Happy 2nd Birthday Brady!

We really can't believe that 2 years have passed since Brady was born. It went by so. fast. It has been a great 2 years and we are SOO thankful for such a fun, energetic, enthusiastic, talkative, tantrum throwing 2 year old! Every day (no exaggeration) when Tommy gets home from work, I have a story of something funny or silly Brady did or said. He is always keeping us on our toes and is now, most of the time, our source of entertainment.

We had a great weekend celebrating our sweet boy. My mom and dad came up from Fresno on Saturday and we had a family barbecue at Tommys' parent's house. It was a fun, simple way to celebrate. We were blessed with 75 degree weather all weekend, so it was great to be outside and enjoy time with family. Brady's actual birthday was on Sunday. My mom and dad stayed with us, so we woke and had a great birthday breakfast, and Tommy set up the slide we got Brady. He played on it all morning till we left for church. After nap time we enjoyed some time with friends at the park and then dinner at our house. We roasted marshmallows and made s'mores with Tommys parents.

Such a fun, perfect weekend. And each time we would say, "Happy Birthday Brady!!!", he would reply with, "Happy Birthday Brady!!". Maybe next year he'll get it;)

Brady, his cousin Beau, and Tommy fishing in Papa's pond. What a haven for the little man.

Lovin the tree house.

These two are so sweet together. Addie, or "Yaya" as Brady calls her.

Getting a little baseball lesson from Beau.

Ooh I just love him.

2 of the greatest Papas. So thankful for them.

Brady being silly with Mimi and Papa.

Auntie Kristi, my niece Jayden, and Brady.

My good friend Jamie. Although we were missing our current cheese addiction:)

The kiddos. Beau, Addie, Karis, and Brady.

So cute.

Family of 3 for about 4 more months:)

Very thankful for our families.

Ready set...throw!!!

Present time! Brady was so blessed to get some really fun gifts.

His favorite included his very own lawn mower. He just loves it.

ANd a new John Deer tractor.

Happy Birthday to you...

My very own cupcake?????

No shame.

At all.

This was a gift from mommy and daddy. We set it up the morning of his birthday.

Brady boy...

~We love that you love people. You will say hi to just about any person we pass in the grocery store, say thank you to the check out lady, and SCREAM bye as we walk out of the store.

~We love your serious enthusiasm for just about everything and just life in general. I'm told you're a lot like your daddy was as a toddler.

~We love the way you love to learn. You LOVE books. And you like to show off by telling us the color of every object you see..."That's a yellow one" "Big green slide"

~We love your sensitive side. Anytime another kid is crying you will always say, "Baby sad...kisses?"

~We love that you are a typical 2 year old. And will just lay on the floor at the store if you don't want to get in the cart. And then start screaming. While everyone is looking at us. And then mommy has to carry your limp body to the car.

~ We love that you are so active. You love love to be outside doing just about anything. You love to play EVERY sport with daddy, and if you ever get hurt you come running to mommy and ask me to kiss it for you.

~ We love that every time we pray you say very boldly and loudly, "AMEN". You even say it just like that in church.

~ We love you just the way God made you. And are so so so so thankful for you and can not imagine our life without you.

4 Months

Well, for keepsake purposes, I will post updates on my pregnancy with baby #2. It's certainly not my favorite thing to look at pictures of myself pregnant, but I am so glad I had so many pictures from my pregnancy with Brady. Fun to look back on.

I have hit the 4 month mark. I am feeling great. Most definitely have my appetite back. Joined our local health club here in Ukiah and really love it. I have already felt so much better since working out this week. The club has a kids club, so I can just drop Brady off while I work out. And he actually likes it. It's a great thing. Next month, Tommy is going to join as well and we plan on taking up swimming together. I'm looking forward to it.

Just this past week, I have started feeling little butterfly-like kicks from the sweet baby inside of me. I just love that feeling. It never gets old.

And if you know me at all, I just might be the most curious person ever. SO, letting go of that curiosity we have decided to wait until the baby is born to find out the gender. A little crazy I know. I was inspired by a REALLY cute gender neutral nursery and thought it would be fun to be surprised. So now we GREATLY anticipate September 21st.

Here I am at 4 months.

Easter 2010

Regardless of the 49*, raining nonstop, frigid weather, we had a great Easter. We went to church in the morning, came home to grab the veggie platter, and headed up to Jay and Kristi's house, Tommy's brother, to be with family. We had great appetizers right when we got there. I was stuffed from my manchego cheese and cracker overload, as well as the yummy chips and guacamole. Everything was delicious. However, this pregnant lady can now eat just about anything at anytime. Which is why we just joined the health club here:) Anyways, after a great dinner the kids played in the garage while the adults hid all the (300+) eggs in the house. Brady throughly enjoyed the Easter egg hunt, clearly as hours as it was over he kept saying "Find 'em"! I think he enjoyed finding the eggs more then discovering what was inside of them, which made dentist daddy happy;) What a great Easter being with family! We are so blessed.

