ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE

Braxton and I were on our way to our neighborhood park when I look down and see this little turtle on the side of the road. I was looking at and I thought man that is a weird looking turtle I have never seen a turtle with a long tail. So I called Braxton over to show him and he was so excited he wanted to take him home. I decided that would be okay, so we took the turtle home and made him a little house. Then I googled what kind of turtle has a spiky shell and a long tail. Then I find out it is a ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE! Then I go on read about how aggressive these turtles are and how they can take a finger off once they get bigger. However they are docile when they are babies which this one was luckily. These turtle can triple in size in three months. Ya we are defiantly not keeping that little guy around. I did let Braxton keep it until dad got home so he could show him. Then I had Kevin go release it back to the wild but I wanted him to take it to a pond farther away but he put it back in the neighborhood pond so beware in a few months there may be some Alligator snapping turtles trying to take off peoples fingers! It was pretty funny when they let the turtle go it swam off then came right back to were Braxton was telling him goodbye then poked its little head out and just stared at him for a while then swam away it was pretty cute!

Braxton wants a pet so bad but I really don't want to take care of anything I don't know what to get him! Now he keeps asking "mom can I have a nice turtle that won't bite me?"

Braxton liked to refer to him as the "crocodile snapping turtle"

This turtle looks prehistoric, I think it said they can live up to 150 years!

It was really fast too when we were trying to take this picture he was about running off the counter top! I was not expecting that from a turtle!

CINCO DE MAYO

Our good friends the Richards decided to have a Cinco De Mayo party. It was great, we tried to really get into it with our clothes, food & games. We had some really good tacos, chips & salsa, & margaritas (virgin of course). We had a really fun game of limbo, I have not played that game in forever it was great time thanks for having us guys!

Lets just say limbo is not Kevins game he was the first one out!

Candice was the limbo queen she won it all!

I came in third place which was pretty good for me!

Here are some of the stylish mustaches the boys grew! I thought they were pretty sexy I was trying to get Kevin to keep it around for a while! j/k!

We all were supposed to wear the colors of the Mexican flag!

Geese these boys are hot!

The whole group!

Braxton did not want to be left out of the Mustache club!

KEVIN AND BRAXTONS MUSTACHES

Kara, Nate & Abigail in their Cinco De Mayo garb.

WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GOOD PINNATA!

SOCCER

Braxton has started to play soccer. He seems to like it for about half of the game anyway. The games are so funny to watch, his team consists of mostly 3 yrs olds so it is interesting. He plays in a 3-4yr old league at the YMCA. Their first game they played a team of mostly 4 yr old. They were a whole head taller and actually new what they were doing so lets just say it was not much of a game. Our team is starting to learn it a bit better the second game they had a bit more contact with the ball. But about half way through the game the boys attention span is dwindling and it is a challenge to keep everyone in the game!

Apparently this is the best part the snacks!

Braxton wandering the field, this is about half way through the game and he is a little tired! He is done paying attention to the game!

Corbin supporting his big bro!

Go Grey Thunder!

This was during a practice.

Team wall waiting for the ball to be thrown in.

I don't think they realize that they are not supposed to pull and push their own team members. Maybe these boys would do a little better with football!

At Braxton's last game it was his turn to throw in the soccer ball, but apparently he had enough of kicking the ball so he decided to run to the goal while holding the ball and throw it in the goal instead of kicking it. It was so funny, we were all pretty surprised we just laughed! It is so fun to watch them play I am sure this the first of the many sports he will play.

VOTE FOR BRAXTON

Kevin entered Braxton in a photo contest for Parents Magazine. I didn't really think much about it but he is a finalist for this week. Please take just a minute to vote for Braxton by following the link below. 10 Winners get to go to New York for a photo shoot and the top winner gets to be on the cover of Parents Magazine. Thanks for voting it will only take a minute!

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Corbin 6 1/2 Months

Corbin is one of the happiest babies I know! He is so fun and such a good baby I am a lucky girl. A couple things Corbin is doing at 6 months-
*Sit up all by himself for at about 10-15 min and it is getting longer everyday.
*Does not want to lay down to play only wants to sit.
*Loves to watch his brother play, he watches Braxton every where he goes.

*Rolls over pretty much 1 min after you put him on his belly unless there are toys around to play with then he may stay on his belly for a couple mins.
*He will smile pretty much when ever you talk to him.
*Corbin is a Daddy's boy! Kevin is the funniest person in the world to him, he gets so excited when he sees Kevin it is so cute!

*Kevin can get Corbin to sleep better then me unless I am nursing him then he goes to sleep easy but if we are out somewhere and can't lay him down then Dad's the best!

*Corbin has pretty blue eyes! He got them from Grandpa and Great Grandpa. We were pretty surprised to have a blue eyed baby but he is so cute we just love him!
*One of the nicknames we call him lately is MR. Grabby! You do not want to try to eat while holding him he will try to pull everything out of your hands.

*WARNING- Do not put anything he can't put in his mouth with in reach he grabs ANYTHING and really likes plastic and bags! He seems to want anything that is not a baby toy. He likes Braxton's toys and anything you may be using at the time!
*Brother is so good at making him laugh, He gets so excited when he sees him!

*He slobbers a lot still! His tongue hangs out of his mouth half the time, Braxton was the same way!

* He is eating food well, he lets you know when he is done by doing raspberries and spitting the food all over the place. It keeps him really clean :)

*He likes to attempt to eat the bitter biscuits and makes the biggest mess with them.

*He loves the fruit, not much a fan of the veggies. Apples and Bananas are his favs!

*Corbin sleeps about 10 hrs a night likes to wake up for a early morning feeding and go back to bed.

*Sleeps much better if you lay him down then hold him. He will let you cuddle him at first then once he is tired he will push you away and just wants to lay down. If you attempt to keep holding him crying will may follow!

*Does not cry when he wakes up, I have to check on him frequently when he naps because he wakes up so happy and won't cry. A lot of time I will here him kicking his feet because he will pull his legs up in the air and slam them down.

* When you come to get him after his nap he gets so excited to see you he just flails his arms and kicks his legs it is the cutest thing! You can't help but be happy when you see that!

Corbin you are such a joy we look forward to watching you grow! We are lucky to have such cute happy baby! We Love You Corbin!

MONSTER TRUCKS

Braxton has wanted to go to MONSTER TRUCKS for a long time so when Kevin found out he could get some cheaper tickets through the school we decided we could take him. He thought the big trucks were so cool. His favorite part was when they ran over the other cars. Corbin did really well I thought the loud noises would bother him but we had him well covered he even slept for part of it. He liked watching the big trucks too. The monster trucks were really fun but it was kinda slow at some points, but we had fun . It was nice because Lindy was out here visiting so she came with us. We love having Lindy out here it is so fun! Braxton just loves Grandma he told Kevin the other night "Dad you, mom & Corbin can all go back to Utah and Grandma can stay here with me." Kevin, "well we are your family wouldn't you miss us." Braxton, "NO, Grandma can stay with me". Lets just say Braxton does not like to share Grandma attention with the rest of us.

The Tail Gator this was Brax favorite truck.

Cute little Corbin!

Grandma & Corbin

Corbin Bundled up from the noise!

Goofy Braxton!

Big Foot

Sleepy Corbin

Reading some books!

Cheese

Grandma & Brax

These wheels are so big!

The Baldwin fam at Monster Trucks

This was the girl driver. She was crazy she got so high she almost tipped over more then once.

Corbin thought it was pretty funny!