A look back at 2009 cont.....

July -July 4th was very fun! Grammy, Uncle Benji, and Aunt Natalie came to visit. We did fireworks and sparklers at our house. The boys both loved them!! Bennett was crawling everywhere, and was not even trying to get up to walk! My birthday was on the 12th. I turned 28. We went out to eat with good friends. Good times!!
 

 

August -Bennett turned 1 on August 15th, and that was the day he decided to walk. It was very cute and quite funny, but he did! It was a great family month and there was a lot of going to the park and playing outside, especially since Bennett was walking.
 

September -The boys started school. This was Braeden's second year, and Bennett's first. The first day went very well. There was no crying and both boys had a good day. Gabe had his 28th birthday on the 11th, and our 5th anniversary was on the 25th!
 

October -This was such a FUN month. I LOVE the fall, so all of the decorations went up! We visited Walden pumpkin farm and had a wonderful time, as always! Halloween was fun with the boys going from door to door trick-or-treating! After just one street, they were both ready to head home! lol
 

November -Thanksgiving!! Yummy! It was the start of a yummy food journey! We had a Thanksgivin feast for Braeden's class at school. It was adorable. They made Indian outfits and made up their own Indian name. His was "Rockin' Dude"! Sooo, cute!! We put up our Christmas tree the week before Thanksgiving! I LOVE Christmas, so it was no surprise we got started so soon!! We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house. Natalie, Benji and Gabe's dad came. It was my first Thanksgiving that I wasn't with my family. I don't want to do that again. Fixing the dinner was no big deal at all, I just missed them!!
 

 

December -What a FUN month! The boys' had their Christmas program at school. Both of them stayed on stage and Braeden sang and did hand motions! It was really cute! Braeden's 3rd birthday was on the 20th. He wanted so bad to have his party at the "bounce place", so we did. He had 8 friends come. A few from school, his teacher and her kids and a couple other friends. Needless to say, he had a BLAST!! He had his first glass of Sprite. He LOVED it. In fact, he didn't even care about his cake. He just wanted to sip on his sprite out of his big boy cup!! It was cute!
Of course Christmas was very fun! Santa was good to both of the boys! And of course he brought them WAY too many things!! Nina and Pop Paw were here to celebrate with us!!