What have we been up to?

This week has been a rough one. Brady is teething. His first two bottom teeth came in about a month or so ago and that wasn't too bad. He was just a little fussy.  Now, he is getting the two top teeth. It has been HORRIBLE. He has been irritable, fussy, running a temperature, clingy, and so pitiful! He hasn't even acted like the same baby. He is finally starting to feel a better and he hasn't had a fever since early yesterday. The two top teeth are just about to push through the gums. I hate teething and seeing him in so much discomfort!

On the flip side of things...

He felt better last night and wanted to play a little before bed. So we put him down in the living room and he crawled over the coffee table and pulled his little self up to try and get the cell phone. I saw him do this at my mom's on Sunday but he fell almost immediately. Last night, he was able to hold himself up. Now he thinks he can pull up on everything, my leg, the crib, a drawer, the swing, the chair, etc. I am really excited/thankful that he is able to do this, BUT it is bittersweet! The next development is walking and I just don't think I am ready for that yet!

And this is my little mischievous baby about to get a bath. He is into everything and when you catch him. He just grins like I am way to cute to be in trouble, right! He is pretty darn cute!

8 Months!

Brady is 8 months old today! We have had a good lazy day today, nothing special really. He has changed so much in the last 8 months!

He has such a laid back and sweet personality. But sometimes he can be so stubborn!(Unfortunately that comes from me.) He also has a little temper at times. He has become so incredibly fun to be around. He has learned what "NO" is and that it isn't good. He is eating all baby foods now and loving them. I am a little picky about which ones I buy, though! (One of the curses of being a dietitian I guess, the constant need to analyze labels and ingredients.) He can pick up finger foods and actually get them in his mouth. He makes the craziest noises and will repeat sounds like Ba Ba Ba. He is extremely busy! It is really difficult to get a good picture these days.

He hasn't really done a full, "regular" crawl, but that doesn't slow him down one bit.

He can go from sitting to crawling to rolling back to sitting without help. He is so proud of that one! Every time we go get him out of the crib he is just sitting there laughing.

There is a rumor that he pulled up the other day, but I haven't seen that yet. Therefore, I don't believe it REALLY happened. He loves his books, piano toy, toy train, baseball toy, and the remote. His favorite song is The Itsy Bitsy Spider! It paralyzes him!He is wearing 6-9 months clothes.

He HATES having his face/nose wiped, splashed, rubbed, or cleaned.

He gets so excited when one of us picks him up at the babysitter.

He has two bottom teeth!

He is a big flirt and loves the attention. (I can't imagine where that comes from being the only grandchild on both sides and all.) He poses for the camera, but you have to be quick. It doesn't last long!

He is an absolute joy and we love him more and more each day. It doesn't seem possible, but it is. We wouldn't trade the last 8 months for the world!!!

Nap Time! Ha!

I put Brady down for a nap the other day. I could hear him crying a little, but I knew he was o.k. He was just fighting the nap. I decided to give him a few minutes to fall asleep before checking on him. After a while the crying turned into laughing so I thought I had better go check it out. When I entered his room, this is what I found....

He had managed to pull the bumper out away from the crib, slid under it, and sit up. He thought it was hilarious! The bumper is no longer in the crib! Life with a mobile baby is going to take some getting used to!

(I know you aren't suppose to have the bumper in there in the first place, but it is really thin and he doesn't sleep with anything else.)

New Tricks!

Little man has come so far this past week. He loves playing with his toys. But when one gets out of his reach, all the fun and games are over and it torments him until someone comes and gets it for him Recently he decided he would try and get the toy himself. He tried rolling, reaching, scooting, launching his body and any other movement he could to grab the object. Sometimes he would succeed and sometimes he would fail miserably only to hit his head or crash into the floor. Until this week! We have now MASTERED the army crawl. It is by far the sweetest thing I have ever seen and I love it! He is getting so fast. Every time he does it I clap and cheer. He picked up on that pretty quickly. So now if I am not right there and I don't cheer when he does it. He looks for me, flashes those 2 pearly whites and of course I cheer without hesitation!

But can you blame me!

Its my birthday...

or it was. 4 days ago. So I am a little late. Oh well. My husband and my friends planned a little surprise dinner for me. I was suspicious all week and sort of found out, but I still loved it. I was so surprised by the turn out. So many people came! Some people came to our house after dinner for cookie cake and games. Thanks to everyone who came.

Our family at Macaroni Grill

Me and my sister(she is probably going to hate this picture, but it is the only one I have)

Opening my gift

I got this super cute bowl from Amy and Bryan. I LOVE it!!!

They brought 2 cakes when they came out to sing. One went to Pepper.

And the other to me, of course.

Taylor was working that night.

Brady is such a flirt.

Trying to get a picture of the whole table. A lot of people are missing. Sad.

I LOVE cookie cakes. Like I would marry them, LOVE them. And every year for my birthday, I asked Caleb for 2 cookie cakes. 1 for me and 1 for him. I have never actually gotten 2 and that is probably a good thing. But I do always get 1. This one was so good!!! Too bad its all gone.

