Beach Baby- Blue Mountain Beach, FL

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!
I can't believe its been a month since we went to the beach, but October has flown by and we are now seeing true signs of fall as the weather is actually a little cooler around here! ;-)

But going back through these pictures makes me want to go back to the beach and the perfect beach weather. It was just warm enough for the kids to swim, but not so warm that you really got hot. It was awesome! Braylen enjoyed his time with his cousins and the sand didn't seem to bother his chubby little toes!

Hunk of love! Check out those legs!

Also at the beach were (Left to right) Emma, Caroline (holding Braylen) Jack, Camille (holding Cela)
Jack and Emma are Caroline, Camille and Cela's other cousins. The big kids loved playing on the beach and chasing the birds!

Early in the week we celebrated Caroline and Camille's 3rd birthday. (wine glass does not belong to them!) Happy birthday girlies!

Cute beach outfit (belonging to cousin Collier!) that we wanted to get a fun family picture in, but Braylen had a rash around his eye that didn't make for good picture taking. But I liked this picture because the swollen red eye is on the other side! It really looked like he got in a bar fight! Poor kid!

Just chillin'! All laid back in the pool!!

The hat was a little too small and sat on his head like a top hat. ha!

Still to come...

~Fun With Friends

~Halloween

~Baptism

Whenever I can actually get this sweet baby to sleep a little, I'll blog some more!

Happy Monday everyone!

computers...

Computers... can't live with out 'em, but my oh my they can make you crazy when they don't want to work! Since our laptop was freaking out for a little bit I have not had time to upload pictures and update the blog. (No it has not been broken for a month, but like usual I have gotten behind and the broken computer just helped me get further behind!)
So here we go...

Since we are in the throws of football season I had to include a couple cute pics of Braylen in his Auburn and Alabama gear. This poor child... Brannon and I are going to really confuse him.
Due to the very warm Saturdays, Braylen and I have not made it to a tailgate yet, but hopefully we will soon. I know Brannon wants to show off this little guy!


Daddy heading to a game...WAR EAGLE!

ROLL TIDE! (thank you Ms. Mary Jane for my Alabama jon-jon)

September has brought another big step... REAL FOOD! So far so good. I have been making Braylen's food and for the most part he seems to be enjoying it. Below you can see Braylen enjoying squash. )his first food) I think that could be one of his favorites. But as my friend Emily pointed out, I did eat squash almost every other week while I was pregnant with him!

Other foods he has enjoyed... sweet potato's, carrots (whole carrots, not baby carrots. He was not a fan of baby carrots) green beans, sweet peas, bananas, mango's, apple sauce and corn.

This picture was just too cute! We realized one night earlier in September that we had not taken any fun bath pics in a while, so we thought we better try and lucky for us we caught that sweet smile on camera. (and his foot covering all the right parts!)

I have much more to blog about this week. Meme is here while Brannon is working in Birmingham for the week so I hope to catch up on a few of these fun things.

I hope to have our beach pictures up in a couple days!

More to come soon! We love you Braylen!

Sweet, Sweet Smiles!

I knew the day would come that Preschool would start again, but I was in no hurry for it to get here. I really do love my job, but I also enjoy my time at home with this sweet baby boy. Although I have been going into the office a few days a week for almost a month now, I feel like I have officially started back since Preschool began yesterday. It was good day with lots of smiles, but our two year olds will start tomorrow so that can always be a little more tearful! ;-(

With my start back to work, Braylen has been going to CDO and he has done very well. But since yesterday was the Preschool's first day of school, I treated yesterday like his first day of school too and had to get a first day of school picture. I actually caught that precious, precious smile on camera. It is not one of his full blown open mouth grins, but it is a sweet, sweet smile.

Another sweet, sweet smile is that of Braylen's older cousin (only by 10 weeks) sweet Cela Grace. She is a wonderful baby. So happy, easy and laid back. Not to mention, a great sleeper! This is a picture from her baptism three weeks ago. We love you Cela!

Baby Bunny

Since we didn't know the sex of our baby before he was born, our sweet niece Suzie gave the baby the nickname of "Bunny." Not very gender neutral, but none the less we received a few bunny gifts, one of which you can see here. This is his "bunsie" instead of a onesie. (gift from Aunt Ginger) He has a cute little cotton tale, which of course I think is just so cute. I'm not sure how much longer Brannon will let me dress his son in this one!

