The Kidd Family Blog

First Ballet Class

2012-01-26T13:17:00.003-06:00

Brianna is excited about her new ballet class! She was not afraid at all to go in the first day and the teacher said she did well!

Brianna doesn't always sleep during nap time now but she stays in her room for some rest time and plays. This is what she did one day. She took all her storage bins from her closet and created this. :) She does clean up her room all by herself now so that's nice!

Here Brianna and Brady were supergirl/superman in their matching ducky blankets from the hospital when they were born! They are playing well together now!

Merry Christmas

2011-12-27T22:23:00.004-06:00

Brianna and Brady were very excited this year to wake up Christmas morning to see presents under the tree from Santa! We had fun reading the night before Christmas and leaving cookies and milk out for Santa on Christmas Eve. Brianna asked Santa for make-up and Brady asked for new cars!

The Kidds :)

Brianna and Brady love all their new toys!

Christmas at Uncle Chris's house. Gigi singing happy birthday to Jesus with the grandkids!

Cousins!

Christmas at Grandpa Jim's house. Brady loves his Mac truck!

Momo and Grandpa Jim's grandkids!

Grandpa Jim and Brady playing together, we stayed there a few days and had fun visiting friends and family in Katy!

It was a wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed!

Mini Vacation to Glen Rose

2011-12-27T22:04:00.004-06:00

We took the kids to Glen Rose, Tx for a mini vacation!
Here is the Dinosaur Valley State Park!

You can see real dinosaur tracks here! It was so neat!

The kids were so excited about staying in a hotel for the first time. Here they are eating popcorn and watching a movie in bed! They also loved the hotel breakfast.

They slept from about 10pm to 5am so they were worn out! They kept waking each other up, we ended up Daddy with Brianna and Mommy with Brady to get them to sleep.

We went to the Fossil Rim Wildlife drive thru park. The kids loved seeing all the animals!

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-12-27T21:51:00.003-06:00

Grandpa and Gigi came up for Thanksgiving at our house this year!

Brianna had fun painting Gigi's fingernails.

Go Aggies!

We had a kids table for the first time! The kids are growing up enough to be able to sit by themselves! :)

Brianna's 4th Birthday

2011-11-13T21:26:00.004-06:00

Brianna is 4 years old! She is very excited about being 4 and she is already talking about turning 5 and going to kindergarten! She enjoys playing with her new kitchen from Gigi and Grandpa, playing with Bubba, coloring, painting, playing outside, going places. She loves her playgroup. She loves her mother's day out class. Her teacher says she is very sweet and she has never gotten a color change, but she also says Brianna talks a lot! She is very social and loves to talk to everyone, even going up to people in a waiting room and talking to them.
This year we had her birthday party at Pinwheel Kids and it was great! The kids got to play on their indoor play area and paint a picture! They do everything for you so mommy loved that! And Brianna really enjoyed it!

They do beautiful decorating!

Brianna was first in line to go to the party room! She had so much fun.

Brianna in gymnastics

2011-11-13T21:15:00.003-06:00

We got a coupon so Brianna got to take a month of gymnastics at Flips! She had fun on the trampolines, the foam pit, balance bar, learning new things, and talking with her friends and teacher! She looks so cute in her leotard! And I had fun watching her!

The lighting is different in the gym so this picture came out dark.

Happy Halloween

2011-11-03T11:45:00.003-06:00

Brianna was a cowgirl and Brady was a cowboy this year - so cute! We had fun at our trunk or treat at our church and then trick or treating on our street! They loved getting all that candy!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-21T21:19:00.001-06:00

Waco Fair & Rodeo

2011-10-21T20:58:00.004-06:00

We had so much fun at the Waco Fair & Rodeo this year!

The kids loved the petting zoo.

Both loved getting their face painted. Brady wanted a basketball and a football!

Brianna wanted a pumpkin and spider.

Brianna loved riding the pony.

Then the best part was Brianna got to be a sheep in the little kids play! She loved being on stage and saying 'baa baa' into the microphone!

It was precious!

The kids also got to ride some carnival rides and we all enjoyed watching the rodeo!

Been in Waco a Year!

2011-09-25T12:34:00.004-06:00

We have been in Waco for a year now! Hard to believe - it has gone by fast! We are enjoying living here, the move has been a blessing!

Here are the Kidd's ready to watch Aggie football (poor Brady doesn't have an aggie t-shirt, we need to remedy that!)

Here are the kids dressed up for church! So cute!! We love our church here, we have made some great friends in our new lifegroup!

We went to the Moody Cotton Festival this weekend! We kids love the parade! We love all the neat fairs and festivals they have around here.

Here is Brianna, who is not afraid of anything, holding a toad that she caught! Our country girl! :)

Visit with Gigi and Grandpa

2011-09-25T12:25:00.002-06:00

Gigi had knee surgery this summer, so she has been stuck at home for awhile and unable to come visit. We went to visit and Brianna gave lots of hugs to help Gigi get well!

They liked playing on the piano and playing with all of the toys Gigi puts out for them! We also got to go to a friend's birthday party while we were there and that was fun!

They love having Grandpa read their bedtime story.

Back to School

2011-09-25T12:15:00.005-06:00

Here is Brianna with her teacher Ms. Laura and Brady with his teacher Ms. Rikki at Harris Creek Baptist Church Mother's Day Out. They were so excited to start going there again! They go once a week. They love their teachers, playing with their friends, learning new things and making crafts!

We have also started going to MOPS and Bible Study once a week again, we love both of those too! There is also a playgroup we've been invited to and that has been a lot of fun! The kids love to go places and see friends and stay busy so they love all the activities starting back up in Sept!

Spirit of Aggieland

2011-09-01T10:34:00.002-06:00

Jeremy started singing the Spirit of Aggieland as one of the kids bedtime songs and they are learning the words! It's so cute! We are starting our Aggie traditions young!
I couldn't post the video so here's the link to the video on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=2414268675846

August

2011-08-30T12:03:00.008-06:00

Jeremy is back at work enjoying his new job as Asst. Principal at Mountainview Elementary. The kids and I have been home alot this month, not many activities going on in Aug. and it is too hot to go outside. We did join the YMCA this month which has been great, the kids love going to play there and I do exercise classes, and we go to the pool too! Brady has gotten too big for his crib! He never climbed out but he could have. So we turned his crib into a toddler bed and he likes it. He usually takes a two hour nap still. We had to clear out most of the things in his room though because he would play, he even empties his drawers sometimes. One time I came in his room he had put all his stuffed animals to bed on the floor with a blanket on each one.

