Vacation NEWS part 1

First stop: Johnson Farms

On Friday night, we headed to KC for the weekend. Braeden was awesome and slept the whole time. The next day we went to the Johnson Farm Pumpkin Patch in Belton, MO with cousin Lori, Aunt Jen, Alyssa, and David. We had such a great time on the tractor hayride to the puumpkin patch picking area, going through a corn maze, playing on a fire truck, seeing animals, climbing haystacks, and even seeing a pumpkin popper crunch pumpkins!

Saturday night we celebrated Nonnie and Poppy's birthdays. We had delicious deli meat and our favorite DQ ice cream cake. After the celebration, the kids all got baths and put on their pjs.

The rest of the weekend we got to hang out at Grandma and Grandpa's house and play. We even got everyone dressed up in their halloween costumes just to take some fun pics!

OKC Thunder Game

Tuesday night was quite an event. I was dancing for pre-game show at the OKC Thunder game against the Memphis Grizzlies. I practiced the routine over several weeks with other jazzercisers and was very excited to perform. Mike and Braeden were ready to watch me perform!! We met at the OSU hospital where Mike works and then walked over to the BOK center where the game was being played. We got there early and took some pictures. We went on the court to dance at 6:30pm. It was a lot of fun and I was glad that I didn't mess the dance up. We were so good, that the TU basketball team asked us to do a half time show for them in January! YAY!

Pumpkin Town!

This weekend we did more fall activities with Braeden. We enjoyed a run along the Tulsa trails. We went to Pumpkin town and walked around with Braeden in the wagon. He is such a dare devil. He preferred to sit tight and NOT hold on when we were going up and down hills and lots of bumps. He even fell back at one point and didn't even make a peep. He just looked at us and was like...uhh can you help me up or what?  We bought big and little pumpkins to take home. Later, after Braeden was asleep, Mike and I carved our very first pumpkins together! We had fun picking out patterns and making a pumpkin mess! They actually came out really good.

Hangin' with MOMMY!

Here are some cute pics from us just hanging out!

Pumpkin Patch

Amongst all the chaos with the doggy, we still managed a little trip to the pumpkin patch. Braeden loved seeing all the pumpkins and touching stuff. It was his first time actually crawling and moving around on the grass. We took him through a maze and it was completely dark in there. I was the one that was scared! We checked out all the animals and different fall food. It was fun to see scarecrows, camels, piggies, ducks, and lots more. We will definitely do this again!

Doggy Doggy

This weekend we were super busy taking care of a dog. We went on a walk around our neighborhood and the one across the street. At the beginning, the dog followed us and we thought it was cute. Braeden enjoyed watching the dog in the stroller. The dog had a tag and we called the number on it. This poor dog was lost and followed us all the way home. We we ahead and let the dog in the backyard and eventually in the house. This female dog (we later find out...) was in HEAT! So, we got a blood stains and pee all over the house.

Meanwhile, Mike loved having the dog around and Braeden was having fun chasing her, grabbing her tail, and getting licked!! YES, licked all over his face! The dog was great with Braeden and overall a well behaved. The weekend ended with us dropping off the dog back in the neighborhood. She got home safely and successfully EXHAUSTED us. We got a taste of what it would be like to take care of a dog and a child at once. I learned that I don't want a doggie or any other pets yet!

Happy 11 months old Braeden!

Braeden is getting so big! He is 11 months old today. We are very busy every day. Today we went to play at the Goldman's house with Spencer and Jocelyn while mommy went to practice her Jazz routine for the OKC Thunder game. He had a good time playing with them.
He is weighing in at 18 1/2  pounds and 28 inches long!