thing I've been into lately is coupon clipping! Why not take a little time to save some major cash?! Today I did my first little "outing" with my coupons in hand and I saved $38.56!! I bought everything from milk, diapers, detergent, toddler snacks, and makeup. I bought a little bit of everything! One thing that really hit home for me today was not buying something unless I need it now or in the near future!

A few of the good sales I got were at Walgreens:

1 Gallon Milk for $2.99 -- I usually pay $3.49-.69 at Wal-Mart

Tide Detergent 24 loads for $5.99 (plus they give you a $1 coupon for anything in Walgreens on your next purchase, so basically it was $4.99) -- I checked the price at Wal-Mart and that same one was $7-something!!

Buy one get one free Revlon Cosemetics-- I bought new foundation for $13.99 and got mineral powder ($11.99) for FREE!

At Wal-Mart I had a few smaller coupons here and there that I printed from http://www.coupons.com/ ($3 AND $5 Huggies diaper coupons!!) but I saved another $12.37 on Physicians Formula face brightener! Another blogger who only blogs about deals and coupons http://www.frugalcouponmom.com/ posted a link to Physicians Formula where they have mail in rebates on three of their new items (bronzer, face brightener, and mascara) that make them completely FREE when you mail in your receipt with a very simple form that you can print here.

I just went to http://www.frugalcouponmom.com/ and she has some great, great new things up today.. check her out!

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The last thing I've got for today is about Redbox. When this first came out I thought there was no way that I could rent movies, especially new releases for only $1 (per night). If you rent from Blockbuster new releases are $3.99+tax which is $4.15, if I remember correctly. :) Redbox always has new releases and other movies and it is very easy to do! I have seen Redbox machines at my local McDonald's, Walgreens, and a gas station. To find your nearest Redbox click here. Also, Frugal Coupon Mom puts up a code every Wednesday for a free Redbox rental! So on Wednesdays hop on over to her blog and get your free movie rental!

Hopefully, someone can save something from this post. :) If anyone knows of any deals or coupon websites that they love, feel free to comment and I will post about it for everyone to share!!

The Park

2009-03-02T23:48:00.000-08:00

Today we stopped by the park to feed the ducks our bread that needed to be thrown out. Brayden totally loved and it and was much more involved than I thought he would be. He would reach to us to get his own piece of bread to throw and would throw it out into the water for the ducks and geese and wait for our reaction. If it didn't make it into the water he would pick it up and throw it again, too cute! Anyway, here are a few pictures from our day. Isn't that duck in the middle picture just gorgeous? I really don't remember ever seeing a duck so colorful! I'll admit it, I'm a little biased for the more colorful ducks! :)

Water Boy

2009-02-25T22:34:00.000-08:00

\/ 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....

2009-02-25T22:18:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-21T18:55:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-17T14:40:00.001-08:00

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

2009-02-16T15:15:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-16T14:16:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-11T13:34:00.000-08:00

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!!

2009-02-11T13:25:00.000-08:00

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?

2009-02-10T23:20:00.000-08:00

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!

Our Weekend

2009-02-10T21:57:00.000-08:00

I know it is a little late but I have had such a long past couple of days. You know what I'm talking about if you have read my Twitter updates. Anyway, we had a great weekend! Brayden and I drove up to the Waco area to see Jeremy. He still had to work both Saturday and Sunday during the day but it was definitely worth getting to see him at night. Brayden was so excited to see his "daeeee". Since Jeremy was working on Saturday I got in touch with one of my friends, Julia, who I have not gotten to see in a LONG time but have kept in touch with through our blogs. It was so exciting to see her! I haven't seen her in about five years or so! Come to find out her house was only about 45 minutes from the hotel we were shacking up in. :) Brayden and I drove to her house on Saturday and went and ate at a great Italian restaurant.. which happened to have the best carrot cake I think I've ever had! After that we went by some shops and then headed back to her house to hang out. Jules, thanks for hanging out with us we had so much fun and hopefully we will see you again soon! On the way home I saw a beautiful sunset and took a ton of pictures of it....I absolutely LOVE it when you can see the rays of sun actually going through the clouds..
I didn't realize he only had a diaper on still when we took this picture. I had just changed him and I didn't put his shorts back on until we left. We got to eat dinner with Jeremy on Friday and Saturday nights and of course stay with him. He had to get up early for work on Sunday so me and Brayden were on the road about 10:25. (If you know me and my kiddo, that's totally early for us. Even Jeremy was surprised!!) It was a nice weekend but I absolutely HATED leaving him. It is so hard although I know that I will be able to see him this weekend!! :)
On our way home we were making great time until we got stuck behind an accident. We ended up stuck on I-35 for 40 minutes! Literally, we did not move at all. It was wall to wall cars for as far as I could see and people were seriously getting OUT of their cars and doing I don't know what?! I decided to take a few pictures of my little boy who was watching Madagascar 2 contently...

