Friday, August 21, 2009

At the park


Brady and I went to the park this morning. We were the only ones there- I guess everyone is staying inside where it is cool. Brady LOVED to swing. He just laughed and screamed the entire time.

He also enjoyed the slide- although he kept rolling onto his belly and trying to crawl up it!



I guess the days of sitting still and smiling for mama are long gone. I am amazed how active he is!!

And the park is full of new things to explore and taste...


It is so fun to watch him take it all in!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Crawling


Today Brady started crawling! He was cruising all around the office trying to get Daddy's Mac. He would go a few paces, lay down and rest and then go a few more. He did so well!

An idea for parents who have kiddos with leaky diapers (Brady is in a size 4 overnight diaper and still wakes up wet) you can buy diaper liners at Babies R Us that you put inside the diaper to absorb more. So far they seem to be doing the trick at night time!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

8 Months Old

Today our little man turned 8 months old. It is going by so fast! We took our monthly photo in the chair which proved to be much more challenging this month with someone moving and shaking...


He was either moving or laughing in all the pitures.




Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Just Hanging Out

Brady and Ty are great buddies and Ty follows Brady pretty much everywhere he goes! Brady thinks all of the dogs are wonderful- he laughs and laughs at them. He especially enjoys their kisses! They all sit patiently as Brady pulls on their fur and ears and even gives them kisses back. Brady LOVES to ride on Mater and work all of his controls. This was the best $34 we ever spent! Brady has been working on walking while holding onto our fingers- but nothing is easy in a house with dogs! We have a cute video but after waiting for it to upload for 5 hours, I am giving up!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Almost There


Brady has been working on becoming more mobile. He is great at sitting up but still has some work to do on crawling. In the past few days he has been getting into position a lot but he seems to be at a loss for what to do after that. On Thursday he started “rocking” back and forth some too.

Brady has also made progress in pulling himself up on things and he really enjoys his activity table! Part of standing is learning how to fall gracefully- and land (hopefully) on your bottom!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Corpus Christi


We took a little family vacation to Corpus Christi with a good childhood friend and her family (they have a little girl who is 3 weeks older than Brady).

Brady’s first experience on the beach was not a good one- he basically screamed and cried for about 20 minutes. So we left the beach and went for a walk on the sea wall where he also screamed and cried. Fortunately, after a good night sleep we had our happy little man back!

Brady loved the beach on the second try. He just kept shoveling handful after handful of sand into his mouth.
We finally had to move him down into the surf so the waves would wash the sand away before he could eat it.

On Friday we went to the Texas State Aquarium- I was surprised how interetsed Brady was in all the fish. They had a great dolphin show in which "there is the possibility you may get wet" so needless to say our section got SOAKED and no one else got wet at all. It actually felt kind of good since it was at least 100 degrees outside. That night we went to the Hooks baseball game. Andy was asked to participate in the fry throwing contest- he didnt win but still walked away with a $10 Whataburger gift card! Two fly balls hit in the row directly behind Brady and I. The guys who had those seats said they have had season tickets right there for 2 years and never got a fly ball. What can I say- some people are just lucky!

We spent all day at the beach on Saturday and the kiddos had a blast. It was great to see Brady play with someone his age. We had a great trip!!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

July 4th Weekend

Grandma Dar came to visit us for July 4th weekend. We played in the Turtle Pool in the front yard on Saturday.

On Sunday we went to Veterans Memorial Pool in Cedar Park. It is a really cool place with all sorts of water fun.

Brady is a little young to take full advantage but he will love it in a few years! Here is a video of him playing by water that shoots up out of the ground (quality of the video is HORRIBLE- who took this- geez! :) ).





Brady turned 7 months old on Sunday too. So of course, here is his monthly picture in his chair.