7 years ago

It is hard to believe that 7 years ago I was enduced to have my first baby boy. I was a week late and miserable. But on January 3, 2003 was one of the happiest days of my life. I was able to bring an angel into the world on the same day as my Grandma Rita was born.

I was huge!!

Travis was so excited...he was ANNOYING ME so much, asking when he was going to come out!

Then at 7:11 pm weighing 8lbs 11 oz my little boy was born

Life was fun and wonderful. He was such an easy baby

Family members fell in love with him

He was such a happy baby

The first grandchild

He was always into things

But so loveable

Sneaky

And following into his dad's footsteps before he was even one years old

Happy Birthday Brandon!

Happy Birthday Brandon!

Today we celebrated Brandon turning 7 years old! I can't believe my baby is getting so big! Where has the time gone? We had a Pirate Birthday Party today and it was a hit! All the kids had a good time and enjoyed themselves.

I am very proud of Brandon's cake that Travis and I made. He shaped it while I decorated it.

My Scary Pirates! They were so excited!

The birthday boy Captain

One of our friends, Justin

Lucie and Nathan showing off their tattoo. (Nathan still insists that he is going to marry Lucie)

Our friend from school, Marion

Lucie

We opened presents, and Nathan squeezed himself right next to Brandon

Daddy was incharge of opening Brandon's 5 new transformers

I was able to snag the birthday boy for a hug!

Then afterwards we had a treasure hunt! I hid clues all over the house. The kids were so excited!

Everyone got a turn to read a clue

We found the treasure at last, but before we could plunder it, we had cake and ice cream

This is Brandon trying not to blow out the candles

Notice Brandon plundering the treasure???

Tomorrow (Brandon's real birthday) we are going to go down to Grandma Walker's house for dinner and celebrate with everyone here, for his "family" party.

New Year's Eve

Last night for New Year's Eve, we stayed home and watched movies and ate pizza. We were going to let the boys stay up as late as they wanted and have them sleep in the living room. Then Travis had a wonderful idea. I don't know how he comes up with this, may be the boy in him....or that he still is a boy.

This was earlier in the day. Kimball's eyes were goopy. We took him to the doctor and he said that he has a bacterial infection in his eyes. So we have eye drops now for him. He is doing better now.

A beautiful fort! It took up half the living room!

We took the mattresses off the boy's bed and layed them on the ground. We clamped the blankets to the entertainment center and then drapped the blankets on baskets and chairs.

Nathan was getting very sleepy around this time. It was about 8pm. Poor guy!

Then he got mad at me for taking pictures of him.

So cute!! Don't worry he forgave me!

This shows Kimball's eyes a little more. The poor little guy hated getting the drops in his eyes so much! I had to pin him down and hold him while Travis pried his eyes open to let in a drop. It's worth the torture because his eyes are much better this morning. Just another day of torture!

Travis and I. Travis played a computer game most of the evening while I finished my sewing projects. It is what we called a very realaxing night. It was actually rather hard for us to stay up until midnight, and then as soon as it rang in the New Year, we went to bed!

Brandon found a new spot to sleep. He squished himself between the mattress. He really liked it. A lot of sensory relief.

Nathan was asleep by 8:30pm. I didn't think he would last long, but Brandon made it to midnight. He was so excited that he could stay up as long as he wanted!

Kimball ended up in his bed. He sleeps best in bed. He wasn't feeling well because of his eyes, and then from Mom and Dad torturing him....he just wanted to be held and cuddled.

My sweet little baby.

I hope everyone had a New Year as well as we did. I look forward to this New Year and the wonderful things to come. I plan on trying to become a better person. Happy New Year everyone!

Finished Quilts in 2009