Welcome Braylon Cooper......

My sister and her husband gave birth to their beautiful little boy on March 7,2011 at 2:33 pm....Braylon Cooper Vandenlangenberg (try saying that 3 times-betcha can't do to!!) Weighing in at a whooping 9lbs 8oz and 21in long he is the cutest bundle of LOVE ever (okay 2nd to mine!)!!!
We couldn't be happier for the both of them....WOW how their lives have changed forever and will bring them so much joy and happiness!!!

Ava was all about the LOVIN...plenty of kisses-Braylon didn't seem to mind...he slept right through it!

Couple of cute little hats that we gave to Braylon......I am in LOVE with little hats for babies!! And couldn't wait to take a picture of him in these!!

Ava and her baby.......

The happy family.....

We get to see the little bundle of love again this weekend..... :-)

Pinkalicious!!!

Ava had a playdate with her neighbor friend Janna....they wanted to make CUPCAKES!!! Pink of course....Bright PINK!!! Both of them in dance leotards and tutus and Ava's Pink tiara that she will not take out of her hair since she got it....too cute!!!

Baby Ziya came to visit!!!!!

Sean's sister Sarah and her daughter Ziya came to town to visit for a long weekend...the kids get so excited when their cousins come into town to visit and the same goes for Ziy I think.....
Ziya could not get "enough" of Noa..she loved him! He was the first thing she asked for when she woke in the morning.....it was adorable!!!!!!

FYI....yeah Ava is going through this stage where she doesn't like to wear any clothes....really I do dress her!

Potty Trained....FINALLY!!! Poopie trained I should say....

Ava is finally completely potty trained....yeah I know what you are all thinking and I KNOW!! She for some reason would not poop on the potty....only in her pants! We started a reward system with tokens...and worked like a champ! Why we didn't start this sooner?

The Squinky Bubble Gum machine that she had her eye on for months....she finally got!

Uncle Dale....Is there anything this guy doesn't know??

Noah has this newfound facination with rocks, gemstones and minerals thanks to his Great Uncle Dale! Uncle Dale is a Dentist by trade but knows more about rocks, gemstones and minerals than the books you'll find at your local Barnes&Noble! So you can only imagine how excited Noah was to sit and chat (and stare in admiration) with Dale and "pick" his brain....Noah's favorite that I still catch him bragging to his friends about is the rock that was fromed by a broken tree branch in Madagascar!!

Uncle Dale brought Noah a few "goodies" for him to study and look at.....

And the coolest one...a Geode that Noah got to pound and break open-filled with really pretty purple cyrstals!