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 :)

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 ;)