School Pictures

The kids get their pictures taken at school every 6 months. Here are their proofs...the photographers make it so difficult to choose! These people make a killing on me!! :-)

It's been a while

I think that this is the longest that I have gone without posting anything to the blog. The last two weeks have been crazy. First Braylon got Pink Eye, once he got over that he got a cough and cold. I then of course got the cough and cold and started to lose my voice. I left last Thursday to go to Reno on business. Reno ....Reno is surrounded by mountains. My room was on the 25th floor and every morning I would open my curtains to see snow capped mountains, it was absolutely gorgeous! By Friday afternoon, I could not speak at all. The problem was, I went there to work the customer service booth and to answer questions....I ended up whispering to everyone, it was very frustrating!
Oh, on our way out to Reno, we had a lay over in Phoenix. Right as we were to get on the plane, the lady came over the speaker and said that the plane was having mechanical difficulties. We then found out that a baggage vehicle had backed up into the plane and put a hole in the side of it!! For those of you who know me, things like this ONLY happen to me!
I finally returned home Sunday evening and was very excited to see my family and to sleep in my own bed! I will post some pictures of my trip soon!
I am slowly getting my voice back and everyone here is back to being healthy!

Shots!!!

This past Wednesday, Madison had to go get four shots in order for her to start Kindergarten. (I cannot believe I am already talking about Kindergarten!) What a traumatic event that was. I haven't heard her scream that loud in a long time!
Right after her appointment, I took Braylon to see the doctor because he hasn't been feeling well all week. As I was leaving with him, Madison said, "Don't worry Buddy, they won't hurt you like they hurt me!" Isn't life hard so hard sometimes? :-)

Uncle Trent

This picture was taken this past Christmas at my parent's house. For those of you who are friends and don't know, this is Matt's brother Trent. He had the magic touch that night and Braylon fell right to sleep in his arms!
I am so fortunate that both mine and Matt's families are close. On most holidays, both families try and get together. I don't have any of the dreaded in-law stories!!
Uncle Trent, you really should come and visit!!! :-)

Look at Me!

Braylon's teacher at school asked me if we take a lot of pictures of him. She said that she brought her camera in to get some pictures and Braylon came crawling across the room as fast as he could with a huge smile on his face!! I told her that I was guilty! I can't help it, I love pictures...especially of my kids! You know, they grow up way to fast!
Both Madison and Braylon have a fascination with my broom. Madison will get it and run around the house slamming it on the floor. She is a HUGE fan of "Tom and Jerry" and always sees them chasing each other like that! Braylon will crawl as fast as he can into the kitchen just to see if he can make it to the broom without Matt or I grabbing him. (I guess it's the little things in life!) From now on, no more expensive toys...the Bush kids are getting brooms and laundry baskets!!

Hair Cut

Yesterday Madison got her hair cut off to the top of her shoulders. It's looks so cute. All the little girls at school are cutting their hair and Madison didn't want to be left out.
When we got back home she was looking in the mirror and said, "Mom, I'm still the same person right? I just have a different hairstlye, right? Wait, do I have to change my name now?"
I couldn't help but laugh!! ( I will post a picture as soon as I get one!)

Just a warning....

This morning on the way to take the kids to daycare, I got pulled over! I was going 29 in a school zone and didn't realize it. Of course the flashing lights and me pulling over worried Madison. After the police officer came and told me why he pulled me over and took my license back to his car... came a little voice from the back seat. "Mom, is the policeman mad at you?" When I told her that he wasn't and that he just wanted to make sure I was driving safe she said," Even if he's mad at you, don't worry, I'm not!"
The officer came back and gave me just a warning since my driving record was good. (A HUGE sigh of relief!) We then pulled away and Madison said "Mom, next time you get pulled over and get a ticket, I have some questions about safety that I would like to ask the policeman!"

Rock Star

Look out Uncle Zach....There's a new rock star in town!

