Picture Re-take Day!

Well since the first round didn't go too well, we went in for another round of pictures and were pleased with the results! I realize it is hard to take pictures of two young kids, especially of one that is SUPER shy, but all it takes is a little effort on the photographer's (and parents') part! Here are some of our favorites :

Our Baby Boy is ONE!

It is sooo hard to believe that Peyton is one (Sept. 25)! I know everyone says this, but I can vividly remember the day he was born! Bubby was born right on his due date at 8:09 pm. He was such a good baby (and still is!) and he absolutely loved his swing! The first night we brought him home he only slept maybe 2 hours- we were very scared at that point! Luckily, it was only that night that was rough! At first Cailyn didn't know what to do with him. She would just look at him and kind of poke him, she for sure didn't want to hold him. That 'un sure' phase only lasted about 2 days!Peyton was 7lbs 3oz when he was born, now he is about 19lbs. He gets into EVERYTHING! One of his favorite things to do is use our laundry basket as a jungle gym and take down every single book from the bookshelf. He eats just about anything you put in front of him and each time he sees food he acts like he has never eatin before. He is a typical boy and loves anything sports related! He has his own Texas Rangers bat and ball set and he will take that bat and hit the ball or some other object like Cailyn for example :). He loves to crawl up the stairs or on the ledge next to the fireplace. His three most common words are "ma ma ma" or "go go go " or "da da da." He almost has 4 teeth and is about to get his 2nd full blown haircut! He loves to play outside, but is not a big fan of the grass. He is trying very hard right now to start walking too!

We love this boy more then life itself and we are so blessed to have him, & Cailyn, in our lives. Happy Birthday Peyton Brady! Firetruck party here we come! Oh and since Peyton is having a firetruck party, Cailyn told us she wants a trashman party! ha ha

Picture Day!

Well like most picture days for our family... I am completely stressed and whoever is taking the pictures never does anything I want. This time, unfortunately, was no different. The kids looked super cute though! These pictures were mostly for Bubby's one year and I would be lucky if Cailyn jumped in for a few! Cailyn wore a pretty brown dress (thanks Dana & Claire!) and Peyton wore a white button up with khakis and then a blue polo.

I ended up ordering only 3 pictures because none of the rest turned out. But as most of you know, I am pretty fiesty and I fought my way into getting another session and a new photographer! :) I promise I was pretty patient in the beginning. She put a blue background with my kids brown/khaki outfits and I so nicely told her that I was not going to buy any with a blue background and she still took some anyway! There was at least 3 times when there was a good picture shot and her hair got in the way or the camera wasn't on! I mean come on?!

Anyway, Cailyn did ok but much much better than usual! Peyton always takes good pictures as long as he can hold a sports ball of some sort or see it be thrown.

Fall Farm Festival

The ward up here had a HUGE fall festival this past Saturday at a beautiful farm house on 14 acres of land. There was fresh chili (at least 20 crockpots worth), lots of pumpkins, hayrides, swingsets, tractors, crops, tons of kids, football games, and lots lots more. Cailyn really enjoyed the hayride around the farm. We even decorated her pumpkin and Peyton's, they both had small ones because Cailyn picked them out. We all wore our cowboy boots to represent our TEXAS roots, except for Bubby. We have not been able to find him a pair of boots that aren't too girly or that don't look stupid, we will eventually. It was a really fun night with nice weather. After we stayed for a bit, we hurried home to watch the TECH - TEXAS game!

scary slide!

picking out her and Bubby's pumpkin:

decorating our pumpkins:

at least they are both looking at me!

she LOVED this swing!

Meet me at the Carwash!

Well they weren't exactly at an actual carwash, but Brady and Cailyn were washing our dirty cars in our driveway! It had been way too long before either one of our cars had been washed (my dad would've had a heart attack if he saw them), so they decided this past Saturday was a good day to wash! Cailyn helped the entire time with both cars and loved holding the water hose to wash off the car. I wonder if my dad did this with me when I was a kid? PROBABLY NOT! He would've thought I was going to scratch his car with my sponge!

Sweet Bubby...

Peyton is not quite one yet, but for the fun of it I dressed him up and took him outside to take a few pictures. He is such a trooper and a stud! I got a ton of cute pictures that I really love! He will be one on September 25th which is so hard for me to believe! We love him so much and he will always by my little handsome boy and he will always be Cailyn's "Bubby".

Parents I am warning you.... keep your daughters locked up! :)

Festival '09

This town that we live in up here is so awesome and has alot to offer. One of things Cailyn really loves is to go see is the firetrucks! When the garage doors are closed, she says, "they need to open them for us." On Saturday August 29th, they had a huge festival and parade. Well of course I wanted to go because I knew that the firetrucks would be in the parade and that would just make Cailyn's day. Brady wasn't able to go with us because he had a test on that Monday and my good friend, Dana had to work- so it was just me and the kids!
We started with the parade and the kids were in the jogging stroller just waiting. We stood right by the road so if we stuck our arm out we could touch whoever was walking by. Well sweet Bubby fell asleep and slept through the WHOLE parade and Cailyn was too shy to get out of the stroller! Most of the people in the parade threw candy for the kids, well my crazy child would not get out of the stroller to get the candy! The nice kids around us going crazy because there was candy all over the place would occasionally come and bring her some to put in her bag.

After the parade they had a cool, very kid-friendly festival that we went to. They had a ton of blow-up toys and crafts to do. Cailyn was so overwhelmed, Peyton could have cared less but was a very good baby the whole time. We did all of the free crafts which Cailyn loved. I even bought 2 tickets to have Cailyn go on a blow-up slide or something. Well the shy child that she is walked to the stairs to climb up the slide and came crying back because she realized I couldn't go and help her. I needed Carter there! :) So we went to try a little worm blow-up toy, you basically are in an open tunnel and you climb up twice and then slide down. I could see her go through but she is so petite. We waited in line and I had to convince the lady that she was close enough to 3 to get her in. She did good the first time and then the second time she got stuck in the middle and kids were going crazy, I couldn't get to her, luckily an older boy was in there and I just had him pull her up over the last climb.

All in all it was alot of fun, the kids loved it, and it was a perfect family activity!

the slide of terror- we did not even attempt one stair

we even got a tattoo! a blue flower

the worm tunnel

Bubby getting a hold of Cailyn's craft while she does another one