The Boyer's Brigade: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Take me out to the ballgame

Brayden was invited to go to the Astros game by his friend Emmy. Of course, the parents tagged along for the fun time. You can read Kristen's account of our time at the baseball game and the fun stories we have to tell here on her blog.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Brayden's 11 month Pictures

We took Brayden for his 11 month pictures last week. Danny's mom, Nana, has beautifully saved many of Danny's original baby outfits, toys, and more. We thought it would be special to take a few pictures in two of the outfits that fit now.
This outfit was handmade by Brayden's great-grandmother and as you can see from the picture worn by Danny as well.

You can see Brayden's 4 teeth in this one.

This football has no sentimental attachments, but it is all Brayden wanted to play with at the studio, so we took a few cute pictures with it.

This was another one of Danny's outfits

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Blueberries

Brayden has been trying and loving about anything we give him these days. Last week my mom gave him some blueberries and he loved them. He didn't smush them as much as we imagined he would. He really is a pretty clean eater so far :)

Swirll

After looking at the new house last weekend with my parents, we stopped in Town Center to find a treat. We happened upon a new gem in our eyes, Swirll yogurt shop. Growing up my family loved TCBY yogurt and had it for an evening treat many many times. Seems like Brayden enjoyed a bit of yogurt as well. This was actually vanilla no sugar, low fat yogurt for him :)

New House...Framing completed

They have finished framing the new house- no roof yet, but it all looks good.
7/18/09

Front entryway

Part of the Backyard

Entryway- looking down from 2nd story walkway

Kitchen into Butlers Pantry

7/21/09

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Thursday, July 16, 2009

How many of me???

How many of me?

A friend found this neat website and I thought the statistics for our family were pretty neat.

Shannon Boyer
There are 59 people in the U.S. named Shannon Boyer.

Daniel Boyer
There are 270 people in the U.S. named Daniel Boyer.

Brayden Boyer
There are 1 or fewer people in the U.S. named Brayden Boyer.

Boyer
There are 55,247 people in the U.S. with the last name Boyer.
Statistically the 643rd most popular last name.

Playgroup Splashpad Time

The boys all played on the splash pad for playgroup this Tuesday and loved it. It was Caleb's 1st time in the water and he was adorable!

Caleb

Grant

Brayden

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Happy 11 month Birthday, Brayden!

Our son- we cannot believe you are already 11 months old. It seems unreal! But, Mommy and Daddy have already started planning for your 1st birthday party and are very excited. We love you more and more every day and are just amazed at all of the new things you discover and learn to do.

- You really started fully walking the week of July 1st- about 101/2 months old

- You had your first family vacation to Seagrove, FL- you liked the sand, tolerated the ocean, and loved the pool

- You still like getting into the cat litter boxes, open cabinets and drawers, unplug electrical cords, take the filter cap off the bottom of the fridge, carry your toys all over the house

- When it is bedtime, Mommy and Daddy still sing you your song "Goodnight Brayden", you snuggle in our arms, tuck your hands under your body and turn your head to the side...that is when we know you are ready to go to sleep

- You are making new noises everyday, but not many more that we can distinguish than your "Baba" "Eeeee" "Dada" and "Mama," at times

- You are still sleeping 830 p.m. to 730 a.m. with 2 two hour naps

- We are working on moving you to a sippy cup- but you are not having it! You will use it for water, but not formula

- You love playing Peek A Boo with anyone

- You are very friendly and will smile and go to just about anyone who will hold you

- You have never given us any problems dropping you off in the nursery, but Mommy and Daddy made the mistake of "checking" on you this past Sunday and you did not want to go back to the nursery- we won't do that again

- You have a new look you show people- we call it your "flirting" look- you drop your head down and look up at the person as if you are rolling your eyes- it is adorable!

- You are still eating baby food, but have figured out that the food we eat tastes better- so you are trying everything we eat (of course except for eggs and nuts)-the only things you don't really like are carrots, green beans, and olives- everything else you seem to enjoy

- You learned to wave and love to wave at everything

Saturday, July 11, 2009

4th Anniversary Gifts and Dinner

Danny and I exchanged gifts for our anniversary. For the 4th anniversary, traditional is appliances and modern is flowers. I was stumped- my creative hubby hit it spot on!

A Willow Tree holding a flower and a frame with flowers on it for a picture from our beach vacation

and he found me a snow cone machine for my appliance

I got Danny a 4th Year of Marriage Memory picture book

and a chocolate cake with a flower on top- it was good as I could do!

We celebrated our anniversary with a wonderful dinner at The Oceannaire at the Galleria. They had a signed anniversary card for us at the table and the menu even had "Happy 4th Anniversary" printed at the top. It was special! Unfortunetly, we forgot to get a picture. :(