swimming

We spent a day at a little hotel near Des Moines, IA that had an indoor water park. Braedyn had fun playing around in the pool and watching all the other kids run around and go down the slides.

A visit to the John Wayne museum.

at the mall

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Asleep on the plane.

We got some matching shirts for our upcoming move so that we could act like we follow sports and will fit right in with all the other people in Seattle!

Braedyn and Daddy got a together present, a baby backpack for hiking. Now Braedyn can go with daddy hiking, backcountry skiing, rock climbing, spelunking, base jumping, and whatever else we decide to try!

A new little soft book

Baby Joshua

This is Braedyn's new baby cousin, Joshua Hocamp. He was born just before Christmas.

Christmas Presents

A little puzzle house

Opening a present from grandma and grandpa.

Braedyn and his cousing Elisabeth

A family christmas picture: (left to right) Dori, Mike, Isaac, Talisha, Nicholas, Tony, Perry, Braedyn, Jane, Tricia, Elisabeth, Grandma Brandt (with Jake).

Braedyn was helping mommy out with the dishes.

At the airport on our way to Iowa we ran into our friends Cordell and Becky Baanhoffman, with their 14th month old baby Adelain (not sure on spelling).

Braedyn opening up one of his presents. He had a hard time keeping Dori away from all of the wrapping paper.

Christmas Books

Aunt Michelle sent Braedyn some good learning books.

Christmas Dinner with Family

We had some family over for a Christmas dinner. Mark and Margie, Dori, Aunt Kay, Braedyn, Mike and Talisha, Uncle Wayne.

Braedyn and Mommy Christmas pictures

Here's Braedyn with his name tag ornament from the small tree. He wanted to get a taste for his name...


Braedyn and Mommy posing in front of the small tree.


Braedyn and mommy in front of the live, potted Christmas tree.

A Box full of toys

Here's Braedyn looking for some toys in his toybox that Grandpa Davis made him.

Laughing at Finkelhopper Frog

Mommy was reading Braedyn's favorite book, Finkelhopper Frog, and Braedyn couldn't help but laugh....

Looking for socks

Braedyn picking out some socks to match his outfit that he is going to wear for Christmas dinner tonight.

Secret Cave

Braedyn believes that he has discovered a secret cave with a portal to another world in it, but alas it is just the tupperware cabinet...

Poop Canyon

We had a bit of a snow storm here, we ended up with a little over 2 feet of snow at our house. Which just meant that we had to shovel out a canyon for our prissy, little, accessory dog to be able to use the bathroom. She did not like the snow one bit and will be very glad to move to Seattle where she will only have to deal with hordes of rain and mud.

Toast for Breakfast

Braedyn loves big chunks of toast because he likes to be in control of his own eating and not have someone shoving food down his throat, and with the toast he is able to pick it up and stuff it in his mouth eventually.....

House for sale!

Anyone want to buy our house?

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Another 9 Month picture

New Phone Number

We have a new home phone number, although our old one will continue to work for quite a while, it is: 1-(425)-818-5186. Both of our cell phone numbers are the same.

Braedyn negotiating some obstructions to get to what he wants!

Santa Clause is coming to town

Here's Braedyn with Santa finally (after a looooooong line). He spent about an hour telling Santa all the things that he wanted for Christmas, and then got fed up with Santa not remembering so he just gave him the url for his Amazon wish list! Well, maybe not, but at least he wasn't scared and seemed to have fun. Santa gave him a little Christmas book afterwards which Braedyn immediately ate!

We had a pre-santa lunch at Bloom at the mall with Mike and Kelly Hobbes with Braedyn's buddy Kai.

Dressed up for Santa

Braedyn was very excited to go see Santa. He even got all dressed up for the big day!