Saturday, August 29, 2009

Back at School

I’ve been back at work for 3 1/2 weeks now and Jeff’s been back for 2 weeks. We’ve definitely been busy and are coming home in the afternoons to crash!!  Brady’s back at school and loving it.  I pick him up in the afternoon and ask him what he did today and he says “I pway wiff fiends”  He loves his friends and his teachers mentioned that he has quite a few girlfriends in his class that like to follow him around and play with him.  Mommy might have to go up there and have a talk with some of them!!!

To celebrate our first week back in the full swing of things we decided to invite Trenton, Cooper and their mommies over to play last night.  Their daddy’s had ball games so the mommies, kids, and Jeff played hard!!

Kicked back relaxing after a hard week!! August 248

Jeff was outside playing with the boys while we were cleaning up from dinner…we walked outside to find this…….August 251

Jeff calmly holding a cooler full of water in his lap.  The boys were taking them out one by one to hand them to him!  It was really funny!August 254

Later that night Brady put on a show for us!!August 259

DJ Jazzy Brady!August 263

The Three Amigos!August 275

goofin around!

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These boys have so much energy when they’re together!!  We have a new appreciate for mothers of multiples!!  Especially multiple 2 year old boys!!August 285

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Brady’s Birthday Day!

We’ve had a weekend of celebration that we wrapped up today on Brady’s actual birthday!  He was so excited that he woke up super early this morning…so early that mommy and daddy decided he could sped a few hours in their bed!  At 7:15 we sang happy birthday to Brady and took him to find his birthday present!

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a bike! aka a tricycle!!!

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happy birthday angel!

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we spent the next hour or so opening all his presents from the party!  He got a ton of fun new stuff!  I didn’t get a picture of everything, but from trains, to motorcycles to cars, soccer goals, books, a fun road rug and big boy bedding he’s s-e-t!!!

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MONEY!!  Thank you Granny!August 200

birthday wishes from Grandma!  Notice we couldn’t even put down the trains to talk on the phone!August 219

we took a little break from presents for a birthday kolache!August 193

back to playing!! 

what a fun place to play cars!August 164

Love d the  trains and accessories!!August 145

birthday lunch on the birthday plate!August 226

mowing the rug!August 237

We went for a little swim at the Pillow’s this afternoon and came back home for dinner and of course birthday cake!

Brady had a special wave cake of his own that coordinated with his surf board cake!   Didn’t she do a great job!!!August 238

YUM!August 243

We had a great, relaxing day!  It was so fun to see how excited he got for his presents.  He would open one up and immediately start yelling please….my cue to get it out of the box so he could play with it!!!  He’s such a joy, and we love him to pieces!!!

Happy Birthday B!!!!

Beach Bash

Brady decided (well mommy decided!) to have a surfer themed beach bash this year for his birthday!  His party was actually out on  the beach at Grandma’s beach house.  The kids had a BLAST and we’re exhausted!!  I thought it would be a great idea to do the party at the beach, and it was a great idea b/c the kids loved it, but hauling everything down to the beach and then back to the cars was a bit of a chore!!  Thank goodness for our awesome friends and family who stayed and helped us clean everything up, and to Jason who came early to help set up the tarps….and a HUGE thank you to grandma for lending us her beach!!!  This birthday party took a village!!   But our sweet little birthday boy was well worth it!  He is such a lucky little boy to have so many friends and family members that love him, and we were so excited and thankful to get to spend this special time wit them!

Now on to the pictures…just  a warning…I know you’re shocked, but there’s a ton!!

The invites!

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The AMAZING cake that matched the plates and napkins perfectly!   Thank you so much Mrs. Tolopka!August 056

The birthday boy relaxing before the party!  And of course he has a shirt to match his theme!  Thank you for the hand me down Aunt Julie!

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Eating a little pb&j for lunch!August 066

playing in the sand!August 071

The capri sun cooler!  This is the only picture of decorations and etc I got…..maybe that’s because the rest kept blowing away!!!August 068

Brady must have had about 11 capri suns…..oh well, it was his birthday!

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Playing in the water!!  Jacob and Hannah relaxing while Grandanny and Chloe take them for a ride!August 136

Christian and Brady feeding the birdsAugust 002

Daddy and the birthday boy!August 095

Mommy and the birthday boy!August 008

Singing Happy Birthday…he hated the attention…can you tell?!?!?!August 011

pretend blowing out the candle….too much wind for a real flame! August 014

The Brewer’s and the cake! August 021

Big Bite

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its good!August 037

Hey Christian, did you see the game last night?August 025

just kicking it on the beach!  August 027

playing in the waterAugust 042

Mr. Jason fishing!        August 073 

running!  Little bit of a sugar high kicking in!August 080

Sand castle time!

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relaxing with the pillow’s!August 092

Brady and Aunt Julie!  LOVE that face!  August 102

Here Brady let me get the lotion on your back!August 107

Surf’s up dude!August 128

Again, thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate, and thank you for all the help!  I think the party was a success!!