Braxton's Birthday

Ok, so this happened a month ago. I am slow, what can i say. But now my little guy is 2. He had a great birthday, Waking up to the Birthday blanket and all of his presents (way to many). And a Train cake with ice cream spent with Grandma and Grandpa Ross! It was a wonderful day. He was so cute, everytime we asked who's special day it was he yelled "MINE, I'M TWO"! Too precious!

With the Birthday Blanket (excuse the christmas paper, i did not realize until late the night before that i had no more birthday paper! He's 2, he does not care, Right?!?)

Train Cake. These take so much work. But they turn out so cute i think!

Some late news!!

So we have known since the beginning, but i have neglected to tell those who do not see us on a weekly bases. You may have noticed the count down on the side bar of our blog, but here is the exciting news. We are expecting our 3rd little one into our family. I am almost 19 weeks along and find out what gender on March 2nd. We are very excited!!! Things are going well with me. I was very sick in the beginning for about 5 weeks which is new to me because with my first two I never experienced the nausea. Macade and Braxton are very excited for this one and are very aware of what is coming. It makes it so much fun to show them the pics in my book and let them hear the heart beat at the docs. All in all, we are already counting down the weeks to welcome this little bundle into our lives!!!!

Here is my ultrasound at 11 weeks.

Goal #1 Complete!

Braxton is no longer in his Crib. Woohoo. On Saturday we took down the crib and told him it was time to sleep in the big bed. For Christmas we bought the boys a bunk bed. So since Saturday, with no problems, Braxton is now in the bunk. Smooth transitions are the best!!!! We use the side of the crib that we took apart and place it along the side so he does not fall out. Really, he does not need it, he only sleeps in the middle!

Here is their new bed.

And Braxton, all grown up.

Fall Overview

I have been out again of the blogging world and am just going to do a quick replay of our Fall adventures this past October and November!

My favorite picture of me with my boys.

Me and My Boys again We headed to the Pumpkin patch with Cory's Family and really enjoyed it. we just picked pumpkins and walked the corn mazes. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed being with Family.

Macade and his cousin Sammy

Braxton tried to lift all the pumpkins.

Braxton and Macade with their cousin Sammy.

Picking the Perfect pumpkin

Going through the corn maze. Macade thought the mazes were very cool. He loved finding the checkpoints.

Us with Cory's Family

We did our annual Pumkin carving again for Family night. This year was Braxton's first year to do it and he loved it. Each night they made sure that i lit the pumpkins.

My Cuties all dressed up. Macade was Luigi and Braxton was a Pirate.

Frozen Grand Central

This was hilarious to me. sometimes i wish i could do things like this!!! Just to see people's reactions!

Cruisin' Vacation

After 8 months of Donating my plasma, we finally got to enjoy our Vacation. Two weeks ago Cory and I were able to go on a Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. It was so much fun. 7 days of adventure, laughter, romance, bliss, relaxation, and no kids. We met some amazing people and made some great friends. It was well worth it and so wonderful!

On saturday my wonderful mother came up from California to watch the kids. She had quite an adventure of her own. On sunday we headed out of Washington on our vacation!

Mariner of the Seas We are pulling out of Los Angeles PortDay 2 (at sea):

Monday was a very relaxing day. We just roamed the ship and chilled. In the evening it was the first of two formal nights. We got dressed in our best and headed off to an delicious dinner. After which we were entertained with an amazing show by REVOLUTION: A Beatles Tribute. They were fantastic. A blast back to the 60's.

Our first Formal Night REVOLUTION: A Beatles Tribute
Day 3 (Cabo San Lucas):

On Tuesday we came to the Cabo port. This day was full of shopping, and roaming around the town. It is so fascinating to see how others live and how truely fortunate we are.

Cabo San Lucas

A pirate ship we saw. We thought it was kind of cool.

Here is one of the Taxi boats that we had to ride to get off the ship to the pier. In Cabo, they do not have a dock, so the ship has to anchor out in the sea and we have to ride in on these little guys.

These Pelicans were everywhere. They were Huge

Day 4 (Mazatlan):

On wednesday we were ported at Mazatlan. What a beautiful City. We were able to tour the city and learn some history about it. Then we headed to an old theater where we saw an authentic Mexican show with the Flying Indians. It was wonderful and very entertaining. After being fed we headed off for some more shopping and some beach time!

In the evening there was the midnight Buffet. What more can you ask for, a very late night full of eating and dancing. It was a blast!

Mazatlan

It has been a long time since I have been to mexico. I had forgotten how not fun the beach is. The minute you step on the sand, these little guys are on your tail trying to sell you something.

Here we are! A cliff diver we saw
The beautiful Cathedral
Cory and I with the Dancers Flying Indians Day 5 (Puerto Vallarta):

Thursday was the highlight of the week by far. We woke up early to catch our Canopy adventure tour. We rode on some huge trucks to get to the jungle. These trucks were like the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland...seriously, HOLD ON! When we arrived in the jungle, we got all geared up and headed for the Zip lines. 9 zip lines, 2 repelles, 4 wobbly bridges and one crazy rope ladder later, we finished. It was Awesome. There was one point in the day where you could take a hike to the next zip line or climb and insanely high, insanely wobbly latter way up to the top of a huge tree. 10 of our campanions opted for the hike...not Cory and I. We headed up the ladder (freaky) and across a wobbly bridge at least 20-30 feet in the air to get to the zip line. Scary? yes! Worth it? Yes. We paid for an adventure and we got it. So much fun.

Later that night we hit the evening show and then crashed early. We were exausted!

Beautiful Puerto Vallarta The Trucks we drove in to get to the zip lines. It was about a 45 minute drive to the jungle.

Just Driving

This is what we saw

Here we are Zip Lining
Day 6 & 7 (at sea)

Just some more relaxing and us time. Laying by the pool, eating, watching shows and listening to music. We also had our 2nd formal night. So we dressed up on Friday and enjoyed the evening!

Second Formal Night

Sunday night we got home! We were happy to be back!

All in all it was a fabulous vacation. Every night there was a show from dancing, singing, juggling, comedians, game shows, parades, live music, and much, much more. We had a lot of on board credit, so we were able to enjoy our drinks with the rest of them...virgin of course. All my favorites: Pina Coladas, Strawberry Daiquiris, Margaritas, Shirley Temples, etc. It was great. We had so much fun. By the end we missed our boys terribly and were ready to come home to them. But it was a much needed vacation and we enjoyed every minute of it. We look forward to our next one!!!

These were our Waiters for the week. R-L: Angel - Waiter; Pomada - Assistant Waiter.

They were so much fun!