I love the way he is sitting on his knees like a big boy.
I love his concentrated breathing.
I love that he doesn't ever look at the camera.
I love that when he can't get the ring on the dowel, he adjusts it in his hand and tries again.
I love that he played with this toy for a half an hour without stopping.
I love seeing his little mind work.
I love this little boy!
But...I don't blame you if you don't watch the whole thing. It's four minutes long and I fully understand if Brady's grandma and granny are the only people who watch it!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Low Rider
An active little boy might occasionally find his diaper at his knees. Case in point...
Ah, sweet freedom!
SEE YA!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Brady's 1st Birthday!
We partied it up Hubbie style with lots of food and more food for Brady's first birthday. Our party people included a few friends from the mission and also my mom and dad all the way from Iowa...all adults except for Brady and his little friend Julia! I guess that's why they say the 1st birthday party is really for the parents!
I spent most of the day reminiscing about what had happened one year ago on August 1st...often sharing things with my family, much to their dismay. "Hmm...it's about noon, so at this time last year my epidural was wearing off and I was puking and passing out..." and so on...hahaha!
Still not awake
Well, of course, we had a baseball theme!
The guys played cornhole
The women enjoyed chatting!
Brady's Baseball Cake
He promptly reached out and grabbed the baseball players right off the cake...
Then he looked for more ways to destroy it...
Since both hands were full, he then decided to attack with his foot
Singing "Happy Birthday" followed by the foot plant into the cake.
Ken and Jan sent Brady his first set of matchbox cars all the way from Chicago!
After a few laps around the party, mingling with his guests...
...we soon we had a tuckered out baby!
We had a great celebration and were thankful to be surrounded by our dear friends who love our son! I can't believe he's one already!
I spent most of the day reminiscing about what had happened one year ago on August 1st...often sharing things with my family, much to their dismay. "Hmm...it's about noon, so at this time last year my epidural was wearing off and I was puking and passing out..." and so on...hahaha!
Brady would have slept right through the party if we had let him, but we woke him up about 30 minutes into it...it took him awhile to perk up! (You can see a glimpse of my beautiful partially remodeled kitchen behind me...but that's a blog for another day!)
Still not awake
Well, of course, we had a baseball theme!
The guys played cornhole
The women enjoyed chatting!
Brady's Baseball Cake
He promptly reached out and grabbed the baseball players right off the cake...
Then he looked for more ways to destroy it...
Since both hands were full, he then decided to attack with his foot
Singing "Happy Birthday" followed by the foot plant into the cake.Yummy...foot cake tastes so GOOD!
Next came the presents
Next came the presents
Ken and Jan sent Brady his first set of matchbox cars all the way from Chicago!
After a few laps around the party, mingling with his guests...
...we soon we had a tuckered out baby!
We had a great celebration and were thankful to be surrounded by our dear friends who love our son! I can't believe he's one already!Sunday, August 16, 2009
July, it's the month after June...
Here I am again...trying to catch up on blogs - I've made it to July, it's a miracle! Never mind that Brady turned 1 over two weeks ago...I will get there eventually!
July started off with a visit to Iowa...Brady and I stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for a week, and the whole family (minus Jason, boohoo!) went to my cousin's wedding in Iowa City. We spent two nights in a hotel and had a great time!
When we got back to Ohio, my brother Jeff, sis-in-law Erin, and their little boy stayed with us for a few days. It was so much fun! We played endless games of Settlers of Catan, stayed up way too late, and the boys had a blast playing together. (FYI, Jeff and Erin prefer pics of my nephew not to be on the internet, so that is why you never see pics of him...but take my word for it, he is CUTE!) :)
See that lit candle? Yeah, he tried to grab it.
Addie just loves Brady...and she loves being the oldest...she is such a helper with the little kids!
Swimming with Addie and Reese
These two shared Grandma's lap quite a bit!
Brady loved this vintage horsie...
He spent many hours sitting in the stroller on the patio just playing!
