My "Captain Adorable"

These are my new favorite jammies...


And they even have a cape in the back!


Look at those baby blues, definitely momma's captain adorable, oh how I love him!

"The Linus Gene"

In the past two weeks Bray has shown a sudden interest in the blankets in his crib. He has one that is from Aunt Koryn & Uncle Jay that is wonderfully soft and fuzzy that he curls up on top of. And another one that is blue with sports on it and soft that he pulls up next to him to cuddle with while he sleeps (I can't remember where this one came from so if it was you, let me know :)). These two blankets have been in his crib with him for a few months now, but he's recently showed a great interest in them. Any time you get him from his crib, he grabs at least one if not both of them and carries them around the house with him - kind of like Linus from the Peanuts. He gets so excited about taking them with him when he gets up!

Ok, so here comes the confession... I too had a blankie when I was growing up that I slept with and carried around the house behind me, kind of like Linus. So apparently, the genealogy runs really deep between Bray and I because we share this same childhood gene. I'm going to call this gene "The Linus Gene." This gene is very unique and is well known throughout our family, in fact after talking to my dad last night, he agreed that Bray was definitely my son and that we must name the blankie. Confession #2: not only did I carry my blanket all around with me as a child, I also named him... his name was Bambi. So, its official, Brayden now has a Bambi of his own. I'll post some pictures soon to show you just how cute he is with his new pal, Bambi.

Playing in the dirt

Brayden loves the dirt...



He's planting his crop... :)


I usually plant flowers in this little pot... I think I'll skip it this year! :)

Art project

So after church today I noticed something blue sticking up out of the diaper bag... it's Bray's first art project while in the nursery! I put it on the fridge right away! It's the cutest thing, it made me cry!
It's so precious

The Zoo

For my birthday weekend (we celebrate for at least a weekend if not the whole week in our family :) we decided to go to the zoo! We didn't take Bray last year so we were very excited to take him this year! Here are some pictures of our first day at the zoo...


Here I am petting a shark! They actually have a shark petting tank - crazy!



The sea lions, which Bray loved!


The dolphins...

The donkeys... where Bray decided he didn't want to wear his hat, so he threw it into their pin... good thing daddy has long arms because he had to reach in and get it!



Lamas...
The big grizzly bears were chasing each other around - Bray was greatly enthused!



Then we went to see the butterflies and flowers at White River Gardens which is all so beautiful


Bray is such a boy, he kept smacking the tulips back and forth!


Then came the water...

This face says it all :) :) :)

The Children's Museum

Ryan decided to take off work for Good Friday because I had to work all Easter weekend. Since we had the whole day together, we decided we needed to do something fun! Well Aunt Koryn had free tickets from her law firm to the Children's Museum so it was perfect!!! So we got up, ate breakfast and headed out! We got there right around lunch time so we decided to eat first, and then play :) All of us had SO much fun! Bray was so excited and curious about everything - it was so cute! It was an amazing day!!!

Here are some pictures of our wonderful day at The Children's Museum...

The Dinosphere...



Fireworks of Glass, which was so beautiful...


The special Barbie exhibit...


Take Me There: Egypt....


The Playscape - which is just for toddlers/preschoolers...


Carousel Wishes and Dreams...




Bob The Builder: Project Build It...



Picture time, say cheese...


Running, running, running!


Checking out the gift shop & trying on some hats...


And in the words of Brayden: "All done" :)