Brayden's TWO!

Where in the world did the time go?!?  Like seriously?  I don't know how it's possible that I now have a TWO year old.  Cue...Mommy tears.  haha.  Besides my little feelings of disbelief, Brayden is so incredibly fun right now and every single night Geoff and I look at each other and say, 'really?  did he just do that...or did he just say that?' It's crazy, but CRAZY FUN and we wouldn't change it for the world.  

We did go to the pediatrician yesterday for his 2 year check up, so here are his stats fresh off the press.

Weight: 32lbs (88th percentile)
Height:  36in. 3 FEET!  (88th percentile) 

We're happy to report we've got a happy, healthy, handsome, BIG boy on our hands.  :)

His birthday party went off without a hitch.  It was so much fun and I think everyone, especially Brayden enjoyed Camp Brayden and the weather was insanely beautiful!  Here are some pictures of Brayden's birthday party!!!  

(Note:  I had our front patio decorated so cute, with Brayden's anywhere chair, fishing poles, tackle boxes, a little sign that said 'Don't feed the Bears' and I forgot to take a picture.  URGH!!!) 

Campfire Cake!!  It's a Pinterest SUCCESS!  

Mud pies!

Daddy made these awesome tents and we had a pony ride too!  ;)

He LOVED when people sang Happy Birthday to him.  

He lasted about 2 minutes opening presents and then I pretty much had to open the rest.

We started a tradition of releasing the number of balloons as his birthday.
He loved watching them fly away, but was a little confused as to why I made him let them go.  

We can't thank all our family and friends enough for coming over to help us celebrate Brayden's birthday.  It just means so much that you're all here.  Brayden felt the love and was spoiled rotten.  

And here's to another great YEAR!  :)  

Easter 2015

It's so hard for us to believe this was already Brayden's 3rd Easter!!  Of course for his first Easter he was only 3 days old, but it still counts.  :)  We started off our morning, early!  For the last several years we've gone to the 9:15am mass at my church.  It's insanely packed, like, you need to show up 45 minutes to an hour early and cross your fingers and toes in hopes to get a seat.  That's a tough situation with a toddler...Easter mass is already longer due to the shear number of people, but to make them sit there for an additional hour, tough! So we decided to try out the 7:15am mass this morning.  Brayden is typically up by 6:30am, which he was this morning, so it worked out perfectly.  7:15am mass was full, but no where near as bad at the 9:15am and we only had to get there 15 minutes early.  Yippie!! 

Handsome boy, ready for church.  

Here's a story I don't want to forget.  So of course at Mass it was very close quarters, so after Mass was over I could see that an older gentleman was trying to talk to Brayden.  So we both turned our attention to him.  He went on to tell Brayden how well he did at church and what a handsome young man he was and that he thought he deserved an ice cream or a treat for Easter and then he went on to hand Brayden $10!!  Geoff and I quickly told him that wasn't necessary, although it was very nice of him.  He quickly refused, wished us Happy Easter and went on his way.  WHOA!  I immediately started crying.  There are angels among us!!!  

So here's a photo dump from our Easter!!

Brayden's Easter presents from the Easter bunny, Flop!

I made bunny cinnamon rolls for breakfast after church. 

We had a great day, with beautiful weather and lots of family time and maybe an afternoon nap for everyone.  :)  Hope you all had a great Easter!  He is Risen!!  

Now, this pineapple upside down cake is calling my name.