Fall Festivities

Two Saturdays before Halloween we went to a "pumpkin Festival" I had been wanting to take Brayden to see pumpkins for a while and so I talked it up all morning. He would say "punkins!" So.. when we got there.. I said where are the pumpkins? And the response was.. oh.. they ordered some but they couldn't get them on time.. so there are no pumpkins. HA! Well, just our luck, but we had fun anyway. They had a hayride to take you to pony rides and a maze, and bounce houses.

Brayden had fun on the hayride... I think this was his first one. His buddy Manny kept him company. He is Faron's best friend Rob's son. He Is the best friend to Faron and he has the sweetest wife ever.. Charity. It was a nice day spent with them! We got off the hay ride and Brayden and Manny rode the ponies and did a hay maze together. They even got to see the K-9 dogs from the police department and Brayden had fun petting him, though he was timid at first. It was a hot Fall day of Fun with the Fries' Family. Thanks guys for going with us!

Brayden's Halloween shirt courtesy of Grammie... the little ghost lights up.. so cute! He loved it!

on the hay ride with Manny
petting the "doggie"Pony Ride
I love this!!
Sooo.... since we didn't get to see pumpkins at the pumpkin festival....mommy got some pumpkin's on Wednesday before Halloween, when they were on sale, and decided we should paint some pumpkins! Brayden LOVED it! In fact he didn't like it one bit when it was time to stop and go and clean up....I'll have to make it a tradition I guess =)

Happy 2nd Birthday Brayden

Happy Birthday Brayden!

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby! It seems like yesterday that he was just a tiny little baby in my arms.. now his legs hang over mine when I rock him! We are so thankful to have such a sweet boy. He is the best thing that has ever happened to us! We Love you Brayden!

Brayden first thing in the morning.. Super happy It's his birthday!

I think I sang or said Happy Birthday to Brayden all day! I would ask his how old he was and after some hints... he was saying "two, two , two..." He even got it into a little song and dance. Faron took Bray to the park while I finished up some stuff, then we loaded up and headed to the Party.It was a small family party. Our plans for the zoo didn't pan out due to Tropical Storm Fay.. (it was flooded.) We ended up just having it at my sister's house( Thanks for all your help Katie!). It was just Katie , Jack and Travis, my parents, and Faron's brother Chad and nephew Brandon, who drove like 4 hours to be there.. THANKS guys! It really meant a lot to us!

Not so happy on the way to the party.... nap opportunity missed ..

Singing a different tune when we arrived at and Katie's and he was given his birthday balloonsHe LOVES balloons! Thanks Aunt Katie and Grammie and Papa!The Birthday stash! and that's not even everything!

It was off to a rocky start for me in the morning, but it really turned out to be a great party. My dad made this awesome shrimp and pasta dinner and the cupcakes were awesome! I had a lady at work cut out 2's and I made the little cupcake picks.. . I was happy how they turned out.We did learn that we are not going to try to do anything big parties again , until he asks for it... it just leads to disappointment on my end.

Travis' party favor Trying to figure out hot to use the "blow out" Wrong end buddy!Travy!
Lots of playing before dinner was ready
What???? It's my birthday!
Let's Party!
Cupcakes!

The shirt came off ( by brayden's request... which was a smart move!) and it was time to dig in!

I touched up some of these pics b/c I thought they were sooo cute! I think they turned out pretty good!

Brayden and Travis had a ball playing and eating cupcakes. They didn't always want to share at present time ( both were going off of a day with out naps), but managed to still have a blast together.I love this one! Opening presents..........
Travis breaking Brayden's new Car's couch that Grammie and Pap got him
The "hit" of the party... this is the coolest toy! Thanks Uncle Chad and Brandon ( Debbie too!)

We ended the night with a "Rave" in our living room. We had some glow sticks that I bought, and brayden accidentally dropped the bag and the box opened and they became partially activated.. SO... we had to use them. We turned off the lights and put on some dance music and jammed out with our glow sticks. Brayden had so much fun.. when I turned the lights back on.. he was yelling.. "lights off!" I guess it will have to become a family tradition ... haha

Thanks to everyone ... Brayden got so much nice stuff! He LOVES everything!!! Along with lots of toys , he got tons of clothes from us and Katie and Grammie and Papa, and Aunt Amy and Uncle Chad and Emily sent Brayden the cutest PJ's... thanks guys( We loved the card too)!