A Little Home Improvement

2009-02-06T00:39:00.000-08:00

My sweet husband has humored me and already made some improvements to our new palace. :) We found drawer knobs and pulls on clearance at Lowe's for like $0.89 a piece! There are sales to be had people! Never, ever pay full price!! :) We bought all of the cabinet and drawer pulls we needed for the kitchen and enough for our bathroom as well and it was less than $25 bucks!

Before:

After: (well, kinda)

I just realized this picture was before he actually totally finished the drawers! What a bummer! But still, you get the picture. Excuse the mess, this is when we were first moving in!

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The other thing that Jeremy did for me was a big one! :) I found a chandelier that I fell in love with at Lowes and my dad and stepmom bought it for us as a housewarming gift! Well, those things don't just put themselves up.. somebody had to do it! :) My brother-in-law and my hubs put it up for me. It was definitely not easy and the way the went about it (to not have to rent a scaffold) was totally not safe! Either way, they got it up and it looks great!

Before:

See, not safe! :)

Well, crap! I just realized that I didn't take an after picture! Goodness, what is wrong with me?! Well, you get it anyways. I went outside tonight to take a picture from the outside of the house and somebody threw a fit because he couldn't go outside with me. Check this out!

Isn't that so cute with his nose all smashed against the window. :) What a sweet little heart he has.. and a great sense of humor!

Before & After

2009-02-06T00:28:00.000-08:00

Before:

After:

My little boy did have his first hair cut but it didn't make that much of a difference because we were scared to lose all of his curls. We finally decided it was time for a change.. a big one. He finally looks like such a "grown up" little boy! It is usually all gelled up and spikey on the top but this picture was after a nap and a long afternoon of running around and playing..

Brayden's First Haircut

2009-02-06T00:16:00.000-08:00

Before....

He would only sit still if he could hold is own lolly pop and if his daddy would keep spraying the water in his mouth!

A little bitta blowdry...

And.... DONE..

You can't really see a big difference. See next post :)

Random Update

2009-02-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

So, once again it has been a long time since I have posted. This time I have a better excuse.. Jeremy has been working out of town (Waco) and Brayden and I have been sick! It's been ugly around here! I hardly ever got sick before and now everytime Brady is sick it seems I get it too. Must be a mommy thing!

I need to take pictures but I have a dead camera battery and have been too lazy to find the charger to charge up that battery! I will soon because Brayden got a big boy haircut.. FINALLY! It looks too cute!

Anyway, here is the picture of our house that I promised about a um, MONTH ago!!

Things will still be hectic around here for a while since Jeremy is gone. That always makes me a little crazy anyway! Plus, one of my favorite holidays is coming up.. Valentine's Day!! I love, LOVE! Then on the 24th my birthday!! Exciting stuff, I know!! :) Hopefully, I will get on the ball and keep up with my blog!!

It's Been A Long Time....

2009-01-07T12:42:00.000-08:00

:) It's been over a month since I last posted on here! Life has been crazy lately and things are just starting to slow down! We left Kansas in the beginning of December and headed back to New Braunfels. When we got back we decided to look into buying a house. We were living in some very nice, brand new apartments but it is small (798 sq. feet 2 bdrm/2 bth)! We talked to a mortgage company and a realtor and found THE perfect house all in a week! Everything has been such a blessing so far and has fallen into place just perfectly. We found this house in a brand new subdivision, only five minutes from where we were, and the house was brand spankin' new!! We are so excited to have found a brand new house, that we could comfortably afford! We closed on the house on December 30th and have been moving slowly but surely... we still have our apartment until February 10th. Our house is finally our HOME and it is so nice! We have four bedrooms and 2300 sq. feet now, so we have much more space and room for all of our things! :)

I tried to upload a picture but for some reason it is showing it has an error when uploading, so I will have to try again later!

Brayden is offically walking EVERYWHERE and at lightning speeds! :) It is so funny to watch him walk all over the place. Sometimes he gets going so fast across the room after something that he will fall down but he gets right back up! So far we haven't had a problem with him trying to climb the stairs.. which is AWESOME-- but, I have four different kinds of baby gates ready for when he figures it out!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! A little late, I know, but better late than never ! :)

I will post pictures as soon as it stops giving me an error message!

Happy Birthday!

2008-12-01T09:32:00.001-08:00

Happy First Birthday, Callie!!

Love,

Brayden

Picasa 3

2008-11-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

The photographer that we used for our wedding was kind enough to let me in on a little secret. I love to edit photos as far as making them black and white, adding text, etc. I wanted to get Photoshop but she told me I could download Picasa 3 and do everything I wanted. So, I've been playing around with that lately and here are some of the pics that I've done so far. Also, I can edit the videos that I take of Brayden (Julia also told me about that!!). I haven't tried to use the video editor yet... I'm still playing around with the pictures!

It's Snowing!

2008-11-30T16:03:00.000-08:00

It started to snow yesterday but it never piled up on the ground. When we woke up this morning it was finally piled up everywhere and was still coming down. It snowed all this morning and started again around 3 this afternoon or so but only lightly. It was beautiful (and COLD)!! I hope that it snows more this week. It is supposed to Wednesday and Friday but you never know! Jeremy is glad we saw it but ready to get home now because he hates staying inside all day long. Lucky for him he goes back to work tomorrow after four days off and won't have to worry about sitting at home all day long..... which Brayden and I have no problem with! :)

This was out at the golf course...

