An introduction to VG's

What first birthday would be complete without a cake from VG's. Since Tony and I proved we are not cupcake designers nor frosting makers at his birthday party we thought we better leave it to the professionals for a mini celebration on his actual birthday. They had super cute turkey cupcakes for sale that day and could not resist.

Happy birthday to you.....Modest but loving all of the fanfare even after a couple of minutes.

Finally getting down to business.
The post party scrub down. 6 hands we needed to hose him down. I never realized how greasy and shiny VG's frosting is. Lard????? I hope not.
A successful attempt at converting to the sippy cup. Must be the big boy shoes.

Happy Birthday Brayden

We had lots of fun with Grandma Wendy and Mark this week. It is still hard to believe tomorrow my baby will be turning 1. He started taking his first steps this week and progressed to walking from room to room. Playing at the park in Leucadia with Grandma Wendy.
Playing with new birthday presents.

Learning to open packages with some asistance. Thanks Aunt Donna.

Celebrating with friends.

Here he is just a few days old.
Happy birthday Brayden-We love you!!

Halloween Fun

We had lots of fun last night walking around "Pumpkin Alley" downtown Encinitas last night. We got to see lots of friends and eat lots of candy. It was a great night.

Preview of chicken costume.

Pre- party mac-n-cheese dinner at our spooky table.

Fueling up for the big festivites. Tony and I went as chicken farmers. Braydens costume was not suitable for the 70 degree plus weather. The chicken body came off mid trick or treat. The pants did not last long after that.



A fun photo from lat weeks spooktactular at Sea World. No surprise the costumes were shed quickly. Pictured is Lily ( who was briefly a giraffe), Evan who manged stayed in cowboy flair, and Brayden ( who was briefly an owl)