So, i've almost given up on doing "planned photo shoots" with Brady. Couldn't get one normal smile.

This was the most normal one I got, and he's not even smiling.

One, two, three...go find the eggs!!!

Love these two. Tommy's son with my coloring??? What do you think? ;)

Brady's special big egg filled with yummy candy (that mommy got to enjoy ;)

We tried again once we got home to get a good picture and ended up getting a few.

Happy Easter!!!

Trip to Fresno

Literally 2 days after we got home from Southern California, we repacked our bags and headed to Fresno...for a very good reason:) My great friend Cherie Smittcamp was throwing her husband, Blake, a surprise 30th Michael Jackson Bash. As soon as we got the invitation in the mail, we knew we had to be there...the Smittcamps are just to much fun. Seriously. And Cherie, I don't think you can get any more creative or cuter. Nope you can't. We were so glad to be there celebrating with them!!! Such a fun night.

The couple of the night:: Blake and Cherie

Such yummy food and everything looked so cute!

Us with MJ. (sidenote::our baby is supposedly the size of an orange when this was taken at 14 weeks:))

Surprise Blake!!!!

Tommy, Katie, & me. Miss you Katie!

Blake, Cherie, Tommy, and Me. Seriously wish we could be together more often.

Love you Cherie

3 words:: Oh My Goodness!!!

It was a quick trip to Fresno but we did get to squeeze in a trip to the zoo with my family. We had a blast!!!

Loving the family time.

Mimi, Papa, and Brady.

KK and Brady. On a mission to find the alligator.

Our little monkey.

Brady and Papa checkin out the zebras.

Brady loved the "big birdies"

So thankful for our happy little traveler. With a 2 day break we spent 14 hours in the car and Brady really did a fantastic job the whole time. And I can't always say that:)

We are so grateful to only be 5 hours or so from Fresno so we can be there to be a part of such fun activities. However, we are looking forward to staying put in April to gear up for a couple fun trips in May:)

Temecula & Mexico

A few months back, Tommy was invited by one of his close friends, Seth Cotter, to join him, Seths' dad, and 9 other men, to go on a golfing trip in Mexico. Let me preface this post with the fact that my husband has become quite fond of the game of golf, so an invitation to play 2 rounds of golf everyday, eat fantastic food, play on a special course that is considered to be the "Pebble Beach" of Baja California, and be in great company, got him very excited. Brady and I got to have a little vacation as well, while Tommy was in Mexico so everything worked out so great. Here are a few pictures of Tommy's golfing extravaganza : )

Tommy & Seth

Not a bad place to play golf, right?

The Marriot they stayed at

And while Tommy was enjoying the golfing, kid-less life, Brady and I got to spend a week with Tommy's cousin, Kelsey, and her family. She is married to Brandon and they have 2 kids, Mason, who is 14 months older then Brady, and Adalyn, who is 9 months. I wasn't able to take many pictures, as I was a "single mom" trying to make sure my child didn't escape my view or take toys from other kids: ) We did have a "main event" of the trip, where I was able to get some pictures. On Friday, we all got to spend the entire day at Disneyland/California Adventure. Seriously so fun. I love that place. And Brady had the time of his life. Really. When we went to Disney World almost 5 months ago, he had fun but was still pretty young to really get the whole ride thing. This time, he understood it all. And after every ride was over, he would look at me and say "Another one?" "Another ride?". Smiling the whole time, and surprisingly did very well standing in line. Here are just a few snapshots of our fun day at DisneyLand.

Great mix: DisneyLand and Southern California Sunshine.

On the Buzz Lightyear ride. Brady seriously in awe.

About to get in the submarine for the Finding Nemo ride

Brady and Kelsey's sister, Courtney.

Really neat ride.

In awe. again.

Loved the carousel. Or the "Horsie Ride".

Brady with Halle on the train ride.

Kelsey and sweet Adalyn.

Little man resting up for a fun evening at California Adventure.

And he was soooo happy to see daddy when Tommy came home

So much fun enjoying a sunny week with family. Thanks to the Cardinale's for putting up with the Barringtons:) We had a blast!!!

"Big Brudder"

Meet the soon-to-be member of the Barrington family:) Expected September 21st, 2010.

We can't. wait. and Brady is excited to be a "big brudder" ;)