Braydon: 2 yrs 8 months

Strike a pose!

Sweet B! You are SO loved!

Some things I want to remember about B at this fun phase...

Loves to wear his yellow "football" shirt and he asks to wear it every morning!

Will eat almost anything if we trade a bite for an M&M

Hits the baseball when he throws it up in the air...I am still impressed by this!

Says silly things like, "no no ants don't get me" (at least once a day...Braydon loves to find an angry ant pile) "that doesn't fit, it's too big" (when I put him in anything but his yellow football shirt) "Hud not at school today, he's sick and crying" (Because his Hudson was sick this week and missed MDO)..."Mama I need my BIG boy paci" (because I tell him daily big boys don't need paci's...paci's are for babies) He keeps me laughing at all the new funny things he says!

Pooped on the potty for the first time b/c he was scared of going in the bathtub...Thank goodness. (This has not been repeated) Oh well ;)

Has pretty much decided he doesn't need naps these days :( Maybe 1 every 12 days...only if I time a car ride right) I miss naps!

I sneak up on him giving his brother kisses as much as I sneak up on him "wrestling" with him. When he thinks he is in trouble he will say with a "question-like" tone MAMA or DADA?? Braydon has lost his baby looks and is more and more a big boy everyday! It's just a blessing to watch him grow into such a sweet little boy. I am already so proud of him!

6 month stats

Better late than never...

18.3 lbs (70 to 90th)

27 inches (75 to 90th)

This has been a tough month for sweet Brooks. He caught his first "real" cold a week after Braydon started MDO and it turned into a double ear infection. He's on antibiotics that have cleared up his ears (yay) but resulted in thrush (boo). Thankfully, he hasn't passed on the Thrush to me yet...He has had random fevers for the last few days and I feel like Dr G. thinks I have a crush on him because we are at the peds office at least once a week. Have I mentioned Dr G is kinda cute?? (that was for you Rowdy). The timing of the cold came one night after we were able to get Brooks to sleep through the night for the 1st time. Obviously we took ten steps backward and he's back in between Mom and Dad at some hour of the night. We are going to work on this again soon! After nearly 7 months of no sleep, I am just now getting tired.

Milestones: going to the crawl position and back to sit. LOVES his sippy cup, the born free blue teether, and wrestling with Braydon. Braydon is pretty rough , but Brooks just giggles and laughs it off. He is still nursing but his curiosity is making nursing more of a challenge unless I starve him for 4.5 to 5 hours....He finally decided it was ok to take a bottle from me this month and he has decided that he only likes to eat my vanilla yogurt and banana flavored baby oatmeal. He's super picky about eating any other baby foods. He still has no teeth, but I think any day now one might pop through. We are so enjoying watching the boys have a brotherly bond. I can't imagine life 6 months ago pre-Brooks! He fits so perfectly into our little family!

PARK!

6.5 months and 1st time in the swing!

I guess by the time your 2 it's not as fun...Poor H

But these guys are all SMILES!!

WEE!!

Mama's baby!

Safety Town

Braydon was so excited to share his matching glasses with Hudson

Playing in the fire truck

So big!

How cute is he!!!

J walking :)

Today Stacie and I took the boys to Frisco's Fire Safety Town. We had a one on one tour with a firefighter named Ben. He showed us around and let the boys run and play in the fire truck and all over the safety town. Safety Town is such a neat program that teaches about fire safety and the facility is amazing! The boys may have been a little young for it, but they LOVED getting to play in the fire truck! What a fun day with our boys!!! I love making memories with my bestie the babes!

6 months!

Precious Boy

Braydon thought he needed a hat!! I think Brooks likes it!

First time in the blow up tub

Braydon had to jump in with his brother

Just a few pics of our sweet little Brooks for his 6 month Birthday! I will update more after his Dr.'s appointment this week. I can't wrap my mind around how quickly the last 6 months have gone by...Here's to wishing the next 6 months are as great, but go by a little slower!!