We finally signed up for swim lessons. We were able to sign up last minute with Kira and Crosby. The lessons were 4 weeks long twice a week. The lessons were about 25 minutes which was about the perfect length of time. It was fun to see how much Brayden learned in those few weeks. Brayden is really good at blowing bubbles, kicking, rowing his arms, and jumping in off the side. He can get in and out of the pool on his own too. His favorite part of swim lessons was the water spout. They used a watering can as they sang Itzy Bitzy Spider and as we would walk in a circle the kids could put their heads under the water. After the first week the water spout was what he wanted to play with the entire lesson. It was some what difficult to distract him from the water spout. Here is Kira, Crosby, and Brayden getting ready for a lesson.
One of Brayden's favorite parts of swim lessons was the shower we took after the lesson. All three kids would play in the shower. They loved letting the warm water run over their bodies. Brayden is doing this funny thing when we shower, he backs up in front of me and just stands there; I call it the penguin because for some reason that is what it reminds me of. He did that a lot in the shower after swim lessons.
We had original planned to stay around for spring break. With the baby coming and spring ball starting there was a lot that needed to be done around that house. However, plans changed when Jared's mom wasn't doing very good and we felt we should spend some time with Jared's family. We spent most of the week in Colorado and were a little worried when they predicted a severe snow storm to hit Colorado the day before we were scheduled to fly out. Sure enough the day before we left we got hit with over a foot of snow. It took Jared almost 2 hours to shovel the driveway; which he had to do if we wanted to get our car out in the morning. Most of the flights had been cancelled and we were worried if we would be able to fly out. We woke up really early on Friday, and got to the airport about 2 hours before our flight left. I was amazed that we didn't have any trouble and we arrived safely in Utah. We spent the afternoon hanging out with family. About 3 or so I started not feeling very good. I was having some cramping and abdominal pain. I was worried that something was wrong with the baby and told Jared something wasn't right. We had plans that evening so we headed out anyway. I stayed in the car while Jared took Brayden to watch Chase ride his bike and when they returned we headed over to his sisters for dinner. I never made it to his sisters house, about block from the park I had to have Jared pull over and out I went leaving my mark on the side of the road. I found out later it was actually behind the church were Jared and I held our wedding open house. I spent the rest of the evening sick. The next day I tried to be a trooper and join everyone for Frisbee golf, I didn't make it out of the car, but saw the pictures and it looked like a great time.
It took Jared awhile to complete the course because Brayden was distracted by the river and the train that passed. 
Brayden got to take a ride on Logan's long board; which you can tell he liked.
He also spotted Grandpa's tractor in the garage on day, he sat in there for about 2o minutes before we had to drag him out for dinner. He is obsessed with tractors.
While we were there we had a early birthday party for Brayden. Amy threw a cake together made of cookies, it was pretty cute, and Brayden didn't grab for the candle this year, at least not yet!
He also got another tractor!
Brayden got to watch the girls play the Wii, and had a great time on our visit to Utah.
With Hailey now in Colorado I thought I would take advantage of the babysitter and travel to Boise myself for the first time. First time to travel by myself and the first time to not have Brayden with me. I was a little nervous to go, but was glad I was so busy while I was there. Hailey watched Brayden on Thursday and Jared was able to watch him the rest of the time. Brayden enjoyed going to work with daddy on Friday, and Jared even got him to sleep in this pack and play in his office. I was busy helping with the state dance and cheer competition. It is always a lot of fun for me to work with such good friends. The NCAA men's basketball tournament was in Boise that weekend and I had family that was in town to watch the games. It was nice to spend some time with them and also catch a game myself. I was able to go to the Sunday session and saw Xavier play Wisconsin and Missouri play Marquette. It is always fun to be around that level of play and the excitement the athletes have about their sport. I was traveling home on Monday and got a call that Brayden was sick and that thrown up, I felt bad for Jared having to clean that mess up. I am happy to say they both survived and it was a very happy reunion when I returned.
Uncle Cale got us tickets to Disney on Ice; which was a happy moment in Brayden's life. The plot was about the Incredibles which is a favorite movie of his. He watched so intently the first half and even during the second half was pretty into the show. I was amazed that he willingly sat on my lap for over 2 minutes, let alone the 2 hours we were at the show. I can say that probably won't be our last kids event. I just hope all I ever pay for is the ticket and not the cups, balloons, and junk that is so expensive. I wouldn't even pay for a real picture instead we got a picture in front of the $6.00 a bag popcorn stand. 
After Brayden finished eating I showed him is cake, he was in awe. I put him down and all we heard was dump it dirt and he grabbed the closest person; which was Uncle Cale and he made him show him the cake again. Cale would try to set him down and he would hold on so tight so he could stay with Cale and see his cake. He was very overwhelmed by the cake and when I sat it down in front of him, he didn’t know if we wanted to blow out the candle or grab the dump truck and start dumping. After 20 blows on the candle he finally blew it out. Then I left him grab a bit of the cake. The next 5 or 10 minutes are kind of a blur. As I tried to help Brayden eat his cake all I heard was “more dump it” and “dump dirt”, he wanted so badly to dump the dirt that was on his cake. Finally, I gave up just let him get down and get his other tractor and play with them.
Brayden has so much fun with all his friends. He especially liked his bike.
He also had a really fun time after the party when he got to chase bubbles with Kira. He would chase them all the way to the neighbors yard. Uncle Cale was a big hit for making the bubbles.
Earlier that morning Jared took Brayden to the opening of the Colorado National Golf Course and they took a picture of Jared and Brayden looking at Ralphie; it was in our local paper the next week. Brayden had a pretty busy birthday.
