Back to Michigan we go...

Wow, what a week. I am glad that it is finally Friday. We fly out tomorrow and are staying for a week in Michigan for Christmas. At this point, I am not up for traveling, again, but I know that as soon as I get there everything will be fine.

Braden is doing well. He is getting another tooth, but he seemed to deal with this one better than the rest. I took him to get his hair cut the other day. He screamed the whole time. He looks so cute now. They just trimmed up the back and around his ears.

Tonight we will be packing so I will make sure to post plenty of pictures when we get back from our trip.

Merry Christmas everyone!

My paper is in.....now I wait for the results.

On Wednesday I turned in my final paper for my graduate class. It was a huge relief to get that out of my hands. I really enjoyed that class and will be working with that professor next semester. I am taking and Independent Study class with her where I will be helping undergraduates in program planning and I will also be helping her with a Latino Health Fair. She is such an inspiring teacher. She loves what she does and has so much positive energy.

On a more somber note, my grandmother has passed away. She died Wednesday night. Brian and I will be traveling back to Michigan for the funeral on Saturday.

I know she is in a better place.

Last entry for a while....

I have a BIG paper due in one week, and lets just say, I have to get going on it. Every time I get on the computer I avoid working on my paper by updating this blog. I am cutting myself off from the blog until this paper is done. Talk to all of you again next Wednesday.....

12 month appointment

I have to say, this last doctor appointment was the worst! Braden just was hit with one thing after another. In the past I have been unaffected by the shots, not completely, but Braden has recovered quickly so I have too. This time, he had to have his circumcision fixed. No cutting, but Braden is still uncomfortable. Then he had three shots! As he gets stronger, I have to hold him tighter, and it was hard to do today. Two shots went in his arms and one in his leg. Finally he had to have blood drawn. Before they did it by pricking his heel, this time they took his blood like they would take our blood! The first arm didn't work, so they had to switch arms! They had to poke around for a while also. That is what almost killed me! No tears on my part, but plenty on his!

He was so exhausted from the whole day that he feel asleep eating his dinner.

My poor baby!

FYI--I was wispering during the video, so turn up the volume for this one!

Messy baby

Braden get so messy when he eats. I like that he can eat our food, but the clean up is overwhelming sometimes. We had lasagna last night, as you can probably tell!

I shot this video for Brian because he had to stay late at wrestling!

Birthday Celebration

We had some vistors for Braden's Birthday! It was very nice. We celebrated today since that was when everyone could attend. He had a great day. Here are some pictures from the event!




Do you like my birthday hat?




Happy birthday to me!




Yum, this cup-cake is really good.










Look mom, I have new books!



This is everyone who came to visit! Thanks for making the trip!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADEN

One year ago I was in the hospital holding this little bundle of joy!
One year has gone by and I am STILL in awe!

I have such a beautiful little baby boy.





















This video was taken this morning...

Deja Vu

No, it is not Thanksgiving day, this picture was taken on Wednesday night, 11pm to be exact. I sent my lovely husband grocery shopping this week so that I could work on a paper and he came back, very proud....he got a DEAL! I asked for a small turkey breast to make Braden some dinner and he must have interpreted that differently and bought a 20lb turkey. Did you know they sell turkeys for .29 a lb after Thanksgiving day? Well, now you and I know! Since he did such a GREAT job at the store I decided he could find time to cook this lovely turkey. I wanted him to be able to claim sole responsibility for this one.


In the end, he did cook it and it tastes great! (Please note my use of the present tense, as we are still eating it)
Brian always finds a way to make me laugh!