Finally starting to feel caught up!

The New Year post was written last week but just got it posted...O well!  Last week it snowed about 2 inches. Though it was not Brady's first snow, it was his first snow that we got pictures of him outside in it!

 Even though it was gross out I still need to exercise as well as does Brolly and I continue to lose weight.  I currently have 12 lbs to go before I will be back to my pre-pregnancy weight!  A friend asked if I got a new pair of jeans.  They were not new so much as they just had not been worn since last year!  That is only one pair though and sadly not at all my favorites.

I walked a little further than I might should have because Little Mister was exhausted when I got home!

 

Brolly on the other hand loves the snow and was not ready to come home yet, he was begging for more but I told him we had to let Brady sleep!

He did not think this was reason enough and continued to plead!

 We did go out for a few more minutes after Daddy got home to take these two cute pics.

 This is a leftover one from right after Christmas!  He puts his legs up on everything now it is so funny.  He is rake grasping trying to pick up toys and his pacifier which he continuously succeeds to pull out of his mouth.  He did almost get it back in the other day.  Andrew and I were watching him and could not believe what he was trying to do!  It is so amazing watching all the new things he is learning to do.  He is also make throaty guttural noises at the top of his lungs in the back seat while we drive around town as well!

Christmas Favorites

 Brady with Pop and Gramps at our house celebrating Christmas!

 Good thing I was standing there when this happened because it was the last time I did not strap him in!  What a cutie, he knew he got caught.  I feel this is only a forecast of what is to come as he gets older!

 Little Bradford Michael hanging in his Jumperoo, "What's up mom?"  His feet still don't quite hit the floor, but they are getting there.

 Bradford's official 3 month picture worked out great.  I was actually holding him under his sweater!

 Bradford with his Great Grandaddy Bost!  They had a great time together as you can see.

 Brady thinks his Great Grandma Kinzie is a hoot.  She had him cracking up all Christmas!

 Christmas morning with Daddy!  He was so excited to celebrate!

 This was taken in Roanoke.  All the men had remote control helicopters and he was mesmerized watching them fly around the room.

 Bradford having a great time with Nana and Grandpa!

 A great family picture in VA

 Brady at his first trip to the Roanoke Weenie Stand; don't worry folks even though he couldn't eat there Mommy and Daddy enjoyed it and told him how great it all tasted.  He is looking forward to the day he can eat there himself.

 Brady all tuckered out from Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma!

 Hey there cutie mister (Andrew often calls him this)

A hilarious picture with his third cousins Benson and Faith

 My childhood best friend Elizabeth and I at the Christmas Eve service.  Her # 3 mystery is due in March!

 Andrew inherited his gun from Grumpy and was very excited to receive it this Christmas!

 So sweet!

 Brady's second and third cousins Connor and Elle.  This picture captures her full form!  I don't think any 2 and 1/2 year old has ever made me laugh so much

Brady with Great Aunt Sandra and Uncle Gary

Happy New Year

It has been awhile, I have many pictures and videos from Christmas!  We had a wonderful first Christmas with Bradford.  It was great having Andrew's family come and see us to celebrate at our house and we got many wonderful things!  We went to Hickory to see Andrew's dad's family, Shelby for four days to see my family and Salem to see my mom's family!  It was a lot less running than past Christmases and with a four month old I am thankful.   Andrew had  a week off between Christmas and New Year's and we hung out at the house cleaning and putting everything back in it's place!  I was very excited to set up Brady's little play room upstairs!  I am loving my new duvet cover, floor steamer and listening to my shuffle while exercising.  Our guest room looks wonderful with new curtains and sheets.  Andrew was way excited about his extension ladder, new watch he bought, and running shoes.  We have a new theme in our home, it is exercise and healthy eating which we have both already lost weight this new year and that is very exciting!

Our Little Mister is changing so much.  He is grabbing at things including my hair which I have since gotten cut shorter, and passing things from one hand to the next, talking to us often, going down at 9PM every night PRAISE THE LORD, and slept 8 hours last night from 9-5am!!!!!!  He plays with toys now which has been really fun for me we do this every night for about two hours before bedtime. This is very exciting for us, he is doing so well!  We are loving each new stage of development with him and we have so much fun with him.  I am so thankful to have a husband that understands when I need a break!  I went to the woman's fellowship last night at church baby less and it was wonderful to worship and fellowship and listen to the speakers who always inspire my faith!

