Easter Sunday and more.....

Hello everyone...

pics below are from Easter Sunday and other fun times.

We have a busy couple of weeks ahead of us. We are traveling to Michigan next weekend for the beginning of May...and Braydon's first official Tulip Time in Holland, MI. Should be fun. Brett has a meeting at Calvin, so we decided to make it a family trip. Hard to believe, but we have not been back to MI since Christmas! WOW! Then....we come back..to finish packing up our house...because the moving truck and men will be here bright and early on May 13th to move us exactly 4 miles north of our current house. Grandma and Grandpa Kidder are coming out to assist, and to help with last minute details. Should be a busy weekend, but we are excited.

As for Baby Bolt...we are now in our 15th week, and baby has started to ease up on me....no more getting sick, and starting to feel somewhat normal again. Anyone want to take bets as to if this one is a girl? We will start to send belly shots soon, and hopefully I will pop out in the next month or so...as for now, I have no change in my physical appearence and only a gain of 1lb. not bad.

Enjoy your weekend. Pics of the house are coming! :)

bruce decided that braydon's easter basket was an excellent place for him to sleep
our tie-dyed easter eggs
just chillin on the couch

oops..caught in the act. over the last month, braydon has taken to climbing anything and everything that he can. as you can imagine, and real challenge when packing a house up, and all the boxes everywhere. :)
we had a nice long visit from Grandma Kidder in April.....she helped mommy out around the house, and got lots of time to play with Braydon.
Church on Easter Sunday....the sun was a bit bright.
happy about the treats left by the easter bunny...
gummy life savers! :) yummy

Visit to Florida

playing in the Tampa Airport kids playland. We had a great trip to Florida. Brett had a conference the first part of the week, and the rest of the time was a family vacation. We spent a lot of time by the pool, outside and ended with a nice day at Busch Gardens. It was nice to be in the warm weather and to be out in the sun with shorts and sunglasses on. No more trips planned as of yet, but a possible trip to Michigan the first weekend of May.
riding the kiddie train..he would not look at us during this ride, but was smiling for the majority of it.
a very tiny alligator.
all tuckered out....
mommy and braydon on the dragon ride

playing in the pool in a inflatable airplane..
playing with daddy in the pool
look mom..i am driving! he loved this ride at Busch Gardens, no fear of being by himself at all...just all smiles as he went around the track.
this pool was great...a huge section was only 1ft deep...perfect for someone his size, and a little more relaxing for mom...as she was able to sit and watch him play..
Busch Gardens....we had a great day, saw a lot of animals, rode on a train, walked a lot and discovered that Braydon has little fear of the kiddie rides.

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Bolt

pretty flowers. We had a great visit with the Bolt's. We went to the zoo, out for crabcakes to celebrate Grandpa's birthday, and they were so nice in helping us to clean up our house for our first open house....which was a success. (side note: our house had sold...sold in one week. we are excited). We also spent a lot of time outside playing in the yard, it was 70 degrees that weekend, and Braydon...in true boy nature...loves the dirt, sticks, and the outdoors.

A visit to the Baltimore Zoo, our first time
strolling with grandma...
Braydon with his grandparents

Family pose on the giant turtle
playing in a giant sandbox
he ran over to this cow, saying "moo" the whole way
the shirt says it all
hmm, wonder what they are talking about

Updates.....

Hello everyone!

I know it has been awhile since we last posted, but i will tell you that here at the Bolt household we have been busy! Besides keeping up with a "running" and very active toddler, we have done many things. I will keep this brief, but update and promise to post some of our many new pictures soon....

First.....we have decided (after much prayer, consideration and thought) to move....now, before everyone asks...WHERE? we are moving 5 miles down the road, here in Eldersburg....although, we will soon call Finksburg, MD our new home. Our current house is on the market as of this week, and we have been busy bringing various things to the new house. We also been busy picking out new colors to paint, and what goes where. So far, Braydon has given his stamp of approval on the new place. We are very excited about this move, as it puts us in a neighborhood far off the busy road that we currently live on. We will keep you updated as to when the exact move date will be.....pictures to come.

Second, we are happy and overjoyed to announce.....that Braydon is going to be a BIG BROTHER! we are Pregnant! we are due October 28th, 2006....so the kids will be 23 months apart. This baby has been giving me a lot of trouble, so I have been really sick the past couple of weeks (hence, the reason that more picture have not been posted), and am hoping to be out of the woods with the sickness too.

Braydon is doing great, talking more and more everyday and expanding his ability to be more adventures and daring (something mommy is struggling with), but it is great to watch!

We will be having a visit with Grandma and Grandpa Bolt the first weekend of April, which we are very excited about, and then the following week we head to Florida for some good sun (and a conference for Brett), but will be taking braydon to Busch Gardens while we are there....stayed tuned for pics. A trip to Michigan is planned for the first weekend of May....

Hope all are welll....pictures to come soon!

outside

look mom! matching tape measures. we have learned that he likes any kind of tool, anything that resembles a tool, and anything that brett may be using at that time.
running!
braydon was introduced to the motorcycle this past weekend, as we were in the mid to upper 70's, and he loved it.....
just wandering around the yard......he spent most of his wake time outside on both saturday and sunday.

Gymboree Class

hmm, what is inside there?
something the teacher is saying is making him happy
bubble time!
chillin in the tunnel, chewing on the itsy bitsy spider
chin ups!

Bathtime, playdates and more...

playdates every tuesday with his friend josh, and allison.
i love my daddy's DVD collection
splish splash!
notice the impressive drool! he is saying BOO!
bathtime!

Random Pics of Braydon...

I am not sure how he did this...but i think he fell backwards into the basket....this moment did not last long, good thing i had the camera handy.
cool dude!
daddy's hat....look i can put it on backwards!
another haircut! :) he is watching the Wiggles on a TV in front of him. otherwise...he was not to happy with the whole experience.
this is where we find him a lot of times, in his room...reading to himself...just talking (mumbling) to himself, and turning the pages....

First Snow Storm 2006

we had our first big snow storm for the year, reportedly we got 13 inches in our area! it was fun to watch braydon try to make his way through the snow....and when he would fall..he basically could not get up. as for the snow...four days after the storm...we are at 62 degrees again..so, it is all melting! :)
you can see from the deck.it was really piled on.

fallen backwards...no way to get up..what you don't see in this picture, is that he is just mumbling away, not crying..was totally content laying in the snow.