Fighting Sleep

As most of you know, kids tend to fight sleep. Braylon Matthew is no exception! He refuses to go to sleep until he physically has no strength to keep his eyes open. Once he is asleep, he's out for the night...it's just getting to that point! We keep his pack-n-play (playpen) in the livingroom, that way we can contain him if we need to get things done or if Madison has her toys out. Tonight, after watching him rub his eyes with both fists and fighting his eyelids, I turned off all the lights and laid him down. He kept standing back up with his pacifier in his mouth and his eyes closed tight. I think we went through this 3 or 4 times before he actually fell asleep. He was bound and determined to be "up" even if he was sleeping!
Matt and I were talking, if someone told us that we had to go to sleep, gave us pillows and all the blankets we needed....you wouldn't hear a sound from us again!

Dancing with the Stars

Last weekend when Matt's parents came over for his birthday...we all danced to Journey's Greatest Hits....Madsion got a perfect score from the judges!

Follow my Heart

Yesterday morning Madison said, "Mom I need to tell you something, I have good news and I have bad news!" She said, "Here's the bad, my friend at school always wants to play this game called "Boobies" with our Barbie's." (About this time I was getting upset) Then she went on to say, "The good news is I told her that I had to follow my heart and games like that don't make God happy. From now on I am going to follow my heart!"
It just melted MY heart!!!

Classic Lines from Madison

Yesterday after I picked Madison up from school, she came home and told Matt, "Daddy, I didn't hit anyone today!"
She went on to say, "I had to be at the end of the line today and I felt pretty good about that!"
That little girl keeps us smiling!!

Father and Son

Dwight and Matt both enjoyed spending the day together at the show. Between the cars, the nachos and the Italian Sausage...talk about a good time!

Matt's Future Truck

Matt standing in front of a Chevy Kodiak....they are both gorgeous!! :-)

Auto Show

Here is another picture at th Auto Show. This is the new Dodge Challenger.
For those of you who know me well, you will be surprised that I am learning all about Nascar....and it's really not that bad!! :-)

Birthday Present

This weekend was Matt's birthday. His parents came over from Indiana and we went to the Cleveland Auto Show.
This is what Matt said he would buy me for MY birthday!!!

Things will never be the same!

Well...the time has come, Braylon is completely mobile now! Up until two weeks ago he had no interest in crawling or even scooting. His cousin Abigail who is three weeks younger than him was crawling and climbing about a month before him and when they were together he would just watch her. It was almost as if he thought "Why put all that effort into it when someone will carry me?"
Now, fast forward to last night...Matt was vacuuming and Braylon was chasing the vacuum! We have to now block any doors, especially the glass ones on the entertainment center. A couple of days ago I walked out of the room for just a couple of seconds and when I came back, he was sucking on a DVD!
Watch out world!!!

"We've solved the problem"

When I went to pick up Madison from school yesterday, her teacher wanted to talk to me. Apparently when the class was lining up, Madison got stuck at the back of the line.For those of you that know Madison....that didn't go over very well. She was so upset that she HIT two little girls!! While her teacher was telling me, she climbed into a little cubby in her class and started crying and saying "I know that you are so mad at me...I will just sleep at school tonight, I don't want to go home!"
Once we got home and told Matt what had happened, of course she got in trouble and then apologized profusely.
Before she went to sleep we were talking and she said "Now mom, just tell me what I am supposed to do next time I have to be the end of the line?" I explained how everybody had to be at the end of the line sometimes and that was a cool place because when you are at the end..you are the "caboose". Of course she loved that idea!
She looked at me so sweet and said "tomorrow I am going to go to school and say I'm sorry to the little girls and that I will never do it again!" I hugged her and she whispered in my ear..."Now there, we've solved the problem!" :-)

"Wild Baby"

Last night Madison and Braylon were laying in my bed. I turned my back to them to put something away. I then hear Madison screaming (playfully) for help. I turned to see that Braylon had climbed up on her stomach and she had both of the arms and legs straight up in the air, yelling "Oh mom, I've got a wild baby all over me!!"
Of course I didn't have a camera then!! :-)

Me and my babies...