We literally had to run around to keep Brayden from crying. Brayden was laughing at all the noises and jumping around Jeremy was having to do to keep his attention! :)

We had to give him his balloon when we got in the car to get him to stop crying, poor baby! He was tired, cold, and ummmm, spoiled! :)

Santa -- Take 2

2008-11-30T15:57:00.000-08:00

Better! This was the only way that he'd get near Santa! Jeremy first put him right on Santa's lap and he cried so hard he stopped breathing for a minute.. Ahhh, kids!

Lights in Downtown Kansas City

2008-11-29T20:22:00.001-08:00

We went downtown to Kansas City, Missouri and saw the Christmas lights. They were awesome and every building was glowing! I was obsessed with these gorgeous carriages they had there! They reminded me so much of something out of Cinderella! It was hard to get a bunch of pictures of just the lights themselves so most of my pictures ended up being of the carriages! :)

Random Pics

2008-11-29T20:18:00.000-08:00

After he had to be stripped down...
Too good! He will hate me for these pictures when he's older!
Riding the motorcycle rocker at the Harley store.

Visitor..

2008-11-29T20:14:00.000-08:00

We had a visitor this weekend straight from the North Pole! This cute little reindeer invaded our space! :) There is a good look at his "Santa is my homeboy" t-shirt PRE-throw up!

Santa

2008-11-29T20:01:00.001-08:00

We took Brayden to Bass Pro Shop to see "Santa's Workshop" .. right after he fell asleep! Before we got there he had thrown up on his "Santa is my homeboy" t-shirt and we had to go home and change him! What a bummer! They had everything decorated so beautifully inside and out and it make it feel even more like the holidays! (Especially that 40 degree weather!!)

Um, YEAH.

Maybe Santa really isn't his homeboy? What do ya' think?!

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-11-29T19:23:00.001-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving was a little bit different since we are in Kansas and not home with both of our families but my dad and stepmother flew out here to spend it with us! Jeremy and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner and it was pretty amazing! Jeremy was in charge of the turkey and stuffing and I made yams, greenbean cassarole, and broccoli rice and cheese cassarole... As I said earlier, Brayden wasn't feeling 100%. He acted just a little grouchy and had a hard time keeping anything down his tummy when he got choked up... We still had a great time and got some cute pictures of Brayden on his second Thanksgiving!

Brayden and his grandpa.. We had to give him Pedialyte and he was not liking that it wasn't milk. It took him a little while to get to sleep.

Big booty!
While we were looking at the Christmas lights in downtown KC Brayden had a little mishap. Well, more like a big, stinky, messy mishap! We had to pull over on the side of the road.. BEFORE..
... and AFTER...
Much better for everyone!
After grandpa and mimi left this morning Brayden slept on and off ALL day long! He even fell asleep here in his highchair eating some leftover stuffing with his daddy!

Peek-A-Boo!

2008-11-29T19:06:00.000-08:00

It has been a few days since my last post but we've been busy. My dad and stepmom came to visit us in Kansas for Thanksgiving and Brayden hasn't been feeling 100%. He never really ran a fever but had a little trouble keeping things down in his tummy. It was only 35 here today and snowed on and off all day. Nothing has piled up yet but maybe tomorrow. It was snow and then sleet, more snow, etc. It is supposed to be the same kind of weather tomorrow, so I guess that means no golf for Jeremy! Just another day hanging around the house videotaping Brayden and watching movies! Ahhh, the life.

When I was cooking dinner I heard my boys playing and this is what I saw...

Isn't Brayden a little smartie?! He started doing this "peek-a-boo" thing all by himself! I knew letting him eat all those Smarties at Halloween would somehow pay off in the end! :)

2008-11-23T18:56:00.000-08:00

Brayden is trying so hard to walk lately! We got some pretty good video tonight of him trying to walk and taking a few steps! I have about four different videos that have good pieces of him walking in each but I can't edit them and just show the good parts.. dang it! I am going to get Photoshop and figure out how to do all of that kind of stuff soon.

Bolt

2008-11-23T18:51:00.001-08:00

Today we took Brayden to see the movie Bolt. He loved it! He watched the whole thing without fussing again.. he just wants to stand up in the chair and bounce around while he watches. He also loved the popcorn and his bottle a little too much during the movie this time and ended up throwing it all up all over himself and his dad during the middle of the movie! We had a mess and it was pitch black in there! Needless to say, the movie was good and we made it through but we may not let him eat all the popcorn he'd like to the next time!

Please Keep....

2008-11-18T15:24:00.000-08:00

My sister-in-law, Christy, in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow. She is having surgery to fix her broken nose following a car accident last Thursday. They are going to have to break it in three different places tomorrow to fix it but she will be under and she is looking forward to that! She was finally feeling a bit better today and will have to start all over tomorrow after surgery. Please think about her tomorrow!

