Braylee & Camryn

Braylee got the chance to play with her friend Camryn yesterday!! Camryn came all the way home from Texas to visit her Grandparents and Aunt for a few weeks.  Braylee was so happy to see her and they had a great time playing together!  Logan and i can't wait to see her and her fam at fair time :)

CHICAGO!

My *Christmas Present* from Logan was a trip to Chicago by train!  We left Bryan at 7:30am friday...

Looking down the river....

Logan really didnt want his picture taken- too bad!

This is the bean-  Literally a huge bean in the middle of Millenium Park in downtown chicago.  It was amazing!  it reflected all the buildings- very neat to see.   PLUS they were filming a movie in the park when we were there!! {not sure what movie though}

We visited Lincoln Park Zoo- its actually free to get in- and they had a TON of animals!  it was one of the best zoos i've been to!

The Lion was actually standing up and roaring when we walked up!  i've never heard that in person...

Hangin out at Navy Pier

This is "Sue" the T-Rex at the Field Museum

We were stranded on a desserted island for a little bit :)

This is looking down Michigan Avenue the "Magnificent Mile"

The train ride was a lot of fun-so much more room than i expected!  It took about 3.5 hours to get there.  We left Sunday night at 9:30 and were home in bed about 3:30am----then went to work monday {sigh}  glad that day is over!  Braylee didn't get to go to chicago-but- she did get to go to Sesame Street Live before we left and then had a sleepover with her cousin Aiden!  She spent the rest of the time and Mawmaw and Pawpaw's house and with Aunt C.  i thnk she had as much fun as we did! 

Braylee's 2nd Birthday

Thanks to the snow friday, i completely had to re-plan my weekend...but it actually worked out pretty good!  No game friday so that was spent cleaning, wrapping, and baking for the party.  Saturday morning, first layer of icing on the cake, then the last regular season game *WE WON* PLUS logan cleaned the house while i was gone!  ~thanks!~  So, that left us saturday night free...so we went bowling with some friends and had a great time!  Sunday morning i made an early trip to Wal Mart {what would we do without it} to get the rest of the food for the party and the blue cake coloring that i misplaced at some point in time :)  I finished the cake, finished some minor cleaning and took a shower...only to have braylee come back with *blue icing* on her face and hands!  AHHHH   she got up on the table and was eating her cake!  apparently she did NOT want to wait until her party!  haha   We had a good time at the party and braylee got a ton of clothes and toys ~THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!~

Blue survived Braylees attach with a minor smudge to his right ear :)

THIS was her expression the entire "happy birthday"song! haha

New big girl undies!

The Rock on her hand was throwing off her "2"

Aunt C and Braylee

she is all set with her pink gun from Uncle Vernon & Aunt Barb (and her cowgirl hat from John & Pat @ christmas)...one of her favorite toys!  She also had to put on her new shirt from her friend Beth!

SLEDDING!!!!

Here are some fun sledding pictures from sunday afternoon.  The weather was GREAT to be outside.  Mid 20's with bright warm sun and NO WIND!