Here he is playing with his hotwheel cars, he likes those now. He still plays with his trains and he loves to follow Brianna around and copy what she says and does. He also loves to jump off the couch and to go swimming.

Here is Brianna packing her bag to go to Uncle Chris' house. She still loves playing baby. She also loves to change her clothes by herself several times a day! She still does nap time each day but sometimes she just plays in her room for some rest time instead.

Twins? I get asked all the time if they are twins. :) They weigh the same and wear the same size but Brianna is still a little taller. They play so cute together.

It has been too hot to do outdoor activites this summer, most days are 105 degrees. But we go out for a few minutes some days and the kids like their car from their cousins!
Brianna is getting better at pedaling the tricycle too.

Weekend in Austin

2011-07-22T22:10:00.004-06:00

We took at little trip to Austin to have some family fun! The kids loved spending time with Uncle Chad and staying at his house! Their favorite part of his house is the stairs. :) And we got to use his neighborhood pool that has a frog slide into the baby pool- it was great!
We went to the Austin Children's Museum. Brady liked playing drums with Uncle Chad.

Brianna liked the tools with Daddy.

We also went to this great Jumpy place, they had about 8 huge blowups!

Mommy even got to jump on them with the kids, it was so fun!

Then we found this great indoor playground that both kids loved!

It was a fun time in Austin! :)

Shoe Size Milestone

2011-07-22T22:00:00.004-06:00

Brianna's shirt says I'm the big sister, but guess what - Brady just passed up Brianna in shoe size! We had their feet measured at a shoe store the other day and Brady's size jumped like two sizes. We get comments all the time asking if they are twins. It won't be much longer till he passes her in height either we think. That's our big boy! :)

Summer Update

2011-07-22T21:15:00.005-06:00

Well, last summer we were dealing with trying to sell our house and getting ready for our move, so we thought this summer would be very relaxing, but then Jeremy got laid off so instead he spent the whole summer applying, interviewing, looking for a job. We are so thankful that he was able to get a different Asst. Principal job with Waco ISD! God is good! So now we are enjoying the rest of the summer with Jeremy starting work very soon.
Here is Brianna reading Brady a bedtime story :) so cute! Brianna has been having fun this summer with Daddy home, going to the lake, VBS, the library, some b-day parties, sprinkler parks (she really likes those this year). It's been too hot to do anything outside unless it involves water. We tried the dollar movie theater but we had to leave early, both kids still aren't interested in sitting through a whole movie. She loves the backyard baby pool and she had fun planting a flower garden today!

Here she is playing with her babies. She likes to play that the bad guy or bad queen is trying to get her baby- too many disney movies I guess. :)

Brady has been having fun with Daddy home too. Here he is with his Thomas the train. We got this bridge and he played with it for days so then we found this train table on craigs list and got it for a great deal! He plays with his trains every day. He talks about Thomas, Percy, and James every day. His whole face lights up when the Thomas train TV show comes on and he watches the whole thing. He is crazy about his trains- so cute! He also loves playing with Brianna, running around with her playing babies, he copies what she says, it's precious!

I treasure every day I have staying home with Brianna and Brady and I'm thankful to continue my new job as Stay at Home Mom!!

Our house remodeling and decorating

2011-07-11T21:28:00.012-06:00

We've been in our house for about 4 months now and I'm happy to say that we are done unpacking and decorating! We closed on the house 7 months ago and have done a lot of work on remodeling it. Here are the details: Here you can see the new windows from Window World that we got throughout the house and the shutters that Jeremy painted. You can also see the white roses that are growing there. :)

In the living room we painted the walls, got crown moulding put in, you can see the new curtains and area rug. Jeremy also painted the fireplace and now it looks like new. We put new ceiling fans in several rooms. In the foyer we took down wallpaper and painted.

I love this wall decor in the living room, I found most of it at Hobby Lobby and the pictures are the kids last three years so I can see how much they have changed.

In the master bedroom you can see the new carpet that we put in all the bedrooms. New curtains, new sage paint. We also found some Venice, Pisa, and Paris pictures for the wall to go with our photos of when we went there.

The master bathroom we got new counter tops from Miracle Method, new mirrors, lights, fresh white paint on the cabinets, we took off wallpaper and painted the walls a coffee color.

We painted Brianna's room pink and purple with pink and purple curtains. I love the little curtain tiebacks we found at lowe's. She loves her new trundle bed and dresser.

We organized all her toys into bins in her closet with cute curtain doors. Some windows we replaced the blinds.

Our frog bathroom with new tile floor.

Brady's room we painted navy and grey.

The study/guest room (the couch turns into a bed) and the kids call this room the book room because all of their books are in the lowest baskets. We also have a little black desk in this room that Jeremy found on Craigs List, it is perfect for our laptop and I have my framed space shuttle pic that I love above that that all my co-workers signed.

New red paint in the kitchen, new tile floors. (You can see Brianna's cute pony tail, her hair is finally long enough even though she rarely wants her hair up and Brady is in the booster seat now, no more high chair- sad!)

New counter tops, new tile backsplash, new sink with disposal, and new microwave.

It was a lot of work, quite different from when we moved into our Pearland home that we built brand new, but we are very happy with how it all turned out!!

Beach House 2011

2011-06-29T14:35:00.009-06:00

We had so much fun at the Galveston beach house my parents rented this year! And we got to celebrate Grandpa's 65th birthday while we were there! :)

Here are the cousins playing with Uncle Chris in the evening.

Here is Tanner and Brady at the Railroad museum. We got to climb on all kinds of trains and we had fun riding a train!

Here are the cousins taking a break on the strand.

Uncle Chris building a sandcastle with Kyler and Brianna.

Brady loved pushing this truck in the sand.

We went on the paddleboat at Moody Gardens (that's where Jeremy and I got engaged :)

And the Moody Gardens aquarium!

See the penquins!

See the dinosaurs! Brady was nervous about those!

See the monkey behind us in the rainforest!

Our kids first movie in a theater! We saw Dora 4D, they loved it!