For Wela

2008-11-18T12:44:00.000-08:00

Today was Jeremy's Grandma's (would be) 80th Birthday! She passed away a couple of months ago on May 29th, 2008. I decided yesterday that I would go get some balloons for her and take Brayden to the park to let them go and take pictures. I want to have something tangible for Brayden to hold and see when we talk about her as he gets older. Of course, I was worried about the weather... When we went out today it was gorgeous, clear skies for miles and miles ( and freeeeeeezing cold!!) :). So after lunch, we went and picked out a colorful "Happy Birthday" balloon and some pearl pink and pearl purple balloons. I didn't make those colors up, that's what they were called at the store. :) Anyway, we went to the park and no one else was there. It was perfect so I tied to balloons to Brayden's little wrist (brutal, I know!) and let him play with them for a bit while I took some pictures of it. I sat on the bench next to him and had him "give Wela a kiss" on the balloon and I hated to let them go. I felt so silly being so upset but letting the balloons go felt like we were letting her go all over again. It was hard. I almost wished that Brayden would have accidentially let them go so that I wouldn't have to do it. I would have just brought the balloons home with us had it not ruined the whole idea that I had! :) I miss her a lot but even worse when I think about the sweet sweet lady (that loved Brayden SO much) that he will not remember. She held him and loved him and even watched him by herself for me in February when I had to get my hair re-done when my hair lady accidentially turned it black-- (that's another whole story!). She was so kind. Anyway, here are some pictures from our day..

Sweet Brayden giving "Wela" a kiss
Wela holding Brayden (1 month old) at Thanksgiving....

Mashed Potato Kid

2008-11-17T17:50:00.000-08:00

Once again, here is another video of Brayden. I have finally figured out how to successfully upload videos on here, go me!! :) Brayden is starting to try and say "hi" back to us by saying "ha" as he waves (you can see it in the video) -- I guess that is better than a mute! :) I am excited for him to start talking but afraid of what he has to say! A coworker of Jeremy's told us the other day you spend the first years of a child's life teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to sit down and shut up! I thought that was funny too! I will leave you with a funny quote I heard about kids today on t.v.

"Having children is like running a daycare where they never come to pick up the kids!"

Just Beautiful

2008-11-17T17:44:00.001-08:00

This is random but I thought I should share it. We have seen some beautiful sunsets around here lately. I did not edit this pic at all, obviously, since you see the big truck in the way! :)

Brayden and the Meerkats Video

2008-11-17T14:29:00.000-08:00

**Turn up the volume before you play the video to hear him laughing*

I'll tell you all now, watching this video now makes me sea sick. :) I was holding Brayden with one arm and trying to video tape him with the other. Since he was RIGHT next to me, the video is kind of close up and is <<shaky >> as ever, sorry!

Not About Brayden..

2008-11-17T13:38:00.000-08:00

Finally, here is a post that doesn't deal with cute little Brayden!

I have never posted anything that has anything to do with politics, until now. If you don't want to read it I'm not making you! :)

Last night we had the t.v. on while we played with the baby and just kind of picked up around the house. Then, a news clip came on talking about how former President George H.W. Bush had been accepting an award (2008 Leadership Prize from the Dole Institute of Politics) at the University of Kansas earlier in the day. He sat down speaking with the man that was presenting him with the award in front of around 2,000 people. He covered a few topics, including the war in Iraq, he even wished President-Elect Obama well and told him to "not be deterred by the press and to do what he thinks is right." He was interrupted three different times by hecklers. A total of six people were escorted out of the building during the time he was speaking. I know 6 out of 2,000 people doesn't seem like much but it just rubs me the wrong way. Nobody, I'm sure, forced those people to come there and listen to him. That means that they came with the intent to give him a hard time. It is reported that the lady in the back that yelled out at him, the one in the video clip, was reading off of a paper. Mr. Bush, who is 84, said that no one would want to see their loved one torn up and beaten in the press like he had seen his own son. He made no excuses for him just simply said it was hard to watch that as a father. I'm sure any parent would agree. He is a former President as well as a husband, father, grandfather, etc. Everyone has been saying whether you like/agree with Obama that he is the soon-to-be President of the United States and that we should "give him the respect that he deserves." I totally agree with that statement. Obama is the new President and should be given total respect and a fair chance to lead the United States as he was the person elected for the job, like it or not! I was upset to hear that Bush was given a hard time during his award interview over things people were upset with his son for doing. He is just the father of the man that people are upset with. If they, the hecklers, were murderers or theives would their parent's be put on the chopping block or ,better yet, would they want their parent's to be put on the chopping block because of their actions? People need to respect that this man is just a DAD now. He is not the President anymore and he has no say in the actions of his son. He deserves the same respect, as well as his son does, for holding the office of President. People do not need to agree with him and what he did/didn't do... they just need to give him the respect he deserves as we are all human beings. All in all, I think Mr. Bush took the interruptions well, smiling and saying, " What's her problem? I can't hear her unfortunately, I am deaf and old." Like I said before, the man is 84 years old, and served as President almost SIXTEEN years ago?! Please people, grow up and give the man a break!

