PawPaw

Today would have been my PawPaw's 85th birthday. I have been thinking about him today...missing him so very much. I found some fun photos from his 80th....

Decade in Review

A friend did a decade in review and I thought it was fun, so here goes....

2000
Graduated from Texas A&M
Started working for Landmark Graphics
Got engaged

2001
Married Kurt
Honeymoon in Hawaii
Bought and moved into our first (current) house.

2002
Travel to England (why didn't we do more of this before we had kids!!)

2003
Pregnant with Braden
Kurt joins Cypress Advisory - leaving IBanking behind
Braden born

2004
Travel to Italy

2005
Travel to France, Breckenridge and Chicago
Braden has surgery

2006
Pregnant with Truitt
10 year high school reunion :)
Braden Starts preschool
Travel to Czech Republic and Norway
Truitt born

2007
Quit working at Landmark after 7 years

2008
Pregnant with Blake
Travel to Seattle/Vancouver

2009
Blake born
First vacation as family of 5 - New Branfuls (baby steps!)
Truitt starts preschool
Braden starts Kindergarten

Looking forward to what 2010 holds for our family....

Happy Birthday Blake!

It is hard to believe a year has passed since my sweet little boy arrived! I am trying to 'soak up' this baby phase as it will be the last for our house. It makes me sad but at the same time I have lots to look forward to and that's exciting! Blake is all over the place, he'll take 5-7 steps before crashing, says 'dada', has 8 teeth and 2 more coming in, has terrible exzema (poor guy), loves to be around his brothers (he follows the noise), like trucks and particularly likes to spin their wheels, is very affectionate and loves to wrap his arms around my neck (I'm loving that!) and just generally is a happy baby. His 1 year stats are 21.2 pounds and 30.25 inches (66% - for now).



Last night we had family over for dinner and cake to celebrate his birthday. Blake was excited when all started singing...he was clapping his hands and laughing, very cute! He didn't want much to do with the cake...put his hands in it but wouldn't eat it.

Everyone but Blake wants to open the gift :)

the birthday boy...

Blake with his Aunties...