The Brandon's 4

Busy Busy Month of October!

2009-11-12T08:53:00.000-08:00

We definitely had a busy October! It started with my niece Kylie's 2nd Birthday party on Oct. 2, her actual birthday is Sept. 29. Then we had my sister Reshae's 36th Birthday on October 12. Carver's 1st birthday on Oct. 16. Chloe had her first "Field Trip" to our local Running Springs Fire Station. My nephew Adam's 1st birthday is on October 24. Then of course Halloween! Very busy, but a lot of fun!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Carver Thomas!

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On your birthday,
I’m thinking about how much light and sparkle
you freely dispense wherever you go,
how your sunny smile lights up any gathering.
Your first birthday marks the year
of you radiating positive, happy energy,
contagious happiness
that infects all who come in contact with you.
May your next birthday find you the same--
glowing from within,
beaming bright joy on everyone you meet.
I feel blessed to know you.
Happy 1st Birthday Son, I love you!

Carver Walks...

2009-09-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

I know everyone's seen this video, but I needed to add it to my blog!

Carver walkng at 10 1/2 months!

Join us for a walk in the Woods...

2009-09-16T13:38:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Wood!

Chloe starts Preschool!

2009-09-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little girl is in preschool!? I can't imagine the feeling when she starts kindergarten, high school or even College! I'll try not to think of all that right now, that's too much emotion for me at the moment...

I love you Chloe Ann! Mommy's so proud of you. I hope your adventures in school are fun ones, I know you'll do just awesome...

p.s.
Carver walked for the first time about 5 feet! Two milestones in one day, I'm just in aww of my two precious kids. I am truly blessed.

Becky's Big Bachelorette Surfing Bonanza!

2009-09-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

About 6 months ago I had asked Becky what she wanted to do for her Bachelorette party. Knowing she didn't want to do your typical "party in Vegas" she had said she wanted to go beach camping and surfing with her bridesmaids only. Years ago she had taken lessons through Surf Diva, girls who teach girls how to surf and had mentioned doing that. So whatever the bride wants the bride gets! So I set out to find camping and set up our lessons through Surf Diva in La Jolla, CA. Months later there we were and it was amazing! We were all surprised that we actually got up on the surfboard and were surfing! Especially me, I'm terrified of ocean waves and "sea life" but I was going to do it for my best friend. Besides I am the Matron of honor, I had to do it and glad I did!! Needless to say the weekend was absolutely perfect. I will always have these memories with the girls that mean the most to me in this world.

Becky:
I am very excited for the wedding and am looking forward to watching you grow as a wife and a mother. This was definitely a great start to a wonderful life you and Tarl will have together. I will always love and be here for you til' the end of time.
Your best friend,
Jaime

Yosemite!

2009-08-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

Jake and I went to Yosemite to relax and hang out but what we really ended up doing was a long, brutal, amazing hike to Half Dome! I still can't believe I did it!!!! Those cables are no joke. You have to actually pull yourself up the moutain using the cables, crazy I know! But when you get to the top you know why you did it, just amazing...

It was about 17-18 miles plus we rode our bike 4 miles to and from the Trail head, so 10 hours later as you can imagine we were DONE! I have the blisters to prove it and I can hardly walk right now. But it was definetly worth it! Our next adventure is to the top of Cloudsrest, wish us luck!!

Taxi Please!

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Taxi driver Chloe giving Carver a lift,

...free of charge!

Crawling and Spelling!

2009-06-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

Well, after weeks of rolling and scooting Carver's finally mastered (well sorta) the "art" of crawling at 8 months!!! He looks really funny doing it, but he's doing it! Now here's where the fun really begins, she says sarcastically...

Chloe is such a big help with him! One of her chores is to make sure all the little stuff is off the floor now that brother is crawling. She's also mastered the spelling of her name, now we just need to practice writing it!

Jake and I are so blessed to have such healthy happy kids. Life couldn't get any better than this!

7 Months!!

2009-05-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

Carver turned 7 months on May 16! He's been rolling all over the place, soon he'll be crawling. Oh they grow so fast....

