TWO

We have reached the terrible, I mean terrific two's! Ha! Our little man has quite the personality and temper. He is learning how to express himself, and he is very verbal in stating the things he wants and things he doesn't want. He has an infectious smile that melts my heart. He speaks to everyone and loves to be around people, especially his brothers. He looks up to them and imitates everything they do (not always a good thing).  I love to hear him talk, I can catch a word hear and there that will give me some idea as to what he is trying to tell me. He is known at his daycare and always speaks to every.single.classroom on the way in and out. He will definitely be my little social butterfly!

Stats and loves
Height: 35.5 inches
Weight: 32.2 lbs
Size 7.5 shoe
Size 2T clothes (sometimes 3T)

You never go far without Lambie...or papi.
You are doing most everything left handed, and kicking with your left foot. (Will you be a lefty??)
You love to write...on everything (chairs, walls, desks, and sometimes paper)
You eat pretty consistently throughout the day, you are a snacker, on the go eater.
You love to eat ketchup, just plain ketchup. GROSS!
You like to shoot basketball, kick, throw, hit, baseballs, footballs, soccer balls.
You love to be outside.
You like to watch Mickey Mouse and The Wiggles ( I think you are up to about 10 minutes of watching at a time ha!)

Fun Comparison;
Braxton at 2                             Mason at 2
height-36.5 inches                    height-37 inches              
weight-33lbs                            weight-33.8 lbs

Oh "TWO"odles...

We celebrated Cullen's second birthday last night with friends and family. He had a good time, and has been excited about his "birday party" all week. I think he enjoyed himself!!

Happy 2nd birthday to the sweetest, friendliest, happiest, little fellow we know. You are a little ray of sunshine, and we are so thankful for you! We love you!

Birthday Bowling

So I am way behind on my blogging...I cannot imagine why!!! Ha! Anyway Braxton celebrated his birthday with a little bowling. We tried to talk him out of a "party" but he insisted on doing something. We asked a few little boys to join and it was all good with him. If Braxton wasn't so competitive he would have had a much better time! If he isn't winning he is a little pooper...so he had a little melt down but at the end of the day, he said he had a good time. That's all that counts I guess. Next party will have to be something that involves no winner and no loser.

Happy 9th birthday Braxton! You are so much fun and I love your enormous heart. You are so giving and caring and love BIG! You are sensitive, smart, and the biggest worry wart!! HA, you do worry about way more than you should. You want to make everyone proud...AND we are so very proud and so is everyone around you! You are a gifted athlete...way better than you give yourself credit for. You have a lot of friends that enjoy being around you, and from what quite a few Mama's have told me, you are all their little girls can talk about!! WHAT??? Thank goodness you do not even know and you do not even care yet...hopefully that will last a few (about 10) more years. We love you  more than you will ever know, and we are so glad that we were chosen to be your parents! What a blessing you are!

Christmas

We had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas Day this year. No where to travel, stayed in our p.j.'s all day, wonderful prime rib lunch at mom and dad's (just down the road), and the boys were beyond excited with all their toys! The boys get 3 gifts from Santa and they had no problems coming up with the 3 they wanted...and really they never mentioned another thing. It was the same 3 for months and months so we knew they were set with their picks. Braxton wanted a knew ipod, an xbox game, and a trampoline, and Santa delivered. Mason wanted an ipod, an electric scooter and a swimming pool. Even though we tried to convince him that Santa couldn't build a pool in the winter he still held on to hope and he never stopped asking Santa for that swimming pool. Oh how I wish Santa could give him a swimming pool, and us too!! How nice would that be??? Mason had to settle for a wii game instead. He said that it was ok, he would just ask for a swimming pool for his birthday!!!!!! Sweet baby Cullen never asks for a thing...or at least we cannot understand it. He jabbers all day but we have no idea what he is saying. He got a cozi coupe truck, a grocery cart, and chair for watching his 5 minute quick glimpses of Barney (before he is gone again and on to something else). Brian and I got them some fun goodies as well as the grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. They are stocked with under armour all the way down to their socks, itunes gift cards, academy gift cards, money and new baseball equipment! They are so blessed, not with the amount of gifts they got, but with all the people that spend so much time with them and love them so very much.

Merry Christmas 2012

Spelling Bee

We were so proud of Braxton for winning the 3rd grade spelling bee!! He on the other hand was trying to figure out ways of getting out of doing the county wide spelling bee. He obviously did not "mean" to win. Despite his attempts of getting someone else to fill in for him, he ended up doing it and did fine. He made us very proud just by getting up there and competing against so many other (older) students. Yay Braxton!

Award and first tooth

Mason has had two accomplishments here lately...he received the "student of the week" award at school. We are so proud of Mason. We weren't sure how he would do with me being at the same school, and if he would be able to control himself and follow the rules. Mason is a bit of a rebel, full of energy, and can be extremely "rough". He is all boy for sure! So far...he has been a dream,(at school ha) and I hope he stays that way. I do know that when that bell rings at the end of the day he is DONE...I mean one can only be good for so long, right?!?

And today, he lost his first tooth!! Yay, finally that tooth is out. It has driven him crazy over the last few weeks. This is only the beginning...he has 3 more loose!!