Ahoy Matey!

I know it's been forever but I had to post some pictures of Braydon's first experience Trick or Treating.

 Braydon helped carve the pumpkin with Daddy and Mommy

 The finished product of our creepy pumpkin.

 Our little pirate and his sword.

 I like that he is actually smiling in this one, and you can see his pajama shirt under the red and white.

 We took him to our old ward boundaries and so I decided to take a picture of one of the houses and Braydon being adorable to get more candy. I'm sure Daddy wearing his pirate hat helped.

A pirate and his booty!

Sampling his many treasures.

14 months....

Hello from Midvale, UT! I know it's been a while but things have been crazy busy at home and at work these past few months. I just wanted to send out a few pictures so you can see some more pictures of Braydon. He' starting to actually run now which makes him difficult to keep in one spot. He says "tickle, tickle" and "ma" "da" and he's also started saying "bye". I think we are going to need to get a helmet for this kid, he is constantly hitting his head.

Playing outside for the first time this year, before his haircut.

He likes to do this a lot and he'll just smile at you hoping that you will play peek-a-boo.
Our little Nacho Libre wrestler

Playing at the park on the swings

Taking a nap with his friend Perry the Platypus

This is his Easter outfit, we couldn't find one that was in his size so we bought a 3T, the shirt fit fine but the vest and pants are huge.


He makes me laugh, he started smiling at the camera but when he smiles like that he kind of closes his eyes.


Well I better go help Jason get Braydon's dinner ready. Talk soon

Braydon's 1st Birthday

I can't believe that Braydon is a 1 year old. It's crazy to think how fast it went by. He is the most adorable little boy. We had a little birthday party for him on Saturday Feb. 4 and here are some pictures.
Thank you pinterest for giving me the idea for the banner. I think it turned out pretty awesome for someone who is not crafty.

We bought some helium balloons to help decorate and Braydon loved them, as soon as I brought them in the door he'd track down a string and hold on to it and carry it through the house.

You can see some of the food in this picture but we made cupcakes rather than a big cake that I knew Braydon wouldn't eat. I'll have to post the video of him eating the cupcake later. He really didn't know what to do with it. He'd eat it if we put a piece in his mouth but he didn't want to touch it.

Opening his presents that he got. He became a little too distracted with the wrapping paper so I helped him open them.


We bought him a tunnel for his Birthday and when we first opened it up he wouldn't go near it. His cousin Maeli crawled inside to show him how it was done but he still didn't want to go in. I crawled inside and had him chase me into it and after that he goes in and out with no problem. He likes to play hide 'n seek and peek-a-boo while in there. He also got the phone you can see in the picture, you can record little saying on it so when he pushes a button it plays it. He also got a twilight turtle that lights up his room at night with stars. Some trucks from Grandma and Grandpa P, clothes, a puzzle and a teething ring.

And I am happy to say that he fell asleep without any ill effect from all the sugar.

It starts...

Well, I knew this would happen someday. There have been moments when it looked like he was ready to take off at any moment. He’s been standing by the couch and holding on to it while he walks along the edge for a few months but he was always afraid to let go. On Sunday afternoon it happened. He let go and took 2 steps out into the middle of the living room. Jason and I got so excited that we started clapping which distracted him so he fell down. I’ve been trying to capture it on camera but every time I tried he would go back to the couch. However, I noticed last night that he was being more adventurous and taking a few steps here and there so I decided to grab the camera unnoticed (he realizes the noise it makes when it comes on and immediately stares at it and squints his eyes, ready for the picture). I got it this time, he was determined to take a few more steps than normal, which was great. He doesn’t really bend his legs when he takes his steps but I’m sure that will come in time. So here you go, our baby walking around.



This other video is Braydon watching a show on Sprout TV called The Pajanimals. Now, for some reason he found this frog hilarious. It played the first time and he was laughing up a storm. Then when it came on a second time I decided to record it so that I could show Jason when he came home from work. And it’s only the frog, he doesn’t laugh at anything else. So I thought you might get a kick out of watching him, I know I do.