With the summer of 2009 officially at a close, I thought I'd post some highlights...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
ONE!
Well, I can't believe that I'm typing this... my baby Brady is one year old! Its crazy to think how fast this year has gone by. Every day that passes we just seem to love him more and more (is that possible?!) and he never ceases to amaze us with new and exciting things.
In the last month, he has taken his first steps, transitioned exclusively to whole milk (no more yucky formula!), and is pretty much on people food. He loves pointing at things, naming them with his made up words, and even throwing in a few coherent ones here and there. He can point and identify many things around the house, parts of his body, and people. He loves walking and playing and throwing and just getting into everything possible.
We had the grandparents over for a cookout on his actual birthday; last Tuesday. Brady had fun in his new little car that Gramma Carol and Grampa Johnny brought over.
(Notice the long sleeve shirts.... this has been the COLDEST July ever!) We went inside for some ice cream cake, and Brady opted for using a spoon instead of his hands. What a neat little boy!
Then this past Sunday we had Brady's real birthday party with all the family and a couple friends. It was nice to get together with everyone, especially the out of towners... Aunt Gloria and Vinny from Florida, Uncle Cam and Aunt Claudia from Ohio, and Uncle Hank and Aunt Carol who were in from Texas! Brady had a blast. He was such a good boy and loved all the attention, especially when we sang Happy Birthday and all eyes were on him! The kid is such a ham. He had a grin plastered on his face from ear to ear for like 5 straight hours. He recieved such wonderful gifts from everyone... such cute outfits and great toys and beautiful books.... everyone was just so generous! Here are a few pics from the party:
The cake I made for him:
Aunt Agnes, Uncle Pete, Gramma Carol, Aunt Angela and Uncle Nick...
Uncle Hank and Aunt Carol... so happy they came!
Uncle Cam and Aunt Claudia
The Jaeger clan minus Robby
The Muscarellas...poor Frankie didn't feel well!
Aunt G and Omi enjoying the watermelon
Grama Cleo and Elexis
Gianna and Payton, who drew a beautiful "Happy Birthday Brady" mural in the driveway!
Aunt Candy and the birthday boy
Uncle Corey and Aunt Maria who left their camping trip to come to the city for the party!
Brady's friend Anthony
Cousin Steve and Uncle Harold talking cars...check out Aunt Debi's 50th bday present!
The cake! He insisted on a spoon!
Happy Birthday little Buddy!
Love, mommy & daddy
xoxoxoxo
xoxoxoxo
Saturday, June 20, 2009
11 months!
Wow has time just flown! I can't believe its already the end of the school year and Brady is almost 1. ONE. Our baby is almost one? That is just crazy! It seems like yesterday he was a little peanut that couldn't hold his head up and I was just coming back to school from my maternity leave. And now we are into our last week of work before summer vacation (yay!) and I am ending my 6th year teaching. And Brady is no longer a little peanut, but rather a big meatball.
He looks such like a little boy. I love his curls and his chubby cheeks. He is getting taller and bigger everyday it seems. He's around 23lbs. and 30 inches. And he eats, boy does this kid like to eat! For dinner tonight he polished off a bunch of sweet potatoes, then a whole one of grandma's meatball, and some pasta with sauce (I think he likes Italian). He love biting things with his little chipmunk front teeth. As of today he has 5 in all-- 2 front and 3 bottom... and boy does he love to use them to rip and bite and chew and chomp on whatever he can fit his mouth around.
He's been sleeping well for us lately, after a little spell (ok, more like a long, excruciating stretch) of getting up in the middle of the night every night for like 2 months. Then, one week 3 of his teeth came in, and we decided enough was enough and let him "cry." We were putting him in the crib every night where he would sleep fine but then at the 3am waking we'd bring him into bed with us to sleep. I know, BAD parents, but it was the only way we'd get ANY sleep. Finally we decided to cut the bringing him into bed and so the "Cry It Out: Version 3" began. (We tried this twice before but softie here caved in after 15 minutes of crying.) The first night he woke at the usual 3am, crying for us to bring him into our bed. I went in, hugged him, cuddled him for a minute or two, then put him back in. He was NOT happy, and cried for about 30 minutes before falling asleep. The second night I did the same thing but this time the crying went down to 20 minutes. The third night? He SLEPT. Until 6am. And its been that way ever since, aside from a random wake up here and there. Am I glad we did the cry strategy? Yes and no. I hated hearing him cry, but we are sooo much happier that he is sleeping in his crib all night by himself. I think he sleeps much better in there too. Anyhoo, enough about sleep.
As far as movement goes, he is into everything...and thats just from crawling! He zips around the house so fast its no wonder he doesn't want to walk by himself...it would show him down! He walks holding on to things, or someone's hand-- I think its more of a mental thing now.. he just squeezes your hand when he walks, not using it that much to balance anymore. One of these days he's just going to take off!
