Thursday, November 4, 2010

~It's All About the LITTLE Things~

*** BRAXTON AND CHLOEE PLAYING ***




The other night after just finishing off a water bottle Braxton decided that it would make for a fun toy! I set him on the ground to allow for more space to play. Not more than a minute later I heard Nate say "Babe look - Braxton is playing with Chloee". I was a little confused as I looked down to find this.........




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Chloee was SO good and SUPER careful with Braxton. She mostly just followed the bottle around with her eyes as Brax waved it around. There were a couple of times though that she went in for the bottle but only if Braxton's hands weren't in the way. If Braxton's hands happened to get in the way as she was getting ready to bit she would resist and keep following it with her eyes instead. The couple times she actually did get it in her mouth, if Braxton tried to wave it around some more, Chloee would again let go so he was able to!
It was so cute to watch! We can't wait until Braxton is a little older and they can play together - for real!! I have a feeling they are going to be BEST buds....

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

~It's All About the LITTLE Things~

~LUNCH DATES WITH DAD~



Nate left his wallet at home and has a big test in school tonight so Braxton and I decided to meet Nate for lunch. He didn't have much time so Brax and I put in a pick-up order at Cafe Rio and after we picked it up meet Nate in the Smith's parking lot on 40th West and 47th South. They have a nice patch of grass at the back of their parking lot where we sat and had a little picnic. It was a little random but so nice to get out of the house and spend a little time with the best dad in the world!



Hanging out
eating leaves while waiting with dad







Dad sharing his lunch - Brax LOVES Cafe Rio!!









--- Thanks for a fun lunch date ---

Word-LESS Wednesday



- Look at those BLUE EYES -
(at Cousin Brynnlee's 2nd Birthday party on September 11th, 2010)

Our First Halloween


This Halloween was pretty special for us.



It was Braxton's First Halloween

and

Nate and I celebrated our First Halloween together 7 years ago while on our First Date!!


This weekend was the first full weekend I haven't worked in two weeks and we definitely took advantage of it!



On Saturday we went to Chili's for lunch for my wonderful mom's Birthday

followed by some Trick-or-Treating at Great Grandpa Davis' house,

Stopping by Grandma Gerrie's annual Halloween Party
-complete with soup and pictures of all the Grand and Great Grand kids-
(you will find pictures of only some of the costumes below)


- Our Relaxin' Lion -


-Our Family of Oz -



-The Grand Kids -




-The Great Grand Kids -




-The Cutest Lion and Monkey you'll ever see-

- Tanner the Monkey-



-Emily and Tanner the Zoo family-
(Brad was also a Zoo worker)



-The Ninja Turtles-
?????????????




-Oh, it's just Logan and Natasha-


-Gabe the Batwitch-


-Kyler AKA Dwight-

Then it was off to Grandma Carolyn's house for some Trick-or-Treating

And finally to finish off the night

Dinner and games with some friends.

It was a very long and very eventful day!
Poor Braxton was definitely done by the end of it all. When I was putting him in his car seat to get ready to go to the last couple of houses he gave me the saddest "what are you doing to me" look and would start to cry. I think he was pretty sick of having his costume taken on and off so many times! He was such a trooper though!



Sunday we decided to have my family over for my mom's birthday dinner and cake


- "47" -

-She got lots of help blowing out HER candles-


And Braxton got his THIRD hair cut
Thank you so much Aunt Sami. It was MUCH needed!!


-What are you doing to me Grandma? -


(Don't worry, Braxton forgave Grandma really soon after)

and then we just hung out the rest of the day! We all needed a good day for relaxing after the crazy Saturday we had!

I really wanted to pass out candy and since we weren't home on Saturday to do it I figured we would get some in case anyone came by Sunday night. I was so sad when we only had 2 young boys - probably 8 and 10 years old- and they came together!!


What a great weekend filled with lots of time with family. I can't think of a better way to spend a weekend!

Our First Sick Doctors Visit

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Two weeks ago Braxton was sick with his first ever horrible cold (cough, runny nose, sad cries). He never really got a fever from it and was pretty much better about a week later. I wasn't expecting him to get so sick again so quickly. He was supposed to be getting better! On Saturday night he had a little bit of a runny nose and by Sunday night he was choking on food he could normally eat just fine (almost like his throat was swollen) a little bit of a cough and runny nose and was not his absolutely happy self. On Monday night when I picked Braxton up from Grandma Hollie she said the had pulled at his left ear a couple of times through the day. When I got him home I noticed that his cough had become very wet, he was wheezy, had a yucky nose and a little bit of a temperature (around 99 degrees). By Tuesday night when I picked him up from Grandma Donna's he sounded so much worse. The poor kid had a horrible wet, deep cough - the one that hurts your chest. He was still a little warm and had the saddest sick eyes I have ever seen! I wanted to take him into the doctor so bad but I didn't want to come off as a "paranoid mom" and it was almost 7:30pm. I kept telling myself "He'll be fine. Give him until the morning and if he's not better take him in then. It's just a bad cold." I got a cold with Braxton the first time 2 weeks ago and was still suffering from it at this time so I figured we just happened to have the same thing and it unfortunately was a never ending cold! Then another part of me kept thinking about RSV and how scary it is. I wasn't sure if it was the right season for it but that didn't keep me from worrying. As I was fighting with myself about whether to take him in or not my sweet dad said "I really think you should take him in tonight. You'll sleep a lot better if you do." I was so glad that he said that. It made me feel like not such a paranoid mom and helped me to realize that it would be okay to take him in. Luckily our Doctors office has a night clinic and they were able to squeeze him in "if I wanted him to be seen that night." One of the Doctors in her group were working or I could wait until the next day at around noon and he could see his doctor. I of course wanted him to be seen that night!

Well, a long story short - he had a really bad viral infection and RSV was not in season. The doctor did say though to watch him and if his cough got worse or his temperature got higher to bring him back in. Luckily neither of those happened! He also had his first two ear infections! He said that both ears looked red :( We got a prescription for some amoxicillian for him to take which he happened to LOVE! That made it really easy for us when it came time for him to have it.


Now two weeks later he is pretty much all better! Which I am so thankful for~

October at Garnder Village

October 15, 2010








I wanted to get some cute pictures of Braxton in his costume and from things that I have heard I thought that Gardner Village would be the Perfect spot - and it was!! They have such cute setups and a lot of fun things! The only mistake was unknowingly going during UEA weekend! Lukcly my family (mom, dad, Jason and Lexi) joined us and were so helpful! Our little lion wasn't such a fan of his costume. Warm weather and a tired little boy make for some interesting pictures!











It ended up being so much fun!
I think we might have a new tradition - except we'll go a week earlier next year!!!