Is his name Mason?

The other day I took the boys for a walk and decided they needed hats since it was a little sunny out. Mason put on his baseball cap and he got Woody's cowboy hat for him to wear (you would not want the sun to get in Woody's eyes). I then reached for a cute little wide brimmed hat for Brayden to wear that I had bought when Mason was younger. Of course when I bought the hat for Mason I had his name embroidered on it, but I threw it on Brayden's head and off we went. I thought I guess that is the life of a second child, not only does he get the hand me downs, but he has to wear them with his brothers name on them.

My precious baby Brayden is now two months old. He has passed that newborn stage and has entered into one of my favorite baby phases. He is starting to recognize those around him and will stop crying just when he sees me or hears my voice. He has a sweet little smile and is making cute little baby coo's. Although the first few weeks of his life were kind of rough, he is getting easier and is bringing so much joy to our house. So happy two month birthday to my little groundhog baby!

They're gonna get you!

"If the animals get out they will come straight for you food!" That is what we were told on friday when trying to eat our sack lunch (next to a resturant) at the aquarium. Is there a chance that that extremely big alligator can get out? If so I would like my $20 admission to go to help reinforce the cage so that is not an issue. Here are some pictures from the day, what you will see is sweet little kiddos who had a great time, what you won't see are the 700 other school children who were there with us.

Mason yelling at the peguins to "come back!"

Cute little Audrey watching the animals.
Look at that big snake
Hayden eating his Whales

A few things about Trains

1. It is funny to me how things that used to be so mundane and sometimes irritating before children can all the sudden be so exciting. Getting stopped by a train used to be one of those things, but with having a two year old in the car it suddenly becomes a fun event.

2. The other day my sister and I were driving home, we were at a stop light just about to cross 377 when a train started to pass. As we are waiting at the light we notice the train is getting slower and slower and eventually comes to a complete stop (so you cannot cross over 377). We wait for a few minutes while some cars at the light try to change lanes to go a different direction. After about five more minutes we decide we to would try to go a different direction as well. We are able to get over and make a left turn, so now we are driving parallel to the stopped train. As we pass the front of the train we notice a man walking back from the 7-11, with a bag in his hand, he hops onto the front car and starts the train up. So traffic was backed up and people could not get where they were going all because a train conductor wanted a burrito! I did not know they could even do that.

3. Mason loves to play with his train set that Uncle Chris, Aunt Jennifer and Preston got him for Christmas. He was playing with him the other day and I thought it was a perfect opportunity to snap a few pictures of my little boy!

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a great Easter and Mason had fun hunting his Easter eggs. Mason enjoyed having all the eggs (and attention) to himself but next year it is going to be a little different. We will see how he does when Brayden and Madison get into the mix.

He found the first egg.

Getting a little help from Daddy for the eggs that were to high...the Easter bunny must be tall.
Marme helps with the other egg that was to high.
How do I open this?

One Month Old

Here is my precious baby a few weeks ago, at one month old. He is almost two months now and it is amazing how fast they change, he does not even look the same as he did in this picture, but none the less here it is.
Doesn't he look so peaceful...you would not even know by this picture that he was screaming before and after this was taken.

I am dressed!!!

Well my days are getting better and Brayden is not crying as much!!! We have figured out that he is having trouble with his latching on and he is getting tired while eating before he gets full. We are working out his eating problems and life is getting a little less stressful. Life is slowly getting back to normal...or what I guess we will now call our new normal.

I know I am a little late with our snow day post, but here is a picture of Mason enjoying the white fluffy stuff. Brayden had to observe the snow from inside with Daddy.

Little Brother and Big Brother with Daddy.

Brothers

When this baby stops crying I will get dressed...

or maybe I will spend a few minutes blogging. It is 2:30 and for the first time today it is completely quite in my house. My accomplishments today consist of calming a crying baby, feeding a crying baby, changing a babies diaper (which makes him cry), feeding a two year old, changing a two year old diaper, watching a two year old play outside, watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 4 times, putting a two year old down for a nap and putting down a baby hoping he will stay asleep. I did manage to eat part of a sandwich and get part way dressed, although I would be embarrassed if anybody saw me right now. I know that someday my dishwasher will get unloaded and my laundry will get folded I am just not sure that today is that day. At times like this when it seems that nothing gets done besides my kids this poem always comes to my mind:

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait 'til tomorrow. For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs! Dust, go to sleep! I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep!

I now shed a hormonal tear and thank God for my two little blessings.