The Class Clown!!

I am beginning to think that we have the class clown on our hands!! He is so funny and loves attention more than anything. He jabbers and jabbers all day long and screams to get your attention if you are trying to do something else. He went to school this week and when Donny picked him up he was playing and the teachers told Donny he had been hilarious all day. Donny and I got our fill on Saturday morning when he was running through the house jumping up on the ottoman dancing around, getting down and then doing it all over again at least 30 times. Sure does wear him out fast though!!! He puts everything on his head and tries to walk around the house with it on. He plays with the dog like the dog is a jungle gym. I guess we need to find some toys for him that he can climb on because that is all he likes to do!!

He has learned to throw fits and cry when he doesn't get his way and he lays down nicely on the floor and covers his mouth with his hand and wants to be picked up. He quits pretty quick if he doesn't get the reaction he is looking for!! He is definitely full of ideas to get what he wants!!

It's a good thing he is CUTE!!!

Things are about to get EXCITING!!!

Well, our little guy is not so much of a baby anymore, if he gets to make the decision that is. He is a climber, a runner, and a MACHINE!!!! He falls down and gets right back up and gets going again. He climbs up on furniture and anything he can attempt to. He pushes his limits with everything and has NO fear!! He has these looks that are to die for, I can't get over how cute they are but they usually mean he is about to do something he knows he is not suppose to do. He is talking like crazy, we are working on new words every day.He puts words together and then tells us what he thinks. He is finally let me read him books and interested in looking through them on his own. He likes to lounge around on Donny and I and just watch TV or have a snack. He got is 15th and 16th teeth in this weekend and we are hoping that we are done teething till 2 or so (he can eat anything with the ones he has)!!!

Donny and I spend more time laughing at him, taking pictures of the silly things he does or trying to get the other one around quick enough to see what he is doing than we do anything else. I am guessing that no one will be suprised when I say that my little guy RUNS THE SHOW AROUND HERE!!! I can't believe how quickly they change after they turn 1, you just don't get enough of that baby stage!! He is such a precious and fun little guy and we don't know what we would do without him.

Day with Grandma and Grandpa....

Well, yesterday we went to grandma's and grandpa's and spent the day down there. Brayden had so much fun. We celebrated his cousin Isabella's birthday and fit quite a few things into a short period of time. He slept while in the car only and played the whole time we were there. The good news is he was awake for a few hours in the car and didn't really well. He got mad, but it only lasted a few seconds!! I can't complain. One of these days we will attempt the drive to Minnesota!!! I am missing the MALL OF AMERICA!!!

Grandpa had his car out, the summer car, and Brayden got to drive it and play in the front seat. I am not sure who was happier, but it made for some cute pictures!!!!

Haircut, Clippers and all this time!

I took Brayden to get his haircut yesterday after looking a few pictures of my little guy with long hair. I put a few first before his new haircut picture, so you could see how long it was!! We got there and the lady put the cushion on the chair wanted me to put him on that with no seatbelts, we didn't do that, he sat on my lap with a sucker and did great!! Everyone at the place was talking about how cute he was and how they couldn't believe how well he was doing. She used the clippers and the trimmers too and the sound didn't even phase him!! He was a CHAMP!!








We are FINALLY OVER BEING SICK!!!

Well, the rash is gone and he is back to his old self. We have had sleepless nights, nights with more sleep than ever before (mom checked periodically to make sure he was still breathing), rashes, fever, 2 new teeth, our first ear infections....we are ready for a break!! I am so glad that he is feeling better and happy and playful again. He goes to the doctor tomorrow to make sure everything really is better, but I am pretty sure we are there!!

On Sunday I took Brayden outside because he had been locked up in the house for 5 days and he got his first knee scrape!! I took a picture, it was so sad to me that he got hurt, although I am not sure it hurt that bad because he jumped right back up and starting running again!

Today Brayden got into the cabinet with the Wii and XBOX stuff and actually picked up the XBOX and put it on the ground. It wasn't plugged in so it didn't have any lights or make any noises so he kind of thought it was garbage!! We will see how long that lasts!! He is one tough little guy!



"Roly Poly"

Well, the story grows again. Brayden was finallly over the temp on Friday and when I put him down for his nap he woke up with a rash. I called the doctor to find out that he now has double ear infections, red throat, and "ROSEOLA".... (Donny can't remember the name so he has been calling it "ROLY POLY"!! I guess it is a form of measles that many children  get. I have heard that they only get it once and this beautiful rash that they get doesn't come out till the fever is gone. GOODBYE FEVER, HELLO RASH!!! The good news is that he is not contagious and the rash doesn't seem to bother him. It bothers me the most I think. We are definately on the road to recovery, still struggling with drinking enough, but I can make him drink still with my trusty syringe!!! He has been a lot of fun anyway!!

Brayden started shaking his head YES and NO this week. This is something daycare told me at 9 or 10 months he should be doing and he finally started!! It is so funny to watch because he is very dramatic!! I have it on vido on my phone, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to put a video on this thing!! Brayden is starting to climb on everything, from one couch to the next, up and down on the ottoman, out of his carseat, and who knows what is next.

Wish us luck going back to daycare tomorrow, mommy needs to go back to work!!







Fever is GONE!!!

Well, I ended up taking little B to the doctor yesterday because when he woke up from his am nap he would  not eat or drink. I tried everything juice, sprite, ice cream, popsicles anything and everything I could come up. I fed him fluids with a syringe for a while, which he was okay with for about 2 ounces then he realized that his mom has completey lost it!! That is when I got nervous so I took him in. I am not sure if the doctor saw him because he was concerned or because he knows his mom is a nut case and I wouldn't stop till I figured out what was going on, but either way we were seen.
Brayden has/had a double ear infection, got 2 of the worst teeth imaginable in, a red throat from both of the above. Strep test was negative which is good and as of right now no antibiotics. The treatment plan includes getting fluids down however we can make it work and keeping an eye on the temperature. And I forgot to mention GET BETTER SOON!!!