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Tulsa-Day 3

We got to meet up with Jason and Kizzy and the boys again for lunch on Sunday. Kizzy and I tried one more time to get them to pose outside the restaraunt!

Ugghh. I give up.

Bye-bye hugs from Everett.

Brax was such a good boy in the car.

Our sweet friends still make Tulsa feel like home...

Tulsa-Day 2-To Jamie's

Outing #2 on Saturday... to "Aunt Jamie's" house. I so wished we could have hung out longer, but Brax was ready to go home and hit the hay by 6:30!

All this socializing really wears a guy out.

Jamie's son, Jaden, was born just a week before Brax.

Checkin' each other out.

It was pretty obvious who was the only child here. Brax could not keep his hands off Jaden--he was SO intrigued by this other little fella' who was just his size. (Jaden was not as in awe as Brax; he has 4 brothers and sisters! He is the most laid back kid ever.

Jamie makes it all look so easy...)

"He has a head just like mine..."


"Dude. Keep your hands to yourself."

"And a face just like mine..."

"Seriously, hands off."

"And he even has a mouth!"

"Man, I'm not gonna say it again..."

Brax just had to cop one more feel...

Such handsome little tow-heads.

Another attempt at getting boys to sit still.

"Okay, both of you sit right there."

"Smile, Brax!!"

"Oh don't act like you've never seen a camera before, son."

"BOTH OF YOU SIT DOWN!"

They're done.

"Now this is what I came over for! Let's play!!"

Back at Hotel Partin...

Jen and Kev's guest house was so perfect, the sink was just right for Brax's bath

He loved it!

Tulsa-Day 2-Daddy's Alum

Saturday was Mike's ORU baseball alumni stuff. They had a golf tournament (Mike won closest to the pin!) then a luncheon at the field. Brax was enthralled by all the big boys playing ball. I just cannot imagine my little baby boy being all grown up and in college like these guys we were watching. Only 17 more years and he'll be like them... Crazy.

This was Mike's old locker!

Tulsa-Day 2-Feeding the Geese

Jen's house sits right by a pond that a bunch of geese call home.

We went out to feed them some bread, well really Annabelle fed them and Brax tried to terrorize them. Those geese are pretty brave, though; they weren't scared!

"Come on, Brax. Let's go feed the geese."

"I'm gonna get 'em!"

"That's probably not a good idea, Brax..."



"Here I come, ready or not!"

Distracted by a leaf. Or maybe goose poo.


Annabelle throws the bait...


Brax tries to catch one...

"Come here, little fella', I won't hurt you!"

"Come here..."

"Man, these geese are no fun. They don't even know I'm here!"

"HELLOOOOOO geese!!!"

"All done."

Somehow this is the only picture I managed to get of prego Jen. Doesn't she have the cutest belly ever? She's due in 4 weeks! I can't believe we didn't get a picture of the two of us together!

Brax's dirty jeans. Guess I better get used to this.

Hugs from AB.

Atta' girl! Teaching him how to clean.

"You missed a spot, Brax."

Brax finished all of his meat sticks (14 in one day) and still wanted AB's hot dog!!!

Trip to Tulsa--Day One

We made our first trip back to Tulsa since Brax's dedication when he was just 8 weeks old.

Traveling with a baby=Anxiety for me, so we don't do it very often. But I was feeling brave so Brax and I joined Mike in Tulsa for his baseball alumni stuff at ORU.

I was missing my girlfriends!!!

Here is B, all packed up, in his jammies, ready to go. We left Thursday nite at about 7, he was asleep by 8, we got in at 10:30.

The first nite was a little rough, Brax slept ok in bed with us, but I kept waking up with feet/knees/elbows in my face.

Here is Brax having breakfast with sweet Annabelle. AB is such an amazing kid! I seriously was taking mental notes on parenting while we were with Jen and Kev all weekend. They were gracious enough to put us up in the apartment off their house for 3 days, AND cook us gourmet food... it's seriously like a bed and breakfast around there.

Here B and I are with an old co-worker and good friend of mine, and her daughter. We had breakfast at BBD (a Tulsa classic). Mike enjoyed his oatmeal and omelet in the car--I can't take him out in public. Oh I'm kidding... Brax had fallen asleep on the way there (it was morning nap time) so Mike stayed in the car with him in the parking lot at BBD so I could go in and visit with my friend over breakfast. I just pretended like I was a Sonic car-hop and took him his food. Brax slept for an hour out there! He woke up just in time to come in and say good-bye.

After that, we went by my old office. Here is B sitting in the chair I used to work out of. I cleaned many teeth in the mouths of crying children here in this chair!

After B's 2nd nap, we headed over to our friends', Jason and Kizzy. They were our old neighbors, she's the one I ran the marathon with. Here is Brax with Everett and Wyatt. As you can see, it was IMPOSSIBLE to get 3 boys to all sit still and say "cheese" at once. But being the bloggers we are, Kizzy and I tried desperately to get at least one good shot...
"Look here, boys..."

"Everett, you look here too!"

"HERE! Look HERE boys!"

Brax had his mouth full of goldfish.

"Everett, come back!"

"Brax, get back here!"

"Sit down, Ev."

"Sit down, Brax. Wyatt, get back there!"

"AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH! Start over."

"Back over there, Brax."

This was as good as it was gonna get.