The Extravaganza Continues...

The week before Brady's big party brought us several visitors, and it was a fun and memorable week. First, Stephanie and the Rasamny Family came for a few days, and we got to spend time with Emmy and J.R. (of course, we loved spending time with you, too, Steph and Jk!), AND Aunt Reggie and Uncle Eric came and stayed for the party. Everyone was super helpful and made everything more fun.

At the party, the kids had a great time bouncing in the "jumpy house". (Carson was very put-out when the owner of the rental company came to retrieve his house. He kept asking where it was and why it was taken.) They also dressed up in pirate gear, fought with foam swords, decorated flags, ate goodies, and went on a treasure hunt! Jeremy headed-up the treasure hunt, reading off clues, and having the kids figure out where the next clues were hiding. It was complete chaos, but the kids had a blast. And, most importantly, Brady had an amazing birthday...he was VERY happy.

PS - In the picture with Eric, Brady has pants on, he had just spilled something on his shirt. I didn't want anyone to be weirded out.

Treats and Parties

On her recent trip to Houston, Nonni spoiled the boys one last time before hopping on a plane back to Philly. They were both very willing for snuggle with the woman who forked over the ice cream! That's pretty much how I get my hugs and kisses, too.

The following weekend, we went to celebrate Ava's first birthday party at the Dean's house. Carson was so spent when it was all said and done, that he literally fell asleep sitting up!

Good times.

Nonni's Haunted Visit

OK, so the boys are way more likely to make you want to squeeze their cheeks than make you want to run away and sell your house, but I have a good chuckle every time we put Carson in his skeleton shirt or PJ's. He is the chubbiest "skeleton" I have ever seen! We had a great time with Nonni visiting, and cant' wait to get spoiled a little more around the holidays!

A Lot of Love to Go Around

When Brady is in therapy later on in life, and he is discussing who to blame for all of his woes, he will certainly not be able to blame them on a lack of love in his life. He will most likely blame them on his mother for writing things like this. Everyone blames their mother.

A Time For Visitors

We have been so blessed lately to have been visited by Aunt Boo, Grandma Janet, Nonni and Poppy, Uncle Jason, Aunt Dana, Lovely Lyvia, Baby Grayson, and, most recently, Grammy and Pap. It was especially wonderful to see our niece and meet our nephew for the first time. Grayson is a very laid back little boy, not to mention that he's adorable! The funny thing is that he and Carson have the same exact cry. I wonder how else they will turn out to be similar!

We LOVE visitors...please keep coming!

A Visit with Grandma Janet

Brady's Grandma Janet came to visit here in Belgium for 10 days and we had a lovely time. We had a chance to bring her to new places, introduce her to Brady's friends, and go shopping. We went to Brugge, Monchau; Germany, and Jeremy took her for a whirlwind day in Paris! Brady was thrilled to have attention from someone other than his mom and dad for a little while. We hope that Grandma Janet enjoyed her visit!