7 MONTHS OLD!

Brayden turns 7 months on Sunday. It is really hard to believe. We feel like he is changing on a daily basis. He seems to reach a new milestone each day! Here are some he achieved this month:

• eating solid food: loves carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, YoBaby vanilla yogurt; hates anything green and cereal (not that I blame him - it looks like wallpaper paste -- we need to try oatmeal I guess)

• can sit in high chair

• sitting up all on his own (teeters a little)

• got his new big boy car seat - out of the infant carrier (yeah! my back is relieved)

• can sit in grocery cart seat

• wants to crawl; all he does now while on the floor is get on all fours - but just rocks back and forth - not going forward yet but he will be soon! I have mixed emotions on this one. I don't think I am ready to chase him around yet. We made a run to Babies R Us this week to get babyproofing supplies.

It's been fun watching him change so much. I wish we could slow it down. Time seems to be flying by. His personality is really showing. He has such a sweet disposition (like me) but he can be quite stubborn and very head strong at times (wonder where that comes from?:) His constant smiling is contagious and always puts us in a good mood.

Here are some pics from the month:

Mother's Day brunch with Nana - cousin Cooper was there too!

Getting sugar from Nana.

Sweet photo of Mommy and Brayden.

The best shot I could get of the cousins. They were tuckered out from brunch.

Not so sure about peas and cereal. Yuck.

Playing with Nanny on the floor.

Yummy! I love carrots!

Hanging out in the sun.

Relaxing with Nanny.

Almost crawling!

I love sitting up! It's so much better than laying on my back all of the time.

Okay Momma - I am tired. Ready for my bath! See you at 8 months!

Fun Saturday

Today Brayden and I went to an art festival with Dad and Jackie (AKA Pappy and Mimi). It was a beautiful day. Thought I would post some pics...

Clearly he can't hold in his excitement to see some art.

Once Mimi sprung him out of his car seat he started having some fun!

I love my hoody sweatshirt.

Proud Pappy and Mimi. I can't believe we got a shot where Brayden is actually looking into the camera.

Mommy and Brayden

Time for bed!

CEREAL - YUCK.

A picture is worth a thousand words, right?

I'd rather skip this and move on to peas please.

He has been very cuddly lately. I know it won't last forever so I had to have Ryan take a picture of us in the chair together.

He had to have shots today. So Ryan is giving him some extra TLC. As you can see he loves snuggling with one of us all of the time.

6 MONTHS OLD!

It's hard to believe our little man is 6 months old on Friday. Brayden is changing so much on a daily basis. He is such a fun age. He smiles, laughs, and blows bubbles all of the time. We constantly are cracking up at the little things he does. He is getting close to being able to sit up. He wants to grab anything and everything close to him and put it in his mouth. No teeth yet but we are still waiting! Here are some recent photos:

Uncle David came for a visit. He is taking bottles like a champ now!

Me and my friend Grady. He didn't seem too interested in playing with me. He was tired. I know we will be playing before too long. :) I love my new teething toy Aunt Kamilia gave me.

I love this exercauser. I can play in it now all by myself.

Just waking up from a nap.

Chilling watching TV with Mommy.

Rolling around on the bed.

The wind swept hair look.

I love daddy's phone almost as much as he does. :)

Hanging with daddy.

Springtime Planting!

We had some plants and flowers planted today in our front yard. Ryan left for Canada this morning for a work trip and wanted me to send him pics of the finished result. He can only get pictures via the blog on his phone. So here ya go honey! It looks so good! It's amazing how some new landscaping freshens up our yard. Have a good trip. We miss you already :)

Girls Weekend to Colorado

Last weekend I went to Colorado for a girls weekend away. My friend Meredith's in-laws have a home outside of Winter Park and graciously let us stay there for the weekend. This has become an annual trip - last year was the first year - but I was unable to go last year because we were living in Ohio and I was pregnant. I was so glad I could go this year! About 8 of us went on the trip - all of these girls are lifetime friends. It was so nice to be able to catch up, hear about everyone's kiddos, laugh and reminisce about old memories and make new memories at the same time. Betsy made a fun video to share of photos that included high school, college, post-college, weddings and all of our kids. It truly showed how we have been through every life experience together. I feel so lucky to have such wonderful friends. I look forward to next year. Here are some photos from the weekend.....

Beautiful views of the mountains.

Another gorgeous view

We cooked yummy meals every night. It was nice and relaxing!

Celebrating Melanie's birthday.

Tracy and me after our spa day.

Tracy and me cooking dinner Saturday night.

Me and Nathalie. It was so good to see her! She came in from California.

Tracy and Caren smile for the camera.

Backyard view. (During the summer this is a golf course)

Lots of snow!

Beautiful home we stayed in for the weekend!

Bring on the Toys!

Brayden turns 5 months old on Tuesday (hard to believe!). Now that he is getting a little older he is really starting to play with all of his toys. It's fun to watch him interact and get into them all. Most everything goes into his mouth but he seems to have fun. Thought I would post a few pics...

The jumper - I know he looks a bit wobbly - but he loves to stand so this way Ryan or I don't have to constantly hold him standing in our laps.

He looks like such a little guy sitting in his chair. Cracks me up.

Tummy time! All he wants to do is roll over now to his tummy but then he can't roll back over so he gets really frustrated. He has started doing this at night too in his crib - no fun going into his room a couple of times a night to roll him back over. :) Babies are such funny creatures.

I am puckered out.

Getting his Easter basket from Nanny! He loves his new puppy dog. Funny that will probably be the closest thing he gets to owning a dog. :)

Exersaucer - I have to pack pillows into the seat with him but all of the toys around him are so stimulating. I feel like its a mini Disneyworld for him.