Click on the link there and it will take you to a Kansas news station website. The video is about two minutes long and is worth watching. The article is also on that page. I tried to load it on the post, but I couldn't find the video yet on You Tube.

http://www.wibw.com/political/headlines/34557134.html

Practice Makes Perfect

2008-11-15T19:15:00.000-08:00

Here is a little video (about 2 minutes long) of Brayden playing around with his giraffe and practicing walking! I am obviously not a good videographer but I will work on it! You can turn on the sound if you want to hear Brayden babble and me talk to him. haha :)

KC Zoo

2008-11-15T11:35:00.000-08:00

On Thursday I took Brayden to the zoo in Missouri. It was kind of chilly out so they only charged $5 to get in! I love a good bargain! There wasn't many people there at all and this zoo is huge! Most of the paths are almost like in a forest area so it is kind of creepy to walk through it alone. Another mom with a baby boy came up to me and asked if we could walk together so they didn't have to go alone. So, we had company for our trip which was good because Brayden was about two cries from HORRIBLE! He was tired, I guess, so he was very cranky and didn't want to sit in his stroller. It didn't help that the other little boy was a little bit older so he was already walking and running outside his stroller. Brayden and I spent three hours walking around there and we only saw half of the zoo! They have it in two main parts.. Africa and Australia. We never even got to see Australia because Africa was so big it took us the entire time to see most of it. I do have to say this zoo totally beats the one in San Antonio. The zoo in SA is nice but here the animals have a huge area (at least as big as a football field) to roam around in! It was so good to see the animals have such a large area to live in instead of just a small area that they have to share with other animals! We were able to get about six or eight feet from a giraffe! It was so cool! A zookeeper was talking to the giraffe and trying to get him to walk up there.. I have pictures and video but in the video you can hear Brayden fussing in the background almost the whole time! We eventually had to leave before we got locked in.... All in all it was a pretty good day! Next time I'm leaving the kid at home! :)

I put Brayden on the little safari ride....

He was driving just fine but trying to figure out what the heck was sitting next to him?!
Yeah, I told you...

The lady we were with held him up so I could try and get his picture.. he was fighting her about sitting down on the wood.. at least he smiled!
The biggest turtle ever!
I have a video of Brayden cracking up at these little animals ( just don't know how to load it on here!) .. anytime we would walk to the animals next to them they would all run up to the glass and start scratching! It was like they knew we were there to visit them!
Lions in the background...
Throwing a FIT!

Happy Birthday Kaeli!

2008-11-14T14:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday pretty girl! Sorry that we aren't there with you at your party! See ya' soon!

Hooters

2008-11-12T12:25:00.000-08:00

FYI: This post is going to have a lot of judging in it.. be warned! :)

We went to lunch at Hooters today.. for many reasons one NOT being the ladies! Let me explain... I used to absolutely hate Hooters.. the idea of it, the food, everything. I went there one time and finally got the boneless wings and gosh, they were amazing! On Wednesdays at lunchtime they have by one get one free boneless wings! It is so cheap for us to eat there I begged Jeremy since Saturday to take me to Hooters for some wings! So, today I had Brayden all dressed in his "Hooters Ladies Man" t-shirt that I bought him in Houston when Jeremy came home for lunch.

Now, let me tell you this. The ladies were really not good looking, I couldn't believe it! One waitress sat for a while at every single table that was men only in the restaurant. There were two men in suits at the table behind us and a table of three men that worked for the electric company at a table to our right. When the waitress went and sat with the electric company guys the "business men" were so annoyed. When she came back and sat with them again they were giving her a hard time asking her if she had "found a better offer, if she had paid her electric bill, and if they needed to kick some a**!" Isn't that crazy!? (They were overweight and way passed middle aged..) One of the men also told her that he would buy a Hooters calendar from her if she would go to lunch with him! That was the creepiest Hooters I had ever been to! The manager didn't seem to care that she was hardly working, he seemed pleased with her! I told Jeremy it was like a game of pimps and hoes! They (the "business men") pulled our waitress aside and asked her when she worked down to the HOURS! It was so creepy and one of the men was like "then we will see you here on Friday then!" I was on the verge of laughing the entire time we were there! Neither one of us could believe it! Needless to say, I won't be going to that Hooters again! It was way to creepy! The waitresses took a picture with Brayden because he was wearing a Hooters shirt.. Jeremy was like no, don't make him take a picture! HAHA :)

He wasn't pleased with what he saw either! haha :)

Brayden and the waitresses.. Our waitress is the one that was holding him and she was the prettiest one out of all of them! I think we need Tasha to get step into that uniform one more time for a picture with Brayden! :)

Baby It's Cold Outside...

2008-11-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

It is super cold in Kansas today! We bundled Brayden up, took Jeremy back to work and headed out to Toys R Us!

Brayden never keeps hats on so we had to document the moment!

Brayden trying out a little rockin' horse. He loved it and even tried to make it rock by himself!

He looks like he's riding a bull here or something but he was just waving at the Toys R Us lady that was behind me!

