First Pool Trip and it's JULY!!!

 

 

I took Brayden to the pool yesterday in the afternoon and I wasn't sure I was ever going to get him out of there!! He was very independent for the first visit!! He could of swam all day I think!! He loved the slide, going under water, walking on his hands, jumping in doing a CANNON BALL, anything in the water really!! So much fun to see him having fun!! I think we will head back this morning for a little bit!!!

ZOO fun!!

 

Well we did not do much for the 4th of July so we decided to go to the zoo with some friends!! Brayden had so much fun!! I think that his favorite part was the playgrounds but he did like the dolphin show and other animals too!! He was so excited to see the giraffes too!! All of  the "Big Cats" were sleeping I guess because it was pretty hot!! After we left the zoo we went with friends to a splash park by their house!! The 3 of them loved it!! They just ran around filling cups of water and throwing them on us adults!!

Brayden's swollen face was so much better both days this weekend, pretty much back to normal. Thanks goodness because the doctor scared me with saying something about cellulitis!! I hope that we make it through this without anything peculiar!!! Hoping to continue on our speedy recovery!!

Today we went to grandma's house and Brayden and daddy swam in her pool!! Brayden started off very rough with the water, but before long he was jumping into daddy and swimming back with the help of his new froggy lifejacket!! It made a huge difference with giving him a little independence in the water!! Thanks to daddy for the great purchase!!!

This weekend we were eating dinner at Culvers and the song "Be my girl" came on. Brayden has been singing it to me ever since!! It is so funny and so sweet, he is becoming such a big boy way to fast!! You just never know what he will say next!! He leaves you wondering for sure!!

4th of July

Well our Fourth of July was not a normal day this year! It started when Brayden work up with a swollen eye and we were not sure why. We had been at a baseball game the night before till late and were not sure if it was from a bug bite or a fall on the playground. It just looked a little swollen and it wasn't bothering him at all!! Then we were outside playing and we heard a loud scream from Brayden and he had got stung in the face twice by a bee or bees!! Poor kid was so upset and ofcourse his little face was swelling already!! I put some ice on it for as long as he would let me but it was just getting worse. After we got him calmed down and not mad at the bees anymore he fell asleep with a bandaid on his face covering his nose!! I was watching him sleep like a hawk (I was worried about an allergic reaction), but all went well!! Donny went to get his mom because she was coming to our house for the night while Brayden slept!! When he woke up his face was swollen even more, but nothing compared to the next morning!! Donny and I were heartbroken!!

We did not do much else for the Fourth, we watched fireworks from our neighborhood and made smores in the back yard!! Brayden loved the fire in the back yard and cooking marshmallows! He even ate a smore, which was a surprise to me!!

We woke up the next morning and his one eye was swollen shut, he kept asking "Not sure why I can't see out of this eye" Poor kid!! I called the doctor and continued Benedryl for the day and thankfully it continued to improve throughout the day!! We searched the whole back yard for bees nest a

nd found it and got rid of it!! Brayden shutters at the sound of the word bee right now!! Well he is just proving to us again that he is tough!!

 

 

Mr Fix it

Brayden had to come home from daycare this yesterday and couldn't go today because of diarrhea so Brayden and mommy got a few extra days together! He is not acting sick and has made it to the bathroom every time so it is just a few more days with my little guy if you ask me!!!

He listens and watches everything we do and I just love to see what he picks up later when he replays whatever it is we have done!! Yesterday we were outside playing and he picked up his tool box and said "You need a bigger house mom?" Then he said "Get out of my way I got things to do in the basement", then he picked up the tool box and put it in Lightening McQueen and said "see ya later mommy I need to make some money"!!! He puts money in his piggy bank every chance he can, we are trying to teach him to save money early!! He loves when we take his money to the bank every year too, although maybe it is because he gets a sucker or 2 or 3!! They usually let him take whatever he wants!!

He is finally understanding listening and actually knows that there are consequences for not doing what we say or doing what we say not too. When he gets upset for no reason and just wants to cry we send him to his room and he goes up there all by himself and then comes out and yells downstairs "I am all done crying mommy" and comes back down!! One of his favorite words is "NO" and now when he accidently tells me no he says "ooops I do not tell mommy NO, sorry mommy!!" He is just getting too big!!