First family camping trip!

2011-05-17T19:13:00.005-06:00

We went on our first camping trip with the kids to Lake Waco at airport park! The kids loved running around the campsite, going for walks, fishing, and having smores at the campfire! It was a lot of fun. And they eventually did fall asleep in the tent even though it took awhile and they woke up a few times but we all managed to sleep some so we considered our first family camping trip a success! :)

Brianna is not afraid of the worm for her fishing pole!

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-10T10:42:00.002-06:00

We had a great mother's day! I just feel so blessed to have my two precious children! We didn't take any pictures on mother's day so this is a cute one from Brady's party. :) So on mother's day Brianna picked out some flowers for me and a card that plays music and she danced for me- it was so cute! Then we went to Mother Neff state park and had a picnic there which was a lot of fun. Brady loved hiking there, he was almost running down the trail, but Brianna, our girly girl, wasn't as interested, she prefered to ride on Daddy's shoulders. It was a great day!

Brady is 2 Years Old!

2011-05-10T10:20:00.006-06:00

Happy Birthday Brady! He had a fun Thomas the train party at the gazebo in Poage Park! He had lots of little friends come!

Here are the cousins on the frog!

He liked opening the presents!

And he liked the cupcakes too!

He is doing very well. Very happy and smart! He sleeps well all night in his crib and takes a 2 hour nap during the day. He is always excited to see Brianna and he calls for her and says 'Brnana come here', he likes to hold her hand to take her to play. He loves to watch Dora and Diego. He likes to eat most things except veggies. He loves to play with trains, cars, balls. He loves to go outside and take a ride in the wagon and go down the slide. He loves to read books. He colors some. He likes going to his mothers day out class and walks right in with no crying. He loves to ride in Daddy's truck. And he gives the best hugs! :)

Height: 36 1/2 in. 95%

Weight: 31 lbs. 80%

Head: 49 1/2 cm. 70%

And they say you can double their height at this age to see how tall he might be so that would be 6 feet tall! :)

Easter Weekend

2011-04-25T12:23:00.005-06:00

We had a great Easter Weekend here. The kids got to have Easter egg hunts at Mother's Day Out and we took them to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. They enjoyed that! They also loved their Easter baskets full of all kinds of candy and we hid some eggs for them to find in the living room on Easter morning. Here they are dressed up for church. :)

Brianna's egg hunt.

Brianna and her little friend Audrey.

She's looking under the couch for eggs!

Here's Brianna's class.

Here's Brady's class.

Brady had fun doing his egg hunt. He figured out what to do right away. :)

Life in Waco

2011-04-10T21:12:00.006-06:00

We have just finished unpacking and things are getting back to normal! We have been in our new home for about a month now and we've been in Waco for over 6 months now. We are really enjoying it here! We love the weather, the smaller town, no traffic, the country feel. We have found a good church and joined a lifegroup. I am also loving being a stay-at-home mom! The kids and I have a lot of fun playing at home and in the backyard, going for walks, doing crafts. We have also kept busy going to a women's Bible study, mother's day out, and MOPS this year. We also love playdates and seeing our cousins! Sometimes the kids like to get in our bed in the morning and watch Dora. Brianna has her baby doll and Brady has his train.

Brady loves playing with trains. He asks for them everyday!

Brianna likes to play dress up.

Brady has started using a spoon!

Here they are getting ready for Easter- playing with Easter eggs and Daddy. The kids are so excited when Daddy gets home from work. :)

And we have enjoyed the bluebonnets out this year!

Moving into our new home

2011-03-30T20:56:00.004-06:00

We moved into our new home the beginning of March, but we have been so busy unpacking I'm just now putting this on the blog. Moving went well, but the unpacking is a slow difficult process. Here is Brianna helping Daddy load the Uhaul. Grandpa and Uncle Chris helped too- thanks so much!

Here are some of the boxes piled up in the rent house. We have soo many boxes!

Here's the kitchen on the new house. You can see the new tile work, new counter top, and new paint!

Here's the new kitchen tile with the neat border we found at lowes up to the old living room tile.

New carpet!

Brianna and Brady like the new home!

Here's the back porch and the huge back yard that we love!

More pics of the backyard.

Here's the front of our new home! More pics of the inside once we get it unpacked and decorated which will not be for a loooong time.

Working on our new house

2011-02-09T14:09:00.009-06:00

We closed on a house in Waco in the Speegleville area in December and we have been doing some work on it before we move out of our rent house and move in. It is a four bedroom, two bath home with a huge backyard! Here are some pics of the work in progress. Here is Brady's room. We painted it grey and navy. We took out the carpet so it is easier to paint now too.

Here is the guest bath. We are putting in new tile floor.

Here is the master bath. You can see the new tile and new paint.

Here is the garage. Jeremy painted it grey and put epoxy on the floor. He loves how it turned out!

Here is the work in progress on the kitchen. You can see the new backsplash and we are putting in tile floor and new counter tops!

Here is Brianna's room. This is her closet. Her room we painted pink and purple!

Here is a pic of the front of the house. I still need to take one of the backyard. We look forward to moving in soon! It is so much easier getting the work done now while we are not living there and the kids aren't in the way!

Snow Day!

2011-02-04T13:12:00.004-06:00

It started snowing last night and we woke up to a beautiful view!
Brady wasn't too trilled with the snow, he didn't like wearing gloves and then his hands got too cold when he took them off, so he didn't stay outside long.

Brianna liked it, but her hands got too cold too! Texans don't have snow gear!

This is where Jeremy goes fishing, the creek behind our house, and it froze!

Having fun

2011-01-24T21:54:00.003-06:00

Here is Brianna and cousin Kyler playing in the new ball pit that was a Christmas gift from Aunt Michelle!
Brianna loved getting all covered up!

Here's Brady doing his favorite thing- reading books (like Mommy)! This one is a Christmas gift from Momo and Grandpa Jim, it's one of those books that records them reading it, so neat!

They both still love Sesame Street as you can see. :)

Merry Christmas

2010-12-26T21:35:00.010-06:00

We had a wonderful blessed Christmas this year! Brianna was so excited to run out Christmas morning and see what Santa left and that he ate his cookies! Brady got excited about opening his presents too! Brianna also had fun making a cake for Jesus and she really started to understand the nativity with opening a special advent calendar each day.
Here is Brianna after opening all the presents at our house

Brianna trying on her princess dress and princess lip gloss! So cute!

