Random again

Here's just some of my favorite pics from January. I think I must have complained to Kevin that I always have the camera and there are no pictures of me with my baby boy :) so here's one :) Doesn't he look like a little dinosaur T-rex in this? This is his "tickle tickle" walk :) With his cousins that he loves so much! My pretty puppies - I promise I didn't just beat Carmel, doesn't he look so sad? He sure has that face down pat! Playing with stickers. Lovin' Uncle Rick, he sure took to him right away! Fun in the bath.

Big Boy Room

We decided we're going to move Bradley's room down the hallway to the spare bedroom when Gracie is ready to go into the nursery, so we painted, removed furniture, bought some cheap dressers from our neighbor and found a toddler bed on craigslist.As of now he is still in the nursery for another month or so until we decide to tackle the big boy bed. He moved from the bassinet in our room to the crib when he was about 7 months old which is what I'm expecting us to do with Gracie as well, so I figure that gives me a couple more months to start the switch, since I don't want to do it at the same time and make Bradley feel like she's stealing his bed :) So as of now, the room stays empty and he goes in there and plays. We set up the nice new tent that Tammy and Craig got him for Christmas and put all the ball pit balls in there and he loves to go in there and play.

My big baby

As soon as we started getting all the old baby stuff back Bradley ran to it like he'd been looking for it for months. Even now that I write this and Gracie's almost 2 months old, he still likes to take turns in the swing and bouncy seat, he is SO good at sharing! :)

Playing Games

I think we played games almost every single night that Uncle Rick was here - I love it! I could never get tired of playing games with family and friends, I think it's my all time favorite thing to do. Here is Bradley and his Sis Sis is not who you're thinking it is :) For some unknown reason, Bradley calls Drew "Sis" :) It started out as Sissy and changed to Sis for short. He CAN say Drew when you ask him to say it really slow, but he calls him Sis and is always asking for "Katie and Sis". Here was Bradley mid getting ready for bed - hence the naked-ness :)

Balls!

Tammy and Craig got Bradley lots of ball pit balls for Christmas and he just loves them. Kevin had the good idea to put them all in his crib and he ran back and forth forever! Simple pleasures :)

New Years

We had a few people over to celebrate New Years like we always do - fun, food, and games! We all had a blast. Mindy and family were missed because of colds, and JK was missed because of the joys of early pregnancy :) We had a wonderful 2009 and I'm sure 2010 is going to be even better, they seem to be getting better year after year, which I am SO thankful for!! :) This picture was our favorite silly picture :)

Christmas

Christmas morning we opened presents and spent time together before heading over to Mom's. I love this picture because his face looks like the typical child "I got CLOTHES?" face :) Tammy had called the night before with some great news and this was the first day I got to see her as an offical "fiance" :) Several days before I had told Mom that I wanted to go to Kohls to get one last present for Kevin, she said that she would meet me there to keep me company. So I got there and started walking around with her when a familiar face walked by and caught my eye - Uncle Rick!! I had talked to him a while before that and he told me that he just wasn't able to make it out this year for Christmas - and there was no hidding it, I was very upset about it! Well, once again, everyone knew he was coming except for me :) I don't know why it's always me being surprised - probably because I'm the most gulable person ever and will believe anything anyone tells me with no question in my mind... I guess being so trusting isn't always a bad thing right? :) Anyways, I love being surprised like that, so I am not complaining in the least. So, that surprise just made my holiday! I was SO happy to see him because it had been 2 years and he was greatly missed! And he had JUST found out about the baby when I sent him our holiday card a week earlier, so he was still getting used to the fact that I had this big belly. So they surprised me, then we went home and surprised Kevin by having Uncle Rick sneak into the downstairs bathroom, then I asked Kevin to grab the fingernail clippers in the cabinet and he opened the door to find Uncle Rick sitting in there reading a magazine in the dark :) It was pretty funny :) SO we had a great Christmas, like always. I just love getting together and spending time with everyone, playing games, and eating good food. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.