He's Crawling....Everywhere

I know, I know. It's been a while and I haven't had much of an opportunity to update you on what has been going on in our lives since the end of July. We moved out of our old apartment at the end of July and couldn't move into the new one until August 5th. So with the help of my Brittany and Clay we were able to stay at their home for a week so we didn't have to pay for another month of rent. I got to see what it would be like if I had ever had a long commute to work, and I'd prefer not to have to leave an hour before to make it on time. That Friday we got to move it and did the walk through and started moving things in. I was going to take a picture before we started moving everything in but I forgot because I was just so excited. Our apartment is quite spacious 1000 sq ft. There isn't a storage shed or anything so we have some stuff stored behind the couch, under the bed and on the back porch which so far seems to be working out fine.

We've gotten back into our regular routines which is good. Jason is enjoying being at home during the day with Braydon and then going to work at 5pm or school. We're glad that my work allows him to drop Braydon off with me at 4:30pm. Jason started school again at the end of August, his last semester at SLCC. He'll graduate with his associates and hopefully he'll remember that he needs to finish his application for UVU today. He just had 2 classes this semester but they are a little more time consuming than the past few semesters. From what I've gathered it's also more difficult to do homework when there is a baby in the house who seems to crave constant attention.

Braydon is doing fantastic, he's a very happy baby. He's been eating solids since we moved into the new apartment. He likes applesauce, peaches, pears, carrots and he wasn't a fan of the rice cereal, green beans, peas, squash or bananas. He's grown accustomed to some of them but he's still not eating as much of them as he does his favorites. He got his first tooth at the beginning of September which was accompanied by a cold. His second tooth came in about a week later. At the beginning of September he also started pulling himself up to stand next the couch or using us as his anchor. In church I noticed that he likes to pull himself using the chair in front of us, which is usually occupied by a sister in the ward and he'll touch their bottoms in order to get the grip that he needs. It's pretty funny but I always apologize to the sister only to come to find out that she is fine with it. Hopefully that doesn't teach him that just because he's cute that it's OK to grab girls butts. He also started crawling which caused us to go out and buy some electrical outlet covers and create a fence out of various things in the living room. We have to keep him out the fireplace and away from the entertainment center and in order to keep him contained in one place so we aren't running all over the house after him we just block that area off completely. I also went to Kid to Kid and bought him some pajamas since it's starting to get cooler at night.

We had a family reunion with my side of the family at the end of August which Braydon seemed to enjoy seeing all of his cousins, even dressing up in Noah's Jack Sparrow hat complete with hair. I think he really enjoyed seeing Ty who is only a few months younger than he is. We had fun playing around with the kids and playing on the playground. He enjoyed the swings which made me happy, he went down on a slide with Daddy and he seemed to like it. Our new apartment has a swimming pool and we went out and bought some Little Swimmers for him and an outfit to wear in the pool and we never got the chance to take him in the pool. Either Jason or I were working most of the time and rarely had time off together to take him in the pool, which is now closed for the winter. There is a hot tub still but I don't know if he can go in there. The week after my family left, Jason's parents came out to visit. Braydon liked showing off for Grandma and Grandpa P and enjoyed all of the attention.

Here are some pictures of our last month:

His first experience with Rice Cereal, he seemed more interested in the spoon than the food.

Cute smile!


Future BYU cougar fan!Sorry Dad I had to post it, I thought it was funny.

Braydon as Jack Sparrow

Take me out to the ballgame....

On Saturday my work had a party at the Salt Lake Bee's game. We had a suite and lots of treats and even got a visit by the mascot. He was in a hurry so we didn't get to have him hold Braydon but that's ok.

Our baby sucking on his fingers...his favorite.

I made certain that he was wearing this outfit for the game. I think it's so cute!

In the suite before the game began, Braydon getting ready to root for the team.

And one of Daddy being animated but Braydon not so much.

The baseball diamond, I'm always impressed with the way they cut their grass.

Braydon praticing his windup. I'm sorry that it's sideways.

This morning Braydon was very intense while playing in his toy, I thought I better take a video of it.

Summer

I think I do this every summer, I forget about the blog and just update when Jason goes back to school. I figured I would get a head start and just skip over one month rather than all three. Braydon is such an amazing baby, he's growing up so fast. He had his 4 month check up in June and the doctor said that he is very healthy. He is now 5 months and getting so heavy I have a hard time carrying him in his car seat, especially up three flights of stairs. He rolls everywhere and he is getting so fast at it now. Every time I lay him on the ground on his back he'll immediately roll over onto his stomach and then just keep going. I'll find him all over the living room floor so laying a blanket on the floor no longer works. He's been drooling a lot which makes us believe that he is teething. You can see his gums on the bottom that there are little white nubs there but they haven't broken through yet. He grabs onto everything with his hands and his toes, yes, his toes. He has little monkey toes that catch on everything. He also likes to yell, it's rather funny. Jason likes to call it his dinosaur roar as you can see below. We try taking regular picture of him, but as soon as we get him to smile we bring out the camera and he just stares at it looking a little confused. This is the best smile I've caught on camera.

We took Braydon to see the fireworks on the 4th of July and he was attentive, he looked in awe but he didn't really make any noise or anything. We strapped him to Jason's front and covered him in a blanket seeing that it was starting to drizzle. He looked like a Jedi.