He LOVES pointing at things, and will now point in multiple directions at one time, not even paying attention to what he is pointing to. His usual phrase when he points is he says "tuhh, tuhh." He says and knows who mama and dada is. He also has some other babbles I don't think are associated with anything yet-- like nana, baba, hot.
I'll leave this post with some pics of the little monster getting into trouble in his room, and his first trip to the zoo with Grammy and Grandpa Johnny. Happy 11 months little buddy!
He looks such like a little boy. I love his curls and his chubby cheeks. He is getting taller and bigger everyday it seems. He's around 23lbs. and 30 inches. And he eats, boy does this kid like to eat! For dinner tonight he polished off a bunch of sweet potatoes, then a whole one of grandma's meatball, and some pasta with sauce (I think he likes Italian). He love biting things with his little chipmunk front teeth. As of today he has 5 in all-- 2 front and 3 bottom... and boy does he love to use them to rip and bite and chew and chomp on whatever he can fit his mouth around.
He's been sleeping well for us lately, after a little spell (ok, more like a long, excruciating stretch) of getting up in the middle of the night every night for like 2 months. Then, one week 3 of his teeth came in, and we decided enough was enough and let him "cry." We were putting him in the crib every night where he would sleep fine but then at the 3am waking we'd bring him into bed with us to sleep. I know, BAD parents, but it was the only way we'd get ANY sleep. Finally we decided to cut the bringing him into bed and so the "Cry It Out: Version 3" began. (We tried this twice before but softie here caved in after 15 minutes of crying.) The first night he woke at the usual 3am, crying for us to bring him into our bed. I went in, hugged him, cuddled him for a minute or two, then put him back in. He was NOT happy, and cried for about 30 minutes before falling asleep. The second night I did the same thing but this time the crying went down to 20 minutes. The third night? He SLEPT. Until 6am. And its been that way ever since, aside from a random wake up here and there. Am I glad we did the cry strategy? Yes and no. I hated hearing him cry, but we are sooo much happier that he is sleeping in his crib all night by himself. I think he sleeps much better in there too. Anyhoo, enough about sleep.
As far as movement goes, he is into everything...and thats just from crawling! He zips around the house so fast its no wonder he doesn't want to walk by himself...it would show him down! He walks holding on to things, or someone's hand-- I think its more of a mental thing now.. he just squeezes your hand when he walks, not using it that much to balance anymore. One of these days he's just going to take off!
He LOVES pointing at things, and will now point in multiple directions at one time, not even paying attention to what he is pointing to. His usual phrase when he points is he says "tuhh, tuhh." He says and knows who mama and dada is. He also has some other babbles I don't think are associated with anything yet-- like nana, baba, hot.
I'll leave this post with some pics of the little monster getting into trouble in his room, and his first trip to the zoo with Grammy and Grandpa Johnny. Happy 11 months little buddy!
Monday, May 18, 2009
BAD mommy
I've been scolded (thanks mom). As you can see, I've been slacking big time in the blogging department. So much has been going on though, and I haven't had time...I swear!
Brady is now 10 months old. I can't believe in 2 short months he will be a year old! (!!!!!) He is into EVERYTHING. Crawling, pulling up onto everything possible, walking (with help), throwing and grabbing and opening and closing everything he can get his hands into (most of which he shouldn't)...the boy is... well, a little boy! Bob says he's a little wolverine. Seriously though, he is like a little animal! His hair is getting so long and lately he is looking so little boy-ish. No more baby here. He's now 21 lbs. and while the mobility seems to have leaned him out a bit, the kid definitely eats. He tries just about any adult food that we give him...and now requires a bit more food to become satisfied. He likes drinking from the sippy cup (then throwing it), and picking up little bits of food and feeding himself. We are still at 2 teeth, but another bottom looks like its around the corner, as well as those elusive top ones that have been holding out on us.
Some important things this past month... we had a wonderful trip to the Outer Banks, NC in April for Easter week. We stayed in a big house with my mom's whole family-- Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Gloria/Uncle Bob/Vinny/Andrea came up from Florida, Aunt Sharon/Uncle Jack/Robby, Lisa came back from college, Nick, Angela & Gianna, my parents, and us. It was such a memorable week. We celebrated Grandpa's 80th birthday, Brady learned to crawl, and we got to spend precious time together as a family. Who would have known how meaningful that time would really be until we returned home. Just a couple of days after we got back, Grandpa passed away, very unexpectedly. So, while as sad and shocking as it was, just to think that we got to spend a week together like that as a family made it seem a little more accepting.
First bike ride (with daddy)
Brady and Kaitlyn also got together this month when Dawn came home. We had the pleasure of watching the two little bumblebees. They had fun together and we are looking forward to the next get together.