We really appreciate all his cards in the mail.. he had fun looking at them.. and the money was nice too! Oh.. and thanks for all the Birthday calls.. it was so nice to talk to everyone!

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Storm Update

well... thankfully , things ahve changed a lot since yesterday. It is only going to be a tropical storm. Brevard( Cocoa Beach ) county is soooo flooded! We are still under a flood watch, and the worse has not come yet. But we are all fine. Faron didnt have to work today, so it is noice to have him home. Brayden is probably goignt ogo crazy by the end of the day , due to the fact that we will be indoors most of the day.

We did lose power off and on arounf midnight last night. Hoipefully we won't lose it anymore. They are expecting strong winds and lots of rain as the eye comes over us in the afternoon.

A storm's a brew'n!

Tropical storm Fay seemed like no big deal. We had some rain going into work last night, and this morning had a downpour on us to the car, but no rain on the way home. I guess it has decided to leave our state via Daytona Beach ( where I work.. thank goodness I am not back until sunday!) then it is going to wade in the Atlantic at a rediculously slow speed, build and build until it becomes a catagory 1 then it is projected to reenter out state via Flager or St. Augustine.
Okay so we live in Flagler county! We are 8 mionutes form the beach! SO... who knows what will happen. The made thing is to worry about flooding , losing power, and tonados. Yikes! We ahve been so blessed to rnot be affected by the storms, especially in 2004. So I guess it's our area's turn. Just keep us all in your prayers. I'm sure everything will be fine. But is going to take a long time to move into Jacksonville, so basically the eye will be hovering over us for a while. You know I am no expert, but that is what I've been hearing.

We will keep you updated!

Oh and in other good news... Shandy Baby recieved it's very first sale at our new store... www.shandybaby.etsy.com
I am so excited! It only took about 2 weeks, and we have just been trying to get it together still.
But I am excited. I love to create things. It is so satisfying! Oh and I start school back on tuesday ....ughhhhhhhhhh. It's been nice having a break =)

Growing up sooo fast!

Brayden 8-13-08 already 23 and 1/2 months old!


I haven't been a very good blogger. We are surviving the about to be terrible 2's...which have already started with tantrums and bad attitudes, but for the most part Brayden is such a sweet little lover. He is getting sooo big! He 's about 29 lbs and at the last Doctors visit over a month ago, he was 3 feet tall! His birthday is just around the corner! I can't believe my baby is going to be 2! I just celebrated my 26th birthday on Monday! Crazy! I am closer to 30 than 20 now.. yikes! Well.. I had a great day . I went shopping for craft stuff and had lunch with my friend Shandra, and then I came home to find roses and a card , along with my wonderful husband. I have to brag on him. He is so wonderful to me. As you all know I have started a side business with Shandra and it is slowly but surely coming along. We both love making things and are pretty good at it =) We sell the hair clips I make at a consignment store, and in the first week she sold 7 of them.. not too shabby, seeing as she isn't a huge establishment. She is a pleasure to work with and we really appreciate her for selling our items in there. She also is selling our burp cloth sets and some art clip magnets we've made. Okay.. I digress, but Faron has been so supportive of my taking over the dinning room table and working on that instead of cleaning. He is really my best friend and I love that he is so supportive of me =) Anyhow... We dropped Brayden off at my sister's b/c my parents were going there for dinner, and they watched Brayden over night at there house. We went to Bone Fish grill and had yummy appetizers, and then saw the Dark Knight... very good! I was grabbing Faron's arm the whole night! Very suspenseful!
Oh and I got gift cards from my boys and one from my sister Katie, and money form my parents and my Mema! Thanks guys! Oh.. and we did cheese cake and had candles and sang.. before we left my sister's. We had a lot of fun.

I have a million pics to post.. will do it soon.