Braylen is really starting to play with his toys a little more. Below is a pictures of his "bug" that has a lot of bright colors and the wings make a fun crinkle sound.

The bumbo seat seems to entertain Braylen pretty well (for at least a few minutes), but he has already figured out how to pull the toy off the tray and put it in his mouth.

Braylen started "school" last week. (Children's Day Out (CDO) at the church) I have been going back to work to get ready for Preschool and fall church activities, so he has been making new friends in Ms. Selena's class. I think he is doing pretty well and his teachers are figuring him out. Mainly that he doesn't like to take a morning nap and heaven forbid you act like you are going to try and get him to sleep. He can really let you know how he feels about that! Other than that I think he likes all the action, and has been coming home and taking a good nap in the afternoons.

Life is good. We have a sweet little boy. A true blessing to me and his dad.

Time Flies

Where has the time gone?!?
Last week we decide to introduce cereal to Braylen. Below is one of the pictures from his first experience with "food." We have done it for a few days now and it is getting better, but he still is not getting much of it in his belly! The goal is to try and get him full so he will sleep longer, but so far that has not happened. He is actually waking up more and not wanting to go back to sleep. Well... he will go back to sleep... as long as I am holding him!

Also the other big event is that Braylen has rolled over from his tummy to his back. (Sunday, August 1st) I am not sure if he really knew what he was doing, but he has done it one other time too. He is just growing and changing so fast!

Birthday, Swimming and Suzie!

I think I'm forming a pattern... I don't have time to blog and then I have a lot to catch up on... so here we go!

Brannon's Birthday was July 10th and he celebrated the big 3-0! We had Jess, Hunter, the girls, Jan and Len over to cook out burgers and just hang out. We had a blast with our little girlies and Aunt Jess held Braylen all night, as if she doesn't deserve a break from lovin' on babies all the time. But I know Braylen enjoyed himself!


Below you can see our birthday family photo. (Plus one!)Brannon blowing out his '30' bithday candle (it was an 80, but Poppy got a hold of the 8 and made it a 3) But of course Brannon got some help from Caroline and Camille. We actually had to do it twice because Caroline was so quick the first time we had to give Camille and chance to help Bubba too!

Finally! We got a picture of Uncle Hunter and Braylen as well and sweet Cela Grace too!

The morning of Brannon's B-day
Thought this was funny.. "Yo! What's up Dad?!?!"

Braylen's first trip to the pool. So we really though he looked super cute in his speedo. We didn't stay long because everytime Brannon would dip him in the water it would take his breath away. I guess it was a little too cool!
I don't care who you are! Admit it... that is one cute kid! Look at that belly!
Check out my stud muffins!
So... Aunt Mary, Suzie and Collier were supposed to come and stay for a week while I had to work and Brannon was in Las Vegas, but Collier got sick so Meme came to the rescue (again!). When O came to pick up Meme, Suzie got to come for a short visit as well. I loved this picture of her reading "The Belly Button Book" to her little cousin. Check out Braylen's Alabama Football shirt!

Look at that little mama! She is already a pro!

Other general updates...

Braylen has decided he doesn't really like to sleep. He HATES to sleep on his back, so I have done the unthinkable and let him sleep in his belly or he sleeps in his swing.

He is still eating quite well as you can see in the pictures!

He has really found his voice and when he does take a good nap he will wake up so happy and ready to talk. He is actually trying to laugh a little too.

He loves to hold his hands and rub them together.

The lastest is that he likes to stick his tongue out and i think he is trying to start razzing too. It is of course soooo cute!

Sleep...oh precious sleep

Yes, it is true... there is much sleep lost once your bring home a sweet little baby, but every parent in there right mind would tell you it is TOTALLY worth it. Even though it is worth it, it doesn't mean that you don't miss that precious uninterrupted sleep. :)
So baby Braylen has decided that he hates being placed on his back to sleep, he would much prefer to be in his swing, even if the swing is not swinging. I guess he just likes more of a sitting up position. Because of this change we have been up a lot more frequently during the night. (making mommy very tired) But I have to tell the world (or at least the three or so people that actually read this) that my baby is asleep in his crib! He was asleep in my arms when I was rocking him, but woke as soon as I laid him in his crib. I continued to rub his back and pat his hiney and he fell asleep and has been there for the past 10 minutes! That is a HUGE victory in my book. Oh the little joys in life!