The Motions

Bryce has most of the songs memorized from the radio and cds we listen to in the car, but his favorite song right now is, "The Motions" by Matthew West.  He always asks to listen to the song that he can sing along to and sings beautifully!  He decided to grab his guitar tonight and sing it for us.

Bray's game

One of Bray's favorite new games is finding something to throw and then chasing after it...wherever it may land.  When the block or toy gets into a spot he can't reach he looks around for something new.  In this case he lost the orange block so he got some magnetic letters off the fridge and started his game over.  He also loves to play catch and has quite a good arm at just over 1 year old!

Best buddies

bryce and bray are great buddies and love playing together.  I found them relaxing in the living room with a carousel that Bray got from papa and gigi for his bday.

Birthday party fun

Bryce had fun playing in the leaf pile with his cousins at Brayden's birthday party!

Party!

Bray loves all of his new gifts from friends and family...and so does Bryce...many thanks to everyone for making Bray's first birthday so special :)

Birthday cake

We still can't believe our little guy is one!  He had two great birthday parties.  Aunt Kristie made his cake and colorful cupcakes.  He didn't particularly care for eating the cake at either party but thought it was fun to play in.  We love our one year old boy!

Sweet boy!

an afternoon of apple picking

bryce really enjoyed our apple picking adventure.  It was quite the haul up the hill with 2 kids but well worth the work.  Bryce was having fun picking an apple and running back to dad asking if it was ok to put in the bag.  he read the map and told us where to go and enjoyed a wagon ride too.  his favorite part was eating a fresh apple and drinking some fresh apple cider when we got home.  He said it was just delicious.

Honeycrisps are here!

bray is all ready for our afternoon of apple picking.  He was quite content to sit and enjoy the ride in his stroller

Bray's smile

He is almost 1 and still as happy as ever...we love his smiles!

Making us laugh...

Bryce is always making us laugh by the things he does or says.  He is quite the character and we never know what he will say or do next!  On one morning shopping trip I told Bryce we were headed to Kohl's to get him some new sneakers.  I got the boys in the van and we pulled in the parking space and Bryce got a worried look on his face and said, "mom, I'm going the bathroom in my pants!"  I said, "no, hold it there is a bathroom in kohls, we will go straight there so you can go"  He said okay and we hurriedly made our way to the back of the store where the restroom is.  He went for a total of 2 seconds and I said "that's it, that was the big emergency"  he said, "that's it!"  We stepped out of the bathrooms and Bryce said, "oh, mom look at that, we're right by the toys now, we might as well stop and look"  I then realized I had been outsmarted by a soon to be 4 year old who has an incredible memory and excellent planning skills :)  If I could only share all the funny bryce stories I have...

The racetrack

This is by far Brayden's favorite toy right now.  As soon as you set him on the floor he takes off towards this racetrack.  As you can see from the video he is pretty pleased with himself for learning how to start the racetrack all on his own!

Baseball game

We all headed to a baseball game at McCoy Stadium while on vacation.  We proudly wore our NY yankee apparel in Red Sox territory.  Bryce had no problem shouting, "Go Yankees, Boooo Red Sox" in the stands for all to hear.  The boys loved the game but Bryce was most thrilled about the ice cream and hot dog he got to eat around the 5th inning.  An usher came to talk to us and Bryce made a buddy.  He came back an inning later with a baseball for Bryce...the only problem was the pawtucket red sox logo...but it made Bryce quite happy.

Bob and Timmy's grilled pizza

We visited Bob and Timmy's grilled pizza which was featured on man vs food nation while on vacation in Rhode Island.  So of course I had to get lots of pictures.  Bray was happy to help and hold up the menu for us and Bryce had no problem looking over the menu.  When the waitress came I said everyone will have water and Bryce chimed in and asked the waitress, "I'll have milk instead".  apparently, he orders for himself now!

The zoo

Bryce and Bray enjoyed visiting the zoo while on Vacation.  Bryce picked this stuffed elephant from the gift shop.  We asked him why and he said, "because he is so cuddly!"  He hugged him the rest of the vacation and told us his name is monkey :)

The hotel

Bryce was thrilled with our choice of hotel for this vacation.  He was quite happy with the belgian waffles for breakfast.  One of his favorite tasks was to run to the elevator and act as the operator.  When we got off the elevator and headed for our room he would always ask, "dad, can I have your credit card?"  He loved getting the room key from dad to open the door for us.  When we headed for home the last day Bryce kept asking what we were going to do when we got back to the hotel.  He even got excited when we passed another Hampton Inn halfway home and thought it was our hotel :( We broke the news to him then...he was disappointed until I told him he could pick a treat from the cupboard when we got home to eat...it doesn't take much to make him happy!

Battleship cove

While on vacation we visited battleship cove and saw the USS Massachusetts and some other WWII ships.  Bryce loved all the tunnels and stairs to climb and explore.  He also got to take a quick snooze on the bunk beds in the bottom of the ship.  All in all...a great adventure for Bryce.

Chuck e cheese!!!

Bryce loves chuck e cheese and was thrilled to find out there was one close to our hotel on vacation.  We visited a few times.  He was pretty happy to have Brayden there to ride on the rides with him.

No trouble here...

Brayden has been crawling for a few weeks now and is getting better every day.  He is quiet and can get just about anywhere he wants :)

Bray in the bath

Brayden loves his bath but is not so interested in playing and splashing as much as he is in grabbing all the shampoo and soap off the shelves : )

Bryce and dad

Bryce wanted to relax with dad and watch AFV...(or the silly show as he calls it).  He brought out three pillows for himself and a stuffed animal.  He couldn't relax until he had gotten dad three pillows and a stuffed animal as well. 

brayden and his daddy :)

Bryce's birdhouse

Bryce worked very hard coloring this birdhouse and was pretty excited when we went to hang it outside.  He asked if he was going to put it in his room and get a pet bird...anyone who knows mom knows this would never happen...sorry Bryce.  He is still happy to look out the window and see his birdhouse hanging in the tree outside and tells me lots of birds sleep there at night.

Growing!

brayden has developed his own methods of reaching toys and interesting items out of his reach.  He will sort of crawl, sit, and roll to get where he wants.  Today he was just fascinated with the diapers and wipes on this shelf and soon had the entire bottom shelf emptied of its contents!

Sign language

I decided to start teaching the boys some sign language...Bryce is very interested in learning this and I often find him reading the sign language book and practicing signs.  As I was baking this morning Bryce got the book out and sat down to teach Brayden some new signs.

Bryce's game night

Bryce is always thrilled when we announce we're having a special night just for him.  On this night we decided to make a cookie pizza for Bryce and play all his favorite board games.  He was very happy when he won sequence...not so happy when he lost flippity find :)  You'll have to excuse Bryce's apparel for these pictures but this was his favorite outfit that week!

Breakdancing Bryce!!

bryce was very excited to hear that there would be dancing at Aunt Amy and Uncle Jim's wedding reception this weekend.  He told me he was ready to show off his moves...we often work on the grocery shopping, fishing, and football move at home.  I thought he would be a bit tentative around a large group of somewhat unfamiliar people but he gobbled up his cake and ran to the dance floor.  He ran out and started breakdancing.  He was loving the attention...which doesn't surprise us at all...that's just Bryce :)

Our family of four :)

I was so proud of my three handsome boys at the wedding this weekend.  We all had a great time celebrating with friends and family.

Great papa and nana Weber and brayden!

great Aunt Karen and Brayden

Brayden was so tired at the end of the wedding reception but gave me a half smile for this picture with his great Aunt Karen.