Day's Days

TWO TODAY!!!!

2008-04-09T11:07:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAVAYAH!! Mommy & Daddy love you so much, and are so thankful God chose us to be your parents!!! You are a special little girl. Hope you have a great 2nd birthday, and enjoy being TWO!! :) Love you Looga

Easter Pictures!!

2008-03-25T09:01:00.001-07:00

I hope you all had a great Easter with friends & family. We truly are so blessed to be serving a risen Lord!!! We had a nice Easter. I will just let the pictures do the talking. ENJOY!!

3 Posts in 1 Week........didn't want to leave Navayah out!!!

2008-03-06T09:25:00.001-08:00

I tried potty training Navayah a couple months back, but she would just go crazy when it was time to use the restroom. And if she had an accident she would come running and crying flipping out about the situation. I had never experienced this before, but it got to the point that she was holding it in so long she was just in so much pain. So I decided it wasn't worth all the stress on her and me and let it go. Well I decided this week was the week to attempt again. Because she knows exactly what to do, and shows interest, but when it comes time to "letting it go" it is STILL drama. You would seriously think she was giving birth. We have discovered that her jumping up and down and crying "owie, owie, owie" is our cue to get her to the bathroom fast, but then she will still sit on the potty and scream and cry until she just lets go. I feel so bad for her, but it is actually pretty comical. I have a short video clip of the "drama" that hopefully I can figure out how to get up on here later, but for now just enjoy the pictures of the happy times before "letting go"

Clowning around......@ the Circus

2008-03-04T11:32:00.000-08:00

Saturday Anthony and I took Brayden to the circus. It was his first circus and he had TONS of fun, with lots of sugary yummies he normally doesn't get so I don't know which he enjoyed more the circus or the treats.

Swimming Lessons for Brayden

2008-03-04T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well, now that Brayden is 3 we decided it was time to start him in swim lessons. Last Monday was the first night. He goes on Mon. & Wed. evenings. He is doing really well. He is a little stressed about going ALL the way under, and has quit a lengthy conversation with Ms. Robyn(swim teacher) before jumping into her arms. About not letting him go ALL the way under. I talked to him about it all day yesterday, and kept telling him his teacher would not let him stay under water to long. Still not convinced he would randomly come up to me throughout the day crying about how he did NOT want to go under. So being the GREAT parent I am, on the way to swim lessons, I bribed him with a pack of gum if he would jump in and go under. IT WORKED!!! And no, I don't bribe often if hardly ever, but I just really wanted him to realize it wasn't so bad. Here are a few pics of his first class. (I was the only obsessed mom with a camera)

P.F. Changin' it.......YUM!!!

2008-02-06T10:34:00.000-08:00

I don't know about you but I honestly love spending time with family. Over Christmas some girls in the family were talking about how relatively close we all live together, but yet how little we see each other. So we decided that needed to change. We talked about trying to get together once a month to go out to eat, shop, talk, laugh do whatever, but just do it together. Friday night was the first of hopefully many more times and memories to come. We all met (including my cousin Donna who flew in from MN. She works for an airline company so that is just one of the perks she gets)at P.F. Changs and ate LOTS of yummy food. After we had dessert we sat there for awhile and had great fellowship. I really hope this is something we keep up girls. I am still waiting for schedules in March, you all know I am open. Love you tons and am so glad you are all part of my family!!!

p.s. I am glad the rest of you that weren't there are part of my family too :)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!!

2008-01-25T09:36:00.000-08:00

Today is Anthony's 31st Birthday. I just wanted to make a special post to recognize his birthday, and tell him how much the kids and I love him. You are a great husband and daddy!!! Thanks for all you do for us!! We love you SO much!!!
Hope you have a great day.

Navayah's got a BOYFRIEND!!!

2008-01-11T11:28:00.001-08:00

Navayah's 1st kiss was as simple as 1,2,3.......

1. Jake and Navayah talking about whether a kiss should take place.
2. Navayah deciding it should, and giving Jake a look he couldn't refuse.
3. BAM!!!! There it was just like that!!! Her first Kiss!!

Brayden and Bob the Builder underwear

2008-01-11T11:17:00.000-08:00

We have been trying to get Brayden "excited" about keeping his underwear dry during nap. He has been completely potty trained for sometime now, but keeping his underwear dry while sleeping has been a bit more of a challenge. So we bought him SPECIAL Bob the Builder underwear because he is obsessed with BTB. He has actually done really well with not getting "bob" wet. Here in these photos he is showing off his special underwear proudly while sleeping.

2008-01-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

Make a slideshow - it's easy!

Better late than never!!!

2007-12-03T09:22:00.000-08:00

Sat. Dec. 1st was Brayden's 3rd birthday. It was kindof a two day celebration. Friday I took him to Toys R Us where they make his day a little more special with a crown, balloon and recognition over the loud speaker that it is his birthday. Then I let him pick out a small toy.

Saturday was the big celebration. Brayden LOVES Chuck E. Cheese. So we had his 3rd birthday party there with 10 other children who were mainly 2.5. It was a little crazy, but what great memories were made. I can't believe he is 3. I had a couple moments of teary eyes when I thought back on the many milestones he has achieved over the three years. He is the smartest, cutest, funniest, loving little man I know.(Just a little bias) We are so proud to have you as our son Brayden. We love you so much.