Really. Thank you to everyone who came. It meant so much to me to spend my birthday with all my friends!

Coming soon and a Giveaway

I have a very fun post coming soon, if I can figure out how to put video on here. I am thinking I am going to have to bring in my extremely smart, kind, funny, wonderful BIL to help me. He is very tech savy and would do it with out the sucking up, but hey it couldn't hurt. So hopefully I can get him to help me this weekend. In the meantime... If you haven't already, Go here to enter a this giveaway from a friend of mine. She has a sweet new baby, Harper and is celebrating her 100th post today. So go enter!

Officially a Mom or a Redneck Woman

Last Night! My husband was having some of his college friends over for a cookout. On friday my husband works late. He was going to be home around 7 and the guys were coming a 7:30. So after working a full day myself, I picked up Brady from my MIL and headed home. I get home at about 5:15. When I got home I had a list of things to get done that went something like this...

make brownies

bake spinach dip

wash bottles

finish cleaning kitchen/mess

cut up tomato, onion, and lettuce

swiffer

fold and put away a load of laundry

set out food

Thats not too bad of a list. It won't take that long. No problem.

I sat Brady down to play.

Started working.

Brady didn't want to play. He wanted a bottle.

Fed Brady while putting away laundry.

Brady is full. Sat Brady down to play again.

Started brownies.

Brady still did not want to play. Picked Brady up.

Mixed brownie mix together with a baby on my hip(redneck woman reference).

Accidently melted the butter instead of softening it.

Decided Betty Crocker doesn't have kids or a job outside the home.

Felt better.

Sat Brady down in the floor to poor the batter in.

Listened to him cry.

Picked him back up.

Started on other chores.

Considered placing him in front of a baby Einstein DVD.

Decided against it. He had already watched it once that day.

Judged people who use the T.V as a baby sitter.

Placed him in the activity center.

Got him out of the actvity center.

Checked the brownies.

Turned on the baby einstein.

Finished list without problems.

Decided to quit judging!

This is my life! And I wouldn't have it any other way!

7 MONTHS!!!

A little play time before bed on his 7 month birthday!

He LOVES the camera!

Trying to get to his Curious George! Thursday, Brady turned 7 months old. I know I say this every month but really I can't believe it. Brady is doing so well. He is so silly. He laughs all the time and I don't mean a little giggle, he laughs full out belly laughs. We just love it and will do anything to keep him laughing! He has the sweetest personality. He has began splashing really big in the bathtub. He reaches for what or who he wants. Caleb and I are always competing for who he reaches for more, its me! J/K! He has eaten green beans, squash, sweet peas, sweet potatoes and carrots. I think carrots are his favorite, but he likes them all. After every bite he spreads out his arms and opens his mouth, this means more. He currently has 2 bottom teeth peeking through. He has been really clingy to his mommy during this teething thing. Of course that is perfectly o.k. with me. He hasn't started crawling, but really tries. He gets so frustrated! He is still sleeping wonderfully and just so so perfect!!!! We love every second of being parents and are so thankful for our sweet baby boy!!!

Look we got!!!

We got the c.d. of ALL of our pictures! It even came in the cutest envelope! I was so excited to get these, I immediately opened it and looked at them. I am just so happy with these photos. I can't say enough good things about Andrea! She is so sweet and so so so talented. If you need a photographer, you really should consider her. She had the pictures up on her website so fast and we got our c.d. in the mail in less than 2 weeks!!! I have picked out SOME of my favorites and posted them. I really love all of them and have no idea how I am going to chose what to put where.

4th of July

We have been so busy since the 4th that I haven't gotten a chance to post so this will be a catch up post! Caleb and I were both off on the 3rd so we just spent the day at home sleeping in, cleaning, playing with Brady, and I got a long overdue pedicure. Then on the 4th we went to the lake with my parents. A few years ago they decided to get a boat. We LOVE the lake and have enjoyed the boat so much! We decided to take Brady with us. My parents have some friends that have a lake house, so that gave us a landing place if Brady had a meltdown. We had such a great day! Everytime the boat was moving, Brady was sleeping! And when we stopped he just hung out. He was so good! We really do have the best baby ever! He wasn't crazy about the life jacket he had to wear and whether he likes the water or not is still up in the air. After swimming and tubing, we went to the lake house to have dinner with friends. We didn't stay for the firework show. Brady was exhausted! When we got home EVERYONE on our street was shooting fireworks so we put Brady to bed and Caleb and I sat on the front porch and watch the fireworks. (with the baby monitor of course)It was a great 1st 4th of July for our family of three.

Busy! Busy! Busy!

We have been so busy the last couple of weeks that I haven't had much time to sit down and blog. I should be able to catch up this weekend. I have so much to share. Check back for updates!

Coming Soon!

4th of July

More 6 month pictures

Brady's 1st swim

And More!