5 Months

We just love our little Bracky! His cheeks are so plump and soft that I can't help myself. They get kissed a lot. He is super happy and smiles, smiles, smiles. Bracken loves to be doing what Nathan is doing. He lays on the pillow next to Nate for the bedtime/naptime story, sits next to him on the couch while Nate watches a show, reaches out to touch Nathan when he is close by, and lives for the times when Nathan plays with him. Today at lunch Nathan was talking to me while I was holding Bracken (who was not happy unless he was facing Nathan) and Bracken just started cracking up. Bracken was watching Nathan, thus why he insisted on being held in a way that allowed him to see Nathan. Nathan is a very animated talker so whether it was his facial expressions or tone of voice Bracken liked it. And Nathan loved making him laugh.

Food!

We have officially experienced the goodness that is rice cereal. And Bracken is a fan most of the time. He loves playing with the spoon and sippy cup at family meals, but actually eating his food is hit or miss. He doesn't seem to mind the taste or tecture, it just depends on if he is in the mood to swallow or not.

"My birthday is here, right now?"

Yes Nathan your birthday is here!!! Or at least it was here on Friday February 5th. Our little man turned 3 and we just can't get enough of our ball loving, plane flying, train track building, car racing, "show" watching, "Can I have a snack?" asking, bike riding, razor scooting, bed jumping, song singing, bath splashing, park playing, hide and seeking, bust-a-move dancing, story reading, bedtime avoiding, McNugget eating, cereal inhaling, cookie devouring, Papi adoring, ready for anything NATE!

Nathan loves everything about birthdays. The hats, cake, candles, presents, balloons, and singing the Happy Birthday song. I can tell he has grown up alot this past year because we only sang the song and blew out the candles one time (last year he kept asking "Again?") because he wanted to move on to opening the gifts.

Nathan played hard with all his new found treasures. And Bracken enjoyed all the attention from adoring Grandparents and the curly string hanging down from the helium balloons.

And here the little guy is, all tuckered out at the end of his glorious day.

Here is a closeup of his "cake" which Nate and I had a blast making together. The big ones are regular cupcakes but the tiny red ones are cupcake bites, and believe me they are dangerous. I don't think I can ever eat a regular ol' cupcake again. Check them out here
you'll see what I mean.

Snow or Slush?

Amazingly enough Arizona does get some real snow. There are few places in the mountains that from time to time get dumped on, like Flagstaff that has a record 58 inches of snow right now. But where we live in Prescott Valley, it is rare that we get more than a few inches of accumulation at a time. And if we do get enough to play in it doesn't last long. This past Saturday we woke up to a few inches on the ground and decided it was time for another family sledding excursion to a local park that has some really good hills.

As you can see we really didn't have much snow. This particular snow fall was so wet (it was preceded by a ton of rain) that the minute you touched it, stepped on it, or sledded down it, it turned to slush. But because the ground was so wet, the sledding still worked out. It was like ice blocking but without the ice. As you can see from the picture Curtis literally wrung out his gloves a couple of times. But Nathan still had a blast, his favorite was going down "skater" style as he called it. Standing up with Curtis and boarding down the hill.

I just love babies in....

overalls! They are so darn cute, don't you think?

Sew Much Ado Ruby Lou Doll AND Pattern GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Sew Much Ado Ruby Lou Doll AND Pattern GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

What do we do on Sunday evening?

....Play Hide and Seak!

For a couple of weeks Nathan was really into playing hide and seak, it was his thing. And since he is so young and innocent he thinks that if he can't see you, then you can't see him. It is adorable! Curtis and I just love pretending that we don't actually know where he is hiding in plain view. The best part is Nathan's squeals and giggles. In this video Nathan is hiding in our closet so it is too dark for the camera to get any real footage but you can hear his squeals.