No football day!

That's what I'm going to start calling Sundays now that the Bears are out of the SB running!  It's so nice not to have ESPN on right away in the morning, ahhhh peace and quiet.  We put away the winter decor and got out our very limited Valentines day stuff and cleaned up.  Bray was surfin on a lid to one of the bins, he's cheap entertainment and he's cheaply entertained!!  Abby and Nora came over for a bit and we hung out while the kids played and then Ab and I did "Just Dance", too fun!  Jeremy cooked me dinner while Braylen continued to entertain.  Here are some pics and videos of the day.

yum lunch

"You eatin what I'm eatin?" "YUP, yummy!"

fun times with Nora

Chicken Parm for dinner!!

The infamous scowl

GO BIG BLUE

Saturday we went to the UD mens basketball game and brought our own little cheerleader!  Before we left he had to shut all of the doors in our bedroom, one of his favorite things!  Once at the game Bray made friends with the grandma and grandpa behind us and was putting on a show dancing for his fans!  What a cheese!  The men won and Braylen was quite entertained all night!

Gotta shut this door

and this one too!

My little male model!!

Mr Independence

As we have passed the 1 year milestone, we are now moving into uncharted territory for Jeremy and I.  Athough we've never done the baby thing before, that was a little easier to handle, no disciplining for the most part and Braylen allowed us to do everything for him.  Now the times are a changin!  Not only does he not want me to feed him, he wants to do it himself, but he likes to try to push us to see what kind of reaction he'll get from Jeremy and I.  He loves to torment the dogs, poor, good girls and has just started hitting lately, ugh!  I thought we had this perfect, sweet and good little boy, he's definitely a boy, but the other characteristics are debatable!  Actually, Braylen still is a very good boy, but is starting to learn how to push our buttons, smart little cookie!

BOOOOO

We had a rough day at our house yesterday!  Although the kids didn't seem to mind there was a football game going on, the guys had a pretty disappointing loss to the Packers of all teams.  Jeremy and Jimmy didn't say too much all during the game and not much after either!  We did have fun hanging out at the house, even with the loss!

Grandma and Braylen

We did allow a couple of Packer fans over to the house!

Hattie and Madison playing with the toys

You could cut the tension with a kinfe!

Sharing the rocking horse

Red Neck Christmas Party

We had our last festive holiday party Saturday night and the theme was red neck.  Jeremy and I, never wanting to miss a dress up party, got a sitter and planned a night out at my co workers house, Bob.  It was such a good time both being dressed up and hanging out!  Great food, lots of cold drinks and fun times! 

Chris and Dirty Jerm

us and the host, Bob

Tim and Hilary

this guy won the gift I gave, pretty nice huh?!

She's drinkin for 2!!

He's had a long night of drinkin 40s

The other host, Marcia, and a few party goers!

Weekend Adventure

I had to work on Saturday, :(, but fortunately it was a short day and a little more exciting than the normal work weekend.  My coworker and I flew to Chicago for a morning presentation and then flew back to Dubuque.  We took one of UD's planes and it was a great and smooth flight! 

My own personal aircraft (for a few hours anyway!)

Leaving Chicago

Braylen's "reorganizing"

I think Braylen's getting bored of  the same scenery.  I have found 2 incidents of him reorganizing a few things he thinks may be more appropriate in the past 2 days.  We, unfortunately, do not see eye to eye on this, so things were put back into their "correct" spot.

socks and shoes and a few mittens belong under the tunnel

isn't that right?

The finished product

Mom's "new and clean" shoe rack

they were looking cluttered on her side, so I moved them to daddy's

Impromptu visitors

We had a nice surprise when mom decided to visit this weekend.  After we found out she was coming, Jess and Clint also made the trek to Dubuque to visit.  Considering we had a quiet weekend planned, this was a fun surprise.  Braylen and I were able to visit a friend before mom got here and her "new" baby, he's about 3 1/2 months old and we're a little late!  We spent some time hanging out and saw the new house, very nice!  Then by the time we got home, mom/Nana was there!  We were planning to go to the UD vs Loras basketball game after lunch but Braylen's nap messed with those plans.  So we hung out and went out to dinner at Hoolihans and had a good and noisy meal, thank you Braylen!!  Hung out at home playing games and Wii and then crashed out.  Sunday was the BIG Bears game and Jeremy invited a few people over for drinks, food and cheering!  The Bears won and everyone celebrated, everyone at our house anyway!!  Snow did come Sunday night and early Monday morning, just in time for their departure.  But, everyone made it home safe and sound and in pretty good time too. 
I must be getting lazy or our lives are getting busier and duller by the day because my blogging and pictures are getting fewer.

a little game of flippy to celebrate the Bears victory



Jess, Mom, Bray and Jess's friend Taylor, a new Dubuque resident!



Jeremy's thinking, "What do I have to wear for the Bears win  next weekend?"



Thursday night fun

Last night was my first night with Braylen since Monday and I was looking forward to some fun time with him!  After we made and ate pizza we played around with some new things and he showed me how big he has gotten!

new lion towel from Gretchen

he loved walking around with it on and roaring

and it had a bath mit he wanted me to keep putting on his hand

Play time!!

We got home early on Sunday and I had Monday off too, so Braylen and I played with his new toys!  He loves them all, thanks to everyone for all of the fun and amazing new gifts!

playing with Bray's new tug boat from aunt Jess and uncle Clint

Bray's new pillow pal

and new drum set and hammer and shapes bench

his puzzle mat from Angie, Jason and Alana

and the new tent, he's still unsure about climbing through it!

Christmas on New Years

We did the Scott Christmas on New Years morning and after we woke up we opened gifts and stockings, had breakfast and drinks!  YUM!  I think Jeremy was pouring captain and cokes at 10:30 that morning and a few of us were having mimosas and Braylen was drinking milk!  Super Nana and Papa stopped by near the end of the chaos and hung out for a while to eat and hang out.  It was a really great day of relaxing and spending time together.  We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas morning at mom and dad's/nana and papa's!

Present palooza

the first gift of the morning

Braylen's new drum set

mom's new purse

Andriy's hawkeye wear

my rainbow wood bowl

Braylen's helping aunt Mandi with her gift

Love this picture of Jess!!

Dad got boots

and Braylen a new tent!!

now time for stocking stuffs, silly straw glasses

and Jeremy's game on boxers

yum, a little bailey's through silly straw

we had a New Years/Christmas parade through the house

Super Nana and Bray

taking a breatk after the busy morning to vegitate and watch some football