Sweet 7 month old

We discovered that Brayden is getting three teeth at the same time...and still as sweet and happy as ever!

Aunt Kristie and Brayden

Brayden loved seeing his Aunt T last weekend!

Aubrey and Brayden

Aubrey was a great helper bring Brayden all sorts of toys and books while he was in his exersaucer.  She loved Brayden...when she saw him she would say, "Hi baby!" and give a big hug and kiss.  She is such a sweet cousin!

Buddies

Bryce and Samuel are great buddies.  Here they are relaxing in Papa's recliner...but not for long!  They love to play with trains and cars together.

Bryce and the big piano

Bryce loves the big piano he got from papa and gigi.  In this video he is playing the big piano very expressively and well....just being Bryce I guess :)

Playing piano

Bryce and Brayden love to play the big piano together.  Bryce will either run as fast as he can across it or roll all over it.  Brayden likes to roll over to his tummy so he can get a chance to play too.

Our buddy

Heather visited us last week and Bryce kept asking dad, "who's mommy's buddy?"  Then he would smile because he knew her name but thought he was being so funny.  Brayden loved Heather too!

Bills fans!

Happy helper

Bryce was very eager to help with the move.  He came out of the kitchen and exclaimed that he had taken the tape off the boxes....he had managed to take the tape off of every single box but luckily didn't take anything out of the boxes.  He loved when I would ask him to untape another box for me.  He also loved helping me scrunch the paper down in empty boxes.

So much fun

Bryce had alot of fun unpacking the other night.  He didn't have any toys out so he built this cardboard ramp for his matchbox cars and enjoyed that for a while.  He must have gotten tired of that because then I found him "swimming" in the packing paper.  I told him while unpacking one box that it was like unwrapping Christmas presents but not fun like Christmas because the packers wrapped every tiny item....he said, "it looks like fun...I'll open the presents for you!"...I thought about it because I wasn't sure which would be worse :)

Unpacking, pretzel-making, pj party time

Bryce was thrilled to hear that we were going to have an unpacking, pretzel-making, pj party Monday night.  He got to stay up later than usual and help us unpack the new house and bake pretzels all while in his pjs....which he then considers an awesome pj party.

Roller

Bray loves to roll to his back and belly and back and belly until he can go no further.  He is somewhat of an obsessive roller which makes it difficult to get much done because you're never sure where he might end up!

Bathtime for Bray

Bryce's wish

After 4 long months for Bryce he has finally gotten his wish. While visiting family in Rochester this Christmas Bryce looked at Brayden and told us, 'he just wanted an Alex' (our nephew who is now 1!). Well, now Brayden is happily joining in the fun playing with Bryce and talking to him. Bryce really enjoys having a buddy to play and laugh with.

our big guy

Bryce is growing up so fast...he is quite the character and always gives us something to laugh about. Bryce also always listens to a Bible story before bed each night and loves learning about Jesus. We tell him he can talk to Jesus anytime he needs to and He will always listen. After stubbing his toe on the stairs one morning I found him crying and asked him if he wanted a kiss for his ouchie. He said "well, I talked to Jesus mom and he said that playing the wii would make my toe feel better."

Sitting up

Brayden is now sitting up on his own. He still needs some practice as he tends to propel himself backward when he doesn't feel like sitting anymore, but he enjoys being a big boy for a while. Bryce loves bringing a pile of books in when Brayden is in the mood to sit up and read them all to him.

Sleepy

Brayden loves to sleep on his side or tummy now.

6 months old!

Bray has turned 6 months old already. He weighed in at 19 1/2 lbs and 28 inches tall. His growth spurts are requiring mom and dad to go digging through Bryce's old 12-18 month clothing to see if we can find something that fits! And for everyone that is wondering, yes, the bumbo now comes with Bray when we try to take him out due to his adorable chubby legs...reminds us of the problems Bryce had with the bumbo :)

brown bear

Bryce is reading Brayden's brown bear book to him before his nap. Bryce still loves books...Brayden is not such a big fan of reading but will listen to Bryce read every now and then!

bray

We always get comments on braydens "big blue eyes!" Lately though people have been commenting more on his beautiful full cheeks. We're hoping we'll see a tooth soon...if you notice his bib is soaked with drool :)

Playing

Brayden loves his jumper and Bryce loves his new leappad. Bryce decided to play under the jumper and tell Brayden, "hey watch where you're jumping Brayden!" (with a huge smile on his face) as Brayden jumped in delight. These two sure do love each other!

Razzing

Brayden has perfected razzing and loves to do this while eating his solid food. Tonight he decided to razz while eating his peas and got peas everywhere...which he thought was hilarious of course.

Easter

Bryce had lots of fun hunting for easter eggs and Cars cars this year. He was thrilled with his Easter basket and is all ready for next Easter!

loving life :)

brayden is such a happy carefree boy! He loves his solid food now...especially pears and sweet potatoes but he's happy eating peas and bananas too. He also loves to play in his highchair...I think so he can have a good view of what's going on around the house...Bryce is always entertaining to watch. He is growing up fast!

"T-ball is a so good game!"

Bryce is really enjoying the warm weather recently because he gets to play in the backyard alot. He wanted to play t-ball tonight. He kept saying "t-ball is a so good game!" and "I'll run around the field this time" It made us both laugh when we heard him clear his throat and hit his bat on the ground a few times before stepping up to the tee to bat. Can you tell he likes to watch baseball with dad?

Brayden rolls over

Brayden rolled over back to belly for the first time on March 10th. Ever since he has decided to keep rolling over when no one is watching or when we step out of the room for a second. I decided to take the video camera with me this time while I "stepped out of the room".

"k" is for cold

bryce had some ice cream and blueberries after supper tonight. I kept hearing him say "this is the biggest ice cream i've ever seen!" again and again so I decided to get it on video. At the end I heard him say , "hey, 'k' is for cold"...not quite but good effort Bryce :)

The playground

After playing and running around the playground bryce was too tired to walk back. I carried him for a while and then thought it was silly that I was carrying the 32 lb boy and strolling the 17 lb boy. Bryce wanted to hop in the stroller so we made the switch...and everyone was happy on the walk/ride back home :)

the boys

We took advantage of this unseasonably warm day and walked to the playground. bray loved the stroller ride and bryce loved the playground.