Crashed out.. Notice another missing sock and the bottle underneath him? Must have been a hard day!

T-Rex Cafe

2008-11-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

After Cabela's we took Brayden to this T-Rex Restaurant and he was so worn out that he fell asleep before we got there. Usually, when we get him out of the car he wakes right up but not today! Since Brayden wasn't even awake Jeremy and I just decided to get an appetizer and go. Right when we were paying Brayden woke up but he was as cranky as ever. Oh well, we will just have to take him back another time when it isn't 40 degrees and he has had a nap!

The outside of the restaurant...

You can't see this very well but it is a big octopus over a huge saltwater fish tank with sharks and all kinds of other fish..

Brayden crashed out on our table. I know, very white trash of us, but there was no where else to put him.
This was right next to our table. We were in the sea life section of the restaurant which was good with us! There were little jellyfish and big jellyfish hanging from the ceiling and another saltwater tank right by our table.

Cabela's in Kansas

2008-11-09T20:02:00.000-08:00

We went to Cabela's in Kansas City today and of course... I had to take pictures.. :)

I loved this little Huskie stuffed animal.. but it was expensive considering how small it was!
Of course, I got him to kiss it!
They had live ducks in their pond! The Cabela's in Buda doesn't have that! :(

Good Morning, Sunshine!

2008-11-09T19:51:00.000-08:00

This morning we woke up and made a big breakfast and I made Brayden his own pancake to eat! We can't even put food in Brayden's mouth anymore because he will spit it out into his hand and put it back into his mouth on his own. He is becoming so independent! Anyway, I was so proud of how his little pancake turned out I made him take a picture with it! :)

This is the scary little man we wake up to every morning!
Brady and his little pancake and milk...

Movie Night..

2008-11-08T21:43:00.000-08:00

We decided to take Brayden to the Madagascar 2 movie tonight and it was SO CUTE! I went and bought him the first one today at Target and we watched it when Jeremy got home from work so we would be all caught up for the movie tonight. It was really a cute movie. Jeremy and I love the cartoons these days because they all actually have a lot of adult humor in them plus they keep Brayden's attention! I can't wait until it comes out on DVD to have it at home. Anyway, back to Brayden's movie experience. He absolutely loved it and did amazing although the only way he'd sit instead of stand in the seat is if he had his hands full of popcorn! He loved the popcorn and ate it throughout the entire movie! We cut him off about half way through and he just wouldn't sit down trying to get the bag from Jeremy. I gave in and gave it to him so we could enjoy our $26 movie tickets! That is right I said $26! It was $13 just for an adult ticket! Anytime the animals in the movie would cheer for the "hero" Brayden would stand up in the seat and clap! It was the cutest thing! We enjoyed seeing Brayden's face light up while he watched the movie! Anyway, big rip off on the ticket but the movie was great and the company was better! :)

Brayden (and some popcorn remains) watching the movie...
Brayden enjoying the movie..

Thank You!

2008-11-08T21:36:00.001-08:00

Thank you Great Grandma Lohse for the pajamas! They sure are keeping me warm!

Brayden standing up on his very own!and again....
Thank you Grandma, love you!

Two Main Reasons...

2008-11-05T19:02:00.000-08:00

To marry a MEXICAN!! :)1. Pretty halfy babies!!
2. Homeade cheese enchiladas!!

Completely Random

2008-11-05T18:41:00.000-08:00

Brayden has the biggest head! This hat that was supposed to be for a child his size and it didn't quite cover his whole head! I swear, when we go to the doctor that is the thing that has always grown the most. (It's the Cabrera in him!)
This hat is kind of wierd for a kid, but whatever, I just liked his face in this picture!

Gas in Kansas is only $1.96 right now! I can't believe it! It is such a nice change to not spend $80 filling up the car!

Nice Day Out

2008-11-05T17:14:00.000-08:00

I decided that I better take Brayden to the park today because we were supposed to be getting bad weather tonight and a "frigid" coldfront tomorrow. I know they were dead on with the bad weather tonight. It has been raining, lightning, and very windy since about 3 this afternoon. We have been under a tornado warning and a wind advisory since about 4:30 as well but no tornado yet! After the park we did some Old Navy shopping and gosh they had some deals! I got a ton of shirts for Brayden for only $1.99, what a bargain! The best part was Jeremy didn't divorce me when he found out how much I bought Brayden! :)

Little Johnny Appleseed...
Beautiful tree with yellow leaves.. I am so impressed with all of these brightly colored fall trees! I love it that they don't just turn brown!

Doesn't he look like a little Buddha baby?

My Son, The Gangster

2008-11-05T08:57:00.000-08:00

Brayden came crawling to me and this is what I saw.. I don't know how he managed it, nobody was around him to pull his pants down! I think it is the gangster in him coming out! I made him crawl around so I could try and get a good picture of it, how cruel! :)

Wanksta
noun
Someone who pretends to be a gangster. Contraction for "whack gangster"

Finally!

