Happy 6th Birthday Brady!

Today my Brady is 6! I have to be honest, I have no clue what time Brady was born, I think it was in the morning, I do know that he was 6lbs, 14oz and 19 1/2" long! Brady is our little firecracker he always has been and probably always will be! So hope you have a great day Brady, we are going to have fun this weekend!

Here are a few pictures down memory lane of Brady

We say goodbye to a very special friend

Yesterday was a very hard day for all of us! We had to put our cat, Harley down. He has been suffering from infection and he was litterally full of shit and the next step would be to open him which is something we didnt want to do.

Harley was born August 1998 and died May 20th 2010 at 5:05pm. He was a very special friend to Rodney and the boys, he only liked me some of the times, but that was ok I was used to that! Harley loved to drink water from the faucet, play with mice once he caught them, never ate them just wanted to play! Harley loved his treats and would cry until we gave him one. He loved to be outside even though he didnt have front claws and liked to cuddle with Bailey and Rodney. For some reason Harley didnt like me much, even though I was the hand that fed him most of the time, but I didnt mind, he would litterally chase me and try to bite me!

Here are a few pictures that I had on my camera of Harley


This was a very hard decision for us to make, even more so to actually do! Bailey and Brady went with me, Rodney stayed with Owen. We tried to make it real as possible for the boys. Rodney made a wooden casket for Harley and we put a blanket and his favorite toy in there for him along with a bunch of pictures. Once we nailed his coffin shut we all traced our hand on the top and wrote him a message. We then picked out a special spot for him and we all took turns putting dirt in and Bailey had the honor of putting up the cross that was made for him. We then said a prayer for him!

God bless you Harley and I hope whatever pain was causing you to be sick is now gone!! You were one of a kind and we will miss you greatly!

Pictures

Not much of an update just some random pictures! And yes I need to start getting pictures of the 2 older boys, poor B&B, Owen gets alot more camera time than anyone!!

Bailey has started baseball and was picked by the 5th grade team to play with them tomorrow, so Wednesday is his first game, should be fun!! He is going out for pitching and catcher, which I do have to say that his pitching has improved alot as well as his catching and his fielding, must be because I have been practicing with him!! LOL Brady starts after school is out and Owen will just be the boys biggest fan throughout the summer on the side lines cheering with me!

Speaking of summer, it is filling up fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have every weekend booked with weddings, vacations, baseball tournaments, ect... until the middle of August and it is only May! Should be fun though, all 3 boys just love being outside!

Owen having fun on the 4 wheeler and helping dad fix it!

At the duck pond

Randoms... the last one is by the campfire, we always wait until Owen goes to bed to have one, but thought he would enjoy it too so we let him stay up.

His new swing

Owens favorite thing in the whole entire world besides me! He loves the JD lawn mower! It will be a blast this spring/summer when I can bring him to grandpas and he can ride on the bigger tractors!

Not a mammas boy anymore!

How could you do it baby O? You and I are like 2 peas in a pod! I didn't think that this day would come, but it has and it breaks my heart and I will do everything in my power to get it back!!
I was gone for the weekend with some friends and the boys were with Rodney so I guess that is where it all started!! Owen wants his daddy all of the time now! It hit me lastnight when Owen woke up about 10:30 (teeth) and there was nothing I could do or say to calm him down, once Rodney took him all was quiet! Of course Rodney thinks it is funny, I on the otherhand do not!

Come back to me Owen!

Tantrum oh my!

My precious, perfect baby Owen had his first tantrum lastnight! So of course being me I had to capture it all!! LOL
Usually after we get home from daycare we have to go outside, heck most days we don't even make it inside. So it was dinner time and time to come in, well Owen was pissed and so not ready to come inside!!! Usually I can get him in by telling him we need to wash his hands (kid is obsessed with washing his hands), this time it didnt work. I had to pick him up and drag him in. He was not happy as you can tell from the video!

Rodney finally told him that he could sit on his lap and eat his dinner after about 5 minutes of throwing a fit!!

Still mad he has to be inside to eat! Pointing to the door saying "outide", "outide", "outide"

Taking a little drink, "maybe then I can go outside!"

WOW!!


The proof!

Braatz Family News

Not much happening at the Braatz household lately! We have actually taken it easy these last few weeks. Baseball starts next Wednesday, so I am enjoying not running everyday, but it is soon coming to an end!

Everyoone is well at our house, we are all just enjoying the beautiful weather that Mother Nature has blessed us with, we are usually outside from morning until dark. It is fun watching Owen explore so much, he loves to be around the boys and do what they are doing and loves riding the JD toys that we have. He is also the biggest dare devil, he loves to ride Brady's 3 wheel scooter or his 3 wheel bike down our driveway, needless to say he keeps us on our toes! I honestly dont remember the other 2 being that way, oh well, it is fun and I enjoy every second of it! We did take Owen for his 18 month checkup, he weighed 34lb and was 34" tall, so he is just as round as he is tall!! No he is perfectly healthy, he just has alot of Gergen blood in him and is going to be like Bailey and uncle Bradley!

Anyway, here are a few pictures I would like to share.

This is with Owens godfather, Whiteye, Owen just loves him and of course Whiteye tends to spoil him whenever he stops by! He is the perfect godfather for Owen in my eyes anyways! This is coming back from their ride around our loop!


Owen is my little cleaner, he is going to be a mini "me" when it comes to cleaning! He is the best picker upper as well! You tell him to clean up and he does it, his brothers should take lesson from him!


These were taken when the AWF came to Cannon Falls. We took the boys and they had a blast!! Owen stayed with grandma, I do have to say it was pretty fun! It was suppose to air last Saturday on channel 45, but for some reason it didn't. We are hoping this Saturday they will air
it, if so it will be on channel 45 at 6:30.

This little stinker loves to "drive"!!! When Rodney comes home from work and we are outside he runs to the truck or car so he can "drive" up the driveway with him!

Decorating eggs, as you can tell Bailey was not happy, can't remember why, he was just crabby I guess.

My handsome little guy, he is so stinkin' cute I can't stand it most days! He will definatley make you smile!!

Meeting the Easter Bunny, Owen seemed to like him, he gave him "knucks". This was also Baileys last year for the Easter basket hunt in town.

Eating a cupcake at my brothers, and the 6 little darlings! They are all so cute!

This is the cake that the boys and I made on Sunday!