First Food!

Brayden had his first "real food" last week!  He had a little rice cereal.  Mostly he tasted it and then smiled as it oozed out of his mouth.  He had so much fun!  It was so silly...  We are getting his high chair set up so he can seriously start eating solid foods, but here are some entertaining pictures of his first real food tasting!

We just got back from a fun trip to Palm Springs!  I will upload those pictures soon!  =)

Toes! And St. Patrick's Day Celebration...

Last weekend we had a fun time with family at our annual St. Patrick's Day Feast at Mom and Dad's.  We all dressed and green and had corned beef and cabbage!

We have been letting Bray practice sitting up.  He is not quite there yet, but after dinner he was practicing and he discovered his toes could reach his mouth!  Like most 5 month olds, anything that goes near the mouth goes in the mouth!  That rule applies to toes as well...

Happy Boy!

Happy couple counting down the days till their wedding!

Silly Brett...

Bray and his Papa

So full of smiles all night...  =)

Here is a funny little video that I took last week.  A few weeks ago Bray discovered that he knew how to make a loud noise.  He is pretty entertained by this new discovery...

We call him our happy little pterodactyl!

Little bit of life...

We had such an exciting weekend!  Our good friends, David and Carly welcomed their second daughter early Saturday morning.  We got to go meet her on Saturday afternoon!  Cora Jean is just adorable and they are such a cute family!

Below is a picture of us introducing Bray to Cora...  He looks pretty interested in her!  =)

Longtime buddies with their babies!

That night we went to the Life Christian School Auction.  We had a good time with family and friends!  Bray was a very busy boy!  I really don't think he hung out with Brett and I for more than a minute.  He met so many new people!  About every half an hour we would scan the room and see him with another family member or friend.  He was such a happy boy and enjoyed all the attention!

Another little girl is on the way!  Below is a picture of Jen (due July), Katie and I.

Sunday was a bridal shower for Julie!  It was up at her friend Lauren's in Seattle.  The theme was past, present and future.  Lauren is so creative and had us each bring a scrapbook page for Julie.  It was such a fun shower and again, Bray thrived on all the attention he got!   

Jen, myself, Julie, Brittany and Lauren, showing off our party favor rings!

The bride and her MOH's!

Bray LOVES his Auntie Jen!  And he was really diggin her necklace too... 

Nap time for Britt and Bray...

Auntie Chloe got some good giggles out of him.

After our car ride home from Seattle I took him out of his car seat and set him on the couch.  You could tell he missed his daddy!  He was all smiles and didn't take his eyes off of him.

Around the house photo shoot...

My dad let me borrow his really good camera so I shot some random pictures around our home of Brayden!  I need to give it back soon or else we are going to have WAY too many pictures!  =)

Below is a cute picture of Bray as he is "talking/screeching" to his towel!  Right before he sticks it in his mouth...

Napping in his swing...

Sunday morning and boys are ready for church!

We had a little snow yesterday and he thought it was pretty fun to watch!

And fun to go out in!  His warm winter suit.

Bray continues to love his play mat more and more.  He can grab at things now and move around on it.  No crawling yet, but he can wiggle around to face a completely different direction and find the fun things to grab on the mat.  When the play mat starts to get old he is always entertained by watching Brandy, our golden!

Over the past week...

No major updates to share.  Just some fun pictures!

Below is a picture of one of my favorite places to be, snuggling with Bray...  =)

Every time my dad says hi to Bray he exclaims, "It's BEBO!!!" and this is the reaction he gets...  

Testing out his jumper for the first time!  So many things to look at!

Speaking of fun things to look at, Brett has been doing some MAJOR landscaping in our yard.  Bray and I like to snuggle up and watch him from the porch.  Nothing cooler to a little boy than watching daddy in a big excavator ripping out huge shrubs and overgrown plants...  Bray never once got bored of it!

Toys are so much more fun now that he has learned to reach for things and grab them!  As you can see, right after he grabs them they go straight to his mouth.

Some more pictures of him in his jumper from last night...