Brayden is 1 already?!

We cannot believe precious Brayden is already the BIG "1"!! What a year it has been. Brayden is full of energy, smart, loving, lights up a room with his smile and those precious eyes, stubborn, persistent, and strong willed. We are so happy and feel so blessed that God decided to make him part of our family!

For his party we invited some close friends over and Papa and Grandma came up to celebrate with a "Under the Sea" Birthday party. Good thing it was a water party for the kids because it was about 98 degrees that day with a lot of humidity. Thank you to all the parents who endured the heat, you guys made the day extra special. And thank you Papa and Grandma for helping get the party food together, Susan (aka Two Two) for making the birthday cake, and Devin for blowing up all the water toys. We could not of asked for a better way to celebrate precious Brayden!!

 

he absolutely LOVED the cake and dug right in!

Brayden's Dedication

While we were in Oregon we decided to to Brayden's Dedication. It was very special being able to celebrate it with Devin's family since they were not able to be at Cami's. Another thing that made it extra special was that we did it on Mother's Day! Thank you Pastor Kenner for doing the dedication and the church for praying over our precious son. Over the past year I have realized more than ever what a precious gift from God Brayden is to our family. We are truly blessed to have Brayden in our family and can't imagine life without him. Love you buddy!

May 13, 2012

(closest thing to a family photo for Mother's Day and Brayden's dedication :(. I have to get better about remembering to take pictures on these special days)

Oregon in May

We had not been to Oregon since Christmas 2010, and after one cancelled trip back in March we finally made it out. We had an amazing trip and even made it out to the coast for a few days. After visiting with Devin's grandparents we realize that Brayden should of been names Leo after his great grandfather because he has his smile 100%. We also feel very blessed that we were able to get a picture of 4 generations of Zupan men. We miss our Oregon family and friends tons and can't wait to come back in Decemeber! Thanks for a great trip :)

4 Generations of Zupans

Grampy "fell asleep" in the car with Cami on the way to the coast

Cami and Brayden with their Grampy and nona

Cami LOVED the ocean, but it was way to cold to swim in. She did take a good face plant though into the water when she was running away from the wave

We found a baby seal on the coast trying to make it back to the ocean. It did eventually make it!

Both kids LOVE their Aunt Chels

Beautiful Coastal sunset

Easter in the 'Ham

This year for Easter we decided to venture down to Birmingham to visit my Papa and Grandma. We had several more "Easter Egg Hunt's" on the back porch and loved just hanging out. Easter Morning the Easter Bunny decided to bring Cambria and Brayden some fun treats. We then went to church out in Gardendale where I spent about 5 years there and my parents still attend. It was a great service and a great reminder of why we celebrate Easter!

Some of my cousins from my dads side of the family joined us for church and then more for lunch after church at a park. It was great seeing all of them!

Cambria and Brayden's 1st Easter Egg Hunt

Cami and her friends Gibson and Reece waiting to go find eggs

                                  

Cami and Brayden and all their Daycare friends with Susan our friend and teacher

She was sooo proud of the 1st egg she found

I looked over and apparently Cami got tired of looking for eggs and she was sitting in the chair starting to unwrap candy. Gibson (her "bestfriend") decided to come join. They are so cute together!

 Yes it is June and I am just now blogging about Easter! We have had jam packed weekends or I have just been too tired to blog. Anyways, enough about that!

This year Cambria and Brayden had their 1st Easter Egg Hunt at their daycare. Cami got REALLY into it and absolutely loved it. Brayden just wanted to throw the eggs or squish them. I enjoyed getting to time the day off of work to watch them and see them interact with their friends. Makes me excited for next year to see them both get into it.

Brayden 9 month and Cami 2 year pictures

(All pictures done  by Brittany Wood Photography)