Easter 2009

2009-04-17T11:11:00.001-07:00

We had such a beautiful Easter Sunday,
hope you all enjoyed your day as well!

The Brandon Family

Beautiful Chloe

Happy Boy!

"The Carv"

TWINS

BREAKING NEWS! CARVER ROLLS OVER!!

2009-03-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

PROUD MOM ALERT! PROUD MOM ALERT! At 5 months my little man has done it! He's rolled over and over and over.... We'll Jake had seen him roll over a couple weeks ago but no one believed him until I caught Carver on his face a few times. YES I MISSED IT 3 TIMES! Finally saw it and taped it. Now anytime we put him on his back he's right back on his belly!!!!! Enjoy the video!

Exiting my 20's and Entering my 30's!

2009-03-13T09:54:00.001-07:00

I had a wonderful 30th birthday with family and friends! Last Saturday (March 7) my amazing parents rented a 12 passenger van and carted us down to beautiful Temecula for some yummy wine tasting!! I had the time of my life and will carry the memories of that day with me forever. Thanks to my best friends and family for the best birthday ever (well so far!)

CARVER EATS!

2009-03-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Doctor to get Carver's 4 months shots and she said it's time to get him started on baby food! He wasn't too excited about the rice, but he loves Green Beans, Peas, Carrots and Sweet Potatoes! I can't believe he's already eating "big boy" food. My little man is growing so fast, he's already 5 months old on Monday!!!!!

Ever Feel Trapped?

2009-03-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

I HAVE...

SNOW!

2009-02-10T10:10:00.000-08:00

THIS IS WHAT THE KIDS DO WHEN IT'S SNOWING OUTSIDE...

TON'S OF SNOW AND MORE TO COME...

Sibling love, courtesy of the library!

2009-01-19T10:26:00.000-08:00

Last week I took Chloe and Carver to our new and improved Running Springs library! It's just beautiful. We have a way bigger building which means a lot more new books, new computers, 2 new kiddo computers complete with cute little mice and a really cool self check out station! Chloe just loves her new library, she still has a little trouble keeping quiet but it's OK since the kids have their very own section now!

As she was picking out books she looked up at me and said "Mom I want to get 3 books and read them all to my broth." (her abbreviation for Brother) What a good big sister I thought. She's already taking on the "Big Sister" role and thinking of her brother first! As soon as we got home I let her read her books to Carver and he just loved it. As she was reading to him he just kept looking at her, then looking at the book. I could already see that these two were going to be best pals for life...

TWINS

2009-01-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

Look at this cute picture I took of Carver...

JUST KIDDING! It's really Chloe when she was 3 months old. Can you believe how much they look alike?

Here's one of Carver at (almost) 3 months old!

It's amazing how much they resemble each other and their father! Why couldn't I've gotten just one that looked like me?!?! Either way they turned out to be such adorable children!

Old Videos of Chloe

2009-01-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

I was going through my old videos and found these adorable ones of Chloe. She's such a doll!

"I'm good at sleeping!"

2009-01-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

Lately Chloe and I have been reading her favorite book OLIVIA by Anne Schwartz (given by Tawny at Chloe's baby shower, Thanks Tawn!) After we were done reading Chloe asked to watch T.V. so I put it on Nick Jr. for her and low and behold there was a commercial on about an upcoming cartoon based on the OLIVIA books!!!! This being Chloe's favorite book, she was so excited.

In the book it writes about what Olivia's good at (mainly wearing people out) but I asked Chloe, "Chloe. What are you good at?" She replied with, "I'm good at sleeping mom." I said there's nothing else that your good at besides sleeping and she said "Oh, I'm good at playing too!" I guess at age 3 you really don't know what your good at yet. My hopes for her in the future is that she'll do her best and "try" to be good at everything she endeavors. Even when she fails I'll be right there to pick up the pieces and help her to move on to the next life lesson. Chloe is growing so fast I just want to remember these little conversations we have. And by blogging I'll be able to keep them forever!

Carver the little Green Monster

2009-01-05T10:17:00.000-08:00

Carver received this cute little monster outfit from his Uncle and Auntie, isn't he precious!

HAPPY BOY!

Just giving this blog a try!