The Brady's

Facebook...

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Hello People who occasionally look at our blog! Just wanted to let you know that we've been dabbling in facebook lately.

The pictures upload so much faster on their site! Don't worry I am not doing away with my blog, just maybe not up dating it as much. So for more current info, please become my friend on facebook. I have my name listed as Julie Brady. I know I need to add my maiden name in the middle but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. If anyone knows how to edit your name on facebook, let me know! Plus Jill Facer just took some family pictures for us! Thanks Jill :)

When I get them back from her, I ll post them! Until then hope all is well with you all! Love Jules

Random Pictures of Jules and Sofia

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Mom and Sofia just hanging out!

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Mom I promise i am not going for the computer!

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How Cute is this girl?!

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Ya this is Funny!

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Sorry I could not resist! A face I see not too often, but often enough to know it well! Here's a sneak peak of life with little Sofia when things may not be going her way! smiles! Really she is an angel, but we all have our moments right?!

We could just sit! What a marvel Idea?!

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Aren't these three pals so cute?! ElivsAnn, Sofi and Diego, beach buddies. Sofi wasn't really dressed for the beach because I didn't know how warm it would be down there. but we still had a great time anyways. She ended up playing in the water and by the time we left was completely sandy and soaked just as an almost 2 year old should be!

Maybe we can go for a Walk

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Hey Let's hold hands, it's really fun I promise!

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She loves to run, and did I mention she is Fast!

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A few pictures taken before and after a photo shoot that Sofia and I did last week at Salt Creek! Gotta love my girl!

No thanks Mom, I ll push the stroller instead of sitting in it, it's more fun that way!

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Who Me? Oh no I am not trying to drive away in Mommy's car before the photo shoot! Just making sure the wheel turns! :)

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Adorable Sofia

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Sofia stealing Cash's Sock

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Little mischievous Sofia is happy hear because while Cash was chill'in, observing the cool African Animals, Sofi sneaks up on him in her stroller and one at a time removes both his socks and then cracks up! It was so funny. We had to make a trade with her to get them out of her hands and back on Cash's feet! smiles! My little thief!

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Julie Christine Photography...The Blog is Up!

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Hello Family and Friends!

Just wanted to let you know that my blog for Julie Christine Photography is mostly completed! It is completed enough for you to begin browsing, for sure! :)

Here is the address: www.juliechristinephotos.blogspot.com

As soon as it's officially done, hopefully within the next week or so I'll be sending out an e-mail to everyone with the blog address and other great info regarding up coming promotions and such for the year!

Thank you to all those who have already shot with me, and to all those who have not, perhaps this year we can change all that! smiles!

E-Mail me with questions at: juliechristinephotography@gmail.com

Stay Warm, Bye for Now...Jules

Dominic and Sofia

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Fun Family Picture

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We took this on my dad's birthday! I think my dad looks stunning for his age! We love you dad happy birthday!

Do You Ever...

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Okay so I must be compulsive, because once I decide to do something, I become this crazy person who will stop at nothing to complete my task! Does this happen to anyone else out there?

Here I am up at 12:30 p.m. (or should I say am?), again for the third night in a row trying to finish up this project that I began! No taking my time for me, it looks as though I am going to try and finish these little projects of mine even if it means I end up in the looney ben for lack of sleep. Here's how it all began.

Evan and I looked at our door and noticed our rental agreement, due to the fact that our lease was coming up at the end of the month. When we opened it we noticed a huge rent increase! We were totally bummed and figured if we were going to have to pay "x" amount of dollars for rent, we might as well live in another place closer to Evan's school for that same increased price.

So the hunt for the perfect apartment began, 5 days of non stop searching, and then a notice from the complex saying that they would not increase it like they originally said, if we'd stay. Seriously did they really have to do all of that, I mean they could have just not raised our rent in the first place, but whatever.

So we decided to stay for the next year until Evan finally graduates!!!!! Hooray and then we will move on to bigger (yes please bigger, especially if we have another baby this year) and better (preferably with no insects and crazy people and loud hispanic music from down stairs)! But for the time being I figure I will try and make our place as comfortable as possible.

So the "on-a-budget" extreme apartment make-over addition has begun! My house is going to be so clean, you will please feel free to eat any food I am serving you off of any space in my house including the floors, tubs and yes, toilets! Clean makes even the oldest of homes feel great and with a few new pictures, etc. I am already loving my apartment!

Now my life before "extreme apartment make-over" which I am calling EAMO B.C. was also crazy! The holidays were busy, I thought January would be boring and long like it usually is, but not this year. The beginning of the month began with a bang as Evan and I took an

impromptu trip up the coast to be with his brother and their family for new years! We had a blast. We stopped at the madonna inn and went on a guided night tour of Hearst Castle (amazing! really I cannot imagine living like that) then we ended up just northeast of Sacramento. Evan and Ethan went skiing (even though Emmajane tells us its dorky, smiles!) and Mariann and I went looking at antiques in marin county, so much fun! We love Ethan and Mariann they are definitely two of our most favorite people!

