Halloween is here!

I had to teach today and the students were suprising calm for Halloween. Some of the students had costumes, but not too many. Afterwards I went to Jeanne's and she had a bunch of people over to hand out candy and eat chili. It was really nice. The girls were dressed up and Braden looked so cute. Braden was a dragon, Gabby was a puppy dog, and Bella was a kitten.




















































































Braden was so tired on the way home. He couldn't stay awake!

Sleeping Baby

Last night Brian and I went to dinner in Baltimore. It was nice to get out for a little while. We met up with some friends for a while afterwards. We weren't out too late and Braden had fun with his baby sitter, Lyndsey. She is a student of Brians and loves to play with the squirt. I don't know what she did, but this little guy slept until near 9am this morning! I couldn't believe it! I kept going into his room in the morning to make sure he was OK just because I could not believe he was still sleeping! He must of hit snooze when his 5:15 am internal alarm went off this morning. I guess even babies like to sleep in on Saturday's every once in a while.

He is down for a nap right now and is sleeping with his feet in the air! I had to take a picture of it! We have a very sleepy baby today.

Cute pictures of Braden

Here are some extra pictures of Braden. Enjoy!






This is my new toy that my mommy could not resist! I love playing basketball. I put the ball through the hoop and it counts for me!












This pumpkin is big!




I am too cute!

Waving

Braden waves hi! This video does not do it justice but it was hard to get him to wave and tape him at the same time. Everytime I waved the camera shook up and down. I had Brian help me and this is all we got! Now the noise he makes when he is waving is his attempt to say "hi". He does it everytime he waves and it is so cute. Today was the first day that he waved to me when I dropped him off at Jeanne's.

How strong!

It still suprises me when Braden shows us how strong he is! He is always pushing something over or pulling something onto himself. He is walking so much better now and is getting stronger. The other day he decided to lift a small cooler and carry it around with him!

Braden's First Experiment

Well, Brian brought home some extra dry ice today. He did a few experiments at school with it and Braden was in love with it! He has so much fun. He wanted to drink it and he kept putting his hand in the water. It was so funny. I guess this is what happens when you marry a Chemistry teacher!

Friday night~

Well, we made pizza for dinner, Brian made a run to the store so Cherry Wheat is the drink of choice tonight. Braden is having fun playing with us. He will probably stay up a little later tonight since he slept so well for me at Jeanne's.



















Please ignore me in this video. Brian should know by now not to include me, but as you can see, I am in the video. I just took a shower, so anyway, watch the cutie pie. He loves to make this noise. I have tried to teach him to to do it himself, but he love it when you do it for him!

It is finally cold

Well, there isn't any snow in Maryland, but is finally getting cold. There was frost on the cars this morning. You had to warm them up. I don't have a warm coat for Braden yet, so I dressed him in a few layers and added a hat for warmth.





I think the hat was holding his cheeks more than keeping his head warm!!!









Gabby goes to preschool on Monday, Wednesday and Friday so I have the two babies in the afternoon by themselves. I was able to get a few shots of the two of them. They are so funny together. Bella wants what Braden has and vice versa. I was able to get some video of Bella trying to get Braden's bottle, but do know that Braden has done the same to her.





Nice hair Braden!





He is still waking up: eyes are closed while drinking his bottle!

Braden in the bath tub, part II of many many more!

It is hard not to take a picture of Braden in the tub. Lately, he has been trying to stand up while taking a bath, which has been a small problem, but I did manage to get a few good shots without embarasing him 10 years from now, if you know what I mean.

Countdown to Halloween

I have to say, I have been waiting for October 31st since Braden has been born. I love, love, love Halloween. It is the weather, (even though it can still be 80 degrees here), the orchards, the pumpkin carving. Last year at this time, I was 8 months pregnant and waiting for my little pumpkin to come. I can remember shopping in Old Navy and looking at the little baby costumes wondering if I was going to have a boy or a girl and what I would dress my little one in for Halloween the next year. Well, the next year has come and I have had to hold myself back from buying TWO, yes two, Halloween outfits. I have bought a dragon outfit. It is too cute. We tried in on the day we bought it and Braden was all smiles. I was then looking through a costume magazine and saw the CUTEST Tootsie Roll costume. Brian helped me come to my senses (even though he though about it for a minute). Only one costume for Halloween this year. There are exactly 20 days until Halloween and I will wait in endless anticipation.

Just trying something

This in another video. I am trying something out so enjoy and we'll see if the quality of this clip is a little better than the previous ones!

Braden walks!

Braden has become more brave and has begun to take many more steps. He walks from room to room and loves to walk outside. Last Thursday I took him to the store to buy his first "real pair" of shoes. I went to Stride Rite and bought an adorable pair of shoes for my peanut at an outragous price.



















The shoes don't seem to bother him. He is getting better at walking outside. Inside, he does very well.










































Walking outside



Walking inside

A night out at the Neorr's

Last night Brian, Braden and I had dinner with Cindy and Peter. They have a fun cat that plays with Braden. Well, it is more like Braden tries to get the cat and the cat runs away, but never to far and he doesn't bite Braden so that is playing, right? Anyway, Cindy and I take our graduate classes together so we have grown very close over the past year and a half. We have really made some great friends in Maryland and these are two of them! Cindy and I try to meet for dinner before our class on Wednesday nights. Cindy and Peter are so great with Braden and have been a great help since he has been born. They have brought over dinner and babysat for us!

Thanks Cindy and Peter!

Braden and his wagon

I am fortunate to be able to be with Braden much more than last year and it is wonderful. I am seeing his personality and motor skills develop. It is amazing to watch him learn and recall information. He talks to us with out saying a word and we understand him. I love it! Well, as I watch him grow, I have watched him find his favorite things. He will go into his toy box and pull out the same toy everytime. Another favorite of his is the wagon. He LOVES his wagon. If it is time to come inside and I have to take him away from his wagon, he cries and crawls to our back door!

He loves to play with the wagon, touch the wheels, and go for walks in it. We were on the deck the other day and he was so cute while sitting the the wagon. I do realize this is not the most exciting of videos, but I love it!

I did it!

Finally, I have been able to upload video! It is a miracle! I have been working on this, well since I started this blog! In an attempt to clean out a few crates of junk, I found software for our video camera! It worked and 2 hours later, I am uploading our first, of many videos of Braden. It took me so long to figure this out, but it is going to be worth it. Good thing I don't give up too easily!



Now I am not sure if it is going to say anything about Braden walking, but ignore that. He is in the bath tub. This is my first trial so the videos will get better, but at least it is finally here.

It has been a while...

Well, we have been a busy little family. Braden and the girls are still having fun playing together. I have some more pictures of the three of them.




This is Braden in the car. We are on our way to the Donlick's for a day of play!





Hey Gabby, mind if I hold on to you?






Bella often tries to catch a ride from Braden. She grabs his clothes and holds on for dear life as he crawls away. Sometimes she really makes some good distance!




I got your hair Braden!





Jeanne plays the piano for the babies and Braden love it. Really they all love it. Here he is reaching as high as he can to play that piano. I only know chop sticks (one hand only) and another tune but I don't know the words to it!