Christmas Day

Christmas morning Braylen wouldn't wake up. Grandma woke up early and cleaned the kitchen and then tried to wake Braylen up. I woke up from her and it was really funny listening to her try to wake him up. I hung his Santa sack on his bed so she put it next to his head and shook it so the bells would jingle and leave the room. Next thing i heard was her yelling, "who came last night? did Santa come?" But he still didn't wake up. so she went and turned on Christmas music and that didn't work. She went into his room a couple more time then he finally woke up and I heard he say,"Santa?" My mom told him to come wake me up and show me what he got so I pretended to sleep. He was so excited. He started to pull everything out. Then we went into the living room and he wanted the presents. Santa brought me a stocking too. Almost everything was for Braylen. Grandma got a couple gifts and Grandpa got a gift car. Braylen got animal toys, dino puppets, elmo med kit, different trucks, a tent, gumball machine, card of numbers, letters, shapes and colors from Aunti Rachel, tools and his favorite a vacuum. We didn't save the vacuum for last but we should have I should have known, as soon as he opened it the only thing he was concerned about was the vacuum being opened. I put up the tent and he took the drill and started to try to fix it and he tried to fix Grandma' boo boo knee too.

We went to Grandma Isabelle's before we went to Aunt Carol's because my cousin Pat and his wife weren't able to come to Christmas eve add we had to open presents together. We got Pat and Vanessa Ohio State Snuggies because they love OSU and at Vanessa's wedding shower she said joking that she wanted a snuggie. Braylen got a ball and elmo phone. the Elmo phone is able to be programmed to say the kids name. But of course it didn't have Braylen but for some reason they had Bray so Uncle John put Bray and lynn together so it said Oh hello Bray-Lynn and sounded just fine. Braylen loved the ball because it had holes all over and he could catch it. Braylen of course loved playing with Pat. Any guy that plays ruff Braylen loves.

At Aunt Carol's Braylen just played with his new toys and relaxed. Uncle Rob came over and Nate came a little later. Me and Mom sat at the table and talked to Nate while Braylen ran between rooms. I hadn't seen Nate in a long time so it was nice to talk to him for a while. It was way different from last year having a full house and kids all over. But it was great.

Christmas Eve

This year Christmas Eve was at my cousin Matt and his fiance's house. It was dinner with her family and his. We got there late because I worked until 6:30, nice huh? As soon as we got there Braylen didn't want to go in but then he saw Grandma Isabelle and went right to her. It was the one familiar face he new so he was ok. But then he got used to the place that he was himself. It helped they have a cat. He crawled after that cat everywhere going Meow Meow and then there was the fish tank he kept tapping it yelling fishy. He would sneak snacks too. At one point Braylen went into the kitchen that was open because the house is an open concept. I asked what he was doing and Matt said, "oh son't worry he's just drinking bleach." He was close. When I got in there he had a spray bottle and started to spray it in him mouth then he tried to through it up because he didn't like it. After cleaning out his mouth we laughed about it.

Promise and Matt bought Braylen a present and it had a bus and dump truck with legos and then they got me lip gloss and air fresheners. We got Matt and Promise both Snuggies and they loved it. Braylen of course got all the attention from Promise and her mom Holly. It was so late I tried to get Braylen to sleep but he just would so I told him he had to clam down if he gets up so he went and laid down on Matt's lap. He adored Matt. Matt would spin him and turn him upside down while spinning him, which he didn't like so much, but loved playing with him. before we left Holly and Matt brought out a wicker basket and said they forgot a present. I was really confused but then I opened it and Braylen was in it laughing. He thought that was great. Me and him both where knocked out not long into the way home. Braylen was so tired that when we got home asked him if he wanted to put Santa's cookies out that he said yes but fell back asleep. So Santa was jipped of his cookies this year. Sorry Santa.

Santa's cookies

On the 23rd we made Santa's cookies before bed. Braylen was all for it. He got get messy and help mommy make the cookies. We made chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate chips. I scooped the ingredients and he poured them. He stuck his had in the mixer a couple of time and then when the chocolate chips were added he would pick them out put them in his mouth and put them back. Why I don't know. Usually the chocolate goes in the mouth and isn't seen again. We put them in the oven and while they cooked Braylen went to bed.

Independence

Braylen is such a big boy that he takes of his shoes and unzips his jacket. I can even get him zip up his jacket and jammies too. When we go places he tries to get his shoes on and can get them on to a point. Most of the time he takes them of thought. He can however put on his snow boots and is so proud of that.

Thank You!!

The other night I got home from work and Braylen was supposed to be in bed but instead he ran out of the room to greet me. When I sent him back to his bed he started crying so I went to calm him. I talked to him then this is how the rest of the conversation went:

Me:"I love you!"
"Wub oo"
"Your my sweet boy."
"Thank You."

I thought it was really funny. He loves to tell people Thank You.

Elf Yourself

I saw this on an add on facebok and thought it would be fun to do. Nicole did one last year and Sio loved it so I thought Braylen would too. He did of course, he wanted me to play it over and over again. He even started to try and do some of the break dancing moves it was really funny.

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Decorating

Me and grandma decorated the house one night after Braylen went to bed. It was easier that way. So we decorated the tree and I decorated some of the house. Braylen loves the tree. Everyday he turns on the lights and if there is a new ornament he puts it on. When the tree was first put up he would touch it and I even found one of the candy canes on the coat hook. Next year he's going to love decorating the tree with us.

My Artest

I bought Braylen some finger paints one day thinking that he would love it but mommy was wrong. He was excited when he first saw the bottles of paint. I put some of each color on a plate for him but then he touched the paint. "Ew sticky," was the first thing he said. I thought it was funny. Then he understood you paint on the paper but he still didn't like it.