Brady with Uncle Caleb at Grandpa Jim's house

Brady having fun with Daddy

Brianna loved her baby doll from Gigi

Brady loves books!

Grandpa and Gigi came to our house to celebrate!

Brady checking out the gifts

The Kidd's

Mommy with her baby boy, he likes to carry around that white blanket now

Mommy and her sweet girl

Excited to open presents

Grandpa Jim and Momo with the grandkids at their house on Christmas Eve

The kids table at Grandpa Jim's

Brady playing with cousin Tanner

Brianna playing with cousin Kyler

Video of Brady playing with his new ball- he came up with this little game on his own, so cute!

In Memory

2010-11-27T20:25:00.004-06:00

My Grandmother passed away on Nov. 13th. This is a picture from her 95th birthday party this year. She will be greatly missed!

Brianna is 3 years old!

2010-11-08T13:38:00.004-06:00

We can not believe Brianna is 3 years old today! She is not a baby anymore! :(
She is daddy's girl who loves anything sweet to eat, she sleeps well in her big girl bed, still takes a nap for about 2 hrs, she is very talkative, she loves craft time, bath time, talking on the phone, having people over and showing them her room.
Mommy brought her cupcakes to her mother's day out class today and she was so excited, it was precious!
Height: 35 1/2 in. 20%

Weight: 29.6 lbs. 50%

Brady is 18 Months Old!

2010-11-08T13:19:00.009-06:00

Brady is 18 months old! He is mommy's sweet little boy, he's happy to sit and look at books or follow his big sister, he likes little cars, balls, he likes to kick the ball after watching his cousins play soccer. :) He wears size 2T, same as big sister, and he's almost as big as her. He enjoys his mother's day out and MOPS class. The teacher wasn't sure if he was in the right class at first because he's so much bigger than the other kids. :) He's saying more words like truck, tractor, night-night, apple, fish, bath. He sleeps well at night and takes almost a 2 hr. nap, but he still wakes up early around 6:30am and wakes his sister up. He likes to eat, but he doesn't like me to feed him, he wants to feed himself. He loves to play outside and cries when we have to go in. He loves his Elmo movies. And he loves the song 'wheels on the bus', he does the hand motions and says town, it's so cute. :)
Height: 34 1/2 in. 97%
Weight: 29 lbs. 80%
Here are some pics of him playing in Gigi's bird bath. :)

Happy Halloween

2010-11-01T12:02:00.005-06:00

This year Brianna was Bat Girl and Brady was Robin and they had so much fun! Brianna learned how to knock on the door and say trick or treat! And she just loves all the candy.

Brianna and Brady loved seeing their cousins all dressed up and Uncle Chris too!

Sweet Robin!

The cutest Bat Girl! She loved her costume!

The Waco Fair

2010-10-15T13:13:00.006-06:00

Here's Brianna & Brady enjoying the Waco Fair with cousins Tanner & Kyler!

Brianna loves the tractors!

The both loved the petting zoo!

And Brianna got to ride some carnival rides with Kyler! She had a lot of fun!

Moving!

2010-09-20T20:42:00.008-06:00

We loved seeing that sold sign! Closing is this week!

So many boxes!

Brianna packed her stuffed animal and packed it on the u-haul! We filled the u-haul up, thanks to everyone who helped us!!

See Brady's little finger wrapped up, he cut a huge gash in it on the shower door after we moved in, he had to get 3 stitches, our first trip to the urgent care. :(

First day of mother's day out! They love it.

Our rent house!

The backyard beautiful view! Jeremy has been fishing in that creek!

The view from the front yard- we love being in the country!

End of the Summer

2010-09-02T20:02:00.003-06:00

I have not updated the blog much because we have been busy packing and getting ready to move to Waco! But here are some pictures of what's been going on at the end of the summer. Brady likes his first pair of shoes! He's walking better now. He still loves to throw balls. And now he picks up a book and walks over to sit in your lap to read it- so cute! Also he loves sesame street and he makes the cookie monster sound!

Brady loves to push Brianna around.

Fun times with Gigi and Grandpa.

Playing at the Houston Children's Museum.

Brianna loved the childrens museum. She is missing Daddy and she always talks about moving to Waco. Her favorite songs now are Ba ba black sheep, Bringing home a baby bumblebee, and Monkeys jumpin on the bed.

And I brought the kids to work with me to say goodbye to everyone!

Brady is 15 Months Old

2010-08-10T19:53:00.003-06:00

Brady is 15 months old and doing well. He is walking more, but still crawling too. He likes to be read to, he likes to talk on the phone, he likes balls, he laughs at his big sister. He cried really bad at his shots, it's always so awful. He eats more than his big sister. He says Elmo, uh-oh, ow, mama, dada, bubba. And he is getting big!
His weight: 27 lbs. 11 oz. 86%
Height: 33 in. 93%
Head: 18.8 in. 68%

This is his favorite toy right now, he loves pushing it all over.

He loves his milk in his sippy cup.

And here's a picture of Brianna in her big girl bed! She shows everyone who comes over.

Moving to Waco!

2010-07-31T12:11:00.006-06:00

Yes we are moving to Waco! When we found out about NASA layoffs due to the shuttle retirement we decided that it would be a good time for us to go. We had been thinking about moving to Waco for awhile because my brother+family live there and we always liked the idea of the cousins growing up together, we like the area- the west side is beautiful Texas hill country, we want to raise our kids in a small town or country environment, and lower cost of living. So we decided to put our Pearland house up for sale and Jeremy started to look for a Waco job. God has provided so many things for our move! Most importantly Jeremy got an assistant principal job in Waco ISD! And I was able to get the self-nomination for my job layoff! I plan to stay home with the kids in Waco! We found a beautiful rent house on an acre for the price of a duplex (friend of my brothers)! And we found a realtor in Waco who is a brother of our good friend here! So many blessings.

So Jeremy starts his new job on Monday, I stay here with the kids for 6 weeks till my job layoff, and please pray for our house to sell. Here's the link. We have an open house on Sunday!

Exciting times for the Kidd family! Our first big move!

Our rent house:

Brady taking some steps!

