Project Happy Hearts

Your heart will melt when you read the story of Tuesday...a brave little girl that lost her battle with cancer last weekend. Kacey over at Chronicles of a Mommy has organized Project Happy Hearts, with tons of ways we can all contribute to Honor Tuesday and her family...and to make children all over the world smile! Go on over and take a look...it certainly will give you and others a Happy Heart :-)

Double dog dare me...

So, Ron and I have been discussing lately Brayden's "Big Boy Room". Yes we know...we are jumping the gun a bit! We don't anticipate giving him the big boy room for at least another 6 months or so. Brayden's crib is STILL in our bedroom, right next to my bed where the bassinet once used to be. We had Braydens nursery all done...but when he went through the "choking" "aspiration of his spit up like 20 times thing"...there was NO WAY in ^%$# I was moving him down the hallway too far from my ear shot-or view for that matter. He has since stopped doing the choking thing-but we really love having him in our room with us-and who wrote the rule about moving him into his own room anyways? Brayden loves it-we love it...so why spoil a good thing?

Now we do realize though that he WILL want a big boy room soon and we WILL want him to have his own space as well. SO...we have been talking about how to decorate his new room, what type of bed we will purchase...etc. I found this awesome AWESOME toddler bed at Pottery Barn that I am -OH -SO- IN LOVE WITH. I love that even if he were to accidentally "roll" out of bed-the likeliness that he will suffer an injury from this bed is small-a huge bonus to me
:-)

Isn't this bed just the most adorable thing in the world? I love it. Can you guess what the theme of the room will be? Ahhh yes-BASEBALL! Go figure right? I know. I know. When I saw the price though and what it was made of... (I laughed). " I can build that!" Ron's still laughing at me too-it's okay-giggle all you want...I am on a mission. I looked up the dimensions on the website, and am now searching for all materials to make it. Of course I will make sure to take every safety measure and precaution as... (I am far more neurotic than you think)! I am so excited about it though. Dare me to make it? Double dog dare me?

Oh-and ANY Baseball Boys room decorating ideas you have for me I am totally up for. (I need to learn how to build a bed too...so if you have a hubby who really knows his stuff on this topic...pick his brain and fill me in...(hehe).

-Thanks Ladies :-)
Shannon

I wanted to make a post called "Brayden Tid-Bits" to document all of the new and little wonderful things he does as he is growing so quickly. This way-I don't have to necessarily write a long post about something new he is doing, and I can keep everyone updated on all that he is up to. So...you will frequently be seeing Brayden Tid-Bits here and there in between my longer posts. Enjoy!

1/30/2009:

• Today Brayden was playing with a little foam football and Daddy asked him "whatcha got buddy" and Brayden replied (like duh daddy) "Ball!"


• Brayden has also been requesting this week when he is hungry "EAT-EAT!". When we feed him he says "mmmm-Good" and nods his head yes. (he has also learned to eat with a fork all by himself).


• "Oh Well" also became part of his vocabulary today and he has exercised it quite vocally-all day!


• Mommy got like 50 hugs today from Brayden...he just wanted to keep hugging me all day :-) It was beautiful-and made my entire day!


• His favorite breakfast is waffles, and he prefers to eat (on the go) taking a bite, walking away-playing for a bit and coming back for another bite and so on ;-)

Super Bowl Weekend and the Doritos Commercial

My brother Todd, and family entered a Doritos commercial contest at crashthesuperbowl.com a few months ago. You had to create a commercial that featured Doritos and could possibly win and play during the super bowl this year. Todd and the girls came up with this idea and asked if Ron and Brayden could assist them with being the stars of this commercial for the contest! Todd and them did all of the filming, editing, directing-they are so talented with making video commercials like this!
I have posted the video below...click on the screen of the TV to have it play...it is truly hysterical! Make sure your sound is on!

Our commercial did not make the finals...but we figure when Brayden is twenty-this is going to be something we can all continue to giggle at! Being that it is Super Bowl weekend...I thought I would post it again for one last HooRah!

To see the commercial direct, just click on the screen of the TV here:

PhotoStory Friday!

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

This is officially my second PhotoStory Friday-and what fun it is! Thanks again Kacey for inviting me into this routine :-)

These are pictures from Brayden's first day at the playground. First day in his whole little life so far...at the playground. Since we are anxiously awaiting Spring with all of the snow we have been getting these last few...days, weeks, months...I thought these would be great for a PhotoStory post. Brayden first rode on the big bad dinosaur with Mommy. He had such a blast (can't you tell by his expression?) (haha)

We then made our way over the the rock climbing wall. You can tell he was even more amused and excited about this, than he was of that dinosaur (my little rebel) ;-)

Yes yes, it is clear at this point that Mommy was in fact having most of the fun at the playground that day...but what a little gentleman he was to just willingly comply with my craziness.

