Raise the ROOF!!! Brayden's new dance, you have to see this one!!



All of the pictures I tried to take of him doing his new dance did not turn out. He is moving so fast that they turn out completely blurry. Maybe I will video tape him and try to get that to upload. He looks so cute with his arms above his head going up and down and body bouncing!! He must of learned this one at daycare!!! Well, here are a few pictures from the past week!!





My little FireCracker!!!!



Another beautiful day in this long weekend!! Brayden had a rough day on the 4th of July that was fixed by a long nap and play time with other kids and lots of adults that thought he was soo cute. I guess I should feel lucky that his mood is still changable by little things.

We went to our usual hangout for the 4th of July and we were amazed at home kids there are from year to year. We went from drinking at these parties, playing bags, and having girl talk to chasing kids and playing with them in kiddie pools and jumpy things. The best part is that we still have just as much fun. It is hilarious to watch all of the little kids together and see how alike and different they all are. Brayden seems to thrive on the time he has to spend with other kids. He does so well playing with other kids!! I guess that is a perk from daycare. As far as the fireworks went he enjoyed them for a few minutes but enjoyed the glow in the dark necklaces and toys that Theresa bought even more. He was not scared of the noises, the dark or anything else about the party!! Once again I looked at him and was so glad that he would still let me hold him and watched friends children that sat by themselves during the fireworks and told their parents they could do it by themselves. In a few years I will be hearing the same thing I am sure, just makes me realize that I need to enjoy every moment with my little "baby"!! 









Playing in the water......with some of my good friends!

Well, we are still battling the one nap versus two naps in a day. He does really well with only one nap if he is kept busy enough with friends. This weekend we have spent lots of time with other little ones and Brayden has been having a blast. He even has little tan lines on the creases of his arms and wrists!! Absolutely adorable, we were just glad to see he will tan a little at least! I think that maybe this week if the weather stays nice I will take Brayden to the pool!! I haven't taken him yet because I was afraid that he would be alot of work, but I guess I won't know till I try.

Brayden is finally getting use to his new room in daycare, and actually really enjoying the new toys that they have. His favorite so far is a play kitchen they have. He was playing with it this week and I guess one of the other kids didn't want him to, and the other kid BIT him on the forhead!! He had teeth marks from it!! Poor guy, Donny is working on teaching him to hold his own now!! Oh my do kids learn quick.    

I also took Brayden to see a friends new baby this week and was very anxious about how he would do and he did really good. He sat next to him and touched his little legs and feet and arms so nice!! I was a nervous wreck and once again he made me look silly!!! Gotta love my little guy!!



Watch out, Mr. Independent coming through........

Only once you are a mom can you believe how fast infants and toddlers change (I only know the first 13 months, so I am sure I have more to learn), but I now know and believe that babies change by the hour. I watch Brayden and see something constantly that he can do that he couldn't do yesterday or even earlier that day. He is becoming quite the little Mr. Independent lately. He wants to walk around the stores and go where he wants to go, he wants to play outside all the time and do what he wants to do. The only time we have control is on walks. He enjoys being outside so much when he is in the stroller or his car he just hangs out.

This morning I did something I never thought I would do, but he wanted to be in the bathtub all by himself for the first time. So we put just a little water in, more than we wanted to because he knows how to turn it on and let him sit in there like a big boy. He enjoyed being all by himself!! He played and played!!

We went to my mom and dad's yesterday and after we left Brayden started saying "Gra-ma" just out of no where!!!

He is no longer afraid of the grass, and runs all around without shoes on even!! He crawls all over the dog and plays with him outside throwing his tennis balls for him!! He yells "NO MO MO" all the time, just like Mommy and Daddy does. OOOOOOOpps!

Donny and I started saying words to him at night and just keep repeating them until he says them back and he is doing really well with it. He won't really let us read books to him but will at least let us flip through the pages sometimes and point out one or two things!!

We got his 1 year picture proofs today and they turned out soooo cute, just like the rest. I have been looking forward to these ones because now I will get a coffee table book with all of my favorite pictures from his first year of pictures. These pictures make him look all grown up, it brought tears to my eyes to flip through them because I can't believe he is growing up to such a little man already!!



We Like Puddles

The other day my little prince charming was mad at me because I wouldn't let him play outside in the rain, so he sat at the back door hitting it with whatever he could find!! I felt bad, but it was really windy, lightening and thundering, and rain hard so it wasn't a good idea to go outside! After the rain I took him out on our porch which had a little puddle and sat him next to it, and he played and played. It kept him occupied for 25 minutes or so. He was soaked on his shorts, but they were thin enough when he ran up and down the sidewalks they dried pretty quick. I guess he doesn't need rainboots because he welcomes the puddles. It was so cute to watch him!!

My PERFECT baby!!

Oh my goodness, my precious little man just did the best thing ever!! After I changed his diaper, I wrapped it all up and he picked it up. I was unsure what he was going to do, so I followed him ofcourse afraid that he was going to get into some kind of trouble!! He took the diaper and put it in the diaper genie, I pushed it down, he closed it and then kicked it over. *not sure where he got the kicking part from, but oh well!! It's great, my analness that no diapers go anywhere but the diaper genie has paid off!! I will never have to worry again, he will show anyone and everyone where they go!!! I tried to get a picture but I wasn't fastest enough with the camera!! One to come I promise!! Gotta love it, they pick up everything from us, even what we don't think they watch!!

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!!