2008-11-05T08:48:00.000-08:00

Brayden has finally found a "sippy cup" that he will use consistently! Although, it isn't a sippy cup at all. Apparently my son doesn't like sippy cups, he likes cups with straws! At restaurants we have been getting him a kids cup of water and he drinks out of the straw like a champ. At home he can't seem to figure out the cup with the straw unless I am holding the cup to his mouth. I don't know why he thought it was different because mommy was holding it to his mouth. Personally, I think he was just being a diva. The other day I took his bottle away and gave him a cup w/ a straw and some water and he finally did it! Anyways, just a proud mama moment.. :)

Dog Park

2008-11-02T16:18:00.000-08:00

We took Brayden to the dog park today. I know that sounds funny but we had good reason! Brayden LOVES animals, especially dogs! We happend upon it on our way to the park (for children) and decided to stop. There were a ton of dogs out and we have never seen anything like it! It was this huge fenced in area and as soon as the dogs are in it they can have their leashes taken off! So, a bunch of dogs of all different sizes running around and kissing on Brayden couldn't have made him any happier! He was kicking and wiggling trying to get away from us and get down to the dogs. We would have let him but were afraid of all of the "land mines" as we call them! :) I don't want my kid smelling like poop! Anyways, we had a lot of fun and it was another beautiful day here in Kansas!

Here is a puppy named Callie kissing on Brayden! We made sure that she knew he was already taken by Callie Akin! :)

A lady came over with a seven week old Boston Terrier puppy and said we should get a "cute picture of Brayden holding the puppy." I wasn't up for a one year old holding what I presume is an expensive little dog so I held the dog instead. :)

I bet this poor dog thought he was being eaten! Brayden was very gentle with him except for the one time that he tried to clap for himself while the puppy's head was in the way.. Brady making his daddy take him wherever he wants to go--

Just to show how close to walking he is! Around the house I have noticed that he has been letting go more and standing up on his own for longer periods of time.. so, I know walking is right around the corner!
Brayden hitching a ride from dad..
This is just too pretty not to post. I was playing with my camera software and I forgot I could do stuff like this with it!

Brayden will crawl under the table to get to me if I am on the computer.. When I noticed Brady had been pretty quiet I thought I better check on him.. I figured he was up to something naughty! Well, he apparently was too tired to get out from under the table before falling asleep and he is still under me now! :)

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

Brayden's Halloween Trick-or-Treating...

2008-11-01T13:58:00.001-07:00

For Halloween we just went a couple of streets over from where we are staying here in Kansas and went to something like eight houses. When you are just one Halloween is not the all important thing it seems to be when you're a bit older. Brayden enjoyed it at times but wasn't much for the little hoodie on his costume that had his skunk ears. He absolutely H A T E D it. Yeah, I know hate is strong word.. but he hated it. He cried when I was hanging it up this morning! Anyway, we figured out the kid loves Smarties and Dum Dums.. We should have just bought him a bag of candy and skipped him being so grumpy! Hopefully next year we will be with his little cousins in New Braunfels. It should be a better time because he will be able to walk on his own!

Brady and his daddy

Brady and mommy

All of us.. We didn't smoke any pot before we went, I promise! Jeremy just has a hard time keeping his eyes open during the flash....

My cutie pie!

Trying to walk up the steps with the help of his dad..

His mouth is all open because he is eating a Smartie...

I couldn't resist this picture! It reminds me of a little mariachi boy or something.. I guess it is the pants!

Some of you are probably like what the heck is this? This my friends is Brayden enjoying his very FIRST Rootbeer Dum Dum!

Watching this was better than the trick-or-treating itself! We should have just given him one of these and called a night!

After his bath at the end of the long night...

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

Brayden was bored and tired and wanted nothing to do with it!

Please excuse the no makeup...

Thats the only picture he would take with daddy...

My little ghoul... :)

Our first pumpkin!

Kansas Bass Pro Shop

2008-10-31T09:06:00.001-07:00

We finally went to the Bass Pro Shop over here in Kansas! It was nicer than the one in Texas, dangit! It was more like Cabela's with all the animals and it had two huge fish tanks and a seafood restaurant! We had fun in the little time we were there.. Getting good pictures of Brayden was my main concern. Oh, and not buying the whole store would have to come in second! There wasn't the best light in there so we tried to get the camera to adjust so some of them came out great and some of them kind of dark or blurry!

Little cutie!

This is what Jeremy wanted.. Maybe for Christmas... I told him there was no way we were getting that in Kansas to ride home with it for 14 hours in the car in our faces!! I told him to take a picture with it so we could show Lloyd what he didn't get to buy! Don't worry, I got him a t-shirt instead! :)

And... I will leave you with this.....

Park Excursion

2008-10-30T19:34:00.001-07:00

This post is going to have lots of pictures as well-- just FYI. I am a pretty boring blogger! Maybe things will heat up when Brayden starts walking and talking! Brayden and I decided to venture out today and we went to the park. There are a ton of parks around here and I just so happened to pick the best one! I couldn't get a picture of the whole thing because I didn't want to playgroup moms to think I was snapping a picture of their kids.. creepy.. Anyway, it was a huge pirate ship and it was way impressive! They don't even have that at the always cool Landa Park in Texas. Anyway, all is good here and the weather has been like 65 degrees and sunny! Hope everyone is doing well and has a great Halloween!

