Family Pictures

A couple weeks ago we had a family friend take some pictures of our whole family now that we are "complete" :) Here are a couple......

MY WHOLE FAMILY -
In case your don't know I will try & explain...My oldest brother Dan is all the way to the right, with his wife Becky next to him. His daughter Kalley is in front of him & daughter Taylor in front of Becky...My parents Larry & Linda in the middle..... My other brother Troy is behind me & his wife Cindy next to him. His son Colton is next to him & son Trayton is next to the tree...and then us :)

THE "GRAND KIDS"

Kalley (14) in the white holding Brayden.....Colton (10) in the blue .....Trayton (8) in the brown .....Taylor ( almost 7) in the purple/white & then Macie (almost 2) & Brayden (5 months)
OUR FAMILY
MACIE & BRAYDEN

Brayden & Daycare Fun/Friends

Poll

Ok so I have put a poll on the side of our blog... I want to be "that mom" and have Brayden & Macie dress up together for Halloween. Tell me what you think?

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Brayden - 5 months


Macie - 4 months

Brayden's Helmet

I just thought I would post a quick update & let you know how everything went yesterday with Brayden & his helmet. From the picture above you can tell he now has his helmet. That part was actually really easy. When we went up there with him a couple weeks ago he was so tired that when they took the scan of his head he didn't move - so they got a GREAT scan. They put it on him, had to cut away a little for extra room around his neck, ears & forehead... came back in about 5 minutes later & "strapped it on". Corey (the helmet guy) went through everything with us, what we need to do with him & then took it off, checked for "red spots" made 1 small adjustment & we were done. This appointment usually takes about an hour & a half... therefore we had to wait for our 4:30 PT appointment.

They did not want us to have him wear it home, so by the time we got home he only wore it yesterday for like a total of an hour. I have talked to daycare a couple of times so far today & they said he is doing great! Today helmet ON 1-1/2 hrs, OFF 1/2 hr & NO helmet to bed.... tomorrow ON 2 hrs, OFF 1/2 hr & 1st night wearing it to bed... Thursday ON 2-3 hrs, OFF 1/2 hr & still on at night... Friday starts 23/7 of wearing it!

Corey (the helmet guy) comes to Mankato once a month to do helmet checks so we are very excited about that! That means only 1 trip a month to the cities! We are suppose to be going up there every two weeks (after a check up next week) to do a helmet check & PT... since we only have to go up there once a month now for helmet checks we are switching & doing his PT through a place in Mankato from now on. We are also seeing a chiropractor in Mankato as well (a friend told me it helped her nephew) so we were game for anything that might help him. I feel like that's all we do is dr for Brayden - oh well it will be done & over before we know it.

Thank you so much for all the extra thoughts everyone was sending our way!

Macie & daycare "school" fun

Macie & her Ms. Gusty (her lead teacher @ school)
We LOVE her!!! Painting outside @ "school

Cooling off on a hot day @ "school"

Mommy's birthday

The beautiful flower from my husband for my birthday! What a wonderful husband I have!!!

Overload

Beward.... post overload! I think I have caught up on everything. We have been a very busy family. Here are 2 cute pictures of the kids & we hope you enjoy the posts below!

Macie watching Mickey Mouse club house with her Mickey & Minnie :)
Brayden - our "chick magnet" :)

New addition to our family

Macie's friend Julia had 3 kittens that they were looking to get rid of so we took them in. 2 of them are really nice, 1 not so much. Macie has to say hi to them every morning :)

Brayden gets cereal

Last Wednesday we gave Brayden cereal for the 1st time. He was so tired (as you can tell at the end of the post) so he didn't finish it - but now LOVES it.

1st bite.... Big sister helping....
That eating is a lot of work...

Como Zoo

We did not have daycare this past week so dad & I used it to spend some time with the kids. Tuesday we took Macie up to the Como zoo. Brayden stayed home with Katie because it was like 92 out & HOT. I have posted some pictures below.

Some rides....



The Giraffe's...
The Tigers...
Sparky the seal show...



Polar Bears...
The Polar Bear exhibit....
Lions...
Zebras....
Monkeys...
Penguin's...

Sweet Corn

The other night Macie had sweet corn for the 1st time. She wasn't too sure about it @ 1st but once she figured it out she was all about it. We have had it once since then & she eats more corn than mommy :)

Camp Dels

July 16th, 17th & 18th we traded my brother Troy & sister-in-law Cindy.... they took Brayden for the weekend and we took Macie & my nephews Colton & Trayton to Kamp Dels campground over in Waterville. It was "Christmas in July" so that was fun. They have "diving for reindeer droppings" Saturday morning that the boys did... they had a "snowball fight" (AKA water balloon fight) Saturday afternoon & then Saturday at dusk they had a decorating contest - we got 3rd! We rode our bikes around & took some pictures of some of the campsite & their Christmas in July. We also went to the nice parks, swimming in the pool, played at the water park, went on a tractor ride around the campground, a pony ride & watched a juggler. It was a lot of fun!

Riding the pony

Hanging out in the camper
Ready to "Dive for droppings"
Trayton's droppings
Colton's droppings
The Water park

Getting gifts from "the Elf's"
Tractor ride

Our Christmas tree :)

Macie & Mickey Mouse
These people mean business... In the 3rd pictures there is a "Santa" that the kids could go up & sit on his lap & get a candy cane!


The petting zoo