New Words

Braylie started saying Dada really clearly the other night! It is so cute and Payden absolutely loves it! :) She has said mama for a long time and started saying it a lot more lately and then she started saying Dada all on her own! We are so proud of her! :D It's fun to see her starting to try and communicate. Some things she is catching on to are:
Puppy: vhpaaa vhpaa vhpaa
Quack Quack for her Ducky: ya ya ya yaa yaa
Grandpa: paapa
"singing": ahahaaaaa ahhaaaa yaahhhaaaaaha ahhahaaaa

And that's about it but we are so proud of her! :)

Also she is showing more signs of wanting to walk. She pulled herself up today and let go of my leg which she was holding onto for balance and just stood there all on her own for like 5 seconds! 5 seconds doesn't seem like a lot but it is for her. It's crazy to see her stand all by herself in the middle of the floor like that. It makes her look like such a big girl! :) Today we went to Porter Park and she walked two of it's four sides just holding onto my hand!!! She acted exhausted afterward haha but she did awesome! :) Hopefully it'll happen within the next month before HER 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!! I can't wait!
Mama loves you Bray <3

Update with Randomness....

Thought I would try and give you an update of what's been up with us lately....

Here we go:
-Braylie now has 5 1/2 teeth!!! Such a big girl!
-Braylie took a few steps on her own.
-We went to the drive in!




-Payden is working super super hard in school and has only slept one hour in the last 36 hours. Poor guy! He works so hard for our little family! Braylie and I really appreciate you Payden!!!

-I went to Caldwell all by myself! Well, with Braylie of course but not with Payden. It was the first time I have traveled with her by myself further then Walmart... haha She was AWESOME! She was only awake for like a half hour in the car on the way there and like and hour and half on the way home! What a good traveler! Payden got me a baby rear view mirror for Mother's Day and let me tell you what.... It definitely came in handy!!!!
Grandpa feeding the kids Cheetos and Dallon and Bray playing in the toy box

-While I was in Caldwell we went on our first boating trip of the year! YAY! We thought it was going to be a nasty day but were determined to go to the lake anyway. It turned out to be a nice day and we were out there at the perfect time!
-Payden's sister Linzie had her sweet little Max! William Maxamus Martin. Newborn pictures of him here.
-Our sister-in-law Stacy (Hanks wife) is actually in labor as we speak!!!! We are just waiting for the call! They didn't find out what the sex is of the baby and they really haven't narrowed down to just one name of each so we really don't know much at all about this little one on the way. Let's just say that that call that we are anticipating is going to be quite EXCITING! Good luck baby Toone! And good luck Stacy!! You'll do awesome!
-Bray turns 11 months coming up on the 9th so I have been trying to somewhat plan a birthday party! Ducky themed.... she loves ducks!

-Braylie had her first serving of Spaghetti... she's had bite from me before but last night we thought we'd let her do it on her own... :)




-Little miss also discovered the Tupperware cupboard.... haha what a cutie!


I think that's it for now but who knows... I'll probably think of something later. haha :D I'm going to try and post a lot more then I have in the past. I want to make it kinda like my journal. Soooo that being said... it might become boring but I want to be able to look back at it and see what has happened and just post the updates without having to feel like I have to make it a huge event... and it really isn't a huge event I just make myself feel that way. haha
So here's to posting more and hopefully trying to not make it boring. Small posts more often is my goal!

New Family Photo Projects

Here's what I've done so far.... Photos by: Susan Lookhart of Lookhart Photography.

Braylie vs. grass

She doesn't want to touch the grass

April photoshoot - Dallon & Braylie

Crystal and I wanted to take pictures of the two babies together and then give the photos to Mom for mothers day in a little scrapbook or frames. Not quite sure what we'll do with them yet but it was so fun to take these pictures and have a fun day together as sisters with the kidos. :) I also took some pictures of Payden and Braylie so that I could give them to my Mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Crystal had the majority of the pics on her camera from the second session when I just started using her camera instead but here are the ones I had when Payden was there. I'm so excited to get the rest of them!
P.S. Not that anyone would but, DON'T TELL THE MAMAS! So far the secret is still working so we don't want to let it leak! :)

My Favorite! <3

<3 <3 My other favorite! <3<3

Cute cousins... :)