Turkey weekend events....

2007-11-26T10:44:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We sure did. It was busy, but very nice. We came over to my parents house around noon on Thursday, and ate a delicious turkey dinner. Around 3:30 Anthony and I left for Indianapolis for the annual race car auction that goes on this weekend. We left the kids with my parents, and the rest of Anthony's family were already in Indy. It is kindof a nice long weekend where I can do whatever I want without kids. I haven't been brave enough to take on the day after thanksgiving shopping with two little ones so thanks mom and dad for keeping them. Anyways we did TONS of shopping (the ladies in the fam anyway) the mall is attached to our hotel so it was very nice. We did a little relaxing in the hot tub, and pool and just enjoyed sleeping in. I missed the kids tons, but was a very much needed break away. Here are just a few pics of the weekend. A view from our room, on the 19th floor, of downtown Indy. Angie, Shaylah and me on the carriage ride (it was very cold, but fun.) And a picture of my family before we left on Thanksgiving.

Random pics of Brayden and Navayah

2007-11-09T09:29:00.001-08:00

Well, I don't really have anything exciting to write about, but personally I think pictures are better than a bunch of blah, blah I would write about. So, here are some random pictures of the kids from the last couple of months.

My Little Angelina Jolie Wanna Be

2007-11-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday, Navayah fell and hit her mouth on the ring around the bottom of the bar stool. It was big drama, but as you can see I am sure it hurt pretty bad. She kept running her tongue over her lip, and she wouldn't eat Sunday dinner for a long time. I'm sure it is one of the first of many "ouwas" to come. I told her she was to young to think about getting a lip injection.

2007-11-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

Last evening was halloween so we got the kids dressed up. Brayden as Bob the Builder and Navayah was a pink leopard kitty. We headed out and trick or treated around the neighborhood for close to an hour.....that is a long time for a 1 and 2 year old. By the time we got back they were pretty tired and cranky. Here are a few pics of the event. I couldn't get a good family shot, it was close to melt down time. Navayah is also enjoying a WRAPPED sucker from her bucket of candy. It was a lot of fun, and I hope to have many more fun years of trick or treating with my babies. Enjoy!!!!

90th Celebration!!!!

2007-10-22T10:06:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we had family come into town for my Grandmothers 90th birthday celebration. She really won't be 90 till October 27th, but this is when family could come and celebrate. Below are photos of different activities that took place over the short time the fam was here. Thanks everyone for coming up and out to celebrate. It was a great time and we miss you all already!!! Love ya guys!!

Navayah's first haircut/trim!!!

2007-10-22T09:53:00.000-07:00

Thursday, we took Navayah to get her first haircut. It was really more of a trim, but it was definitely needed. We took her to a place called Cookie Cutters where Brayden gets his hair cut. They have fun "chairs" for kids to sit on, and each station has a playstation player which can be used as a dvd player or a playstation. They got all the fuzzy baby hair trimmed up in the back and it looks good. The green car was the same seat Brayden sat in for his first haircut too.

PuMpKiN PaTcH

2007-10-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

Sunday after church we went and got something to eat at Chipotle, then we went and picked the kids up from my parents house (Anthony and I had gone to a haunted house with Landon and Pam Sat. night) And off to the pumpkin farm we went. The day was beautiful, and the kids had a blast. Here are a few pictures of the pumpkin patch. Hope you enjoy

TWO in the bed.....

2007-10-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

The other morning I heard Brayden and Navayah talking and knew they were up to no good so I grabbed the camera and headed upstairs. I just had a feeling it would be picture worthy. They heard me come in the room so these faces are the reaction of excitement, mixed with oh no is mommy going to think this is as funny as we do. Well, I did think it was pretty funny and who could be mad at these two faces, but after two more mornings of this Brayden as been firmly told this is not to happen again. (Sometimes his hugs are a little to tight around the NECK, and Navayah lets us all know, with a scream, that she doesn't approve.)

Sweatband and Underwear

2007-10-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

Okay here is some pictures of Brayden "Simons"

doing his dance workout with his sweatband on.
He loves wearing his sweatband because pampy
has one too. Oh, and there are no pants because

we are potty training and it is just easier to get the underwear down this way. So how could I resist these photos.

"Miss Hollywood"

2007-10-04T10:27:00.000-07:00

So, I know it has been forever since I have written anything, but I just haven't downloaded any pics. So here is something new. Just call me a desperate mom trying to wish longer hair on her daughter. I attempted to put her hair in pony tails, but they didn't last very long, but I thought they were adorable while they lasted.

2007-07-26T08:19:00.000-07:00

Our sleeping beauty!! Navayah still loves to sleep!! She had a long day of pool lounging and I guess it just wore her out.

2007-07-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

Our two precious babies at the zoo. We had lots of fun that day showing the kids all the different animals up close and personal. Since leaving the zoo Brayden has really been into imaginary monkeys and tigers. They have to be put in time out and in the corner all the time for hitting Brayden. It is pretty funny, but gets old very fast too.

hey eveyone

2007-07-26T07:51:00.000-07:00

I too am going to try to do the blog thing. I will let everyone know when there are more pics posted. Love ya