a memory in my mind

no pictures to share this time only a vision in my head that i thought i would share. tonight as i was finishing the preparation of dinner, i happened to notice something out of the corner of my eye. my world stopped as i watched my two boys interact together. logan was in his bouncy and brady was kneeling in front of it. he was talking to logan and logan was watching him so intently. brady suddenly laughed at the end of his story that none of us adults in the world would understand, but logan did. he started to smile so big at brady....... their bond of brotherhood began to grow today....... how sweet life is.

a night time story for daddy

we thought after your long night of travel last night you could use a little help getting to sleep tonight....... we love you and miss you daddy!

WOW!

Daddy got the Christmas lights put up on Sunday while Brady and I spent time with family before they left town. When we pulled up to the house that night everyone in the car rolled down the windows and said "WOW!" When Brady got out of the car and went to investigate what daddy had done to our house he said, "WOW!" and continued to say it for the rest of the night. One of life's cutest moments ever. He really is going to enjoy all the lights during the holidays this year!

how do you eat your oreo's?

how do you eat your Oreo? it is funny how everyone develops their own special way of doing things. sometimes you wonder where they even learn some of the things they learn or if they were just born with their special little quirks. everyone has their own special ways of eating Oreo cookies. brady showed us his the other night, he just separated the cookie and licked all of the frosting out first and then proceeded to eat the actual cookie. i sure did not teach him this and neither did his daddy. funny how little cute things just happen. cheers!

uh oh

Well I must say I knew this day would come. Since we use "uh oh" in our house more than no, Brady has now adopted the phrase and made it a part of his vocabulary. Yes it is cute to hear him say it maybe one or twice, but 50 times in a day gets a little old, but I guess one could say that is probably close to as many times as he hears me say it. Turn about is fairplay I guess............ uh oh!

Brady is walking!

With the security blanket removed (pooh bus), Brady Smith is walking! I am going to have a long day tomorrow!

Such a ham for the camera

Now whenever we hear the flash go up and the beep beep of mommy's camera, this is the lovely smile that we now get to share with everyone! He thinks he is Mr. Funny man and well he is!

No sleeping at the table!

So we normally have a huge issue getting this kid to go down for naps or bedtime. Lately he goes down really easy at the dinner table! Is there a such thing as counting chicken nuggets instead of sheep? He is eating one minute and out the next! 15 to 20 minutes pass and then presto he is awake and just starts eating again like he never fell asleep! Sweet dreams little man!

how many miles are on the pooh bus?

Grandma Smith asked the other day on the phone how many miles are on the pooh bus? I wish it had odometer, we would probably be shocked. We call our house the Smith Raceway. Brady no longer walks with it, he runs. He has gotten so good at turning it and hardly ever wipes out. It is quite amazing. Brian and I were questioning the other night whether to take away the pooh bus, if it was slowing down Brady's confidence for walking? Of course he still has it because we are huge suckers and just can't do it. He loves it so much, it is the first thing he does in the morning when he wakes up and if we would let him it would be the last thing he would do before bed. Nothing gets in his way either, not rugs, dog beds or dogs for that matter, he finds away to go over them and if that does not work he eventually learns to go around. Let me say again, Hopper than you for being such a patient and good dog! Go pooh bus go!!

Life's cutest moments not caught on tape

Recently Brian (my husband) and Brady my son have been going on nightly bike rides, to give mommy a break. Daddy pulls Brady in his "chariot" behind the bike. At first we were not sure if he really liked it or not. Tonight daddy was preparing for their bike ride and came back in the house with his helmet on to get Brady. Brady was playing on the floor and as soon as he looked up at daddy and saw his bike helmet, he dropped everything he was doing and crawled over to daddy as quickly as he could and held his hands up to be piked up. His legs were kicking with excitement as daddy lifted him. So I guess he really does like those bike rides. I am so glad that I get to witness all of Brady's cutest moments and cherish every last one of them. Now that is what being a parent is all about.