Discoveries...

Brayden just keeps changing and discovering more and more each day! He's always moving his tongue around and sticking it out and opening and shutting his mouth - he's really fascinated by it all and is putting everything in his mouth - while drooling like crazy! I think he might start cutting teeth pretty soon, although mommy thinks he's still too little!!! I just want him to remain my little baby forever and ever :) He is also really watching and paying attention to his hands and feet, he puts his feet up in the air and just stares at them and watches them move around! He still hasn't rolled over but this morning when I went to get him out of his crib his head was where his feet were and he was all side-ways so who knows - maybe he did it!!!

I love my little man and I love being a mom! I have this unexplainable joy that only God could give! And to think that God loves us more then we love Brayden - that's just amazing! And to think that he gave His only son so that I could live and experience this love and joy - wow! Thank you Lord for making me a mom. I promise to cherish every moment.

Splish splash

When I give Brayden a bath I take his little foot and splash it in the water and sing "Splish splash I was takin' a bath" thinking in the back of my mind that I will one day be telling him not to splash the water out of the tub! Well, last night while giving him his bath he was kicking his little feet in the water doing splish splash!!! It was the cutest thing and he was really concentrating about what he was doing! He had such a serious look on his little face - I wish I would have had the camera!!!

Also, we are excited to say that any day now he'll be rolling over! Yesterday I had him in the living room on a blanket and Ryan grabbed me to come and watch him because he almost had it! I hope that I get to be there when he does roll over - I don't want to miss it! He's growing up so fast!!! I'll let you know when he rolls over!

SOOOO cute!!!

Brayden in his Bumbo seat! I wasn't sure about putting him in it since he's still so little but it comes up in the back enough that it even gives his neck a little support - he seemed to really like it!

Just hangin out with mommy! I love him SO much and adore being a mommy - it's so amazing!!!

Busy weekend - family, birthday & Easter!

Happy Easter!

We got up, went to church - and Bray was great he even slept the entire time! He had a blue vest on but he's a little human furnace so we had to take it off! Then we went lunch with Ryan's parents Mike & Ilene, and his brother Jay & fiance Koryn to celebrate my birthday!

Happy big 3-0!!! Yuck! ;)

Saturday we went to the westside to see my family and some friends. This is aunt Steffany - who loves to hold Brayden and keeps tabs on whos turn it is!



Cody, my oldest little brother, was also eager to hold Brayden - I was surprised because Matt, the youngest, was scared to hold him - he said he would play with him when he was old enough to go fishing :)

And this is Pap-paw - my dad who is so excited about his little grandson! I love seeing them together - I've always been a daddy's girl so there is a special bond between us and I love to see my son with him!

These are Brayden's cousins: Johnathan, who will be 5 and Maci who was born at the end of November so almost 5 months.

And on Friday Brayden's girlfriend Sadie (my friend Krista's beautiful baby girl) came over to play for a bit! Here she's watching Bee movie and laying on Brayden's ocean wonders play mat while I was feeding Bray. They are only 2 weeks apart and are both cute as can be!!!

So we had a busy, fun weekend!!!

3 months old!!!

Brayden is 3 months old today and changing every minute! He's really been studying my face lately and will just look at me an smile - it's such a wonderful feeling! I love to sit and look at him and watch him smile at mommy - this picture was taken while I was doing just that! On Sunday he was sticking his tongue out and moving it around (he just recently started doing this too) so I was doing back and then he started to mimic me and we were sticking them out at each other! Ryan tried to capture it on video but of course he stopped and soon became interested in other things. He has also realized that he has control over his little hands and will grab my finger an take it straight to his mouth where he proceeds to "taste" it and then makes a funny face... but of course he just "tastes" it again... and again! He's really starting to grab things and hold onto them! He's just so stink'n cute!!! Happy 3month birthday Bray!

Thumb sucking

Brayden has recently found his thumb and starts sucking it to calm himself down and also when he's tired - it's the cutest thing! He even likes it better than his paci because he spits it out and stick his thumb in! I love watching him learn new things! He truly is such a blessing! He's also been sleeping the entire night - I usually have to wake him up so I can feed him and go to work or so that I don't have to pump multiple times! He's also starting to grab at things and hold onto things more, he's discovering his little hands more and more each day! I can't even explain how much I love him and being a mommy, it's the most amazing thing I've ever felt - I love you Brayden!!! And I couldn't do any of it without my amazingly wonderful husband Ryan!