The higher you push him the more he likes it! He is our little dare devil!
Check out those chompers....

What a little man!

Yeah, he wasn't too happy by the end of all this... :)

Splish, Splash

2008-10-30T18:52:00.001-07:00

Mirror, mirror on the wall..

Brayden's famous!

2008-10-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it! I saw this picture and it hit me all at once! Brayden looks like WILL FERRELL! Scary, huh? Uncle Lloyd will be PROUD! He should have been Will for Halloween!

We have one gifted kid..

2008-10-30T15:25:00.000-07:00

Our dear child at the ripe old age of um, ONE, has decided that he will start sticking his tongue out! You can't laugh at him because that just makes it worse! He will stick his tongue out so far it makes him gag! It is quite entertaining.. Give me a break on the pamper and wild man hair.. he wasn't feeling good! I will try to get some better pictures of this soon!

Bass Pro Shop

2008-10-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

When we were working Hurricane Ike in Houston we were close to Katy Mills Mall. It has a Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World connected to it, so of course, we were there! I went and shopped in the mall until Jeremy was done looking around so we could take Brayden to the fish tank to see the fish! They also have a Bass Pro Shop here in Kansas, like five minutes from us, that we have not made it to yet and it's killing Jeremy. We will go soon and I'm sure it is exactly the same as all the others. Oh well, I'm sure I might get some good pictures out of it!

My two handsome boys..

Best picture ever! Brayden is posing like such a little man!

This one is kind of dark but the kid is pointing! What a genious! :)

The fish would swim right in front of him and he was loving it!

Little Halloween Preview

2008-10-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd give a little Halloween preview! Brayden hasn't been feeling too good the past couple of days. We are hoping he gets to feeling better so he can enjoy his trick - or - treating! Totally looking forward to pictures of him wearing this outfit longer than five minutes but he has quite the temper!

Trip to Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, Kansas

2008-10-26T08:53:00.000-07:00

There are going to be WAY to many pictures on this post, just FYI! There are too many to chose just a few!Jeremy had the window down and he was enjoying the cool breeze and sunshine!

Yay for Brayden! ( and that crazy hair)

He was thrilled to see all the animals! The bigger they were the happier he was!

Right after this he poked it straight in the eye and it walked off! Poor animal!

He was actually waving "HI" to them!

Who is the animal here?

This face is too innocent!

And this one.. not so innocent!

He wanted to go on the slide..... by himself..... and backwards!

There was no way he was going to go down this way!

....Until he got the attention he thought he deserved!

Notice the "Gone fishing with Dad" shirt? Yeah, I mean he is really into fishing!

One of my favorite pictures of the day!

He resisted at first....

..but with a little coaxing to "give him kisses" he did just that! I love it that he was so excited to kiss the cow!

We tried and tried to get him to pose..

This is the best one we got... the one with the ghost arm.

Too cute!

He loved the cowbells! I don't know why we waste so much money on every stuffed animal he looks at! We should just buy a cowbell next time! It is cheaper and obviously more entertaining!

Yeah, and I could guess this was Jeremy's favorite spot of the day! We rented that little cane pole and 4 worms for $3.00. It provided lots of cute pictures and a few cute little perch! What a bargain!

Here fishy, fishy....

Brayden touching his first LIVE fish!

Again, trying to get him to pose.. he only wanted to be destructive because he was tired!

This would have been too cute had it not been blurry!

He was trying to snack on some hay.. but he couldn't quite get the right angle on it!

Trying to eat a flower.. he decided promptly that flowers were not for him.

After a long day... here he is sporting his new "Mummy Loves Me" p.j. outfit!

We never actually made it to the pumpkin patch (our whole reason for going!) because Brayden was too tired, AKA FUSSY, so we are going to try and do that another day!

Brayden's FIRST Birthday

2008-10-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

Brayden celebrated his FIRST birthday on October 18th! He had a jammin' birthday party complete with anything and everything Nemo! Daddy is a big fisherman so everything that we try to get Brayden into revolves somehow around fishing! Lots of his friends and family made it out and we had a great time! Of course, I have a ton of pictures to show for it! :)

Mr. Birthday arriving to his own party...LATE!
Munchin' on some pizza...
He got a big stuffed Nemo, yay!

I am going to have to make this cake thing a long story short. The pictures will explain it all!

Yeah, you get it...
I think he would have just been fine with balloons! Brayden and his Auntie Robin!
Callie and Anna came to see Brayden......
Callie resisted Brayden's charm at first...........but she finally gave in! Better not tell her daddy that she is already kissing on a Cabrera!

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us!! :)

Just starting out....

2008-10-25T19:03:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to make one of these slick little blogs for a while but I really never had a reason to! Jeremy, Brayden, and I are in Kansas where Jeremy is working right now. I figured it would be a good way to let friends and family keep up with us (and by us I mean Brayden, of course!! ) So, here goes...