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!

Pool party!!!

This is Brayden's first pool party!!! Thursday we went over to my friend Emily's house for a play date and pool party! From left to right it's Sydney (mommy Lena), Sadie (mommy Krista) and Brayden! Colin is still eating
This is them playing! And this time Colin is in the picture (mommy Emily)!
Sydney, Sadie, Brayden, Colin
Sadie is putting everything in her mouth... even her friends hands!!! Oh, do you like Bray's little mohawk? He has this one patch of hair on the top of his head that he hasn't lost yet that is really long so mommy stuck it straight up!
Brayden & Sadie laying on their tummies kicking with their feet and licking the side of the pool - they have to see how it tastes :)


Brayden was so cute and had so much fun splish spashing that we decided to buy our own little pool. We filled it up today so that it could sit in the sun and get warm, while Ryan was filling it up I put Bray's little feet in there and he immediately retracted them because it was so cold! But he kept arching his back because he wanted to put his feet back in! So finally he warmed up to it and was just kickin up a storm and splashing! Too cute!!! I'll post more pictures after we put him it for the first time!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy father's day to the most amazing husband, friend & dad. We love you Ryan and hope that your first father's day was as wonderful as you are!!!
Love,
Tiff, Brayden & Gracie

Cereal

Brayden is 5 months old and is turning into a big boy - he ate cereal for the first time on Sunday 6/7 his 5th month birthday! He did pretty well, the first couple of times we put it into his mouth it all came back out and then he started making bubbles with his mouth every time we put the spoon in but I'd say he got some of it and is now getting it down pretty good! We're trying to give it to him at least every other night. And as you can see, he also enjoyed chewing on his bib... actually he likes chewing on anything he can get into his little mouth!



This is him in his bumbo seat waiting for his first cereal meal - SO cute!