March Madness!! And It Is!!!

Braydon's first NCAA tournament ended in round one this year. Here he is cheering on his favorite team. He was not to upset about the loss as you can see. The PAC 10 is still a conference to watch out for. Maybe next year U of A will be in longer.

Here is another fun adventure Braydon got to do for the first time. If you look close in the picture can you see the real animal (not Ian this time)???

Braydon was really able to relate to the giraffe because they both have a drooling problem.

Braydon fed the giraffe himself and thank goodness his Grandpa had a good hold on him. The Giraffe's tongue was so long that it wrapped around Braydons hand about three times.

This is a little hard to see but well worth putting in the blog. We have a friend named Alicia that works at this zoo and she took our little group exclusively behind the scenes. One of the groups of animals she works with are the lions, so she took us to see him up close and personal. The pictures don't do this guy justice. He is huge and acts just like a big kitty. His favorite toy is a big plastic barrel that he has mostly destroyed of course. It was really cool to see and hear him that close up.

Here is a shot of the lion holding his barrel. It was pretty cool!!

Braydon's Grandma and Grandpa knew that he was missing something in his life. Every little boy dreams of their own puppy to hold, lay on, and love to pieces. We as parents really liked the one they got him because we don't have to pick up after it or even feed it. See what we mean below.

Is this kid cute or what??

Someone get this kid a modeling contract!!

Well we don't feel like we can post pictures of Braydon in the bath tub, but if we did you would all be laughing because he does nothing but kick and splash. It makes for a fun time in the bath. Anyway after bath pictures are just as fun!! Who else would like a ducky towel??

And or course we had a great Easter as we hope the rest of you did as well. We had a group of about 17 on the mountain for a picnic. Part of the group wanted to be in the sun so they set up shop in the wash.

Braydon forgot to bring his hat on the trip so it was a good thing his Uncle Poo Poo Head (what Braydon calls his Uncle Clint) brought along an extra one for him!

Braydon and his favorite Cousin Sydney.

The two dads and their babies!!

And finally an update on the projects around the house. Ian has almost completed the fireplace outside, but has had to put things on hold for a little bit. See he has learned a valuable lesson about cutting things with razors, and that is to keep your fingers out of the way. Six stitches later in two different fingers he is on the mend. But the projects did not stop, no in fact they grew. Below is Ian's new project, who is ready for fun in the sun?? Out with the new and in with the old.

Ian's new 1973 Chevy Blazer

A little paint and some good hard work.

Well we know how much fun blogging can be but apparently not enough for this little guy. Hope you enjoyed checking this weeks blog.

Rollin Rollin Rawhide!!

This is a new month and Braydon has started something new. He has now figured out how to roll over. It is amazing how much fun it is to see him roll over. I roll over in bed probably a hundred times and I don't think anything of it but when he does it looks like he has figured out a whole new world. Instead of seeing everything upside down, he finally is starting to see it right side up. We are excited about the next stages of his life and are trying to capture everything we can.

Here are a couple fun pictures of Braydon

Here is one of Braydon just slipping into his Milk Comma

Here is Braydon with his milk belly hanging out

Here is Braydon beating all of you in a game of Chubby Bunny, Anyone think they can take him??

This is Braydon's favorite past time. An afternoon walk in the stroller.

I guess I will give the latest yard update as well. It is pretty much spring around here already. The grass has started to come back and I have had good time to work on the out door fire place. Here are a couple pictures of the metal framing Ian is using to build it. Also there is a special print in the concrete. Check out what we have done.

This is just a great picture of Braydon with his Uncle Clint and Cousin Sydney. We were at Ashley's birthday party but did not even get a picture of her. Sorry Ashley, it was a lovely party though.

Febuary is Here

Well it was an interesting week in Tucson. We have had nothing but a beautiful winter and then out of nowhere the tempuratures dropped and it started to snow at our house. We never thought that we would see this in Tucson. Needless to say it did not stick on the ground. It was surprisingly nice to see acutally.

Lets see what else has been going on. Well we celebrated Ian's birthday on Super Bowl Sunday. It just so happened that they scheduled it on his birthday this year. We had a nice party and watched one of the better super bowl games. Ian got a Wii for his birthday and we have all been having a great time with it. We have been enjoying bowling mostly. SO far Cournty has the best score, we are all out to beat her these days.

Well enough about us. We both know that everyone wants to see more pictures of Braydon. Well Here you go. Braydon is almost 4months now and he seems to be changing everyday. When we got up this morning we were sure that his hair has grown. It is for sure darker brown these days. He almost rolls over from his back and has been rolling from his stomach for a while now. He continues to make more and more noise. Below are a couple Braydon's best shots from the past couple weeks. We will be sure to keep you poasted on any noticeable hair growth. We hope you all enjoy them.

