Easter 2008

The weekend before Easter our neighborhood had an Easter Egg hunt and Jake and Connor met up with their friend Whitnee!





Easter was nice this year. It was so early that the weather was very cold but sunny. We got up early and met Nana and Poppa at church. The boys were very good except for when Nicholas had a break down right while Father was blessing the Eucharist and the church was completely silent!



After that we went out to brunch because neither Nana or I wanted to spend all day cooking. Jake, Connor and Nicholas were very lucky boys as the Easter bunny came to visit them at Nana's house and our house!




Nicholas tries to get some candy before the big boys get it all!




Jake and Connor compare their loot!

Laundry Day!

So the other day I was doing the laundry (as usual) when Nicholas climbed in and started "helping" me by tossing all the clothes out of the basket. How cute is this kid??

Jake starts Tae Kwon Doe!

So Jake has been going to Tae Kwon Doe for almost 3 months now. He's doing amazing and really loves it! I thought it was about time to post some pictures of him in his uniform. He's just so adoreable in it.

Big Boy Connor turns 4!

For Connor's 4th Birthday we went down to Grandma and Poppa's House at the beach! Connor had a fun-filled birthday. It started out with a trip to the North Carolina Train Museum where we saw lots of model trains and played with all the toy trains in the play room.

Then cousins Austin and Julia came down for a Thomas the Train Birthday party with a train cake and Thomas the Train Pinata! Connor loved having his cousins there to celebrate with him. It was such a big hit that Jake is already saying that he wants his 6th birthday at Grandma and Poppas with Austin and Julia!







Now matter how hard the kids whacked at it they couldn't bust open the pinata so they finally had to pull the strings!

When Nicholas figured out there was candy in there he wanted in on the action!

Rob and I enjoyed a great night out with Chris and Kimberly to celebrate Chris' birthday which is the day after Connors! We had a great weekend and can't wait to see everyone again!

Connor and Julia playing on the beach.

Pretty girl Julia collects sea shells!

Catch Up!

Okay, I know it's been almost 2 months since my last post! But the holidays were hectic and somehow I just got out of the habit of doing it.

Christmas started off with another big trip to Orlando the week before. We went with Nana and Poppa and had a blast as usual. We went to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, Epcot Center and MGM. The boys also had a great time hanging out at the pool and playing on the pirate ship. It was amazing to see Disney decorated for Christmas and watch all of the great shows and parades for the season. We sure do love our Mouse!

We came home from Disney and Nicholas stood up and just started walking! 11 months old and off he goes. It was a big shock for Rob and I since both the other boys didn't walk until about 13/14 months. Nicholas never bother with couch surfing either... he just stood up and took off. Of course, now my quality of life has drastically decreased since he progressed straight to running and gettting into anything and everything he can find.

Christmas was wonderful! We had both sets of grandparents here to celebrate. Way too many toys and way too much food!

January was pretty uneventful except for the huge milestone of Nicholas turning one! He got the worst cold I have ever seen and was miserable for the entire week after his birthday. Hopefully the next one will be better! We tried to celebrate as best we could but poor little Nicholas just wasn't up for it. Can't believe my baby is one! Hard to believe there won't be anymore little babies in our house anymore.

January was also a great month for snow here. That's right, snow in Atlanta! We had two decent snows this month and we loved cuddling up and watching movies after playing outside!

Jake has started Tae Kwon Doe and LOVES it! We have been going twice a week and he is doing great! He works very hard at it and cant' wait until he can test to move up to a yellow belt.

I don't want to be 5!!

So today we had Jake's 5 year check up at the doctor's office. He strutted into the office telling everyone, "Know who's 5? Me that's who!" Everything went well until the nurse brought in the shot tray and Jake figured out what was going on. The nurse pricked his finger to check his iron level and Jake freaked out. "I want my NANA! I don't want to be 5 anymore! I want my NANA!"

So much for needing Mommy when he's sick/hurt!

Jake turns 5!

Well it's official... Jake is 5! He woke up yesterday saying, "Today is MY day!" And everyone he talked to knew it was his birthday! We surprised him last Sunday with a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Jake and Connor love that mouse. We had a good time playing games and eating pizza and Power Ranger cake. In fact, Jake loved it so much that he begged Nana and I to take him back yesterday after he got out of school. Because I'm a sucker we went back. The place was empty though and we got to play on all the "big boy" games because they weren't being monopolized by the older kids!

Nicholas enjoys his first visit to The Mouse!

The Bramhall Boys playing at Chucky Cheese!