2008 US Nationals

Ryan was in Little Rock, Arkansas this week for the 2008 US Soccer National Championships. Both of Ryan's teams made it to the finals. Ryan's parents and I drove up to Little Rock yesterday so we could watch the big games today. BOTH of Ryan's teams WON! The 91 girls ended up in double overtime and the game was decided in penalty kicks. The 92 girls won 4-2. It was so exciting. I was so proud of Ryan and his girls. They did awesome and it proved all of their hard work this year paid off. Two other Dallas Texans teams won as well which made a total of 4 National championships this year - making them the first club to win 4 in one year. What an amazing accomplishment. Here are a few pics I got from the day:

91 girls celebrating their win.

Ryan talking to his girls after the game.

The two winning teams celebrating after the 92 win. (That's Ryan in the far right side)

So happy for him!

Trophy ceremony for 92 girls.

Congratulations! Way to go.

9 months old!

Hard to believe our little one is 9 months old! Before we know it we will be celebrating Brayden's 1st birthday. I didn't take very many photos this month. We have been crazy busy. But here are a few I did take. Enjoy!

Peek a boo!

He loves playing in the curtains...

and looking out the window.

He has started this smiling thing where he squints his eyes. It's pretty cute!

Check out his two teeth!

Gone are the days he is interested in baby toys. No-- now he is only interested in what is on the coffee table: home phone, cell phones, remote, newspaper. (I know, I know - I need to put all of it away and out of reach so it's not tempting for him)

And it usually ends up in the mouth...

Nighty-night! See ya next month!

Jenn and Travis came over yesterday -- I had to post this sweet photo of baby Travis sleeping on my bed. He looks like such a sweetie pie.

Fun Visitors Today!

Jenn and her baby boy Travis came over for a visit today. He is 4 weeks old today! I was super impressed she is doing so well getting out and about already. I know how great it feels to get out for a little while when they are so young - you start to get cabin fever. It was great to see them both. Travis is so sweet - he slept most of the time. Thought I would share a few pics from the day below:


Little angel sleeping away...



I miss this stage... it goes away too quickly! He is so peaceful...



And here we have crazy Mr. Man... he was very interested in Travis. I think he wanted to pat pat his little friend -- we had to watch him to make sure he didn't pounce on him.



Sweet photo of Mommy and Travis

No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!

Okay - this sucks. I cannot get it to change its orientation. So you will have to turn your head to watch it. Sorry. I just thought it was a cute video showing him jumping on the bed before bedtime.

Haircut!

We got Brayden his first real hair cut this week! We had cut his hair a few times ourselves but it had gotten so long we decided to try one of those kiddie cut places. She did an awesome job. Brayden did GREAT. We were shocked how calm and still he was. Occasionally he would get a little ruffled but for the most part he did so good. We were proud of him. We did not get any pictures of the actual "cut" because they had this little car he sat in and the straps weren't small enough for him so I had to hold him and Ryan was nervous about how it was going to turn out. We will get pictures next go 'round. Anyways, I posted a few photos below of the end result. Also I am posting a few pics showing our little "fearless wonder" - he wants to pull himself to a standing position to pretty much anything he can come in contact with. He really has no fear - which is scary for us. No turning our back to him anymore.

Happy 4th of July!!!

8 MONTHS OLD!

It's hard to believe Brayden is now 8 months old. I was looking back at old pictures and came across one from Christmas when he was 2 months old. It's amazing how much difference 6 months makes. He looks so different today! He has grown so much. Anyways, I posted them below. Happy 8 months Mr. Man!

2 months old - Christmas

8 months old!!

Happy Summer!

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far. Things have been crazy with us. Ryan has been busy getting ready for Regional and National tournaments and is in Raleigh, North Carolina at Regionals now. We miss you!!! I have started a program with Region 10 to get my teacher's certificate so I have been quite busy myself in addition to taking care of the little guy.

My best friend Jenn had a baby boy on June 14th! Travis Wesley Dawkins is finally here! Congratulations Jenn and Ken. He is absolutely beautiful and we are so thrilled for the arrival of their bundle of joy. He came a bit early but is home now happy and healthy. Little Travis will be playing with Brayden soon!

BRAYDEN TURNS 8 MONTHS OLD ON WEDNESDAY! I posted some photos of the past month below:

Pictures outside Memorial Day weekend. This is his first time sitting in the grass - he wasn't so sure about it...

This was also a bad teething day so as you can see from the pictures he isn't in the best of moods. He humored me.

He loves to dive into the toy basket. He is pretty good at entertaining himself - which makes it easier for me sometimes!

Spending time with Daddy on Father's Day.

Rather than wear the hat.....

I'd rather chew on it.

In the jumper... he has figured out the flash on the camera so whenever I take his picture he always squints. It's been hard to get a photo with his eyes open lately. He's a smart one!

Relaxing on the couch.

Pulling myself up!

Playing in my toy basket.

POOL TIME!!! I am more interested in chewing on my sunscreen stick than playing in the pool.

Splash, splash!

Attempt at a Mommy and Me pic - didn't quite work so well. I cracked up when I saw it.

This is fun - I could get used to this!

Playing with his stuffed animals before bathtime. He was more interested in trying to touch the night light.

This is a piece of furniture that my sweet sister-in-law refinished for Brayden's room. We just got it from her last week! Isn't it fabulous? It looks great in his room. The cool thing about the actual piece is that it was my mom's armoire when she was a baby! Thank you Aunt Rachel (and Uncle Randy too) !! We love it.