I hope everyone else's new year is going as wonderful as ours is!

Splish Splash Brady's taking a bath

We have sleet!

It sleeted today!  There is no school today, but I don't care because I don't have to go there anymore!:)  We did our own Christmas pics this year for our card, here are a few from the many.

     aaachoo!  Little Bradford is cute even when he sneezes!

Good buddies!

                                                 

Brolly loves any snow/sleet/ice. He loves to run around the yard trying to bite it off the grass! He is so funny! Here he is in front of the Christmast tree asking, "Haven't I been such a good boy this year?"

Here are a few shots of Brady in his new little coat!  He looks like such a big boy!

In addition to my last post on tradition, I am super thankful to have parents on both sides that do not pressure us to be here and there but let us make our own decisons!  I have friends who are not so lucky and that have parents that say that's not fair you saw them more lately etc.  Andrew and I are also conscious of how much we are with each family, but both visit often (mostly to see Bradford) and we want to see both equally frequently, so to my parents and in-laws alike THANK YOU!!!

TRADITION!!!

Since blogging is so much more fun than cleaning, I figured I would blog instead!  Way to procrastinate from the Christmas that threw up in the guest room...I just keep running from it!  Those of you that have been reading and know me know I love my house to be clean but I am learning to not let those things stress me out and to just enjoy the moments with Andrew and my little guy:)!  It is making life much more enjoyable.  Lately when he has been fussy I almost get irritated because it is so not like him to be this way, so I just tell myself, it is just a moment.  This will not last forever!

Tradition is changing!  Last week I would have told you I hate this because now that I have two families I hate missing out on celebrations and Thanksgivings etc.  I realize though that we can not be everywhere at once so I have had to learn to live with it since I have been married the last four years.  The first year we stayed on the road Christmas eve with one family Christmas day with another driving back to Cary for Thanksgiving dinner after having Thanksgiving lunch in Shelby.  It was WAY TOO MUCH!  The quote that you can't be an expert in a lot of things just one or you can't be a jack of all trades.  Bear with me I promise it relates......we would rush in and have a little time here and a little time there, but really no quality time anywhere! It was not working for us so now we do Thanksgiving and Christmas every other year.  For instance we did Thanksgiving this year with Andrew's so we are with mine at Christmas.  But then we still always see the other family just not ON Christmas day.  We have for my entire life gone to Virginia to celebrate Christmas with my mom's side and Hickory with Andrew's side around Christmas.  Well it is getting tough because last year I did not make it to Shelby at all and because everyone is in all different directions we will not all be in Virginia to celebrate this year. 

Over the last week though I have realized it has to change!  We have a baby now and it will change more next year. This year he has no idea so we are not staying here Christmas day but eventually I will want him to wake up in his own bed on Christmas day.  This is also the first year we have not driven all over creation, and I thought I would hate it but it is actually quite relieving!  We get to do a big family Christmas at our house with Andrew's family and I am so excited!  I think it is going to be so much fun!:) We will still be seeing the entire Virginia crew just not with all my sisters etc. but I am realizing I still get to see everyone I normally do at Christmas and that is a reason to be thankful!

We are pretty much done with Christmas shopping it is all different this year being in a house with a little one it is all so exciting!  Andrew and I do not care as much about gifts esp. him (the shoes,watches and gadgets:)) don't get me wrong he still likes all those things but now he is more about Mister Bradford!:)  He is such a proud papa!!!

You better watch out, you better not cry!

Santa Claus is coming to town!  With it being that time of year I have been thinking about all the preparations that need to be completed before Mr. Claus's big arrival.  A Christmas tree needs to be put up and decorated, the house needs to be decorated and the annual Christmas Card needs to be mailed out!   A tree will hopefully be put up this weekend and all of the decorations are out of the attic to start decorating the house today.  I am so excited about Christmas with a little one this year even though he won't know any different this year. 

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