It's been a little while since I've added a new post - I feel like we've been really busy! I think that's what happens during the summer, there is just so much going on! Well we're still working with Brayden and eating. After the sweet potato incident we decided to just buy a couple of jars of food to see what he liked instead of making all this baby food that he wouldn't eat so first we tried peas - it was a no go. Then I tried his rice cereal again because we knew he liked that... it was a no go. So I decided to go to fruits thinking that because they are sweet maybe he would eat those... and it was an ok, he doesn't make the "lemon faces" with every bite. So we just keep feeding him at least once a day and he's doing better - he'll get there! You can tell that he's interested because he watches us eat and will grab my arm and take it to his mouth so we try to feed him when we eat because he's so interested - he wants to be a big boy :) Speaking of being a big boy, he weighs around 16lbs and is well over 2feet tall! We're still working on sitting up, he will sit up for bits at a time but he's so curious about what is around him and so wiggly that he ends up back on his belly or back. As for crawling he usually gets his legs under him or his arms and chest up but never both as the same time except for last night! I was on the floor with him and he got both of them right and got into the crawling position! It was so cute because he just stayed there like he wasn't sure what he'd done or what to do! Ryan said not to encourage him too much because we'll really be in trouble when he's crawling! lol :) He already rolls and scoots all over let alone adding crawling into the mix - mommy's going to be in trouble! :) :) He's SO cut - he's such a blessing and joy! I love to watch him grow and learn - being a parent is SO amazing and rewarding! I love it!!!

Sweet potatoes

On Sunday we gave Brayden baby food for the first time! We've been giving him cereal for over a month but since he was six months we made the shift to baby food. We are going to make our own so we went to the store and bought sweet potatoes, steamed them, pureed them and froze them for our little Bray... but he sure didn't like them!!! He was doing everything he could to get away from us - he was turning his head and arching his back trying to get out of the seat - doing what he could to get away! It was the funniest thing!!! And he was making the funniest faces we've ever seen!!! I tasted them and I thought they were good, but he sure didn't think so! We tried everything, we added breast milk, thinned them way out, we added cereal - but he didn't care! It was SO funny!!! I'm home today so I'm going to try something else like peas or green beans to see if he likes them - I'll keep ya posted ;)

Almost 15lbs

We went to the doctor yesterday and Brayden is 14lbs 14oz and almost 26inches long!!! I thought he was getting pretty heavy!!! :) Heavy or not, he's still cute as can be! He's in his exer-saucer right now telling me a pretty lengthy story - I love him SO much!!! Thank you Jesus for this amazing blessing, I cherish every moment!

6 Months Old!!!

Happy 6 month birthday Brayden!!! Wow, I can't believe that he's already 6 months old! The time has just flown by! I can see why people have more children - the labor, birth and sleep deprivation are a distant memory... not totally gone, just distant :) He goes for his 6 month doctors appt. tomorrow and I'm guessing he's over 15lbs by now! He's trying to sit up, he can do it on his own for a tiny bit and then puts his hands out or just falls over! He's babbling up a storm - we have conversations all the time ;) I just love to watch him watch his hands and stick his feet in his mouth. And he's been blowing kisses by making that smack sound - Ryan and I do this a lot to each other and now Brayden does it - it's so cute!!! Lets see, what else is he doing... rolling all over and scooting him self around by putting his feet flat down on the floor and pushing while lifting his butt up (this is why his hair is thinner in the back) I love all the little things he does and the faces he makes, he's really coming into quite the little boy and his personality is really starting to shine :) We love you Bray-Bray!!!

Sick :(

Well Brayden has officially been sick for the first time. Last night at about 9:30 we put him down to bed and then all the sudden we hear him choking so we run in there to find that he has thrown up ALL over - I mean ALL over. He was soaked, the bed was soaked all the way through the mattress pad to the mattress, it was in his ear, his hair - all over everywhere! That was round one. He continued to puke as much as an adult at least 5 more times along with a few dry heaving sessions. We were both crying! Every time he would start to fall asleep (he was exhausted) he was start throwing up again. We called the pediatrician's office and the nurse instructed us to give him some Pedialyte, watch him over night along with a few other instructions. So Ryan went and bought some Pedialyte at 11pm and he finally stopped throwing up and fell asleep around midnight. Then this morning I changed the worst smelling poopy diaper ever! He seems to be better, he has only spit up a little so far and he slept really well so hopefully he is getting it through his system, he is pretty much back to acting normal. Well, now the dog is sick and has diarrhea... she's still outside I won't let her in, she has to get a bath first! So the last 12 hours have been fun at the McHone house lol Oh, I forgot to mention that he has his first ouie. He has this little abrasion under his nose that looks like a rug burn. We aren't sure how he got it but it's been there since Sunday and has been a little yuckie so who knows! Maybe he did a face plant in his crib... we'll never know!