Sam, Molly & Brady Painting

Sam and Molly came over today to play with Brady and Emma and they had a great time. I was even brave enough to let them paint and oh did they love it. They each picked a Toy Story Picture and got their own paints. And yes they do have clothes I just made them take off their shirts to paint. All three of them are a mess. But they played great together and they were a lot of fun.

Also, we want to send our thoughts and prayers to Danielle, Ben and baby Bryan. Danielle is at Norton as a precaution in case little boy Bryan has to be delivered early. They had a bit of a scare yesterday, but everything looks great right now with mom and baby. We love you guys!

Congrats Robbie and Kasey

We had another amazing time at the Brad Paisley concert last weekend. He is so great in concert and this was the best yet. Jared Niemen and Darius Rucker opened up for him and they were awesome too. We were in the 10th row and I don't think we have ever had seats that good at any concert. But the best part of the concert was that Robbie asked Kasey to marry him!! Robbie got down on one knee at the end of "She's Everything" and of course she said yes! We are so excited that Kasey will be part of the family. Congrats guys! We love you.

Happy Birthday Gigi

We celebrated Gigi's birthday at our house with a nice dinner and cake. Brady and Emma enjoyed the cake the most.

Che-tee

I can't believe that I have never mentioned "Chetee." Chetee is Brady's imaginary friend and he's been a part of our family for about 6 months now. According to Brady, Chetee is also 2 years old and recently Chetee got a new brother named, "Sicky." I could not make this up if I tried. Anyway, Brady plays with Chetee a lot and talks to him and always includes him in whatever he is talking about. He told my sister "Keke you are so beautiful." Kelly said, "Brady are you two or twenty?" he said, "I'm two years old and so is Chetee, Chetee Michael Abell." If he's not ready to go somewhere he'll say, "We can't go yet because Chetee is sick." Or if he wants some more candy or cookies he'll say, "I need some more because Chetee needs some too." He has a crazy imagination, but he's usually pretty funny.

Kids say the funniest things...especially 2 year olds

I have written down several things that Brady has said recently and have been meaning to post them because they are just too funny. Before Christmas my mom had a nativity scene under her Christmas tree that she told Brady he could play with. We had been talking to him about the true meaning of Christmas and he knew it was Jesus' birthday, but I wasn't sure if he knew the rest of the nativity scene. So, I held up Mary and asked him who it was and he said, "that's Jesus' mommy." I told him yes, and her name is Mary. Then I ask him about Joseph and he said, "that's Jesus' daddy." I said yes, and his name is Joseph. Then I held up one of the wise men and had no idea what he would say. He looked at me, and very sure of himself said, "oh, that man, that is Jesus' Pappaw. That is Pappaw Jesus." He was so sure that Jesus had to have a Pappaw in the manager with him and of course his name would be Pappaw Jesus. It was too cute.
Brady likes to listen to music with his Nana and Pops and dance. Well, he had been listening to Bob Segar the past few times he had gone to their house and Katmando became one of his favorites. Well, he asked me if we could listen to Katmando and I said, "Katmando?" He said, "Yeah mom, you know, Bob Segar sings Katmando. Yeah, Bob Segar lives at Katmando's house." I about fell over.
Some other little funny things that he's been saying sound more like a teenager then a 2 year-old. Things like, "you are wearing me out mom, I am serious." And his latest is, "fine whatever" when I ask him to do something or tell him something he doesn't want to hear.
This week when mom took him to library program he was picking out the books he wanted and mom told him that some of them were "stupid" because they weren't really appropriate books for him. He said, "Gigi you're not supposed to say stupid. You should say something like ridiculous. Like, oh that book is ridiculous." I don't know where he gets this vocabulary, but Jason says he sounds just like me.
And the way Brady talks to Emma, oh so cute. Yes, he is a little rough with her at times, but he really does love her to death. He talks to her and says, "oh hey pretty girl" and "your a little toot." She just eats it up and thinks Brady is the greatest thing ever. She crawls around everywhere and is really close to walking. She has two teeth now and has been standing on her own the past few days. I can't believe how big my babies are getting. They keep us busy and make our lives so fun and happy. We are truly blessed.

January Birthdays

We celebrated Robbie's 30th birthday with a surprise party at BJ's is Bardstown. We had a great turn-out and soooo much fun. Some of the family came and several friends. It was a really great night.
Then, last weekend we celebrated Nana's birthday with dinner and cake. Here are a few pics I took of her and the kids.