2010-07-25T20:16:00.002-06:00

Beach House 2010!

2010-07-23T12:03:00.010-06:00

We had a great vacation at the Galveston beach house my parents got!

Lots of fun on the beach, but Brady kept eating the sand and putting sea shells in his mouth!

Brianna loved the time with her cousins!

She even got buried in the sand with Kyler.

The kids enjoyed the time with Gigi and Grandpa too!

Playing with Aunt Sharon!

More Summer Fun

2010-07-23T11:56:00.002-06:00

We love hanging out in our new camping chairs.

We are enjoying the splash park and the pool too.

And going to the zoo with friends!

Brady's 1st Haircut

2010-06-27T19:51:00.004-06:00

Brady's hair was getting long in the back so we took him to get his first haircut at the same place we took Brianna. (Click to see those old pictures) He didn't enjoy it like Brianna did, he didn't even want to sit in the seat at first. So here is the before shot.

You can see how long it was in the back.

He was okay at the beginning.

But then he did not like the close clippers or the scissors! A boy haircut was much worse than a girl haircut! Brianna was watching the whole thing intently.

All done! He looks like a big boy now! He's almost 14 months.

Short in the back. :)

Summer Update

2010-06-27T13:18:00.004-06:00

We are enjoying our time with Daddy off for the summer! Mommy is still working 3 days a week at NASA. So we enjoy the long weekends together. Here are some pictures at the Bayou Wildlife Park- Brianna and Brady loved feeding the animals and Brianna had fun riding the pony! We are also enjoying going to the zoo, playing in the pool at our waterbabies class, and getting together with friends. Daddy is going to start Daddy day care in July when our babysitter stops working due to her pregnancy- we will miss you Alfredia!
Also Brady has started saying a few words-mama, dada, bubba, uh-oh, ow, and hi! He will probably start walking soon!

The ostrich was loving the food!

Our 10th Anniversary Trip!

2010-06-27T13:06:00.005-06:00

Jeremy and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary June 3rd! Jeremy found this beautiful place with little hidden cabins called Hideaway Ranch near Glen Rose, TX that we stayed at! We had a great time! It was far from town down a dirt road!

They had great restaurants nearby, this poboy was at Loco Coyote! It was the best BBQ!

There were several hiking trails at the ranch and lots of animals, llamas, horses, longhorns, chickens.

This was the view from our cabin.

The inside of our cabin. It was decorated so nice. The owner of the place was so sweet too! They had a chuck wagon dinner on Sat. night!

The outside of our cabin. We had a hot tub on the porch!

We also did a vow renewal at the ranch. They have a pastor who comes and does a little ceremony at sunset. It was so neat!

Thanks to Jeremy for planning this weekend and thanks to my brother and sister-in-law for watching the kids for us! :)

Happy 95th Birthday Great Grandma!

2010-06-15T21:15:00.003-06:00

We got to celebrate my Grandma's 95th birthday last weekend! She is doing very well and enjoyed having a conversation with Brianna at Luby's! My nephew Kyler's birthday is on the same day, so happy birthday to Kyler too! :)

Florida Trip to see the Shuttle Launch!

2010-05-26T20:22:00.012-06:00

After working on the Space Shuttle flight software for 10 years I finally got to go see a launch at KSC in Florida. It was an awesome experience! My good friend and co-worker Jennifer went with me and we had so much fun! First I got to fly on the company jet which is the only way to fly! We got to park right near the plane at Elington and then just walk on board, they didn't even check ID, no security, no instructions at the beginning of the flight, and lots of good food and drinks! The flight went great, it is very small inside though, and we flew into Orlando because the airport by KSC was restricted due to the launch. So the only bad part of the trip was driving 3 1/2 hours to get to KSC when it normally takes 45 min. There were so many people going to see the launch we got in a huge traffic jam. So we were worried about missing the launch but we got there 30 min. before and made it to the employee viewing site just in time! It was an amazing site to see! There is a video at the end of this post. And then we got to tour several buildings at KSC and stay at a hotel on Cocoa Beach for the weekend! It was a great trip! And Jeremy and the kids survived while mommy was gone, he did a great job taking care of them!

Here is the company plane

Here is right before the launch

The STS-132 Atlantis Space Shuttle launch to the International Space Station!

Here is the Launch Control Center and the Vehicle Assembly Building

Here is the inside of the VAB, it is 525 feet tall, and it is where the shuttle is prepared for launch

Me by the top of the Solid Rocket Booster

Looking up at the crane that lifts the shuttle

Jennifer, Me and a Florida co-worker Matt

Me and Jennifer in front of the countdown clock

Mercury rocket

Shuttle launch pad

The crawler that brings the shuttle to the launch pad

The shuttle landing strip

The KSC visitor center

Rockets at the visitor center

We got to tour the Tile Processing Facility, these are the tiles that go under the shuttle

The tiles coming out of the oven

Putting tiles on the Orion vehicle

Where they sew the blankets for the outside of the shuttle
The outside of the Orbiter Processing Facility where the shuttle undergoes maintenance between flights, we got to tour inside and it was so neat to see the shuttle upclose!
Me standing under shuttle Endeavour
The side of the shuttle
The payload bay of the shuttle

Standing by the nose of the shuttle
I also got to see an old friend and co-worker who works in Florida now, Christian!
And we did some other activities while we were there like an airboat ride, going to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and going to the beach

Video Jennifer took of the launch! The sound was unbelievable!

Brady's 1 Year Portraits

2010-05-10T20:37:00.004-06:00

Brady's 1st Birthday!

2010-05-10T19:50:00.008-06:00

Brady turned one on the 5th and we had his Elmo birthday party last Saturday! He is doing great! We can't believe how big he has gotten!
Weight: 25lbs. 13oz. 86% Height: 31.75 in. 94% Head: 18.7 in. 80%

He is still crawling all over, he stands on his own, and walks along the furniture. He sleeps all night and takes two naps during the day. He loves to throw and chase a ball (I don't remember Brianna doing that, it must be a boy thing :) If you give him a comb he combs his hair and if you give him a phone he puts it to his ear, I think he learned that from his sister! His favorite toys are balls. He likes to play in water and crawl in the grass outside. It is interesting to see how he is different from Brianna- he's not as outgoing, he's not as adventurous (he cries when he's thrown in the air, she used to love that), he's more of a snuggler, and he likes to be read to. He hasn't said his first word yet other than ma ma, da da, so we are waiting to see what that will be!

