My New Little Hobby/Venture....

Could this possibly be Andrea actually be crafty with her two own hands??!! MAYBE!! I think I may have found a fun new hobby/craft to make...."Sassy Diaper Wipie Travel Cases" These are just the plane old jane travel wipe cases that you buy at Target, Walmart, Babies R Us....but with a hint of fashion for us Cute and Sassy Momma's! Here are some that I have made below. I made my first one for myself the day before Maddox was born....I guess I was nesting. I had seen some where that sold cute diaper wipie cases and then I remembered I had a bunch of the plane ones at home left over from when Aidan was a baby. So I ventured to JoAnns and got some material and ribbon and made my first one.....I got lots of compliments on it so I started making these for my girlfriends as gifts when they had their new bundle of joys. And then some one said to me that I should sell these and when I put them on Face Book, I had a few people contact me and ask if I would sell them. I actually just sold my first one....Thank You Holly! I'm going to meet her tomorrow to give her, her new Sassy Wipie Case.

I am going to try to sell these on Etsy....just need to come up with a Name and make some more to sell. I have 3 right now that are for sell. I hope to make 3-4 more this weekend.

Some other news....I got a Sewing Machine for my birthday from my parents......SUPER EXCITED! I'm learning to sew...my mom has been helping me. I'm trying to sew some burp clothes. I'm a little intimidated by the sewing machine....I feel at ease when my mom is close by. LOL Might have to take a class or two before I feel more comfortable. But I'm excited to learn and I'll keep ya'll posted on how it all goes.

Holly's Wipie Case

This one is for sale

For Sale

For Sale

This one is my sweet friend/cuz Allyson

This is my lovely friend Katie's case.

This is reserved for a friend who is expecting any day now.

My 1st one I made

The Boys Hanging Out...

The weather has been horrible lately and we have not been doing much but going to the Y (our YMCA) and hanging out indoors at our casa. Maddox and Aidan are starting to enjoy one anothers company and are too sweet together. Maddox just loves Aidan and every time he sees him he just gets all excited. Aidan thinks it's sooo funny that Maddox laughs at him. Aidan loves to play with Maddox and is still Mommy's big helper! Here are some cute pics of the boys I took yesterday while they were hanging out on the couch.

Maddox is 5 Months!!

Maddox turned 5 Months on January 29th! He is so big...I feel like my little baby is growing up too fast! He is doing well and growing like a weed.

He's rolling over, as you can see the video below, he's eating all sorts of fruits and veggies...hasn't come across anything he doesn't like, he smiles a lot, very alert of everything around him, loves his big brother, loves playing with his toys and loves to eat them, he's trying to sit up...almost there. He's just full of energy and loving life. One thing we are still having problems with is his sleep....he is NOT a sleeper....we thought we had it fixed but it's back to him waking 2 or 3 times a night to eat or to fuss for his passie....so not too much sleep over here at the Braxdale's. We are praying it gets better!

Rollover, Rollover, Let Maddox Come Over!

Maddox started rolling over this past week...now he is a pro! Here's a video of our cutie pie!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY ALLAN AKA DADDY!!

Happy Birthday Allan! We love you so much and thanks for being so wonderful! Enjoy your birthday and may all your wishes come true!

Love,

Andrea, Aidan and Maddox

PS: Allan's 30th birthday gift is a trip to Vegas....we leave today and he is SO excited! Will post more about Allan's 30th next week.

My Boys on Game Day!

As we all know last Thursday was a big "game night" here in Texas. UT played in the National Championship game against Alabama. Poor UT last to Bama!! :( Being married to a man that grew up in Austin and being a Longhorn fan his whole life.....our kids are going to be dressed in burnt orange during UT football game days. :) Don't worry.....Aidan still knows how to call his Hogs and has his Arkansas Jersey and Maddox has a couple of Razorback onsies and some bath towels that he sports. Here are some pics from last Thursday. Oh, and on Thursday I gave Maddox his first Sweet Potatoes...thought he could represent with the color of his food....but it still didn't help lead Texas to victory.

CHRISTMAS 2009

This Christmas was so much fun!! The pictures below are out of order....the first ones are from Christmas Day at The Brinkmann's, Christmas morning at our house, Christmas Eve before bed, and Christmas Eve during the day. Sorry about that!

Christmas Eve, Allan's family came down to our house and spent the day with us. I made an Italian Feast for a late afternoon lunch/dinner. It turned out quite delicious if I may say so myself. We had fun with Billy, Janie, Mamaw, Gregg, and Pawpaw. We just visited and ate lots of yummy food and watched Aidan open TONS of gifts and play with his new toys!! They left around 4 and we got ready for Christmas Eve Mass at 6, came home got cookies ready for Santa, took pictures in our new pj's and Allan read us the "Night Before Christmas" book.

Christmas morning was a blast....Aidan was sooo excited that Santa had come to his house! He loved all his gifts and opened all of Maddox's gifts too.

Allan made us a nice breakfast and then we headed over to the Brinkmann's house around 1 and got to spend the day with my dad and mom, Anthony, Nick, Melissa and Chase, Jim and Barb and my cousin's Kristen and Scott (who got engaged over Christmas break), Katie and Corrinne, and Darcy and her bf Scot. We had a nice, relaxing day with the whole family!!

Needless to say this will be a memorable Christmas! Can't believe it's all over and it's already January 5th! Time is flying!