Sick baby and Christmas outfit

Poor Kolton came down with a stomach bug or something this weekend so we decided to bring our matress out into the living room and sleep on it with him. Why? We don't know...it sounded like a good idea at the time. Since our living room is so small, though, it makes it hard to walk or open the front door, but it is fun! Tomorrow, it is going back in our room...
These are a couple of pictures of Kolton in his Christmas outfit. Sorry there aren't any shoes or socks...Also please disregard the nylon box...I didn't want him screaming in the pictures! ;)

This was taken Saturday night...my poor baby. It is so sad! He is feeling all better now! Yay! I'm just glad it didn't fall on Christmas!!!

Elf Dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Kolton can walk!

FINALLY!!! I thought he would be walking in October but the boy just wouldn't do it! He would take a step or two but never would just do it on his own...until today! Now in the video I did some coaxing, but he has taken up to 15 steps at one time today. He has even walked to the couch from the chair for his drink on his own! Yay!

On a different note, this week we have felt really blessed! On Sunday we came home from choir practice to a bag full of cookies and caramel popcorn balls! So yummy! Then on Monday night we came home from Brady's final (I went to the mall while he took his test and let Kolton play) and on our doorstep was bags full of groceries (had to have been at least 10-15 bags)!! There was steak and turkey and cookies and cheese...just everything! Then on top of that, there was an envelope with a $100 bill and two gift certificates to Warren Theater (I can finally go see Twilight!). I feel so incredibly lucky and blessed that someone thought of us and did that for us. What kind people there are in this world! We are so lucky to have such awesome friends and family that mean so much to us! I am glad we have this time of year to remind us how lucky we are! Thank you to whoever left those special things on our doorstep! It really meant a lot!

Christmas tree and Puppy dogs

I love setting up the Christmas tree, but it was especially fun to do with Kolton this year! It is so exciting to be able to celebrate his first Christmas! And soon his first birthday! It is so crazy to think a year ago I was pregnant with this guy! He has made our lives so much fun and he just cracks me up every day!

Admiring an ornament.

Helping put on an ornament.

Watching me to see how exactly it is done. :)

Helping Daddy put the star on!

This is a video of Kolton helping decorate the tree that we FINALLY set up yesterday! He has been pretty good at not messing with is since. I'm pretty proud of him! :)

..................................................................................................................................................................

Today we took the puppies in the front yard to play with them. I took this hilarious video of Kolton playing with them with my real video camera (bummer), but decided to go get our camera to take this video. Not as funny, but that's ok. He was crawling around and the puppies would not leave him alone. They were jumping all over him licking him and he started getting really frustrated that he couldn't go anywhere. He has fun with them though!

And now he is annoyed...

Friday Night

Last night we went to go see Santa at Bass Pro Shop. They have free pictures with Santa! Probably the only place you can do that! They give you one free 4x6 (you can order more if you want) AND they let you use your own camera to take whatever pictures you want!!

Here's our family with the snowman.

Here is Kade Foy with Santa...pretty happy...
And here is Kolton with Santa...

And again...

Brittney and I decided it would be fun to rock climb...

Kolton loved looking at the huge fish.

Brady wanted to rock climb. :)

We had a lot of fun last night! I was really happy we were able to get a picture of Kolton with Santa...even though he didn't enjoy it! The second I started moving Kolton towards Santa and Santa put his hands out, Kolton freaked out. He really scared him! So sad!

Boring week at the Brammers

Well, I haven't posted in a while because NOTHING has really happened this week!
This week, though, I bought a bag of animal crackers (they are $1.94 for a HUGE bag) to see if Kolton would eat them. Well, he loves them! He is always asking for a kaka (cookie). It is fun. Things are starting to get confusing, though, with his kaka for cookie, ka for drink, bah (in a really high pitch voice) for bite, baba for bottle, and ba for ball. The only things you actually know for sure what he is saying is dog (gog) and nini for no--I don't know how that happened.

Identity Theft (scholarship)

Identity theft is a serious crime. Identity theft involves stealing someone's identity, whether for monetary gain or not. Many people don't realize that you don't have to do something major like make a $40,000 purchase to commit the crime of identity theft. By using a found I.D., you are committing a form of identity theft. In 2006, Oklahoma was ranked number 23 with a total number of 2,254 victims of identity theft. And those are just the ones that people notice! So many people get their credit card bills and just pay them without even looking at all the charges! A $5.00 McDonald's charge to your card by someone other than you is identity theft and can be prosecuted. According to spamlaws.com, even after someone fixes all the charges and whatnot from identity theft, 47% of them still have problems getting another credit card, even though the problems caused with their credit were not from them. Over 25% of identity theft victims have to deal with their case for 4 to 6 months. It takes a lot of work and time to get wrong charges off your credit card or deposited back into your bank account. It is also important to note that some stranger doesn't have to get a hold of your information. The teller at your bank, if you go often enough, might even have your social security number memorized. They will have access to your full name, birth date, address, social security number, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER...everything they need to buy something online, get a credit card. Bank tellers are not superior people...they are just like you and me. They are college students, they are moms, they are dads...they can be anyone. This might shock you, but 43% of victims actually knew the person who stole their identity! Almost half knew the person! With the economy how it is now and where it is heading many people are becoming desperate. Thousands of Americans are loosing their jobs. Be careful of where you leave your wallet. Be careful of who you tell your information to. Be careful when using public computers to order things online. Be careful. Be careful. Be careful!
If you want to participate in this scholarship, you can visit www.scholarships.com or http://students.spendonlife.com/blogging-scholarship. All you have to do is post a post on your blog about identity theft!