Birthday Parties!

We had two friends Birthday Parties this last week. Kingston turned 3 and had his at Pump it Up, a super fun bouncy house and slide play area. It was "Cars" themed, Angela and Malcolm sent out "Lighting McKingston" invites, so creative! Braydon had a blast running around and climbing up the bounce house obstacle courses and going down the slide. Luckily daddy had enough energy to run around with him. The kids had pizza and cake and wore Mater hats.

On Saturday we celebrated Bray's girlfriend Sophia's 2nd birthday at this great place called ArtSoup. I had never heard of the place but am glad we got introduced to it because it was so fun! A lot of Braydon's playgroup friends were there as well. It was Mickey and Minnie themed and the kids ran around making a mess! Bray painted a VW bug, played with chalk, play dough, paint, legos, you name it. Braydon LOVES Sophia, he ran up and gave her a huge hug and tried to kiss her on the cheek and she turned to try and kiss him on the lips. A ladykiller already ;)

Sunny January Weekend

It has been such great weather lately! This last weekend it was 78 degrees and sunny. We went to Laguna beach for our friend TC's birthday party and hangout on the beach. Bray had a great time playing in the sand with Daddy and his friends!

Toy Story Disney on Ice

We took Braydon to Toy Story Disney on Ice at Sports Arena today. HE LOVED IT!!!! I have never seen a kid so obsessed with a story line as Braydon is with Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story. He was in heaven. The Davies came with us too. Kingston loves Toy Story too, he's a year older than Bray. We bought Braydon this Buzz Lightyear spinning light toy, he has had it in his hand all day. The play was over 2 hours long and kept his undivided attention the entire time. He would point and clap and dance. He is so much fun right now, I love making him smile!

Braydon is 2 years and 1 month old

Braydon is FULLY talking now, in complete sentences and chattering all the time. He sings songs too. He sings the "ABC Song", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", and "You've Got a Friend in Me" the Toy Story Theme. We live and breathe Toy Story at our house these days. We watch all three movies on repeat and Braydon has it memorized, reciting lines and actions. He does this Buzz lightyear karate chop thing and pretends he's shooting us with a laser from his arm. He full on communicates what he wants from us and does it often. With commands like "Sit down Mommy!" or "Mommy where are you? Come Downstairs!" or "I'm hungry." He's very polite, saying "Thank you" and "please" all the time. He is starting to pretend play a lot and will be up in his crib for a hour playing with all his toys before we notice he's awake. He laughs a lot and is very playful. He's gives lots of hugs and kisses and it melts my heart when he walks up to me and says "I wove you Mommy!" I have never felt a love like the love I have for my little guy. He is the greatest thing that has ever happened to Craig and I.

Siena's drop dead C-section date scheduled

I'm officially trying for a VBAC with Siena. The doctor wanted me to schedule a C-section a week and a half after my due date because if I go past that the chance of uterine rupture increases. My due date is March 19 so we scheduled the C-section for March 25. Hopefully she will come before that but it's in God's hands. can't wait to meet her!!! She is an extremely active one, more than Braydon was in the womb. Uh oh, hope that isn't an indicator that she will be more hyper than our little crazy pants.

Siena's 30 week 4D Ultrasound

We did a 4D Ultrasound which was so cool! Braydon was asleep for it again, in Daddy's arms so he missed the whole thing. It was 30 minutes long and we got a good look at our little girl. She has a chubby little face, button nose and a bunch of hair already. She has big lips and is very active. She moves around a ton which I could already tell from feeling her kick me all the time. She is also insanely flexible, she had one foot up by her head and her other foot down. Then she moved and grabbed both feet with her hands and pulled then up by her face. The umbilical cord distorted the view of her face in a lot of the shots but we were still able to get a pretty good view. She's in the head down position which is good since I'm going to try and have a VBAC with her :) She's adorable and perfect and I can't wait to meet her!

Siena's 29 week Doctors appt.

Siena is a highly active little one. Craig can feel her kick now, starting last week :) She moves a ton. We had a doc appt. this week and heard her heartbeat. All my tests have come out great so it's been a healthy pregnancy so far. We discussed delivery options and whether I want to try a VBAC or another C-section and the risks involved. My gut tells me to attempt a VBAC and the doctor thinks my body can handle it so that's what we'll do. She wants me to schedule a C-section for a week after the due date in case I don't go into labor by then. I'm thinking of choosing March 23rd.

Christmas and New Years in Tahoe

We drove up to Tahoe on the night of the 22nd, staying overnight in Bishop, cutting the drive in half. Poor Bray got a horrible cold and was in misery for the first few days of the trip. We got to Kim and Ricks on Braydon's birthday, the 23rd. Jesse and Jake are so cute with him! And he LOVES them! They played with him a ton, read him books, wrestled with him and had a blast. Jesse even wrote a children's book for him with illustrations and all. We had a great Christmas at the Greenes with lots of presents, good food and fun. Braydon got his first bike, a recliner seat and a floor piano you dance on from the Greenes and a Thomas the train set from Mimi and Grampy along with a ton of other toys. On the 26th we drove to the condo and stayed in Tahoe City until the 1st.There was zero snow in the mountains, a record breaking year so that was kind of weird but we managed to still sled and get in a ski day at Northstar. Braydon loved sledding with his cousins and put on his helmet thinking he was like Buzz lightyear when he wore it. His other favorite thing was the gondola ride at Northstar. He would yell "I'm flying!!!" and "To infinity and beyond!!!" like he was Buzz. He would get really excited when he saw snow and yell "SNOW!" and "Santa!' We had the best time and Braydon misses his cousins and Mimi and Grampy. He asks every day where they are and I tell him we will see them soon.