Christmas decorations and My crazy life!!

My little Ginger!!

Yes my kids like the tv and yes I have a pic with Savanna doing the same thing at one time...

She loves being on stage and the center of attention!!

Our Family!!

The kids with Santa and yes Ryan attempted to unbeard Santa...lol

Ryan's first Ornament with Daddy...it's become tradition.

The kids with the tree!!

The Tree

They didn't want their shirts on yes this happens in my house...lol

They are crazy yes I know!!

SO here are some pics of putting up the Christmas tree and ornaments and also my family being Braithwaites... Don't be offended it is just the way we are behind closed doors... sometimes open...lol

What we have been doing!!

Beautiful lake by the castle!

Another castle that we drove by!

Beautiful Mountains and family!

The Ski jump in Austria!!

My handsome hubby and Cute Kids!

Our 15+ mile bike ride in Germany it was gorgeous!! Ryan enjoyed the sleeping the helmet not so much!!

Savanna and the big door... surprised her when someone actually came out!!

The inner courtyard of the castle

Horse Carriage ride up to the Castle that Disney used as his inspiration for some Disney Stuff!!

Olympic ski jump we just happened to drive by!!

Random beautiful view in a mountain city we drove through!!

Well big news that happened the day before Thanksgiving!! Ryan is an official crawler that has 4 teeth!!. Savanna is slowly trying to figure out potty training and we got our Christmas tree put up. In the beginning of November we went to Germany and Austria for a 4 day getaway.. Here are some pics of our adventures. Enjoy...

Dave's Birthday

SO Dave has reached the big 28 and we kinda had a fun weekend celebrating. Anytime Savanna hears birthday she gets extremely excited and yells CAKE CAKE!! So after hearing this all week it was excting to finally have some ice cream cake. We went Cosmic bowling for Dave's birthday and had Chinese food on Fri night to celebrate. On Sat for his birthday dinner I grilled him a steak with some garlic pasta. Then Because i am an awesome wife that loves...lol... to cook I tried my hand at Cordon Bleu for his special Sunday birthday dinner. It turned out ok but I definately will be changing the breading that I used but other than that it made really good leftovers. SO after this rich food weekend Dave is one year older and closer to 30 but we are enjoying it and having such a wonderful man in our lives. And the adventure in Italy would have never happened if it wasn't for him!!! We love our daddy Here are some pics from our late night bowling adventure!!!

Savanna 26 months terribly cute twos...lol

So Savanna is getting to be so big that I can't believe how fast time has flown My little baby girl is now a rambunctious crazy red headed 2 year old. It seems like yesterday that we brought her home and our crazy life as parents began now we have two little ones who keep us constantly on our toes. Savanna is working on cutting her 2 year old molars and testing David's and My patience daily. I think we our learing with her that we have no patience...lol.. She loves num nums (fruit snacks) and fish fish( gold fish and swedish fish) which her daddy buys her when we go to the BX. She is very self sufficient and will get into the fridge to get herself a cheese stick or yogurt. She is also very helpful bringing daddy or mommy a sod (Soda) that she will willing have some if you open it. She loves to be helpful and pick her little brother up from the ground and hold him or undress him cause he needs a diaper change. One time she actually took the whole diaper off and brought it to me and said Bubba stinky. I came into the room with Ryan and he was just giggling away being free....lol... Something I forgot about Ryan earlier is his nickname is Bubba and I am afraid Savanna gets confused when we call him Ryan. Savanna loves to say prayers and she makes sure that she blesses her Papa in every prayer and if we say Ryan she will bless Ryan and then continue on to bless Bubba....lol She is very kindhearted little girl who will hug and kiss you in greeting and if she doesn't do something nice she will hug you and tell you sorr (Sorry) She uses most words and loves to say NO which David never tires of hearing out of her mouth. We are working on potty training but it is coming slowly and stressful... Other than that we are enjoying our time in Aviano Italy and the beautiful culture and country around us.

Love

Braithwaites

Here are some pics of Savanna's first time baking with mommy and some pics of the kiddos....

Ryan 7 Months

So I thought I would blog a little bit about Ryan so that I have it written down at least. He is 7 months old now and some of the things that he is doing are he can roll over and scoot everywhere he wants. This of course has resulted in a couple of bruises from being angry at mom and rolling off the couch and of course the first time rolling off the bed. No more high places for him especially for short amounts of time...lol... You would think second child I have learned not really. Already in his young life he has lived in two different countries and traveled more than David and I in our adult lives... He is starting to be able to get up on all 4s and we think he will be crawling soon since he loves his sister and she never sits still long enough for him to play long enough. Cute things that he does is he loves loves loves his diaper changes when he is wet or stinky. He will giggle during his diaper change like it is the funniest thing ever it is stinking adorable. He also laughs at his sister's antics she can get hime to laugh all the time just by standing next to him. He will giggle at her attempts at tickling him and also trying to make him laugh!! He loves solid food and his sippy cup that he can hold and chew on. He hasn't started cutting his teeth but we are pretty sure that he is getting ready to cut some with the way he chews on everything. He is such an adorable baby and I love having my little boy to hug and love!! Here are some recent pictures.

Venice and 6th Anniversary

So Dave and I decided that we would make the most of living in Italy and spend our 6th wedding anniversary in a romantic spot and be cool...lol.. So Venice we went with the kids so that they could experience it with us!! We took the train to the islands and walked all over the place in Venice. We were able to see St Marks square that is in every movie and ride a water bus on the Grand Canal which Savanna wanted to ride a boat all day so it was a blast. We went to St Mary Friar Cathedral with painting dating back to the 1600's so we of course couldn't take any pictures. It was amazing the history and beauty in the city built on water. Hope you enjoy our pics and our day in Venezia!!