Braydon turns 4!

Our sweet little boy is 4 years old!  He is growing into a funny, loving, handsome guy.  I am madly in love with him and we couldn't be more happy to have him in our lives.  Siena adores him and he is so friendly with everyone, making friends wherever he goes.  At age 4 he is around 40 inches tall and weighs 35 pounds.

For his birthday we threw a Ninja Turtle themed party for him at Grandma and Grandpas and the Smiths, Cota and Ruthie and Aunt Cristin all came over to celebrate.  Aunt Cristin got him a motorized Jeep.  And Grandma made him a Michelangelo cake.

The next morning (the actual day of his birthday), we woke up and went to Disneyland and California Adventures with Mimi and Grampy who flew in.  Braydon & Siena LOVED it there!  We went on Toy Story Mania, the Muppets, Monsters Inc and Braydon went on Soaring with Daddy for the first time and loved it!  He also did the Cars ride with us but didn't like the hills.  At Disney we hung out in the Christmas area at the petting zoo and visited with all the Disney characters.  Siena broke in past the fence to pet all the off limits goats (she is carzy!)  She also charmed Mickey and Santa into running over and hugging her regardless of the huge line of people waiting to see them both.  We then went on Pirates (which Bray didn't like that waterfall drop either), Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh.  We had dinner at the Mexican Restaurant in Frontier land and then watched the Magical Christmas parade.  It was the best day!!!

First Fish

We took the kids to the pet store to pick out their very first pet fish.  They were so excited!!  Braydon named him Braydon.  They loved him and would stare at him and talk to him and want to feed him.  I had to stop them a few times from feeding him goldfish and pizza.  Siena had a habit of sticking her fist in the bowl.  When we drove up to Grandma and Grandpas we took him with us.  While at Grandma and Grandpas they changed his water and Braydon the fish didn't survive past that....may he rest in peace.  

Braydon skateboarding

Brady loves to skateboard!  Skateboarding and Snowboarding are his favorite sports so far.  Craig took him to the skatepark and he charged the hills (sitting down on the board of course).  He is pretty coordinating when it comes to balancing, he will stand up and skate down our driveway.

Thanksgiving 2013

Craig and I went to Brazil over Thanksgiving for 10 days to celebrate our five year anniversary and Craig's birthday.  The kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Schwarz while we were gone.  We all celebrated Craig's birthday together before we left with a great dinner and a cake.  We missed the kids terribly but we were able to Facetime with them often and they had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Cristin.  They went to Knotts Berry Farm and ate at the country club for Thanksgiving.  Aunt Cristin made a countdown ring calendar for the kids to count down the days until we got home.  Braydon had a lot of fun with that :)

Craig and I had the greatest time in Brazil, visiting three different spots; Florianopolis, Itacare and Rio.  We relaxed in the sun, drank out of coconuts and ate delicious food.  It was paradise!