If he only knew how much I will most likely embarrass him in the future-he might have had a much different look on his face in this picture. Poor child...his Mommy is crazy!



That's okay though....Happy Mommy = Happy Baby (whether he wants to smile or not :-)

4th in the 4th

Kacey over at Chronicles of a Mommy tagged me for the 4th in the 4th! Thank you Kacey! If you have not checked out her blog, or her beautiful babies-pop on over there, she is a total sweetheart, and her blog will surely bring a smile to your face :-)

Here are the rules:
1- Choose the 4th file on my computer with the 4th picture.
2-Explain the 4th picture that is in that folder
3-Tag 4 people to do the same 4-no cheating (cropping, editing, etc.)

Here is my 4th file/4th picture:

This is Brayden on his first Halloween 2007. He was just shy of 2 months old in this photo. Ron and I were trying to find a costume for his first Halloween but were having trouble finding something we both loved...so Ron came up with the idea (being the big baseball coach and fan that he is)...of making Brayden a baseball Glove-with his head coming out of it (as the ball in the glove). YAY! So-the night before Halloween, we bought the fabric and I stayed up almost all night with Rons baseball glove on the dining room table staring at it-while trying to cut out and sew something that remotely looked like a baseball glove-and then trying to figure out how Brayden would fit in it, get in it, and how we would carry him around in it! By the next day-I was done...and Brayden ended up winning the "Most Imaginative Costume" award at the Theater Halloween night event. He was so comfy inside that glove-he fell asleep as we pushed him around in the stroller. Too fun!

Now-I am tagging 4 people that will also post something awesome...so here you go!
1. Jennifer @ So this is my life
2. Katy @ Fun with the Baker 5
3. Tiffany @ The Shaw Family
4. Scott @ Bailey Blog

Can't wait to see what everyone posts! Have a great end of week :-)

Honest Scrap Award!

Katy over at Fun with the Baker Five gave me this Honest Scrap Award Opportunity. This is how it works:
The rules for the Honest Scrap award -The honorees are to:A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.

My list of 10 Honest Scrap things:

1. My car caught on fire during our honeymoon, this happening after we got kicked out of the church we were married in for moving the Lord's table to take wedding photos. The Pastor called me Sharon throughout the entire ceremony. True Story-if you want the details...write me-it's actually pretty funny.

2. I ran out of school in second grade and ran all the way home (twice) because my teacher yelled at me and scared me to death! I got teased about it through most of my school years and to this day people I knew back then still remember me crying in class then hauling tush out the door running home as fast I could ;-)

3. I can move my ears on command. No joke! It's been something I have done since I was an itty bitty.

4. I watched fire works this last 4th of July sitting right behind William Fichtner. He laid back on our blanket at one point and started playing with Brayden. He is from Lakewood-a town right next to ours-he was home visiting. I am a huge fan of Prison Break so I instantly acted like an annoying fan and started chatting with him-he was so very nice and gracious. He left after fireworks and forgot his Avon Skin so Soft Oil-I excitedly grabbed it and brought it home...my husband says I'm crazy:-) I know this.

5. I was once in a bongo drum band. I was cool once like that-back in the day :-)

6. I sing Opera. I am a soprano. These days Brayden and Ron are the only ones to enjoy my singing...but I was cool once again-back in the day :-)

7. I just recently learned how to crochet. I am BAD at it (even though it is therapeutic)-so I bought a LOOM kit. It rocks. Now I am jammin' with looming hats...I have a million of them now...want one?

8. I am all about habit. I am a creature of it-I know. I always eat the same thing everywhere-don't like to change it up too much. I make lists-and lists of lists-and so on. I have a color coded highlighting system when I accomplish things on that list. I LOVE address books and my Planner-I would be lost and VERY stressed without them.

9. I have no sense of direction. It's horrible really. If I get too far from home....LOST! Seriously. Ron finally got me a GPS for Christmas-I want to go out and explore the world now...my possibilities are endless ;-)

10. I swear......sometimes ALOT! I have been really good lately...I don't want Brayden picking up any nasty words from me ( I would feel horrible)...but I'm sorry....I do get in the van alone on my way to work sometimes and freely shout the F-bomb (multiple times). It makes me feel better-I'm not going to lie. Don't judge me ;-)

I like Katy's idea: If you wish to participate-drop me a line and I will look out for your post on Honest Scrap-if not, no biggy. -Shannon :-)