Kensley's 1st birthday

Today, we went to Kensley's 1st birthday party. Brady is just a little party animal this month! Ha ha. I made Kensley's birthday outfit, and it looks mighty cute on her, if I do say so myself. I've been having issues posting pictures, but I will try to put some on here. She was so cute... she was way more interested in the tissue paper than her new toys. Brady had fun playing with them though. He's so lucky to have good friends to grow up with. I just wish we could see them all more often!

Audrey's Birthday

Today, we went to Audrey's 1st birthday party. She was so cute in her little tutu! She got LOTS of presens and Brady had fun with all of the other kids. He loves playing with the little dancing frog at Dusty's parents house. If it will let me, I'll try to post a video of him dancing with it. It's so cute!

Thanksgiving 09

I am SOOO behind on posts, but I'm going to try to catch up and do a whole bunch right now, so bear with me.

So, for Thanksgiving this year, we did the usual. We had lunch at my parents. We got to see my grandparents (mom's parents), my grandmother (dad's mom) and 3 of my dad's sisters. Stephanie wasn't there this year... she went to Colorado with her son. She was definitely missed! We also got to see my uncle's (who passed away in 2004) wife and son and his wife and her little boy. There was just a whole house full!

We came home and let Brady take a nap before heading to dinner at Assaad and Crissy's. Dusty's parents and younger sister were there along with his grandma. Brady had a lot of fun playing with his cousin Audrey.

Here are some pictures:

Brady's first trip to the zoo!!!

We finally got around to taking Brady to the zoo... he LOVED it! He played hide and seek with a monkey, got to see the elephants playing with balls, he got to hear the lion roar and even got to touch a bird while I was feeding them. THAT was his favorite part. He LOVES birds and being inside a big cage filled will birds was just heaven for him. It was so much fun to just watch him soak everything in. I'm trying to post pictures, but it's being difficult, so if there aren't any, that's why.

Pumpkin Patch

Well, a few Saturdays ago, we took Brady to the pumpkin patch with Assaad, Crissy and Audrey. We got some really good pictures! Brady had SOOO much fun just taking everything in. If you know him, you know he LOVES to be outside, so this was right up his alley. He saw pumpkins, hay, tractors, wagons, BIRDS, corn and so many other things! They had little wagons for you to put your pumpkins in and push around. Brady found an abandoned one and started pushing it around. It was rather funny because it was full of pumpkins so it wasn't easy to push. I'll post some pics.

After the pumpkin patch, we all went to Grapevine Mills and had lunch then walked around the mall. It was great to spend time with family! We don't get to do that often enough. All around, it was a wonderful day!

Until next time,

The Cottons

Brady's Birthday Party

Wow... I think this is a record for me! =) Two posts in one week! Anyway, I just thought I would write a little about his birthday party. It went REALLY well. We had so many family and friends here at the house to share this special day with us. His cake turned out SUPER cute! Thanks, Kym, for making it for us! He wasn't too interested in eating his cake. I don't know if it was because everyone was staring at him or if he just wasn't hungry or what. Oh well... he's gonna be like his mom!

Brady got SOOO many presents! He is LOVING all of his toys... well, all of them except for one. Hah... maybe it will grow on him. Dusty and I got him a Cozy Coupe... he loves to get in it and just chill. He's so funny!

We are so blessed to have such great friends and family. Thank you to everyone who made this day special!

Love you guys!
The Cottons

The Big One Year Old!!!

I can't believe Brady is 1! It honestly does not feel like a whole year has gone by since our sweet baby boy came into this world. There are so many things to update everyone on, but I'm sure I will forget something.

Brady is now pulling up and cruising along just about anything he can reach! He can stand up on his own for a good minute. He's even taken a step or two 3 or 4 times, but nothing consistent. He loves to hold our hands and walk all over the house. That's his special time with daddy in the evenings. He takes him by one hand and goes for a walk around the house.

He also climbs all the way up our staircase and crawls through the gate (and then immediately turns around and tries to close the gate). He's so silly!

He talks ALL the time! He can say mama, daddy, and yay. At one time, it sounded like he was saying "what's that?" and "all done" but I haven't heard those in a while. He can tell you that a puppy says "woof woof" and he's even said "ooo ooo eee eee" when asked what a monkey says. Those are all of the words I can think of right now.

He went for his one year check up yesterday. He got 3 shots. =( He weighes 23 lbs 11 oz and is 30" long. He's still right in that 50-75%... just barely above that 50% line.

We also met Karen and Jordan at Chuck E Cheese for lunch yesterday. He had so much fun! I put him on all of the little car rides. He cried when I took him out! LOL... He's gonna LOVE his birthday present from Dusty and me! =)

I have pics to post, but I'm gonna wait until after his birthday party Saturday. I'll try to make another post after that to let everyone know how his party went.

That's all for now. Love everyone!

The Cottons