Here are some pictures from his birthday party! He had fun with all the family that was there and he loved all his presents! Thanks for coming!
Birthday Boy!
Family shot

Gigi and Grandpa

Playing with Uncle Caleb

Brianna helped open the presents

Brady had fun with his little cake

Brianna loved her cupcake

Playing with Momo

Brianna had fun with Uncle Chad

Giving hugs to Grandpa Jim

Brady's Elmo cupcakes

Brianna is 2 and a half!

2010-05-10T19:18:00.004-06:00

Our sweet baby girl Brianna is two and a half! She is doing great. Still very outgoing and still a good sleeper. She talks a lot more now and she plays some by herself. She loves to play pretend, to play outside, or play with whatever Brady is playing with. Also a big milestone- she is potty trained! She only wears a diaper to sleep. I still can't believe that one! She did great with that, really wanting to do it herself. Here she is dressed up for church.

Here she is being silly with Bubba.

Smiling for the camera.

Recently she got to go to a friend's house and pet the bunny!

And see the cows! She loved that!

Bluebonnet pictures

2010-04-23T13:36:00.005-06:00

Trip to Waco

2010-04-23T13:19:00.006-06:00

Brianna and her cousins goin' to the Bloomin' Festival in Temple!

Tanner and Kyler go on the big slide at the carnival!

Brianna on the train.

Brianna go to do the pony ride - she loved it!

She also had fun in the petting zoo with Daddy.

She loves Choo Choo Trains now.

Here she is on her first carnival ride. Jeremy found one that she was tall enough to ride so he put her on there, but then was nervous for her and then she was nervous too- it went pretty fast! But no tears and all was well! :)

Happy Easter

2010-04-06T20:52:00.000-06:00

Brianna had fun finding eggs in Gigi and Grandpa's backyard!

She loved her Easter basket she got in the morning and she got to eat the Easter eggs she dyed!

Everyone dressed up for Easter Sunday!

Brianna loved the talking Easter duck and both enjoyed Easter baskets from Gigi and Grandpa!

Brianna was so excited this year about Easter, it was fun!

11 Months Old

2010-04-05T06:00:00.003-06:00

We can't believe Brady is 11 months, almost a year old! He has had a lot of changes this last month- crawling on his hands and knees, pulling up, we had to move his crib bed down, eating more real food, going from his belly to sitting. Here he is trying out his new car seat! He likes facing front and talking with Brianna.

Brianna put these necklaces on Brady! He's already having to deal with a girly big sister!

Here they are watching a video together. They both only watch it for maybe 15 minutes.

They have started playing more together, it is so cute! Brady was just crawling after Brianna trying to catch her the other day!

Just Hanging Out

2010-04-02T20:41:00.003-06:00

Now that the weather is nice we've been playing outside more on the days I'm home with the kids.Brianna loves her play house, she asks me to come in and we have play cookies that are leaves. :)

Brady likes being outside but he doesn't like being in the grass, he wants to stay on his blanket which is good!

Brianna had some play time with Grandpa and Gigi.

Some special time playing night-night with Grandpa. :)

And she has fun playing with her friends with her dress up shoes and phones!

Palm Sunday

2010-04-02T20:38:00.001-06:00

At church on Palm Sunday the kids got to parade through singing Hosanna with palm fronds! Brianna did a good job, but she did stop to try and sit with us. :)

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-02T20:29:00.004-06:00

A local church in Pearland had a huge Easter Egg Hunt at the school near our house! Here they are ready to go Easter egg hunting!

Brianna waiting with Daddy for it to start.

She ran out there to go get the eggs!

Bubba got some eggs too!

They even had a ball pit and jumpy there!

Strawberry Picking

2010-04-02T20:27:00.002-06:00

Brianna had fun strawberry picking at Froberg's in Alvin!

Brady slept through it all! So sweet.

Brianna figured out how to do it pretty quick. And they tasted good. :)

10 Months Old

2010-03-05T22:49:00.003-06:00

Brady is 10 months old today! He weighs 25lbs! He is still a happy baby! He is still army crawling around, saying da da,ma ma, his tooth on top just popped out, he gets excited now to see us, and he is enjoying storytime at the library with Mommy and Brianna.

Fun with cousins

2010-03-05T22:40:00.003-06:00

We went up to Waco for Tanner's 7th birthday party! The cousins had a blast playing together!

Jeremy had fun playing too! :)

Brady's laughing video!

2010-02-19T22:14:00.002-06:00

Here is Brady laughing for Daddy! :)

Brazos Bend State Park

2010-02-15T13:29:00.004-06:00

The weather was finally warm enough on Sunday to be outside so we took Brady to Brazos Bend for the first time. They had fun riding in the wagon together. Brianna got out and walked a lot and she learned to say alligator!

Brianna says 'Mommy' in the video.

Brady's Army Crawling Video

2010-02-15T13:16:00.002-06:00

Here is Brady's unusual crawling. He gets across the house like this, but it takes him awhile! :) In the video Brianna is calling him to come to her room. She has started playing with Brady more, it is so cute.

Brady's 9 Month Portraits

2010-02-09T08:29:00.006-06:00

9 Months Old

2010-02-05T06:44:00.004-06:00

Brady is 9 months old and doing great! He is so happy and loves to laugh. He is trying to crawl, doing more of an army crawl, he is clapping now, he sleeps great at night about 10 hrs. and takes 3 naps during the day. He got his first 2 teeth this week! He had his first stomach bug which was not fun. Here he is all dressed up for church.

Big sister Brianna loves talking to him (she is talking in more sentences now!) and she loves to tickle him, kiss him, play with him. It's so cute!

And he's getting bigger! His just had a good doctor checkup and here is his stats.

Weight: 23lbs. 8oz. 86% Length: 29.25in. 77% Head: 18.3in. 77%

Mommy Heaven

2010-02-01T13:34:00.003-06:00

Brianna and Brady have been keeping Mommy very busy, haven't even had time to update the blog in awhile. But the other day the weather was nice and they both wanted to play in the pack n play so Mommy got to sit in the lounge chair for a little while! It was Mommy Heaven. :)

Brianna wanted to play night, night and Brady loved having big sister in with him!

