Last week we finally cut Braden's hair for the first time. Nobody wanted me to cut his cute little curls but his hair was getting pretty long and I think it was time. He looks adorable with his hair cut, looks so grown up and I think him and Dare look even more alike now too. Thank you Grammy for going with me to help keep the boys under control (trust me when I say they are less then thrilled getting their hair cut).
Darren has a Mickey app on my phone that he recently discovered has a section where you can take your picture with Mickey. He LOVES this option as you can clearly tell and every time I get my phone back from him there are more on there. Don't really know why he makes the little mad face a lot but it is super cute!
Braden has now mastered the art of taking pictures of himself with our phones! He is not too fond of taking group pictures though :) 
Me, mom, Uncle Joe and the boys went to spend the day with Kim and Jaxson on Saturday. The boys had a ball playing in Auntie Kim's laundry baskets, makes me wonder why they have toys on top of toys at my house when they were content playing in the baskets forever! They even watched movies from in there. The boys also had there first real encounter with Diesel, my sisters great Dane, he is usually outside when we're over. They were not afraid of him at all; Darren barked at him and Braden just kept smiling at him very curious. So cute! Both boys very excited to see cousin Jaxson too!
Darren enjoys painting and Braden has always sat and watched, today Braden got to paint for the first time too. He was very excited and ate only a little! I was having him use just his fingers and then Darren gave him one of his really big paint brushes that Braden loved and actually did really well with. When his painting was dry we hung it up on the wall where all of Darren's are, when I asked Tim to pick him up to take a picture with it, he went right to it pointing and smiling, I think he actually did know that was the one he did!
The boys big gift from Santa was a cool car! They had so much fun with it and have even been good about taking turns, either Darren and Braden together or just Dare, but Dare didn't seem to mind driving around Braden much as long as he could still play with it. They both enjoyed that the dog followed them around too. Darren is not to good at steering yet or stopping before he hits things, but in time I'm sure he'll be a pro. That last pic on the lawn is about .5 seconds before we needed new Christmas decorations for the front yard!!
This pic was added in because it was right after the car adventure and Braden's first sandwich =)
I caught these two hiding by the tree (it's between the couches and they are out of sight at most angles where they are standing) eating the lollipops that they got in their stockings. Darren was the only one that could reach them where they were up on a shelf and told multiple times not to eat them until after lunch. He looked so guilty when I caught them that he wouldn't make eye contact, sweet Braden has no idea he is doing anything wrong. On the upside I'm super happy that Darren thought to give one to Braden too and that they were hanging out together and not fighting =) Love them SO MUCH!
