Happy Birthday, Brady!

I know, I know. It seems like I'm always doing a birthday post. But when you have no children of your own, your nieces and nephews become your babies--and so I have 19 "children", and thus you will see 19 birthday posts this year. I love reliving the memories of my little ones as I do these posts! They are so precious to me!

Little Brayden is turning three tomorrow, May 1. So, here is my birthday post for my cute little Brady!!

Brady was born on May 1, 2006, and so is only about 2 weeks younger than Joey--our closest two babies. It's been so fun to watch the two of them grow up! Here is a picture of me holding Brayden on the day he was born.

And here he is getting a kiss from big sister Briana. All of Stace's kids looked so much alike when they were born, but Brady didn't keep the brown haired brown eyed mold, as you will see in a few pictures...

Here he is with his mom in July, 2006, a few months old.


Here he is in August with cousin Joey and Uncle Steve. It's been fun to watch these two grow up together.

Here he is on Christmas, 2005. You can start to see his blonde hair and blue eyes. Where did those come from??

I love this picture of he and Stace. So cute!

These are candy bars that Stace made for his first birthday.

And here he is eating his birthday cupcake. I love the look in his face!

Here he is sacked out on the couch with daddy.

This is Christmas 2007 with cousin Dannan, Uncle Seth, and daddy.

Okay, I had to put this one in. Notice that he is wearing girl's Sunday shoes. I think they were actually Emma's shoes, because she is standing close by in the uncropped picture. I think he looks great! :)

I think he's about to throw Puff the Magic Dragon at me in this picture. Look at all that blonde hair!

This was taken in January of this year, with cousin Joey again, at Matthew's 1st birthday party. I'm not quite sure what they are doing with the cones...but it sure is cute! (P.S. the quote on the wall says, "Water should be our drink at all times," in case you were wondering)

This was last month at one of the birthday parties. I love the combination of colors he's wearing.

And this one was taken last week. I think it is the cutest picture--he's such a good big brother. Camden is not sure what to think, but what a cute brotherly kiss!

I'm so grateful for my little Brayden. He has such a cute personality, and I love to get see him growing up into such a darling litte boy. Happy Birthday, Brady!