So cute!

More pics

2010-01-09T13:24:00.001-06:00

8 Months Old!

2010-01-05T06:00:00.001-06:00

Brady is 8 months old today! He is doing very well. He is very content to sit and play with his toys. He loves to laugh and smile at big sister. And he has started babbling saying da da da. He sleeps well at night too. Brianna loves to bring him toys, pick up things he drops, and give him kisses! She also lets him know what toys are hers (mine!) and when he is doing something wrong (no no!)! :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2010-01-04T15:16:00.003-06:00

Brady is wearing the hat that Brianna wore at her first Christmas!

Brianna is checking out the Dora backpack that Santa brought her.

She opened the presents better than last year, but still doesn't understand the Santa thing.

Brady loved the singing snowman.

Family photo! We had a great Christmas!

Christmas with family

2010-01-04T14:42:00.007-06:00

Visit with Great Grandma!

They love playing with Uncle Chad!

And Uncle Caleb!

Here we are at the Festival of Lights!

Aunt Michelle came all the way from Alabama to see us!

And cousins Nathan and Christopher came too!

Here are the little grandkids at Grandpa Jim's house!

Brianna's checking out the presents at the Kidd Christmas!

Here is Brianna talking with Kyler at the Bosley Christmas!

Getting a hug from Gigi!

Uncle Chris and Grandpa showing the kids how to work the race track!

Cousin Tanner is excited to open presents!

Brianna was calling for cousin Kyler the whole time!

We had great times with our family!

7 Months Old!

2009-12-08T15:10:00.004-06:00

Brady is 7 months old! He is doing great- very happy, healthy, sitting up great, scooting around a little, smiling, laughing. I can't believe how big he is- he just started wearing 12month size! He likes all the baby food, I can't tell a favorite because he eats it all! He likes his little toys- rattles, teethers, jumper, exersaucer. And he sleeps great all night! We are so blessed! He likes his bath.

Brianna loves having Bubba in the bath with her!

Had to add a pic of big sister enjoying her favorite food- cookies!

Brianna loves to get in Brady's crib when he gets up and he likes it too! :) He always smiles for big sister!

Snow in Pearland!

2009-12-08T14:47:00.004-06:00

We couldn't believe it snowed! Brianna had fun but she didn't want to be out in it too long. :) Here's her snowball!

Brady is wearing Brianna's old hat. He doesn't get many hand me downs because all of Brianna's things were pink!

Playing in the snow.

Work Field Trip

2009-12-08T14:44:00.001-06:00

My department got to go over to building 9 at NASA where they have the mock-ups and I got to sit in the space shuttle simulator and walk in the space station simulator - it was neat!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-12-08T14:32:00.002-06:00

Gig'em Aggies! Ready to watch the football game.

Family pic. :)

Gigi and Grandpa came over for Thanksgiving dinner. We started potty training this weekend, that's why Brianna doesn't have pants on, it's easier that way. :) She's doing good learning so far.

Brianna's 2 Yr. & Brady's 6 Mo. Portraits

2009-12-06T15:04:00.007-06:00

Old MacDonald's Farm

2009-11-21T21:25:00.003-06:00

We had fun at Old MacDonald's Farm last weekend! Brianna loved all the animals and wasn't scared at all! She fed some animals and rode a pony!

Uncle Chad got to join us!

Update

2009-11-13T12:23:00.003-06:00

Brianna and Brady went to the doctor today for checkups. Brianna got 3 shots and she did so well, she just cried a little. The doctor said she looks great and is talking great too! Her weight has slowed down which is good. (26.3 lbs 45%) And they said you can double her height at this age and that is close to how tall she will be so she may be about 5'6'' they said. (33.5 in 38%)

Brady got 5 shots and screamed pretty bad. :( The doctor said he looks good too. He is sitting up now and sleeping from about 7:30pm to 6:00am! And he has had a big growth spurt! He weighs 19.8 lbs 81% and his height is 27.4 in 75%! Brianna never got close to 75% in height and he has passed her up in weight at 6 months too! He's our big boy!

We are so thankful that they are both doing so well and healthy and happy!!! We are so blessed!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brianna!

2009-11-10T21:29:00.012-06:00

Brianna is two years old! We can't believe it! She had a wonderful birthday weekend! She had so much fun with her cousins Tanner, Kyler, and Aunt Sharon and Uncle Chris who came in town to stay with her! And she had a blast with her friends at the birthday party! Thanks for coming everyone! It was great she had 8 kids at her party in the park!

Brianna has been doing great and very happy! She is still a great sleeper- she sleeps all night from 7pm to 7am and takes a 3 hr nap! She is talking more and more. She can name some shapes, colors, animals, family members, count to ten. She fell and scratched her knee the other day and she said 'owie' and 'kiss it better'- it was so cute. She still loves baby dolls and she took the clothes off her new doll the other day and put them in her dirty clothes basket- ha ha! She loves her Bubba and gives him hugs, kisses, brings him toys, and puts his empty bottle in the sink!

Here are a bunch of pictures for her birthday weekend! And there's a cute video at the end!
Some pictures from her party: She wasn't interested in opening the gifts, but she loved the new baby doll.

Pin the tail on the donkey.

Baby Ryker came to visit with Brady, but Brady fell asleep. :)

She loved her cupcakes!

Pictures from the rest of the weekend playing with the cousins:

Gigi with all her grandkids!

Visiting Great-Grandma.

Weight: 26.3 lbs 45% Height: 33.5 in 38% Head: 18.7 in 49%

6 Months Old!

2009-11-06T12:46:00.003-06:00

Brady turned 6 months old yesterday! He is doing very well! He's very happy, smiling, laughing, rolling over, almost sitting up, playing with toys, eating veggies, sleeping through the night! He's gotten really big too- I'll post his weight after his doctor visit next week.

Weight: 19.8 lbs 81% Height: 27.4 in 75% Head: 17.3 in 50%

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-06T12:41:00.004-06:00

Brianna liked getting the candy this year and she walked around the neighborhood by herself. Brady fell asleep in the stroller. :)

Jeremy's New Truck

2009-11-06T12:39:00.003-06:00

Jeremy got a 2006 F-150 last week! He's excited and it has a big back seat that fits the car seats great!

