Christmas Decorations

Brady has been great with the Christmas tree. In fact, we almost never have to stop him from going up to it, which is so not what we expected. He did enjoy playing with the extra garland we left out though.

Crazy Cat

Apparently Hayley gets cold during the winter when we are at work. She appreciates the down comforter.

Christmas Lights

Pictures from our visit to see the Christmas lights in downtown Chagrin Falls.


If you can tell, Brady is looking straight up at the lights. He loved them.





With Grandma and Grandpa Thornton

A Visit with Santa

This post is long overdue, as these pictures are from Thanksgiving weekend. But really they have more to do with Christmas anyway. Brady had his first visit with Santa this year and it went better than we expected. No tears and what he seemed most fascinated with was Santa's beard.





And since we were at a Christmas festival of sorts, there were lots of trees, treats and even a train. Brady had a ball. Brady has never had a cookie before, and wasn't really a fan of his birthday cake but he LOVED the cookie. He ate the whole thing.

Ignore my weird face in this picture because Brady is laughing.

When Brady's Sick

Brady was a little under the weather and had a fever last weekend. He spent the day in his jammies.

1 Year Old!!

Brady turned 1 a few weeks ago. I didn't get the usual pictures on his birthday because we had family in town visiting, but I did take them a few days later.





I'm done.


Let me out of this chair!


Finally freedom!!


Brady has 3 teeth on top now, with another about to pop through, so that makes for 5 teeth total. He walks all over the place and rarely crawls anywhere anymore. He still does a bit of a frankenstein type walk but he's getting much more efficient and quick.

He drinks all whole milk now and we are trying to figure out how to get rid of bottles, but seeing as he doesn't drink anything out of a sippy cup, it's been a little tricky. Other than, that nothing else is really new with him.

He had his one year check up on the same day I took these photos and he now weighs 19 lbs 8 oz and is 30 inches tall. So he's tall and skinny but perfectly healthy.

Fun at the Park

Playing in the leaves


Oh - Daddy has arrived! I must greet him immediately.



A much bigger fan of the swing now that he's older

My New Wagon

The wagon Brady got for his birthday from Uncle Pat and Aunt Kate is a big hit so far.



With Grandpa Kev and Grandma Bev

Brady's Birthday Party, Part 2

Not sure what he thinks about the cake....








And I'm done. Really.






And present time. Brady wasn't very interested but he played along for the photos.


And yes, it's much more fun to climb on the presents than open them...





Aren't we done with photos?











That's all folks ;)