Our first "yuck"

Braylen got up this morning a little slow and I noticed he was acting like he was trying to burp but couldn't.  I remembered back to his gas and stomach gurgles from the night before and his lack of eating dinner and instantly took him into the bathroom before he started getting sick.  NOT FUN, for mommy or Braylen.  I felt so bad for him and couldn't do much but hold him and take a washcloth to wipe his head and face (I guess that's a motherly instinct kind of thing).  We went to sit on the couch and he started asking, "What's that?" and, "Kitty" he was kind of back to normal, so I think he got most everything out!!  I took him to the babysitters after some oyster crackers and water and he seemed OK, so cross your fingers he's back to 100% now and for dad tonight!! 

ABCs

Baking, drinking, a deer hoof and LOTS of snow

Mandi and Andriy traveled out this weekend to visit us for some Christmas fun!!  Mandi and I were heading the baking, Jeremy and Andriy were in charge of the booze, Braylen was responsible for the smiles and laughs and Molly was to blame for the deer hoof!  Mandi yelped in our living room, "Oh my, what's that?"  Molly was proudly gnawing on a deer hoof.  (A few hunting buddies thought it would be funny to drop off a few deer hooves in our front yard during hunting season, so Molly's been out hunting!)  Jeremy proceeded to place it into the garbage, not the garage garbage, but the kitchen, yes the same kitchen we were baking in.  Although pretty gross, also pretty funny.  Jeremy and Andriy made homemade Baileys and we enjoyed a few of those as well as some yummy wine and cold beers.  While baking the rain changed into huge snow flakes that quickly covered everything, again!  We listened to Christmas music, laughed, braved through difficult recipes, they were literally labeled difficult on foodnetwork.com, got Mandi and Andriy's car stuck and then unstuck, ventured out to have a bite for dinner and then fell asleep watching Christmas Vacation.  It was a perfect Mandi and Andriy filled weekend!  We can't wait until they move to Dubuque and we can do this lots more often!!  Memories...

the very fashion forward bakers!!

yum yum yum

peeking under the plant to the snowy deck

lots and lots of snow

having a snack on the chair while watching the snow

our goodies, homemade Bailey's included

The boys delicious beverage options

What item does not belong in the kitchen garbage?

I don't need no stinking toys!

Who needs all of these



When you have a HUGE tupperware box

to climb in

and put a Christmas tin and ring in??



Or when you can climb on a chair, by yourself, and play with a water bottle and rice
(Thanks for the idea Abby and Nora)

Obviously this little guy doesn't need anything but a few non toys to keep him busy and happy for hours.  Please remember this when buying him LOTS of toys for Christmas Santa!!



Climbing and tumbling

This is what mommy and Bray do while dad's out hunting!!

Braylen's cabinet

We've always had a cabinet that has had Braylen's bottles, cereal, cups, etc... in it, we've called it Braylen's cabinet.  He must have caught on.  We don't have a boy that lives under the stairs, but we do have one that lives under the counter tops (that little quip is for the Greenhill's!!)