New Baby Pool

Thanks to Aunt Sheila, Uncle Jay, Jessi, Ashley, and Jacob for the great birthday gifts. Brayden got some use out of a few of them, and we got some good pictures. We blew up his new pool and we he woke up from his nap it was in the kitchen and he instantly liked it. He crawled all over it and into it. It was hilarious. The next day we put it outside with water in it and put him outside after his nap. He felt the water right away and it was cold so it took him a few minutes to warm up to it, but he played and played outside. Then we turned on his new bubble machine and had bubbles all over the back yard which was fun too. We got to watch him run and run all over the back yard. A great way to wear him out!! The dog even got into the pool and at first Brayden laughed pretty hard, then he got mad because he took up the whole pool, and he didn't want to share all of it!!  Donny and I had just as much fun watching him I think.

This week we are still thinking that he is teething, but we are unsure cause we won't stick our fingers in his mouth any more to see if we feel teeth. As far as I know he still only has 12 teeth.

He is also learning how to make his clothes dirty!! They never make it through the day any more clean. He gets dirty inside, outside, while eating......use your imagination and he could find a way to get dirty. Yesterday daycare changed his shirt because they put all of the boys on one side of the table and gave them cranberries and they didn't eat them they played with them!! I will need to become a stainmaster remover soon, or buy lots more clothes!! My mom will have some lessons to give me!!

13 Months Tomorrow

Well, I don't even know where to start this week. Brayden is getting so independent and wants to now do everything on his own, but he can't always figure it out. Which in turn makes him very mad.

 He is showing some signs of a not so smooth move into the next room at daycare. They keep him up for 6 hours and then want him to nap for only 2 hours. My poor little man is still a 2 nap per day kid especiallly when he has to be waken up at 6:30 in the am. He is still so little that I feel like it is ok for him to take 2 naps if he wants to.

I am pretty sure that his last 4 teeth are coming in, he has been drooling like crazy, chewing on anything and everything, and been kind of fussy here and there and I need to blame it on something!

He continues to love to be outside and is now walking even on the grass well!! He loves to be in his stroller on walks, or in his little car we push him around in. He also loves daddy to put him on his power wheels and make him go all around!!

Brayden got his second hair cut last week and thanks to suckers he made it through. This one took a little longer because we wanted her to cut the back more than last time. My little man is a champ!!

Brayden spent some time with Grandma Pam yesterday and his other grandma is going to watch him next week. He loves when grandmas babysit because they pay attention to only HIM the whole time!! He is so lucky to have such great grandparents!!!





First Day Went OK at Daycare!!!!!

Brayden went to daycare yesterday for the first day in his new room! It took Donny a little while to get out of there, but he left successfully without many tears. One of the familiar teachers was also moved to the new room so he went to her. Donny says that the new room looks like a lot more fun, but Brayden isn't totally convinced yet. I called twice yesterday while I was at work and the first time they told me he was a little tearful here and there, and that is expected but when I called he was sitting at the table eating with silverware and no high-chair. I couldn't believe it, but it is true!! The second time that I called he was playing and playing on the ground with some of his new friends, and the tears had been much better they said!! Well, I feel a little better with it, but will continue to call a few more times I'm sure.

This week Brayden has decided that he will lay down with me as long as I massage his feet. It relaxes him nicely, so I won't complain. Brayden is also starting to not like his food cut up into small pieces, he would rather have the bigger pieces and show us how those 12 teeth he has work!

Tomorrow we have his 1 Year Pictures. We are suppose to be doing them outside but it is suppose to be almost 100 degrees so they will be short and sweet for sure. Hopefully he does well. I was planning 3 outfits, but I think that we will go down to 2 because when he is outside for too long and gets to hot he ends up with these little bumps in patches around his body, then it goes away when he cools off. I am thinking it is a heat rash of some sort, but it doesn't seem to bother him at all, it doesn't itch or hurt!! The less clothes he wears the better so we will keep it simple!!

The Next Room at Daycare......Already????

My little baby will be moving to the next room at daycare on Monday. I am not ready for it at all. They say that he will be sitting at a table in a chair for all meals, that he will be napping on a cot on the floor, and down to 1 nap per day from 12:30-2:30 only.  Oh yeah and I forgot the killer no MORE BOTTLES!!! I don't think that Brayden will mind this, but mommy loves her time with him with a bottle right before bed. I was hoping for a few more months of enjoying this!!! Donny said that the teachers had been taking him to the new room for a few hours per day and that up till now he DIDN"T LIKE IT!!! Poor kid, I was just getting use to him being ok with daycare and now we start all over again!! The good part about the next room is that is very organized and includes daily trips to the playground and daily walks in the strollers still. (next room they have them walk holding on a long rope with handles for the kids to grab) He loves to play outside so hopefully that will help him to feel better about this new room. I haven't got to see the new room yet or meet the teachers but hopefully will get to do that this week!!
Sorry little man, I guess we just have to get use to this once a year it will happen just like when you are in school.

Too many things to worry about!!

Brayden is off and running!!! It won't be long till I can't catch him. He has been rather fussy lately, I think that he is struggling to take in all of the new things that he can explore now!! Poor little man can't keep up. Yesterday I took him to the store to find him his own little chair. We brought home this little chair and he couldn't wait to sit in it, or at least touch it. He stayed in his chair for a few minutes then wanted to see if he could pick it up!! No suprise there!!!

Brayden is continuing to get more teeth in. He has 12 and has all four eye teeth that are still working on breaking through. Bring them on, then we will get a break!! We try to keep up with his teeth but that is a battle with all the ones in there that he can bite us with!!

Brayden started drinking out of a straw this week, and now he can't have enough!! He wants to drink everything out of a straw!!! Once again, Funny how things change!!!

We tried the sprinkler on Memorial day for Brayden and he wanted nothing to do with that. We got out the water table and he loved that. He loves to splash and play. Then he would walk around the patio and then go back to the water table and play some more!!