Then we get back from our trip and my brother and his wife Mary (with their two kids) come into town from Detroit Michigan and visit us for an entire week of blissfulness! Mary is like the sister I never had! Seriously I love her so much, she is amazing and of course I love my brother too, especially because he married, Mary! Smiles! Pictures from these events will be posted soon, along with the apartment renovations. I need a point and shoot (camera) badly! My big Digital SLR is great for my photography business, but I am desperate for something that fits in my pocket for every day random shots, you know what I mean?!!!

If not then you guys are going to be stuck reading about my life, instead of looking at it! Cherio to all of you lovely people out there, your all wonderful people and each of you inspires me to try and be a better person myself, thank you for that! I mean it!

PS props to Amanda for learning how to shoot a gun. I took hunters safety when I was 8 because my dad who is an avid hunter wanted me too. And as Shellie well knows his nick-name is "the hunter." Anywho, I learned how to shoot a gun then, but haven't really taken any interest in it since then. I am realizing perhaps I should! Let's go to the range together Amanda! Bye for now!

Everyone have a great week! Love Julie

PPS What is your favorite drink? I am addicted to organic chocolate milk! In fact I think I ll have some right now, nothing like a tall, cool glass of delicious chocolate milk after a very long blog posting! :)

A Few Cute Pictures

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Here are some fun pictures! But don't stop here, there are so many more to see! Love, Jules

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Christmas Card

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In trying to stay within a budget this year, I was only able to send out a very limited number of Christmas Cards. For those of you who did not receive one, I wanted to post the pictures from the card and wish you and your family a very merry christmas blogger style! Here's to 2009!

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Christmas Shoot

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Here are a few pictures from our recent photo shoot that we did for some of our christmas gifts! We had lots of fun and with the help of my awesome husband I actually got Sofia to look at the camera! Amazing!

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Christmas Time...

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Hello All! So lately I have been taking lots of pictures of others, which has left little to no time at all for pictures of us, but I promise, weather permitting we should have some new pictures up this week and christmas cards ready to send soon as well. Hope everyone's holiday season is going good so far. Mine has been great, not only is Christmas this month, but it was also my birthday on the 12th! I love my birthday, as a general rule its celebrated for at least the entire month! smiles.

My mom was soooo nice and came to visit me for a few days and helped me care for my daughter who figured out how to crawl out of her crib around thanksgiving! Since then she's been driving me crazy because she wouldn't sleep! But while my mom was here we found the cozy crib tent II! It has saved my life. It basically traps her in her crib and now she cannot climb out of it anymore! She kinda of has her own little fort! Instead of having to deal with Sofia for 12-13 hours a day with no break, she is now back to her normal routine of napping and sleeping at night! Thank the stars above. She may never have gotten another sibling if that continued!

Also Evan has been wonderful! He decorated the whole house for me! I also love birthday decorations. Balloons, streamers...the whole bit and he watched Sofia for an entire day for me, what a marvelous husband!

Thank you to all those who left me messages and texts on my B-Day, it was so nice to hear from all of you! Love you all and be looking for our christmas card in the mail within about a week.

Happy Shopping! Jules

The movie has Come...

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TWILIGHT...

So I am very happy to announce that I was able to see Twilight this past weekend on opening night, with my friend Lauren! And we had a blast!

Special shout out to Danny for watching my child and their children so that we could go.

Okay back to the movie. So like many fans of the books I was worried that the movie may really stink, but I must say I was pleasantly surprised! Edward, oh my gosh! Ya what else can I say...amazing. Most of the movie followed the book besides the fact that some areas may have been a bit rushed and others skipped all together but really for the most part it was accurate, and well put together! I loved it and am going to see it again with my mom over thanksgiving! Thank you Stephanie Myer for creating a story that brings back that tingling feeling of a new crush...we love you!

And PS Lauren it was so fun seeing the movie with you! It's nice to see movies with someone who appreciates a good girl movie!

Fun Night out with Friends...

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So I know it's not even thanksgiving yet, but fashion island is ready for Christmas. Last Saturday evening we were lucky enough to get a babysitter and spend some time with Evan's old roommates Troy and Nate and their wives Laurel and Emily! And we had a great time. Beginning the holiday season with a Bang! Happy Thanksgiving!

The fun just never Ends!

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Evan, Troy and Nate Dog (BFF's por Vida)

Baby Sofia

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She may have gotten rid of her shirt, but she kept the Bow! That's my girl!

Two Peas in A Hammock!

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Sofia and Elle

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Elle is taking a much needed break during her photo shoot! Relieving her stress by pushing Sofia around! Smiles! How Cute!

Sofia posing for me as I check out the lighting at one of our photo shoots!

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MMMM...look at this really cool leaf I found Mom!

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Happy Halloween!

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We had a great Halloween! Rachel Gillie was kind enough to invite us to her amazing Halloween party with food, trick or treating and of course games! Before the party we took some pictures of me and Sofia and my dad and Anita. Hope you all had a safe and happy halloween too! Love Jules

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Party Time...

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Sofia at the TCU Halloween Party!

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A Day of Birthdays! Ride em CowGirl! Avery loved her new horse...