Pumpkin Patch & Carving Pumpkins

2009-10-27T11:08:00.003-06:00

Having fun at the pumpkin patch!

Brianna enjoyed helping Daddy carve the pumpkin!

Some Random Pics

2009-10-05T14:09:00.004-06:00

Another haircut for Brianna and this place did a mini-manicure so we did that for fun and she loved it! (of course the paint came off before we even got home!)

Brianna got to go to a b-day party at McDonald's.

She had a lot of fun!

Gig'em Aggies!

Good pic with Gigi.

Love from Mommy! :)

5 months old

2009-10-05T13:28:00.006-06:00

Brady is 5 months old today! He is doing great! Sleeping good at night again, after he was waking up for a few weeks. And he started rolling over! Just hanging out with sister.

Fun times with Gigi.

Ready to try some rice cereal!

He does not like rice cereal!

Hugging Bubba.

Crafts with Brianna

2009-09-13T12:30:00.002-06:00

I'm excited that Brianna is getting to that age where she can do crafts with Mommy! She likes doing coloring, painting, using a glue stick, doing stickers! And I found a craft idea on the internet to decorate cupcakes with toddlers so we tried that and she loved it! She also loved eating her project at the end! :)

She is still being a great big sister and a happy girl! She's also talking more and she's growing up way too fast!

4 Months Old

2009-09-13T12:04:00.006-06:00

Brady is four months old and doing great! We love his smile and cooing and that he sleeps through the night! He's started to be more interested in grabbing toys and he's trying out the exersaucer! :)
His weight: 14 lbs. 10 oz. 40%
His length: 24.5 30%
His head: 16.3 27%

They both get to play with the exersaucer - yea!

Cute Kidds!

2009-08-28T12:40:00.004-06:00

Brady is doing great! Getting bigger, smiling lots. Here he is playing with this toy that Brianna used to play with! http://jeremyrebeccakidd.blogspot.com/2008/02/14-weeks-old.html

Here is Brianna showing off her new dress from Gigi and her new teeth coming in (that's why she has the drool!). They have been painful coming in. :(

We are all getting ready for football season (see Brady's cute onesie!), but we are sad that Daddy will be soo busy now. :(

Here is the cutest video of Brianna rocking Brady! She says 'hi Bubba'! She still asks for him every morning and gives him lots of hugs! :)

We are so blessed!!!

3 and 21 Months Old

2009-08-07T16:51:00.004-06:00

Brady is 3 months old and Brianna is 21 months old! They are both doing well. Brady is smiling more, looking at objects, sleeping better in his crib. Brianna is saying more words, she enjoys playing on the playground more, and doing the things you can see below. We had fun all being home together this summer but mom and dad are both back to work now :( but the kids are doing great at the baby-sitters house. And mom only has to work Tues-Thurs! Here is Brianna coloring with Daddy. She has gotten a lot better at scribbling.

Here is Brady in his gym, he just started playing with it.

Brianna started using a spoon!

Here they are dressed up for church.

Here they are relaxing after a long day watching some TV. Brianna likes Bear in the Big Blue House.

Having some fun at Jump N Jungle! It's only $3.50 for under 2!

Brady's 3 Month Portraits

2009-07-31T21:55:00.004-06:00

Two in Diapers - oh my!

2009-07-24T13:06:00.001-06:00

Brady meets Great Grandma

2009-07-24T13:04:00.001-06:00

Brianna and Brady got to go visit Great Grandma Anna! She is 94 and doing well! Brianna loved saying hi to all the people at the nursing home and putting smiles on their faces! She also liked pushing Great Grandma's wheelchair!

2 and 20 months old!

2009-07-06T19:18:00.008-06:00

Brady is two months old and doing well! He's sleeping longer at night and smiling more now! He also makes this cute cooing sound.
Weight: 10 lbs. 13 oz. 29%
Height: 22 in. 18%
Head: 15.7 in. 47%

Brianna is twenty months old! She is doing great - saying more words, eating better, dancing, very happy! She loves her little brother and always wants to give him hugs! She calls him Bubba and it's the first thing she says when she wakes up. She has started liking baby dolls too. Here is a video of her carrying around her baby doll, patting him on the back, rocking him - it's so cute! She is a sweet little girl!

Here is suppose to be a video of Brady but Brianna sort of took over! :)

Beach Fun

2009-06-30T11:49:00.001-06:00

Brady slept through his first trip to Galveston. :)

Brianna had fun getting in the water and walking along the sand.

Fun time with Mommy!

She wasn't afraid at all!

Playdate

2009-06-30T11:45:00.002-06:00

Brady enjoyed his first playdate with Ryker who was born the day after Brady!

Brianna had fun playing with Ryker's sister Callie who is about the same age as Brianna.

She really liked Callie's blackberry! :)

Brianna is very social and loves being with other kids!

It's Hot!

2009-06-26T09:37:00.002-06:00

It has been over 100 degrees here! So we spend lots of time in the water.
Here is Brianna in her little pool.

Here is Brianna playing with her friends Branson and Katie in our other pool!

Here's Brady staying cool inside!

Kemah

2009-06-26T09:35:00.001-06:00

We went to Kemah with Grandpa and Gigi. Brianna got to ride another train!

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-26T09:29:00.003-06:00

We dedicated Brady to the Lord on Father's Day!

Here's a family shot.

Grandpa Jim and Momo came to see the dedication.

And Grandpa and Gigi came too.

Summer Fun

2009-06-19T19:05:00.003-06:00

Here are some pics from fun things we've been doing this summer...

Here is Brianna playing in the spray park at the zoo. We have to go here first to keep cool!

Here she is riding the carousel. She loves it!

Here she is riding the train!

And here is Brady sleeping through his first train ride.

Here is Brianna having fun playing with Kara!

And here is Brianna trying to learn how to share. :) We are still working on that one!

Brady meets his cousins!

2009-06-08T09:46:00.002-06:00

Brady got to meet his Uncle Chris, Aunt Sharon, and cousins Tanner and Kyler this weekend!

Brianna enjoyed seeing them again too!

Tanner was great holding him!

Brianna had fun in the pool!

Good to see you guys!

1 Month Old!

2009-06-08T09:44:00.004-06:00

Brady is one month old! He weighs 9 lbs. 4 oz. He is healthy, happy, and doing well!