Gracie and Brady sharing...so cute.
Brady and I at Micah and Liz's wedding
Brady loved dancing! He started bopping around and shaking his little booty as soon as the music started.
Jeff and Erin at the wedding...
Nathan and Shannon...
I think we had the most kids crammed into one table...five kids, seven adults, and two strollers.
Grandma and Grandpa took us out to dinner at a nice restaurant on the river.
Everybody loved the hotel pool! Especially these two little fishies!
We also took a trip to the Omaha Zoo
What is everyone looking at?
THIS!
This reminds me of someone...oh yeah, ME!
When we got back to Ohio, we celebrated my 31st birthday with a overnight trip to Cleveland. We went to the Cleveland Zoo and spent some time downtown.
Brady playing in the hotel...looking mighty handsome in his grown up shirt!
My boys all tuckered out.
And then we were back home...home sweet home!
This is my first crop of tomatoes...We have so many at this point that I don't know what to do with them all? What else can you do with cherry tomatoes besides put them in salads? I am not a tomato person, so this is new to me!
This is Brady's daily ritual...consequently, my nightly ritual involves putting them all back up on the shelf!
Brady playing under the table during a game of Settlers with Jim and Lee...he played under there for about a 1/2 hour...too cute!
Brady loves to wear his sunglasses! He wore them the entire time we were in Target - and received several compliments.
Playing with his cars
Chilling in daddy's chair
And that rounds out the month of July...coming up next, Brady's birthday!
July started off with a visit to Iowa...Brady and I stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for a week, and the whole family (minus Jason, boohoo!) went to my cousin's wedding in Iowa City. We spent two nights in a hotel and had a great time!
When we got back to Ohio, my brother Jeff, sis-in-law Erin, and their little boy stayed with us for a few days. It was so much fun! We played endless games of Settlers of Catan, stayed up way too late, and the boys had a blast playing together. (FYI, Jeff and Erin prefer pics of my nephew not to be on the internet, so that is why you never see pics of him...but take my word for it, he is CUTE!) :)
We had a birthday party for Brady one month early so that his cousins could come to the party! It was great...he devoured his cupcake in about 30 seconds.
See that lit candle? Yeah, he tried to grab it.
Addie just loves Brady...and she loves being the oldest...she is such a helper with the little kids!
Swimming with Addie and Reese
These two shared Grandma's lap quite a bit!
Brady loved this vintage horsie...
He spent many hours sitting in the stroller on the patio just playing!
Gracie and Brady sharing...so cute.
Brady and I at Micah and Liz's wedding
Brady loved dancing! He started bopping around and shaking his little booty as soon as the music started.
Jeff and Erin at the wedding...
Nathan and Shannon...
I think we had the most kids crammed into one table...five kids, seven adults, and two strollers.
Grandma and Grandpa took us out to dinner at a nice restaurant on the river.
Everybody loved the hotel pool! Especially these two little fishies!
We also took a trip to the Omaha Zoo
What is everyone looking at?
THIS!
HA HA HA HA...how appropriate!
This reminds me of someone...oh yeah, ME!
When we got back to Ohio, we celebrated my 31st birthday with a overnight trip to Cleveland. We went to the Cleveland Zoo and spent some time downtown.
Brady playing in the hotel...looking mighty handsome in his grown up shirt!
My boys all tuckered out.
And then we were back home...home sweet home!This is my first crop of tomatoes...We have so many at this point that I don't know what to do with them all? What else can you do with cherry tomatoes besides put them in salads? I am not a tomato person, so this is new to me!
This is Brady's daily ritual...consequently, my nightly ritual involves putting them all back up on the shelf!
Brady playing under the table during a game of Settlers with Jim and Lee...he played under there for about a 1/2 hour...too cute!
Brady loves to wear his sunglasses! He wore them the entire time we were in Target - and received several compliments.
Playing with his cars
Chilling in daddy's chair
And that rounds out the month of July...coming up next, Brady's birthday!
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