Sorry It Has Taken Us So Long!!

So we are sorry to all of the faithful bloggers who have been checking and rechecking this blog. We have had a crazy Christmas and New Years. Even though it has been crazy we have well documented many of the events. So please enjoy the new pictures.

We will do our best to update this more often now that we have all the time in the world (RIGHT).

Here is a picture of Braydon and his favorite cousin Sydney. They really enjoy a nice piece of carpet where everyone stares, makes faces and talks in really high pitched voices. Here is a perfect example of two very happy babies.

Here is Courtney and Braydon. This is Braydon's first airline flight. We took him on a trip to Hawaii. We had a lot of fun and this is just the beginning.

Here is one really happy boy because he is off the plane that he was stuck on for 6 + hours. By the way he really did well on the entire trip. He practically slept the entire way.

Here is a shot of all of us. We are all glad to be off the plane.














On the first part of the trip we did a lot of great hikes. Here we are at Akaka Falls. Braydon really enjoyed the hikes.

Here Braydon and Ian are in front of a Tiki. It is hard to see but Braydon was really trying to make the same face that the Tiki has.

This is a picture of Braydon letting everyone know what he thinks of the Botanical Garden we went to.

Here we are at the beach. We are waiting for a good wave to ride in. Braydon does not like the real big ones yet.

This is us at the bottom of a crater that is still active. Not many two month olds can say they have done that. Now that I think about it two month olds don't say much at all... Anyway it was fun.

And last but not least we got a nice family picture to finish the trip. We saw a lot of things and were sad to leave but we had a really nice time, and can not wait to go back again some day.

Enjoy the update and please check back for more to come. We will be better.

Braydon's First Video

Okay so the video quality has a lot to be desired but I still think it is pretty cool that I can even get this on the internet. I will get better at the video for you all in the future. Please enjoy Braydon's first Video.

By the way we took him for another check up and we have found that he is now 10lb 10 oz and 22 inches. In case you did not keep track that is 4 lbs in 4 weeks. I don't think he has a problem eating. We just hope he catches up to his cheeks soon. All is well and we can not wait for Christmas to get here.

Thanksgiving and Other Firsts for Braydon

This is a much over due addition to the blog and I apologize. Courtney and I have been adjusting to the new sleep schedule and that has left less time to update the blog. And to be completely honest we are enjoying being parents so much that we have not made time for it either. We realize that it is not fair to all of you so here is a little recap. First of all it was a very Happy Thanksgiving in the Desert. It has been 4 years since Courtney and I have been home for Thanksgiving, which was one thing to be thankful for in itself. We have great family and friends here and the pictures below show most of the attendees. I apologize that you can not see everyone I had to take one of the pictures while jumping on the trampoline to get high enough. I am serious about that one.

Attendees were (and if you don't know them sorry, you should we are a fun group): Steve, Kathy, Jamie, Scott, Clint, Ashley, Sydney(Braydon's cousin that was born on the same day) Ashley's Parents and Brother, Stacia (Friend of Clint and Ashley) Uncle Rick, Julie, Brett, Grandma RuthAnn, Courtney, Braydon, Ian and Lily(our dog)

This was a four generation meal. What a great reason to be thankful.


So it was great being home for Thanksgiving. Braydon had a great time meeting new people. I did not get much time with him once we got there because everyone else kept taking him away from me. Courtney at least had to feed him so she got to hold him for about 30 mins all toll.

One of the people that did not want to put him down was Julie, as shown below. I am pretty sure we could drop Braydon off at her house and not come back for a week, Bahamas here we come!! This was the first time Braydon had met Rick and Julie

Here is the first round of Braydon Firsts:

Braydon has been held by his grandpa many times but he has not been held by grandpa with his cousin Sydney at the same time. Here is a proud first time Grandpa holding his two new grandchildren. I think he likes having them around.

This next first is a little Baby X rated first but because he is a baby we can do it. Here is Braydon's first bath. Scrub a dub he had a great time. It will be fun to show him these pictures in about 20 years when all of his friends are around. I think it is funny how we can bathe him in the sink. The was he is eating I don't think that will last long.

So Braydon thoroughly enjoyed the bath however I will let you be the judge as to whether or not he enjoyed his next first experience. Here is Braydon in one of the robes that his Grammy Tammy made. He actually liked it a lot and the good thing is that he has a lot of room to grow into them. He was swimming in it a little bit as you ca tell since he has only a head and one foot showing.

This is a picture of Dad holding Braydon for the first time after his first bath.

Today Braydon is 4 weeks old and that is the first time he has been that old. So I really liked this picture and thought I would add it just because.

We hope everyone else is doing well and don't forget to leave a message if you stopped by the blog. We like to know when people have visited. Have a great day!!!