Thanksgiving and Christmas 2012

 Our attempted Thanksgiving turkeys; Braxton loved collecting the leaves!

 Braxton playing "flying" with mommy

 We were lucky enough to have my parents babysit Braxton over Thanksgiving break.  We had a wonderful date night out which included the restored candy windows at the old ZCMI mall.

 Our Christmas craft

SNOW!

 Braxton had a lot of fun ripping open presents; totally more into it this year than last

 Opening a lego set from Santa

 Gift from Grandma Jane...I seriously don't know if Braxton or Patrick had more fun putting this together

 Some of the aftermath

 Christmas continued at Grandma Jules

 Braxton LOVES Mickey Mouse!

 Braxton also LOVES dogs; glad Oden could join us. 

Braxton and Brooklyn having fun watching a movie. So glad Jeff and family were here.  Braxton loved playing with Brooklyn in the snow and meeting baby Avery!

 Daddy laying down after a full Thanksgiving dinner

 Braxton opening his gift (a little early to help with finals) from Grandma Jules

Steenblik family Christmas party

14 weeks

Not HUGE yet but still feel like I'm showing....even if it's only me who thinks that. 

Happy Halloween!

 Braxton LOVED his mouse costume.  Can't tell you how many times he put it on and played in it before this.

 At our community Halloween party; this is the game Operation brought to life!

 They had an animal show and Braxton got to pet a hedgehog and a skunk

 Playing in his costume at home

Alice in Wonderland cakewalk.  He won his second time around.

We had a great Halloween celebration both at this fun community party and trick-or-treating on Main Street. We also had pumpkin pancakes and Halloween mac and cheese on the actual day.  We ended our Halloween by going to McDonald's.  I think Braxton is definantly starting to love this holiday. We love having Braxton to make it so much more fun! 

Look...we did it again!

Braxton is going to be a big brother as of April 30,2013.  I am twelve weeks and counting!  We are SO very excited to welcome another little one into our home!  The best part is that I will be done with school and be able to "just be a mom."  We are almost through morning sickness (although having the stomach flu this week on top of pregnancy has been....SO fun) and looking forward to feeling better as well as some kicks in the next trimester!  We will find out gender about the second week of December!  :)

Steenblik Cabin time

 Braxton playing with the first snow of the season

 We went on a walk and gathered leaves for a fall turkey project. It was beautiful and Braxton LOVED helping to pick the leaves!

Though Braxton had the stomach flu the first day and half we loved having him be so snuggly!  Here he is sitting with Papa Jay.


We had a great time up at the cabin (despite throw up) and enjoyed wonderful weather, snow, having a fireplace, good food, and of course sharing great company!  Thank goodness for a fall break from school so that I was able to go!  And with that I am happy to say that it is midterm of my (pretty much) LAST semester EVER!  :)

Braxton's First Pony/Llama Ride

 Braxton on the Llama (with help standing by)

 Horse tire swing

 The actual pony ride

Braxton eventually warmed up to this cute little pony


We had a fun time with our friends at Gardner Village this past week.  We had fun at the petting zoo, looking around, and eating fabulous food! 

A day at the park

A day at the park with Dad....life doesn't get much better than this!