We went down to St George a few weeks ago to help Jenny and Tim. Since Jenny had her surgery. We went to the park and they had the perfect playground for the little kids that they could play on and was not to high.

Braxton is putting the bark on the slide and Kaleb is brushing it off.

After Braxton went down the slide he decided to try and go back up. He was very good at going down the slide, he would back up like he was going down the stairs.

Cute Jakey boy. He had soo much fun climbing around with Braxton

I Love his smile. What a happy Boy!

October

I started a job a couple of days before Braxton's first Birgthday. I am soo grateful that I got to stay home for the first year of his life. For his 1st birthday he got to have 2 parties. Here is a cute picture eating his cake. He is growing up so fast and is soo smart. He is not walking all over but will walk up to 10 steps at a time. As soon as he feels like he is losing his balance he sits down. He is a very observant boy and watches everything everyone does.


Here is Braxton and Jacob playing with one of the toys that he got for his birthday.


We went to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago and he liked pounding on the pumpkins and hearing the noise they made.

So he likes to pull the drawer out under his bed and sit in it to play with his toys. It is soo cute and funny.

We were standing outside in the parking lot talking when Jenny and Tim came up for the weekend. I set Braxton on the trunk of my car and my little monkey climbed up to the top.

He will climb everything possible. He climbed over the booth at a restaurant the other day and the step stool and boxes what ever he can climb on.

NO FEAR!!!

Jacob and Braxton are fighting over grandma's necklace. They loved playing with it and shaking it out of the other person's hands.

Toilet Paper

As you can see from the pictures below, your toilet paper is not safe when Braxton is around. He thought it was so fun and I had to laugh because of his great big smiles and giggles. Sorry Grandma, but at least he did not un-roll it into the toilet.

July

Now that Braxton is moving and all over the place we stay very busy. Here are a few of the things he likes to do and that we did this month.

Playing the piano, he can actually reach the keys if he stands on his tip toes and the piano bench is pushed in.

He loves to be outside. So it was warm so we turned the sprinkler on. He kept sticking his face in the water and giggling.

We have been helping Grandma Allred put together her classroom. Grandma gave him a piece of red vine licorice.

Grandma Jane let us come up and ride her horse. Here is Milo and Braxton on the horse. As you can see he has no fear.



We went to This Is the Place Park and had lunch at Uncle Alan's

We also went up to the cabin one Sunday and the kids had fun playing in the river and watching the toy boats come out under the bridge. Of course Braxton wanted to be in the river where he could get all the rocks he wanted to. He loves to eat rocks.

He is going for more.

4th of July Weekend

On the fourth of July we went up to Coalville to see Grandma VaunaDe. She was given a couple of baby goats. Braxton thought they were pretty cute and would giggle when they tried to nibble on his toes.
Braxton is not afraid of the water. He loves the hose. He squirts himself and giggles.

We have been going out to Aunt Michelle's pool. Here he is in Karlee's raft.

Our Neighborhood did fireworks on Monday night. We watched them from inside of our neighbor's house. The load noises made him scream but he likes the lights.

Here is our handsome boy in his 4th of July Shirt. What a cute boy.

Braxton

I went to get the camera because he was asleep on the edge of the couch but he heard me, looked up and this is the picture I got. Not complaining it is pretty cute.

Braxton is rolling all over. He has also started to get up on his knees and rock. He ended up under his jumper.
We have had Milo over in the afternoons while Kim is at work. Here is a picture of the boys at the park.

Jacob and Braxton

So Jenny's little boy Jacob wanted to eat and I was trying to hold him off for Jenny. Of course Braxton wanted me to hold him too. So here is what happens when you try and hold off a hungry Jakey. The squeals you hear are Jakey. Yes, we are laughing hysterically.

Rolling Over & Other Stuff

On Tuesday Braxton decided to become mobile. He now rolls in one direction. He rolls until he either hits something or finds something he wants to play with.

Here is a little video of him.

Last weekend we went up to Grandpa and Grandma's cabin/farm in Idaho. Braxton loved riding on the four wheeler, the tractor and the ride on lawn mower. I love how he held up his hands like this on the four wheeler, yes that is how he rode, he would not hold on.

This is how Braxton fell asleep on the couch the other night. He was drinking some apple juice.

Surgery

"B" had his surgery on Monday. He is such a happy little boy. He has been such a good boy and dad says he most have my pain tolerance because it has barely phased him.
Waiting for Surgery...

After surgery, he just wanted to eat but acted like he had never eaten before so I had them bring me a bottle which he downed in like 30 seconds. He also loved the sugar water.

He looks like he is ready to go run a race,

although he looks a little drugged.

Here are the stiches not too bad...

And he barely cut any hair away.

St. George

The girls all went to St George this weekend to enjoy some sun and time away. It was a very nice trip. Here is "B" and cousin "J" asleep in the swings.

Here is "B's" first time swimming. He loved it. He just wanted to stand and splash in the water.

We went to the park the last day . "B" loved the swing. In fact he loved it soo much he fell asleep.
Here are a few more pictures of the kids. Cousin "K" had to have a ball with him at all times. Also cousin "A" enjoying her time outside. Also my friend Mandy's little girl enjoying the slide.

Surgery

"B" gets to have surgery on April 5th to have the little bump on the back of his head removed. Here is a picture of it. The doctor said the surgery will take about an hour. It is not very big but they said it could grow bigger or get infected so it is better to have it taken off.

"B" has a mild case of croop. So we took him to the doctors this week to just make sure it was not turning into anything else. In a month he has added a few ounces to 14 lb 9 oz and a little length to 2' 2.5". He is getting so big. He loves this little dog that one of our friends gave him.

Simpson Family

Well I decided I should do a blog for the family and friends who live far away and those that are close. Baby "B" is 4 months old. At his doctors appointment he weighed in at 14-1/2 pounds and is 25-1/2 inches long. He is starting to roll over and is such a delight. He has been sleeping through the night for at least 6 weeks. We get to go see if he needs a helmet to make his head a little more round: his right ear is about 2 cm in front of his left ear.




Daddy is busy working for EWS desinging panels and is enjoying being a dad. Mom is working for Autoliv part time from home and loves being a mom. I am also working on getting to the point were I can run a 5k this summer. I have shaved about 2 minutes off of each of my miles in the past 5 weeks and I am feeling good.

Baby "B" loves to sleep with his hans either out like this or directly over his head in what we call his touchdown pose.

This is a monkey that he loves to hold and eat. you give it to him and he attacks it. He also loves to be in just his diaper and kick his little legs.