Happy Birthday sweet Brayden!

Two years ago today you blessed our family with your life. You have so many people that love you and would do anything for you. You are one very special little boy.

Each day I am thankful that you are a part of my life. You are my son, my creation.

I can't believe how much you have grown and changed and go through i your short 2 year existance.

I love you sweet little boy and I look forward to many years and many new things with you!!

Sweetest Angel

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Their wonderful little one pound miracle Kayleigh passed last night after an 11 month long battle.

Kayleigh and Aslynn were born on the same day so I think about them a lot when I look at Aslynn.

Ten on Tuesday

1. Brayden is healing beautifully! I have a few pictures that I need to upload of him in the healing process but work has taken over my life currently. Dr. Gray said that he should heal just wonderfully and that most will be hidden by his hair or the natural fold of his eye.
2. Aslynn babbles nonstop. Her current favorites are Mamamama and Babababa. She is also cruising the furniture and trying to stand on her own.
3. Brayden is sleeping in a big boy bed. I too need to post pictures of that. We started the transition earlier last week and while it was a little rough he now loves his bed. He loves his freedom of being able to just walk out of bed when he gets up in the morning and come into our room to snuggle for a few more minutes.
4. Me and the kids went and spent the day with NiNi and Craig yesterday and also made some stops at Aldi's and Papa Murphys for pizza for dinner.
5. Brad is the father of about 200 crickets for fishing right now and since it's brr shiver cold right now they are currently living in their cage in my bathroom. There was no way that they were going to be in the living room or the kitchen when I sleep with my door open..nope.
6. I applied to go back to school :)I've finally sat down and decided what I want to do.
7. I've chosen to be an EMT. Now ask Monica and that makes little to no sense since I don't want to be a nurse but essentially do the same things..I simply explained to her that while I can't do those things while a patient is calm and relaxed I could easily do it to them while they are in any other sort of pain that it wouldn't matter much if I honestly sucked. :)

So yea..8 will have to make do:)

Chicks dig scars...

I know this I just didn't want to have to use that phrase about my little man. Yesterday while Brad and the kids were at a friends house, their dog attacked Brayden. I got a call at work from Brad saying that he was taking him to the ER and of course being that my manager had to talk to him, by the time I got to the clock out clock to do so he had already done so for me. So off I rushed thinking the worst for Brayden.

When I got back to the ER and everything Brad wasn't with him, he can't handle all the gross, bloody things. So I went back there and calmed my boy as best as I could while they looked him over and everything.


He ended up having to have surgery last night and was in the very good hands of plastic surgeon Dr. Gray. He did very well throughout the surgery they said and was a trooper coming out of everything.


He has two gashes in his hair. One is about 2 inches long and the other is about 6 or 7 inches long. He has multiple bite marks all over his face. He also ended up with a few stitches on his right ear and on one of the bite marks.

His worst wound is his eye. The dog came ohaboutthisclose to his actual eye. He has a gash that is probably the length of his eye, its hard to tell with all the swelling but I got a good look at it while they were looking at it. The ER Dr. said that his eye looks good but to make sure he can see and everything that we need to follow up this week or next with an Optometrist.

He's back to his normal Brayden self with the exception he can't walk too well since he only has one usable eye right now.

Here are a couple pictures that I took this morning, I won't dare show you the pictures we have from the ER room.

Toofer picture

I took this the other day for grandparents and aunts and uncles alike ;) Its come through much more now but its still there.

My little girl is growing up so fast. Next thing I know she'll be walking and then it will be her birthday. or Vice versa :(

21 months later

I love this little boy. More than I could ever tell him or show him. I love him in a different way than I do his sister, which I love just as much just differently.

And just because I want to embarass him when he's older I had to post this on the internet. He was taking a bath the other day and was dancing and turned around and started shaking his butt at me. I couldn't resist getting my camera. :)

We are going to talk to his pediatrician about his hearing. I'm just not satisfied with his vocabulary. He only says a handful of words and he should be saying much more. He babbles just incoherently.

Toofers!

That's right, my little Princess has sprouted her first tooth. She doesn't look the same, it just adds to the cuteness that she is.