Oops! I forgot to mention....

...while at the beach, Braylen started sitting up by himself!
I was so surprised! But I was even more exited that I had my camera right beside me so I could catch the moment!
Just look at that big boy!

Fun With Friends!

Meet Sawyer and Judah! Two of Braylen's BFF's!
Sawyer is a sweet little 2 year old who has recently learned to tell his mommy "no!" to most anything, making his mommy a little crazy at times, but he really is super cute and a very sweet little guy! It had been a few months since I had seen Sawyer so it was great to see how much he has changed and how verbal he has become!

Judah is an adorable six and a half month old. (in these pictures, taken in early October) He was born in Ethopia in March and wecolmed with love to his Mommy and Daddy in July. (some of you may remember me blogging about his story in prior months) It was such a joy to be able to meet Judah for the first time! Judah was the answer to so many prayers and a true gift from God. These Alabama boys (ROLL TIDE) were all meeting each other for the first time and really taking the time to check each other out!

Picture below went something like this...

Braylen: "Judah, you really flew on a plane for 16 hours? That is crazy dude!"

Judah: "Seriously man... it was a crazy ride! You'll have to try it some time. Lets plan on Spring Break 2029, we'll go someplace fun, but sshhhh lets don't tell our moms." Sawyer was being super sweet to show Braylen where all the animals were on his new farm puzzle.

okay, you have to admit... that is just sweet!

I guess I should introduce you to the moms of these great little guys. Ginger and Judah are on the left and live in the Chapel Hill area. Brooke and Sawyer live in Birmingham. We all met in college and have stayed such wonderful friends ever since. These girls are awesome and I love them dearly! What fun it is now to have little boys that can hopefully grow up to be dear friends as well.

We don't get together nearly as often as we would like, but we will take what we can get! This get together was in the 'Caug (aka Sylacauga, AL) at KK's house. (Ginger's mom) Thanks for hosting us KK and for the wonderful lunch!

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!