Brady is 3 years and 2 months old

Brady is a character!  He says and does the funniest things.  He dresses like a Power Ranger every day.  He loves to eat hamburger and french fries and his new favorite drive thru is Carl's Jr. which he calls Carlsbad Jr.

He can spell his name, count in Spanish and knows part of the Spanish alphabet.  He can dress himself and put on his own shoes and socks.  He loves playing with his friends but calls Daddy his Best Friend :)  He overly loves his baby sister and sometimes squeezes her in a big hug a little too tight.  He loves the movie Wreck it Ralph and to lay next to the fire while watching movies.  He loves to wrestle daddy and is really into Superheroes.

He has two Buzz Lightyear toys, a Woody doll and an Iron Man that he thinks move around and play while he is sleeping so daddy and I usually put them in fun places like Siena's ball pit or next to the snack jar.


He eats Bell Peppers like they are apples and can't get enough of Pistachios.  And he eats raw sushi with chopsticks.

Siena is 11 months old

Siena is 11 months old and growing into a very strong personality.  She is fully walking everywhere and is super independent.  We will be at the park and she will just walk around checking everyone out. She loves dogs and chases Monty around trying to feed him.  She gives big open mouthed kisses and claps her hands and cheers at everything.  She has a huge appetite and eats everything.  Her favorite lately is chicken nuggets and blueberries.  She has four teeth and skipped the front two teeth growing the incisors instead so she looks like a vampire.

Tahoe vacation and Brady the shredder

We spend 5 days up in Tahoe with our families and the Smiths.  It was the best time!  Braydon and Connor were hilarious together.  They are so much alike, they both love superheroes and are into imaginary play.  They ran around the condo in Batman costumes and played in the snow together having snowball fights and sledding down the mountain on their bums.  Siena and Delaney are both walking and are super smiley.  They would just walk around laughing and clapping their hands, trying to grab their brothers toys.

Brady and Connor snowboarded for the first time too.  We rented them a snowboard.  Braydon was unreal!  He is a total natural, would charge down the mountain and not fall!  We were blown away!  Squaw Valley had a kids festival going on so they had a huge Snow Castle that they played around in, they had smores by fire pits too and tubing.  Brady didn't really like the tubing part but Connor loved it.

It was such a great time, the weather was perfect, the snow was amazing and the memories will stick forever!

Siena Rose's Baptism in Tahoe

We decided to Baptize Siena at the church we were married at and where her brother was baptized:  Our Lady Queen of the Snows in Squaw Valley by Father Bob on Febraury 16th.

Her Godparents are Kim Greene and Chris Smith.

It was such a fun week.  We flew up on Wednesday and stayed through until Monday.  We stayed at the condo and rented one across the grass as well.  All these people came to see Siena on her special day:  Mimi and Grampy, Grandma & Grandpa Schwarz, Aunt Tistin, Aunt Kim, Rick, Jake, Jesse, and the whole Smith family (Chris, Meleesa, Connor and Delaney).

The Baptism was so special.  It was just us and Father Bob in a private ceremony.  Siena chatted a bunch during the ceremony shrieking and yelling "yeah!"  There was a cool moment where she was reaching her arms up to the statue of Christ and did pretty well when the ice cold water was poured on her head.

After we all went out to lunch at Jake's on the Lake, including Father Bob.  It was a great time!