In other news we are finally moving into another apartment. We have to be out by the end of the month but we can't move into our new place until August 5th. So our plans are that we will pack everything up and little by little drop stuff off at Daniel and Kali's who are nice enough to allow us to use their garage. And then we'll stay at my sister Brittany's in Provo for a few days until we are able to move in. It's so exciting to finally get rid of a lot of stuff and finally get organized and know that we only have a few more weeks left until the big day. Our new apartment is in a nicer area where it would be easy to actually take a walk and Jason is within walking distance to where he works so that's great. It's also a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartments 1,000 sq ft and washer and dryer hook ups. We went out on the 4th of July weekend to find one and after several hours we found some that were at a good price. I think that is one thing we are most excited about is having our own laundry. And now Braydon is ready to go to sleep so I better go put him to bed. I'll update soon...I hope.

3 months old...

I can’t believe how fast time flies. Our little boy is 3 months old and everyday he does something new that surprises us. He can hold his head up by himself for long periods of time. He smiles and laughs all the time. He is definitely showing his personality. He can entertain himself for a little bit while we try and get things done around the house. He still likes to be held when he is getting sleepy, which is ok with me. He’ll follow his rattle with eyes and turn to the sound of it. He likes to play patty-cake and peak-a-boo, also Godzilla (Jason likes to make Godzilla noises when Braydon stomps his feet). He likes to grab his feet, which comes in handy when we are trying to change his diaper. He’ll sleep through the night waking up at least once around 3am. His usual bed time is around 10:30pm, enough time to see Daddy come home from work and play with him a bit. He is in the stage where he likes to roll over any time he is on his back. It used to take him a while before he would roll but now he has become a pro. He likes to watch SportsCenter with Daddy too, he’s captivated by it. He’s so well behaved when we go out to Church or other events, he just sits there quietly and he’ll only fuss if he’s hungry, tired, or needs a change. He’s drooling quite a bit now which makes me think that teething will come and ruin his sleeping pattern but I guess that’s something we should prepare for.

I went back to work the day after Easter and it was a hard week. The first day I had a couple of break downs and couldn’t wait to be home to see him again. Since then I’ve gotten better, I still can’t wait to go home and see him but it’s getting easier to leave him with relatives who love him. Kali has been watching him whenever Jason was scheduled to work, on Thursdays I would take off early in the morning to bring him down to Brittany’s. So I feel lucky to have such great family who take good care of him while I am unable to do so. My biggest fear was that Braydon wouldn’t remember me, but it doesn’t seem to faze him at all. He still gives me the biggest smiles when I come home.

Braydon at 2.5 months

Braydon had his 2 month check up at the beginning of the month. He weighs 11.3 lbs and was 24.5 inches tall. He's just growing up so fast and adorable as ever. Jason has become a miracle worker getting him to sleep in his crib. He's very talkative and smiles a lot which makes my heart melt every time. We decided last week that I'll go back to work for a little while so that we can pay off our debts, I'll be sad to leave him. We're trying to make it work with schedules so we'll see how it goes. It doesn't look like Jason will be taking any classes this summer unless they decide to offer classes that he actually needs. He's on the hunt for another job that pays better and has more hours and would work with him on his school schedule. So far I'm just enjoying my last week of being a stay at home mom. I thought I'd post a few pictures to show Braydon off a little bit.

Smile - and the awesome onesie that our nephew, Noah, picked out for him.

Posing for the camera

Twins...sort of

He spit up all over his face - he's still cute!

Sleeping in his crib and it looks like he spit up here too...

Another posing for the camera picture - plus check out those blue eyes

Quick Story...

Unfortunately I don't have a picture for this but it was hilarious when it happened.

On Sunday night I had just fed Braydon and I could hear him working on something, trying to get it out. A few minutes later I heard the audible noise of him pooping. I waited about 5 minutes and Jason and I went into the room to tackle it together. Jason was holding his legs while I wiped. I had gotten him all cleaned up but I wanted to use one more diaper wipe to make sure I didn't miss anything. I reached into the drawer to grab another wipe when I saw something fly out of the corner of my eye and I heard Jason give a little yell. I thought maybe Braydon had peed but no, it was much worse than that. I looked at Jason and he had a poop spot on his leg, I looked at the floor and there were poop spots next to the door, and then I looked at the changing table and there was poop all over it, he also managed to get his sock. I looked at Braydon and he was smiling. Jason and I have never seen poop fly like that, but it is one of the joy's of parenting that we are discovering.

1 Month - 2 month

It's been a month since Braydon came into our lives and even though it's been tough it's all worth it. He is so adorable, I can't help but kiss his chubby cheeks (on his face) every chance I get. His sleeping habits are getting better, he's sleeping longer through the night but the issue is he won't fall asleep until about 3am and then he'll be out until 8am or so. And then he'll wake up to be changed and fed and he'll fall asleep for another hour or so. I have been surprised at how many diapers we go through. We seem to go through about 10 a day which is just amazing to me, our diaper pail gets filled up so quickly but luckily it doesn't stink up our bedroom. He started to smile and laugh around the 12th which has been fun, and he really seems to enjoy his tummy time. He is so strong and he's able to lift his head for quite a long time. Jason even has him walking (with some help of course).We are excited for family to come out and be there for his blessing at the end of this week. We want to thank family and friends for their help with everything.

Ok, so the paragraph was written at the beginning of the month and I never had a chance to complete it. Everytime I got onto the computer to update it Braydon would want to be fed so I had to wait until another day. He's adorable though. We had family down this past weekend for Braydon's baby blessing, it was amazing. Jason and I got to show off a little bit, we had to give the opening and closing prayer in sacrament meeting and teach Sunday School so it was a lot of fun. I can't believe that he will be 2 months at the end of the week, time really does fly. Well he just woke up from his nap so I better go feed him. Here are some photos:

St. Patricks day we got a big smile - he's my lucky charm, it says so on the shirt

Look how tiny Braydon looks

He liked me reading The Hobbit

Family photo

Jason playing with our nephew Noah

This is what he originally was going to be blessed in but he wet through it right before Sacrament meeting.