New Pics

Well, it sure has been a long time. It's hard to come up with interesting things to write so frequently; especially when I'm a stay -at-home mom. In any case, here are some recent pictures of the boys. We went to a pumpkin patch this past weekend. They sure do grow up fast! Mason's already 3 (I'll post pics soon)!! And before I know it, February will be here and Grady will be turning 1. Well, I guess that's it for now.

Morning Laughs

This morning Mason got under my sink. I heard him say "Mmm...marshmallow" so I looked as he proceeded to put a cotton ball in his mouth and try to take a bite. :) I laughed as he tried to spit out the cotton fibers. It was rather amusing.

A good laugh in the morning

This morning Mason came into our room bright and early at 6:30. After making noise and be loud (all the while Matt and I trying to sleep through it), Mason climed up onto the bed and says to Matt, "knock, knock?", "who's there?", "watch TV...", "watch TV who?", "watch TV please?" Matt and I started cracking up immediately. It was so hilarious...I don't even know where he learned about knock, knock jokes! :) OH, the things children say.

Life with 2

Well, it's been 6 weeks since Grady entered our lives. The first few weeks were the most difficult. But by God's grace it has been getting easier, or should I say more managable. Mason seems to love his little brother and is eager to play with him. Most days he just ignores him, although...there was that time when Mason was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Grady started to cry; so Mason turned around and yelled "Be quiet Grady!" Grady's going to learn quick not to interrupt Mason during his shows. :)

Grady is a pretty "easy" baby, as Mason was (the Lord really blessed me; probably because He knows I couldn't handle one that was "difficult"). He's gaining weight and getting a good hold of his large head. Having a second child sure does mix up what I've known to be normal for 2 1/2 years. But we're all adjusting pretty well and defining a new normal.

Thanks for you prayers, they have been felt. We will continue to keep you updated as the Braggins' experience life as a foursome.

Welcome Grady!

Grady Mitchell Braggims

Feb. 20, 5:31 pm

7 lbs. 11.5 oz., 21 in.

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Visits with Friends

Melissa and I showing off our baby bellies

The boys...back in action

New Year's crew 2008- This is a Schrute Buck!

Christmas Vacation

After much anticipation and planning, we made it to California for Christmas. We really wanted it to be a surprise for most of our family members as they were not expecting us to go "home" for the holiday season; so we told only a select few. We left at 10:00PM on Sunday the 21st and arrived in Rancho Cucamonga at 5:30PM Monday. *side note: driving 19 hours through the night is not a bad way to go; that is if you're not pregnant.* Mason did pretty good. He didn't sleep as long as we had hoped for, but for our first road trip with a toddler, he didn't do too bad. The drive itself was ok. I had to drive through a blinding snow storm in the middle of the night for part of it, which is actually pretty scary.

So, on Monday night we surprised Matt's mom when we met them for dinner. We were waiting at the restaurant and sent Mason running up to her when they walked in the door. We stayed with Matt's parents through Christmas day and did our after-Christmas shopping. After Mason's nap we traveled up to Apple Valley to surprise my mom and brothers. As we were coming upon the house I called her to talk about Christmas and see if her package had arrived yet. We had Mason waiting at the front door when they opened it to check. Of course she started to cry and my brother Bryan was also pleasently surprised. My other brother Jason had told us that he had a suspision that we were coming.

After our August trip to California we were so exhausted and felt that we didn't get any quality time with one group of people. So, we spent most of our time with our families which was so great. We did however manage to get together a couple of nights with some old friends...and we're so glad we were able to do that. We left California on January 2nd and allowed ourselves to take 2 days getting back, so we arrived home on Saturday 11PM.

Thank you to all our family, whom we love and miss dearly, and to all of our friends through which we have been so blessed to know you.

here the link for pictures of our Christmas time.