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We had sooo much fun this weekend! Sofia and I started Saturday morning out at Jump and Shout with the Fraiser's to help them celebrate Kay and Whitney's birthdays. I wanted to post some photos, but I forgot my camera in the car(my arms were already very full). But we took plenty of photos later on in the day at Avery's 1st birthday party which was also a ton of fun. I dressed up as a farmer and Sofi was a duck, without the duck feathers because it was way too hot for that. Anywho sorry for all the details! Hope all our friends and family enjoyed their weekend as well and we are looking forward to seeing all of the fabulous photos from halloween this next week. Love Jules

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Fun on the Swing!

What cute little farm animals!

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Two duckies and two lambs! Old McDonald had a farm...and all the animals were so cute.

You'll never guess what I Won?...

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After attending Kay&Whitney's party, as well as Avery's party, Sofia and I headed off to our last party of the day that evening at our church! It was a special Halloween Event. The kids participated in a trick or treating activity and then everyone came inside to eat. I entered the chili cook off contest and I won! Can you believe it? Here I am with my Chili Can Trophy! Whoopee! A great ending to a perfectly wonderful day. Love Jules

Julie's New Hair Cut!

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Many of you have already seen the new dew, but for those of you who have not, here it is! Sorry for the possible misspelling of "dew" I am referring to my "hair" and not to drops of rain. Love Jules

Sofia and Me

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Jules and Sofia trying to pose for our photo booth picture...at least we got Sofia's smile!

Aunt Vicki's Happy Un-Birthday!

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My uncle and cousins threw a much needed party for my aunt the other day. She has been suffering from MS now for many years and is not able to get around very often, or do many of the things she used too. I am happy that my dad and I were able to attend to let her know that we love and support her! Happy Birthday Aunt Vicki!

Cheesy Grins...two peas in a pod

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Me and My Dad!

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Awesome Hay Stack and Barn!

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My Uncle Brain and Aunt Vicki are not farmers, but they sure do love animals! In their back yard you can see things like this, along with chickens, roosters, geese, cats, dogs and many other animals!

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Gotta love the classic Radio Flyer Wagon in my Uncle's backyard

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My cousins Jodie and Kyle!

ElvisAnn's 1st Birthday Party Extravaganza!

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"The"Party Planner EmmaJane and Sofia

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Our Very own Lady Bug

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I love this Picture!

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The birthday girl lending a "hand" to her pal Diego!

The Ladies having a great time!

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Book Signing with Giada De Laurentes

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Daphne, Sofia and I were lucky enough to go to Williams and Sonoma last week to meet Giada, chef of Everyday Italian on the Food Network. It was soooo much fun! I had her sign Sofia's name to the book in hopes that I can train her to be the Next Food Network Star! Smiles!

Daphne!

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Sofia opening and closing the glass doors while we waited in line to meet Giada at South Coast Plaza

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Sofia studying our new cookbook

Sofia and her Baby!

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Irvine Railroad Regional Park and Pumpkin Patch

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If your family is looking for something fun and festive to do this October, look no further. Irvine Railroad Park has it all: face painting, hay rides, train rides, pony rides, corn maze, pumpkins and can you believe it a ZOO! This place is the bomb digity! It is open from 10am-6pm and I would recommend getting there early in the afternoon so you don't miss any of the activities which close up at different times of the day. Here is the number call for directions and prices: 714 997 3968 Have fun love Jules...PS my Dad and Anita have been out of town forever and they just got back this past week and brought my step sister's daughter Mayli with them, hooray! We have had lots of fun with them this week and are happy that Mayli has been in town as well!

Kisses...

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Sofia is blowing you a Kiss

My Niece Mayli welcomes us to the Park!

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Surprise!

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Girls Having Fun...

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All of us girls just having fun outside of the OC Zoo

Cutest Little Cat and Witch!

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Sofia and Mayli having Fun!

Family...

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Macady's Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

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Sofia had a wonderful time with all of her pals at Macady Gillie's 2nd B-Day Party this past Saturday. She loved the Mickey Mouse Cake (with Black Chocolate Frosting I might add) so much, she made sure to rub it all over her face and new outfit! Whoppee!

Daddy's Shirt

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Sofia loves her daddy so much sometimes she'll open his drawers after I take her out of the bath and try on his shirts. How cute! Its 20x's too big but of course this does not bother her one bit!

And the Fall Festivities Begin! Johnson Pumpkin Patch in Irvine

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Sofia's Idea of looking at me and smiling when I am trying to take her picture! smiles.

White pumpkins!

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ElvisAnn and Sofia...Best Friends!

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Wow mommy look at all of these pumpkins!

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Scott & Evan near the farm with the girls

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EmmaJane and Jules enjoying the very festive pumpkin patch

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Finally New Photos...

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My apologies for not posting any new pics in over 4 months! But we'll make up for it by being consistent for the remainder of the year.

Hope all of our friends and family are doing well, and that we'll see ya all very soon.

Lots of Love,

Jules, Evan and Sofia

Smiling Yet?

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Well if you are ever feeling Blue just take a look at this photo and you should perk right up! Sofia is so Funny! I just love her.

Too Cool

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Even Cooler

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