Brady is now 10 months old. I can't believe in 2 short months he will be a year old! (!!!!!) He is into EVERYTHING. Crawling, pulling up onto everything possible, walking (with help), throwing and grabbing and opening and closing everything he can get his hands into (most of which he shouldn't)...the boy is... well, a little boy! Bob says he's a little wolverine. Seriously though, he is like a little animal! His hair is getting so long and lately he is looking so little boy-ish. No more baby here. He's now 21 lbs. and while the mobility seems to have leaned him out a bit, the kid definitely eats. He tries just about any adult food that we give him...and now requires a bit more food to become satisfied. He likes drinking from the sippy cup (then throwing it), and picking up little bits of food and feeding himself. We are still at 2 teeth, but another bottom looks like its around the corner, as well as those elusive top ones that have been holding out on us.
Some important things this past month... we had a wonderful trip to the Outer Banks, NC in April for Easter week. We stayed in a big house with my mom's whole family-- Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Gloria/Uncle Bob/Vinny/Andrea came up from Florida, Aunt Sharon/Uncle Jack/Robby, Lisa came back from college, Nick, Angela & Gianna, my parents, and us. It was such a memorable week. We celebrated Grandpa's 80th birthday, Brady learned to crawl, and we got to spend precious time together as a family. Who would have known how meaningful that time would really be until we returned home. Just a couple of days after we got back, Grandpa passed away, very unexpectedly. So, while as sad and shocking as it was, just to think that we got to spend a week together like that as a family made it seem a little more accepting.
Seeing the ocean for the first time and putting his toes in the sand!
First bike ride (with daddy)
Brady and Kaitlyn also got together this month when Dawn came home. We had the pleasure of watching the two little bumblebees. They had fun together and we are looking forward to the next get together.
Helping with laundry
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Brady and Alexa's playdate!
Well, there wasn't much playing involved. They pretty much ignored each other. Oh well, it was nice seeing Sarah and Ray!
Look how big they have gotten... this was back when they were 1 & 2 mos. old!
Look how big they have gotten... this was back when they were 1 & 2 mos. old!
Friday, March 20, 2009
8 months
Yes, a little late. But better late than never! This month has brought us quite the little happy munchkin. Brady loooves sitting and playing (err... more like throwing) his toys, and will happily do this until he has thrown everything out of reach. At this point he will either try and roll to the toy, or yell "NANANA" until someone hands something over for him to play with. Yep, still not crawling, but our little bruiser is getting there! The kid can rip off the tray on his highchair with the force of Rambo but can't quite figure out that he needs to push himself up. Seriously, the kid is strong. Anywhoo, he is weighing in around 20lbs. and now starting to transition from his 6-9mo. clothes to 12 months. We have 2 teeth in, with no sign of any more to come at the moment.
Brady has a love-hate relationship with food. He either loves it or he hates it. Most if it he loves, but a few things he still won't have anything to do with (oatmeal). He likes Cheerios and has just started being coordinated enough to put them in his mouth himself. He can feed himself with his bottle (even the glass ones...and those are heavy!) and knows to tip it up to get the very last drops.
Sleeping.. well thats been going pretty well, with the few off nights thrown in for good measure. For the most part he sleeps 8pm-ish till 6am-ish. Lately his bladder has been in overdrive during the night and I've had to change a few soaked diapers in the wee hours of the morning when he wakes up and is P.O.'d because he is wet. He's also taken to sleeping on his belly and so until we find a full-body diaper, we will have to deal with the once-in-a-while pj soakings in the belly area. Guess thats what you get with boys!
Hmm.. let's see, what else... oh! Brady had his first sleepover this month at grammy and grandpa johnny's house! Bob and I had a nice dinner at Left Bank and enjoyed sleeping in (well, not really, my internal clock woke me up at 7am). But Brady did have fun and did not keep grammy and grandpa up too much.
Here's our obligatory 8 month football pic, and some other fun ones from recent.
Brady has a love-hate relationship with food. He either loves it or he hates it. Most if it he loves, but a few things he still won't have anything to do with (oatmeal). He likes Cheerios and has just started being coordinated enough to put them in his mouth himself. He can feed himself with his bottle (even the glass ones...and those are heavy!) and knows to tip it up to get the very last drops.
Sleeping.. well thats been going pretty well, with the few off nights thrown in for good measure. For the most part he sleeps 8pm-ish till 6am-ish. Lately his bladder has been in overdrive during the night and I've had to change a few soaked diapers in the wee hours of the morning when he wakes up and is P.O.'d because he is wet. He's also taken to sleeping on his belly and so until we find a full-body diaper, we will have to deal with the once-in-a-while pj soakings in the belly area. Guess thats what you get with boys!
Hmm.. let's see, what else... oh! Brady had his first sleepover this month at grammy and grandpa johnny's house! Bob and I had a nice dinner at Left Bank and enjoyed sleeping in (well, not really, my internal clock woke me up at 7am). But Brady did have fun and did not keep grammy and grandpa up too much.
Here's our obligatory 8 month football pic, and some other fun ones from recent.
Huh?? Who's the Easter Bunny?
Sooo......do you think he likes his sunglasses?
Our sweet little angel. Love you buddy!!!
Sooo......do you think he likes his sunglasses?
Our sweet little angel. Love you buddy!!!
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