Riding a Train

Last week Mommy had to go to the mall to buy a Christmas present and while we were there Mommy took me to see Santa and they also have a train you can ride. Mommy put me down and I was standing along the fence and when the train would come by I would talk and tell my Mommy that I wanted to ride it too. Daddy was meeting us at the mall so when he got there I got to ride the train. It was so fun. I got to ride on it twice, once with Mommy and once with Daddy. We even got some pictures of us on the train.

Telling Daddy that is the train I want to ride

Waiting very patiently in line for my turn to ride the train


All buckled in

Going around on the track

Taking a turn with Daddy

Daddy was waving to Mommy but I was too busy looking at the other kid who was sharing our train car

Merry Christmas!

I am sure many of you remember Brayden's encounter with Santa last year as he was not very impressed. We thought that picture was pretty classic so we have entered it into a photo contest with a radio station down here. We are asking that if you like Brayden's picture to please vote for him. Here is all you have to do.

Visit: http://dmcontests.upickem.net/engine//Welcome.aspx?contestid=12047

Once you are on that page you will need to register to vote. They will send you a confirmation e-mail once you have registered.

After you log in you will go to the section titled vote and there you can either see a slide show or view the gallery of all of the submitted photos.

Braydens photo is entitled Save me Mom and Dad and it was sumbitted by Andrew. He is wearing a red and white stripped outfit and he has a pouty face.

You can click under Braydens picture and then at the bottom you select Save vote.

All registered voters are allowed one vote per day. It ends on Thursday. We would appreciate your votes for Brayden!

You are allowed to register more than one e-mail address :) Thanks for voting!

Thanksgiving at Oma and Papas House

These are just a few pictures from Thanksgiving at Oma and Papas house. We spent a couple of days there during Thanksgiving break. I got to play with my cousin Grace. Oma made a very yummy meal. It was nice enough outside that we even got to play outside.


I love to watch Mommy vacuum and Oma had one just my size. I was picking up the floor.

Daddy was teaching me how to play football.

Touchdown!

Just practicing with Uncle Dustin's racing wheel fr his x-box.

My Cousins

This year for Thanksgiving, Grandma Becky and Grandpa Marc had a houseful. My Aunt Amy, Cousin Caroline, Aunt Jill, Uncle Brian, and Cousin Caroline were all in town. I had never met my Cousin Caroline so it was fun to have some new friends to play with. We had a really good Thanksgiving meal an then it was even nice enough out that Uncle Brian, Cousin Caroline, Mommy, Grandpa Marc, and I went to the park to play. Aunt Jill had brought her dogs, Birdie and Chloe so they came to the park too. They were too busy playing that I didn't even really get a chance to play with them. I was swinging at the park and I almost fell asleep. When we got back I got to play with some Thomas the trains that Grandma Becky had at her house. It was a busy Thanksgiving but it was a fun one. Enjoy some of the pictures my Mommy took.



I like Aunt Amy because she lets me eat things that Mommy and Daddy ususally don't let me have.

Daddy holding Baby Parker. He said he is glad I am older now because I am a lot easier to hold than Parker! Look at all of Parker's hair though, he has a lot!

My Daddy was teaching Cousin Caroline how to play pool. Look at her proper form.

Here is my Mommy and her sisters with their "babies".

This is the first cousin picture we have ever got! Caroline was in charge of holding me and Parker. I was trying to climb off of the couch so she gave me a nice hug to keep me in place! It is hard to get a 6 year old, 1 year old, and a 8 week old to pose for a picture.

Professional Pictures

I know these pictures are now a few months old but I don't think I ever posted them. We went and got professional pictures taken a couple of weeks after Brayden's 1st birthday. He did such a good job smiling. I wondered how he would do since this was the first time he had been walking! All the other times we went he wasn't very mobile so it was pretty easy. 9 months was a little difficult because he was crawling but at least we could grab him quickly. He did really good until the last few shots and then he decided he just wanted to walk out of the camera room. We would quickly grab him and then it turned into a game. Thankfully we had gotten some awesome pictures so we were fine with being done a few minutes early. Here are a couple of our favorites.


Our family

Handsome Man!

I know what I want..

It is amazing to watch as Brayden learns new things everyday. I am so surprised at how much he knows and how quickly he learns. He has always loved the kitchen and is amused by digging in the cupboards to find new things. He has figured out that his snack foods are in the lazy susan (exhibit a) and he knows exactly what he wants (exhibit b). I guess this particular afternoon I did not realize Brayden was ready for snack earlier then expected so he made sure to show me what he wanted. He wanted a cereal bar and then he proceeded to the refrigerator where he asked for a drink so we got some milk.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Go Big Red!

Grandma Becky is trying to teach me to say Go Big Red! Since I only have a few real words in my vocabulary, I guess wearing it on my shirt will have to do. Grandma bought me this outfit since she is a such a die hard Husker fan. Daddy said he didn't like it ( he is a hawkeye fan). He said I could wear it as pajamas. Daddy was at work which meant that Mommy got me dressed so she put the Huskers outfit on me. Grandma said I look good in red!

Go Big Red!

For those of you who have seen this look in person you know just how funny it is. My mommy and daddy love this look.

Even though my Daddy is a big Iowa fan, he still let me wear my Cornhuskers outfit.

I am a growing boy, what can I say. It was Mommy fault that she was snacking while I was napping and apparently she didn't close the bag all the way when she was done. The bag was left on the floor and when I picked it up all of Grandma's chex mix fell out. I knew Mommy was probably going to take it away so I grabbed two big handfuls and tried to put as much in my mouth as I could. Lucky for me, she thought it was cute and she ran to grab the camera so I was able to actually sneak one more handful before she picked up the mess.