Christmas at the Prado

Every year all the fam goes to Christmas on the Prado but we weren't able to coordinate it this year due to everyones hectic schedules. We met up with our good friends the Rodriguezs after an hour of trying to find parking! We ate and then attempted to go into a museum only to find it closed since it was already 9pm. Though it was packed and a pain trying to find parking I am glad we were able to go especially since Heidi and Brandon are moving this year. We were being lazy and never took the kids out of the strollers to take pics so on the way back to our car we decided to take a random picture in front of a bank, not even at balboa!!!

Bostonia Christmas Partay

We had a special guest attending our Christmas party this year. Noah of course showed is attitude yelling at Santa and then tried to throw his gift at him, what a nice boy!!!

Grant's Blessing

On December 5h Grant Thomas Brashear was blessed at the Second Street building by his father, Daniel. All the Brashears and Fords were in attendance which we were so grateful everyone could make it. We then had a yummy luncheon at my moms. What a special day for Grant.

The Brashears

The Fords

Baby Grant at 8 weeks

This boy smiles and coo's so much, he's been doing it since he was 6 weeks. He is such a cute boy and such a joy to have in our family of four!!!

Who's Who???

So my family doesn't think Grant looks like Noah but what do you think, who's who???

Thanksgiving Adventures

I am not a fan of driving long distances so when all my family decided to drive to Utah for Thanksgiving I thought is would be a great idea to fly, boy was I wrong. What should have been an hour and a half flight took us 6 hours. We got to the San Diego airport at 3pm and didn't land in Salt Lake city until 11:30 pm so I guess we only saved ourselves 4 hours. We took off Tuesday which was the day a blizzard decided to come to SLC. We circled SLC for 2 hours because they were not cleared for landing. Only one runway was open due to the snowy conditions and then they closed it making our plane turn around and land in Las Vegas. I couldn't believe it. We were cheap and sent our luggage with the fam so I thought we would be stranded in Las Vegas with nothing but our clothes on our backs. Fortunately they decided to refuel and attempt to land in Salt Lake City again. They told us we would be taking off in about 20 minutes but that turned into a hour and a half. Once we finally landed in SLC I was so happy but the fun wasn't over yet. There was not an open gate for us to pull up to so we had to wait 45 minutes before they pulled up to the gate. I felt so bad because my dad and uncle Kevin were waiting outside in the freezing weather not to mention this was their second trip to the airport in a blizzard! I was thankful that our boys were so good. Noah slept through the first flight and then from Vegas he just watched movies while Grant just nursed every time he started crying. As everyone was getting off the plane they were telling us how great our kids were. I would still fly over driving any day but this was not a fun experience at all. Once we finally got to my aunts house we had dinner at 12:20 in the morning, we hadn't eaten since lunch and they had no food on the plane. Noah was wired and didn't fall asleep until 1:20 am. We had a great time in SLC though despite this set back.

We had a lot of fun sledding or at least I did! The first time down the hill all three of us went and Noah's legs were dragging which then caused all the snow to spray us in the face. Noah was not a fan of being cold and therefore was not letting me take any nice pictures the whole trip but I still tried!

Here we are at "this is the place" but didn't get to go in since it was closed but it still was beautiful with all the white snow.

We also went on a tour at the conference center to kill some time before the lights went on at temple square.

Whitney is always trying to get some loves from Noah but for some reason Noah is not a fan of his aunt Whitney or really much of anyone!!! She can just say hi and he right away scowls while saying "NO". So when he actual said "I give you loves" and let her take a picture with him she was so surprised and excited!!! Utah must have put him in a good mood because he was even being nice to Graham.

This is Noah's famous choke hold on his uncle TJ, don't know how I feel about that.

So proud

Dan is truly the best father ever. He takes such great care of our boys, always loving cuddle time. Grant is not the best sleeper at night. He usually cries on and off from 9:30 to midnight and I am so grateful when Dan takes him down stairs and walks around trying to soothe Grant and his poor upset tummy. I am so grateful for such a loving, kind, helpful husband- I know I couldn't do it with out him.

Attempted Photo Shoot

I have been so lazy in trying to take nice photos of Grant. I attempted to take some of him at 5 weeks old which was a big mistake. He no longer just sleeps all cuddly like a newborn, actually I don't think he ever did! He has been lifting his head up since he was born, he is such a strong boy. I gave up after him screaming and squirming everywhere. By the end of it he was so exhausted which is shown in his car seat, I didn't dare try again & risk waking him up!

Beach In October???

Man I am so far behind but in October we took Grant to the beach for the first time at 3 weeks old. I couldn't believe how warm it was, what a beautiful day!

Fun at the zoo

I know I have posted a lot of pics from the zoo but this was Grant's first time so I had to document it! Poor baby had the worse break out of baby acne after this trip since it was so stinking hot, I think it was about 90 degrees on a October day- that's SD for ya.

Put me to Bed

I swear this boy can fall asleep anywhere! The other day I was working on the computer and he was using my phone while sitting in the rocking the chair. All of a sudden it got really quite and this is how I found Mr Boy. I am so grateful that he still naps 2-3 hours every day. On Monday I dropped Dan off for a meeting while I went shopping at Nordstrom Rack. Right when I dropped him off Noah woke up after sleeping in his car seat for 2 hours. I kept driving, got some gas, parked the car, put Noah in the stroller which he then fell back to sleep until 5:45 which was right when I was leaving the mall to pick up Dan. Love this sleeping boy so much!

Trick or Treating

It is so much fun to carry on a family tradition. Growing up every year all my cousins would come to our house and have pizza before trick or treating which is what we did this year. The kids were running to every house, it was so much fun to see how much Noah got into it this year. Noah was not a fan of these decorations as pictured below!