Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween party palooza!!

Braylen and I had a very busy weekend with parties, parties, parties.  On Saturday we had the twins birthday, my co workers husband's surprise party, a party just for mom and dad and then on Sunday, Halloween!! Braylen and I dressed up for all of the parties, Braylen was a puppy for a short period of time, I was a "mom" and Jeremy got home from the Hawkeye's game and he got dressed as Alan from the movie "The Hangover".  We had lots of fun and Braylen was pretty much exhausted after the weekend!! He didn't nap on Sunday, so that set us behind on our running around, we didn't see the family, but did stop at the neighbors and our friend's Jill and Scott's for treats! Braylen also helped pass out candy. Hope you had a happy Halloween too!!

our 1 year old puppy

one of the birthday boys and momma

crazy gift opening

cake cake cake

Ty and Easten had lots of toys to keep Braylen busy

The Kruser's new cruiser

having fun riding around

watching my bro and waiting for my turn

party # 2, Braylen so wanted to be like the big boys

one day soon enough, he'll be playing like they are

his "#1 mom" changing him into PJs

now our time to party, Kenny Powers, Alan and God's gift to women, ready to go

#1 mom and Alan out for the night

a take off SNLs "mom's jeans" commercial and slightly reminiscent of my mommy dearest in 1984

puppy's like to play

and collect treats

let me take the good ones before you give them all away

Happy Halloween

I have the same picture from last year, a year older!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

I'm so big

Braylen and I have had some time QT in the evenings when dad is hunting.  He likes to show me how big he is.  While chilling in his chair, he likes the use the cup holder and read a book, he has been picking out his clothes before bed and his favorite things is running around the island while playing "gonna get you".  It's been lots of fun and he is, of course, adorable while doing it!!

I learned to use the cup holder by watching dad

Ahhhh, a refreshing beverage after a busy day

slight spillage, but still having so much fun

BOOOO

come and get me!!
I think I'll wear this tomorrow

Monday, October 25, 2010

Double trouble...

Jen called to ask if her and Gavin can come over to play on Sunday.  We were still not feeling 100% due to the festivities the night before, but figured it would be great for Braylen to play with Gavin and have fun.  Gavin brought over some Halloween goodies, goldfish, animal crackers and teddy grahams, and the boys played and shared snacks for a while in the afternoon.  I'm a little surprised Jeremy let Jen and Gavin into our house in their Vikings apparel!!  It's a lot of fun watching them interact and seeing their similarities and differences.  We were also glad to see Gavin back to normal after a week of being sick!!
back to back playing

Gavin giving Braylen his Halloween treats

ready for the big game1

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Fun with Daddy

In the evenings when I'm gone I often wonder what's going on at the house with my boys.  Jeremy took some pics of  bathtime Braylen...
Loves his bath toys, but can't figure out where all of his foam letters went to...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

UD Homecoming

Sorry for the delay with this, busy week last week.  Saturday was UD's homecoming and we had visits on Saturday, thus I was working most of the day.  Jeremy dropped Braylen off for the UD parade and quad festivities while he went to a friend's for the Hawkeye game.  Braylen and I joined him at Laura and Dan's later for fun with lots of kiddies and some great food and cold beer (although Braylen just had milk!!).  Unfortunately my camera's battery died before Laura's, but here are some fun ones of the afternoon. 
Jeremy dressed him, hence the Hawkeye apparel and not UD :(
He handled Sparty pretty well, maybe it was because of the sucker?!
The cute photo frame

Sunday, October 10, 2010

The "after party"

Wow, what a crazy day Saturday was that anything we did Sunday felt like the calmest and most relaxing activity possible! It was a really beautiful weekend so we spent a lot of the time outside as well as napping!! My family stuck around for a while on Sunday and then we played more with new and old toys.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yQZGrKSjQ
the life of luxury!
Story time fun

Nana extraordinaire!
I love his sitting position...

then I looked at his Aunt and realize where he learned it from!

although lots of new fun toys in the house, I think I'll just keep playing with my rocks and slide

I know i have tons of these photos, but I love them!

The tape measure is definitely a hit, he liked putting it into his new school bus

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Party Time

Braylen's birthday party was on Saturday and it was slightly organized chaos, but mainly just chaos!  Cake was pretty fun, Braylen just right in and seemed to really enjoy the sugary treat, surprise surprise, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZReCDPcyA00!  Presents were seriously out of control!  I felt like it was Christmas time!  We had lots of fun with friends and family and were so glad and excited to host Kati, John and Isabella, as well as "the regulars"!!  What a great weekend, Braylen says thanks to all and so do we!!  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Birthday Boy eating his Birthday lunch
Bella's first time swinging
What 1st birthday isn't complete without a birthday shot??!!
My #1 pumpkin with His #1 pumpkin
Jess is desperately trying to win favorite Aunt, I think it's going to be a tight race!
Defintely favorite people of the day with one of the coolest gifts, a wagon!
a few of our guests, Ty and Easten with Bella
Kati and Bella enjoying the deck
This cake was very short lived
Abby and Nora came to visit and played for a while too