Sprinkler park!

Yesterday Brayden and I went to a sprinkler park here in Fishers and it was so much fun! They have all these little spouts of water coming up out of the ground along with water spraying out of things and buckets filling up and dumping all over everyone. At first he wasn't too sure about it because the water was kinda cold but after a little while he really got excited and was 'talkin' and kicking his feet and putting his hands into the water, it was so cute! I wish Ryan could have been there with us :)

Here's Bray in his llittle swim trunks!
Here is the park, we were playing under this yellow thing splashing in one of the little water spouts

He's all wet :)


Time to go home!

It wore him out!

Jumpie, Jumpie, Jumpie

Ryan was home with Brayden and he was so tired but somehow full of energy, a dangerous combo at 7 months! So Ryan put him in his jumpie to get rid of some of his energy...

Awake...

Asleep...






Awake... but NOT happy about still being in the jumpie!

State fair

We went to the Indiana state fair and showed Brayden some animals, he wasn't too sure about them - especially when they would make noises!

7 Months

I can't believe that Bray is 7 months old - it went by so fast!!! He's finally doing great with food and eating, he's so curious and eager to eat. He's sitting up mostly by himself and somehow got into a sitting position all by himself the other day! I was at work and Ryan was home with Bray. Ryan said he walked into the kitchen (our downstairs is very open) and Bray was on his belly but when he turned around, he was sitting up! Ryan has no idea how he did it, but he did! So Ryan said to Bray "how'd you do that Brayden?" and Bray looked up at him, smiled, and fell backwards and hit his head :) He hasn't done it since. And he's finally getting his first tooth! It's his bottom left and it's so funny to watch him rub it with his tongue - he makes some of the funniest faces! He's probably wondering what in the world is going on down there! He hasn't been very fussy with it - Ryan I were just discussing how truly blessed we are, he really is the perfect baby. He still isn't crawling, but he will in his own time. Yesterday he sure was trying - I was on the floor with him and he was on his belly just squealing and he'd go up on his toes and then back down and he was moving his arms and legs and then he'd roll over and back and forth! I kept saying "come get me" and he'd just laugh and squeal - he was trying so hard to get to me :) It was SO cute but of course the video camera was upstairs. Oh I just love being his mommy! He has been showing some attachment issues lately though, like yesterday he was playing on the floor while I was doing house work and he was ok until he would see me and then he would whine. So I'd go over there and tell him he was ok and give him a little attention and then he'd be fine again... until he saw me - stupid house work, I'd much rather be on the floor with him all day! But everything is going well, he's getting bigger each day and becoming more and more curious and interactive. Sorry it's been a bit since I've posted, it just seems like the summers are so busy. We did go see Grandma & Grandpa Benefiel last weekend and that was fun. They haven't seen Bray since May so you can imagine how much he's changed to them! My brothers are both graduated and going off to college so we wanted to see them before they left. I attached a picture that Grandma McHone took and I just can't get over what a big boy he's becoming - he looks so grown up it it! I'll try to make my next post sooner :)

Yay for squash!!!

Last night at dinner Brayden finally ate the way a parent pictures their baby eating baby food! It was our 3rd or 4th day of squash and he was opening his mouth and eagerly eating each bite and wanting more!!! He finished off the jar and I had to open up a new one! We are so excited!!! It's only been a month that we've been working on this lol :) We're gonna just keep pushing forward and hopefully this is a break through and we'll be good to go... we'll see :)