How it all began

Ralph and I have been together since the summer of 2008 but it all began in 1992. Ralph's sister, Colleen and I have been best friends since 6th grade and we grew up at each other's houses throughout the years. Ralph was always around but being the younger brother was forbidden to be around us (not that he wanted to make up dances with us). We said hi during high school and when I needed a jersey to wear to school on Fridays, Ralph was nice enough to let me wear his. He visited Kent State while I was there once to look at the football team and campus but decided against attending. He joined the Marine Corps and we spoke through emails every now and then just to see how the other was doing. Life went on and our paths finally crossed again in 2008 when Colleen invited me to their families yearly 4th of July party. Ralph was home on leave from Iraq and I just moved back to Cincinnati. This time when we saw each other things seemed a little different and the rest is history. In December 2011 we were engaged, July 2012 we were married, April 2013 we bought our first house and March 2014 we had our first child, Braxten! Each year has been more blessed than the last and we are so excited to see where our future takes us!

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Braxten

Not sure why my phone isn't posting the entire posts. Here is the rest of Braxtens from earlier...

• He is walking from point to point when he feels like it. It is entirely on his terms
• He is no longer eating formula although we still have 3-4 bottles of milk a day. We have begun some "bottle envy" when Kane gets her bottle
• He sprints on his knees to Jane when she cries and points to her to be sure we know she is upset. And brings her a pacifier when she may need it. We need to work on not throwing it at her face but it's still sweet!
• B has become very opinionated and knows exactly what he wants. He still speaks Japanese but knows what he is saying and gets frustrated when we don't respond fast enough. He is one loud and independent kid!
• He luckily will play by himself during the day for 20 minutes or so which frees up some time to feed or tend to Kane
• 7 teeth have come in but as he is chewing his fingers and drooling, we think many more are coming in.
• Still taking two naps a day!
• B still wears 12 month clothes but some 18 months pajamas
• Favorite activity is chasing Rocky with the walker and an evil look in his eye - this is a constant , poor Rock!
• Our favorite happens before nap and bed, B is giving the best hugs now!!! It's amazing!

Braxten is bringing joy to our lives everyday and we are thankful for our loud, curious, independent, loving little man!

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