Weekend in western PA

We made our first travel back to western PA with the new guy this past weekend. It was for Grandma Williams' Surprise 75th birthday party!! The car ride actually went VERY well! I was prepared with all sorts of toys, stickers, videos, snacks, etc. but Brayden kept himself entertained!

Here are a few pics from our trip (although I don't have ANY from "Gigi's" party because we were busy chasing Brayden around!)
Gigi getting her first look at the baby-

Our visit to Grandma Gearhart-

Alexis put the baby to sleep! How precious!

Nana and Pop-pop with the B-boys

Blizzard of 2010

So after receiving 18-20" of snow on Saturday, we got hammered with another 2 feet on Wednesday!! I was finally impressed with the winter weather and not disapointed in our weather man!

Here are a few pictures showing the progress of the storm. Derek and I went out late on Tuesday night to shovel the first 2-3" and get a head start on the storm. Here is Derek early on Wednesday morning shoveling the next 6-8":


our house at the start of the storm


While he was busy outside, I was busy INSIDE:


This is mid-storm, our beautiful Maple tree in the front yard:


Back yard (can barely see the edge of our property)


The view from the street


During a slowing of the storm before the winds started... As you can see, the mound of snow we shoveled along BOTH SIDES of the driveway was almost as tall as ME!!


It took Derek 2 hours to shovel our driveway, and just as he finished, the plow drove by blocking us in! So another 30mins later, Derek finally called it quits for the night.


Daddy making Bryce smile after a long cold day in the snow...


Thursday morning- Our house:


The snow "corridor" (AKA our driveway):


The back yard:


And some icicles...



We have tons of "snowed in" video and more pics to download, so check back again soon! =)

GREAT video of Brayden

Brayden is REALLY into mimicking EVERYTHING Derek and I do lately... First is a GREAT video, then a picture of something else he's into these days.

I already posted this picture of this on facebook,


but Derek and I just caught Brayden "playing" with my pump... we just HAD to share!!


And here is our "big boy" doing big boy things just like Daddy does it!


...apparently, he thinks his belly button does a magnitude of interesting things!!

February Storm 09

From news reports we gather we got hit with around 18" of snow! The last time we had a snow storm, Bryce was born!! Derek and I were so excited to get out and play with Brayden this time. True to his nature, he was a big helper shoveling the drive way!

Here are Brayden and daddy before heading outside:


(That is sidewalk chalk on the front of his jacket- his new found LOVE!)




Our Snow covered house:


Helping, helping, helping!






Mommy & Brayden


Daddy


Brayden "helping" daddy, but more than likely, getting in the way!






Face plant into the snow =)


At least he has a smile on his face!!


When I took him out on an adventure around the back yard, he was trying to find the deepest snow drifts to get lost in, hehe!
Treking in the backyard


I'm getting tired Mommy!


"plowing" his slide!



More pics to come- the neighbors are coming over later!! =)

New video and pics

I'm not sure if the videos i've downloaded have sound anymore... our camera might be broken (which is a shame because Brayden is talking up a storm!!)

In this video, I was reading Brayden a story, but he wanted to read another book. He went to the book shelf, picked out this "I Spy" book and read it from start to finish while I read The Runaway Bunny." =) it's ADORABLE if you can hear the sound!!

Then there is a clip of Brayden and daddy shoveling the driveway this morning. He was so upset that Derek went outside without him, he kept standing by the door and looking out the windows until I got him dressed to go out and help. He's using his new shovel from Nana & Pop-pop and didn't do too bad of a job! ;) Daddy was going too fast at one point and Brayden kept spilling his shovel because he had to keep up!



Here are some pictures from the last week or so:
Brayden playing dress-up in daddy's boots and hat (he LOVES this hat, but will only wear it backwards because he hates brims)


Mommy & Bryce in the Mobi wrap- I LOVE THIS THING!!


Brayden and Bryce:
Got a good smile here, but Bryce closed his eyes just as I took the pic!

A Busy Day

Hello all! I'm trying to get better about posting things again, so bear with me!

Here are some pics from the last day or two...

We had weather in the 40's on Saturday, so I took the boys out for a walk yesterday. Besides his foam letter floor covering and the big blocks, this digger and little man is his favorite toy for the moment. He won't put it down! =) Thank you Allison & Nick!




This is Brayden's favorite shirt right now... He loves monkeys and LOVES being a big brother!!


And here is Brayden's best impression of mommy... hehe! I couldn't control myself when he pulled me over to my dresser (where I keep the pump) and wanted this peice! I thought he was pointing to various things on my dresser, and then he finally reached down to grab this!

(He couldn't find his nipple, so the belly button had to do!)

And another bathtime favorite: AVON BODY PAINTS!!

New video

Derek and I were so excited to get these blocks for brayden. Now he can be "mr. destructo" and not on our furntiture!! I'm not sure why there is no sound, but you get the picture...

(Bryce came along for the ride in the Mobi wrap, haha!)