Easter fun! and some enjoyment during Spring Break!

Ok...well another week and 1/2 has gone by and here I am playing photo catch up! I just can't seem to keep caught up with blogging...so, Spring Break started off with Cody trying to get his front teeth out...we had their cousins spend the night and well, they talked him into pulling them out one after the other...so cute! Here he is trying not to show me his "no teeth" smile....


and here he is... I can remember these days when I was young.

I did it again...I uploaded BACKWARDS the photos of my post...so bear with me...the story will start with Easter first then all the happenings of the week before Easter...

For Easter we went to my in-laws and had a very YUMMY salad bar...thanks for a great Easter lunch...the kids had a great time easter egg hunting...eating lots of jelly beans and chocolate...

Brayden enjoyed being outside in the most beautiful weather...

Kaylee posing on Jared's old skateboard from when he was a kid...

Daddy and Kaylee and Great Grammy Rosie in the background....

My little Easter stud....he scratched his cheek early in the week...so all his pictures have the marking...

Easter egg HUNT!!! Grammy and Papa have a great backyard for hunting eggs...

She's NOT competitive or anything???? She gets that from me!

Holding their baskets before heading out the door...to find the eggs...



Look what I got Kaylee...a bunny and you got a dog! How fun...Kaylee went over to Papa's house the day before and hung out and decided to wrap some Easter treats for Cody, Brayden and herself...she had a ball!

Brayden liked the wrapping paper the best! Gear up buddy...Saturday is your BIRTHDAY! Can you believe it? Already turning ONE!! I am so sad....:(

Big brother and Big sister helping him rip the paper...

Here are my 3 beautiful babies...I just love them!

Easter morning! Just woke up,..can you tell?

My little model Kaylee...

We decorated a few days before...they did so good!

Brayden is thinking I would rather have my morning bottle mommy! What is this basket for???

This was the day Kaylee hung out with Papa...they went on a bike ride...this bike use to be Cody's...she doesn't care...it stays at Papa's and they go riding lots...



We went to a Fresno Grizzlies Baseball game Saturday night...so fun! It was a benefit for our local Down syndrome society...there were about 160 people from our local chapter that came with their little ones, and older ones...great night of socializing...our Grizzlies didn't do so good...but the kids had fun...Grammy and Papa came with us.

Cody enjoying the game....

My little Brayden...

This is my friends daughter Emme...she is just a sweetheart!

Kaylee and Grammy!

This is the name of the stadium...we are fortunate to have such a nice stadium to come to. I also wanted to post a little milestone...Brayden is getting up on all 4's by himself and rocking all by himself...I have been assisting him for quite some time and when I went in to get him yesterday morning....I found him rocking away in his crib...he will lunge forward and backwards and get back up on all 4's...I'm thinking some kind of crawling is in his near future! I can't wait to report to his PT! He is also bearing a lot more weight with standing...I am so proud of him...I just can't believe he is turning ONE years old on Saturday?! This has truly been an amazing year...so next post should be pictures of his 1st birthday party!

Picture overload!! Again....

Well, I'm telling you...Spring time is just so much busier! I haven't posted in a few days...but I will make up for it today! What a fun day we had today! We went to our local Down syndrome meeting that meets twice a month and today we had the honor of meeting with our local Special Olympian Jared Schmidt! What an awesome guy he is! He spoke to us about his life and everything he is involved with. He is 28 years old and has been in the Special Olympics for 20 years now...he has about 160 medals and just recently took GOLD in Alpine Skiing in Idaho 2009. He is on a traveling team also for our Local Break the Barriers and is going to Africa next month for 2 weeks...He works full-time and has just an awesome story! He brought tears to my eyes when he picked up Brayden and said," You are going to be just like me!" Oh my goodness...I told his mom she had no idea how much I needed and wanted to meet them! She also spoke to us and told us her path for him! Talk about inspiration!

He was so cute to pose with all the kids and put his medal around them. This is my Kaylee and my nephew Bryce...these meetings are great because we can bring our kids and let them play right by us...

Jared's medal...

This is him speaking to all of us...showing off some of the pictures taken by his family and friends at the Special Olympics this year!

My little man posing for the camera...

Brayden and Devon who is 4 1/2 months older that Brayden...His mom and I met at our first meeting back in May of 2008...Kathy is an awesome person and has so much knowledge as a PT herself...We are on the New Parent Committee together working on all the new pamphlets and education material for our local chapter.

Devon being his happy self!

Brayden, Connor and Devon....Connor is a little boy I met up with and his mom a month before I had Brayden...we found each other by chance on Babycenter.com in a Down syndrome group and she just happens to live 15 minutes away from me. Her name is Jill and she is another awesome mom...and happens to be a fantastic photographer! So our meeting today was so great! Probably the best one yet! It is so neat to look at what the future holds for our little ones!

Brayden enjoying an evening watching the kids play outside....The weather has been so nice this week.

Brayden had a great PT visit this week...he is sure showing more and more strength! He is kneeling quite a bit now and beginning to pull himself from kneeling position upward towards toys and such...we are so proud of him...This was some advanced air pillow thing to see if he could balance himself and he stayed on surprising his PT! Go Brayden!

He absolutely LOVES looking at himself in the mirror...blows raspberries at himself, sticks out his tongue and makes faces! So cute!



He thought these bubbles were lots of fun!

Here he is working on kneeling and pulling himself up...he is even starting to stand some...with assistance of course...but bearing weight on his legs is a big step for him!

It was so nice at the park, I took the kids on Monday...this is Kaylee and my nephew Bryce...I feel so bad that Cody is at school ALL day so I don't get him in on many pics! We met up with a friend from their preschool and had lots of fun!

Brayden LOVED swinging!



And we celebrated both my neices birthdays last Sunday at my mom's house...Happy Birthday Kyra and Kaitlyn! I just love these kids!

So, we have had a busy week...but lots of fun!