Friday, March 12, 2010
I think I have officially stolen this blog from Marvin. I guess its time for the monthly, a few days before a holiday update (five days till st. Patricks day)
Braden has made many new advances in the past month. His list of current foods includes: carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, apples and rice cereal. He can sit up mostly by himself, unless he decides to reach for something off to the side, then once he starts leaning momentum takes over and he's down. He yells at us on a daily basis, for a variety of reasons, anything from exhaustion to boredom to having a coveted object taken away. Anything and everything is for his grabbing and his grip surprisingly strong for someone who weighs seventeen pounds. After a few painful and almost bloody experiences I am about to resign myself to wearing my hair back and putting the dangling earrings aside for a few months. He also learned how to grab himself in the tub, much to his father's amusement.
Last week Braden and I went to Boone to see my parents, who have been snowed in since Christmas or so. Grandpa Joe enjoyed having B take off his glasses and put them back on, and Grandma was so taken with him that she came back with us to babysit while I went to work on Friday! Next week we will head to Laurel Hill to see the rest of the Smith clan, who will undoubtedly be surprised at B's accomplishments as they haven't seen him since Christmas either. Then its back up to Boone on Sunday to meet with my cousin Noel, his wife Synnoeve and most importantly, meet their new baby girl, Liv. So with all that traveling ahead it is critical that our cars be on their best behavior, they have both been awful this week, mine is in the shop for a new computer (luckily under warranty) and Marvin's needs brakes/brake work (supposedly getting fixed tomorrow...) So right now we have a rental and are getting a first hand look at being a one car family. I don't think its for us. Tomorrow night we are watching our favorite 15 month old, baby Z. she is exactly nine months older than Braden so whenever she and B are together her mom, Shannon, and I can imagine what it would be like have one baby right after another. Then we look at eachother and shudder, and I think about becoming abstinant. Actually Z and B are both super adorable babies and when in the wrong hands can give one the strong urge to procreate. Well that's all for now, till the week before easter I guess...
Braden has made many new advances in the past month. His list of current foods includes: carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, apples and rice cereal. He can sit up mostly by himself, unless he decides to reach for something off to the side, then once he starts leaning momentum takes over and he's down. He yells at us on a daily basis, for a variety of reasons, anything from exhaustion to boredom to having a coveted object taken away. Anything and everything is for his grabbing and his grip surprisingly strong for someone who weighs seventeen pounds. After a few painful and almost bloody experiences I am about to resign myself to wearing my hair back and putting the dangling earrings aside for a few months. He also learned how to grab himself in the tub, much to his father's amusement.
Last week Braden and I went to Boone to see my parents, who have been snowed in since Christmas or so. Grandpa Joe enjoyed having B take off his glasses and put them back on, and Grandma was so taken with him that she came back with us to babysit while I went to work on Friday! Next week we will head to Laurel Hill to see the rest of the Smith clan, who will undoubtedly be surprised at B's accomplishments as they haven't seen him since Christmas either. Then its back up to Boone on Sunday to meet with my cousin Noel, his wife Synnoeve and most importantly, meet their new baby girl, Liv. So with all that traveling ahead it is critical that our cars be on their best behavior, they have both been awful this week, mine is in the shop for a new computer (luckily under warranty) and Marvin's needs brakes/brake work (supposedly getting fixed tomorrow...) So right now we have a rental and are getting a first hand look at being a one car family. I don't think its for us. Tomorrow night we are watching our favorite 15 month old, baby Z. she is exactly nine months older than Braden so whenever she and B are together her mom, Shannon, and I can imagine what it would be like have one baby right after another. Then we look at eachother and shudder, and I think about becoming abstinant. Actually Z and B are both super adorable babies and when in the wrong hands can give one the strong urge to procreate. Well that's all for now, till the week before easter I guess...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
november thru febuary
Well now it's two days before Valentines day and time for the quarterly update of B. Of course so much has happened since the last entry, I'll just touch on some of the highlights. In November there was Braden's first Thanksgiving with the Smith side of the family, then the Cougars' last football game of the season the next night. B and mommy opted to spend the evening at Starbucks and some shops because of the nippy weather, but picked daddy up after the game for the late night trip back home. It was great to see the Laurel Hill gang, but we left kind of disappointed we didn't have more time to visit with them, and got us to thinking how it would be nicer to live closer.
A week before Christmas B saw his first snow, and indeed what a snow. We got a full foot at our house, complete with a power outage and being snowed in for the weekend. Then as we spent Christmas in Boone we had more winter weather, an ice storm resulting in a four day power outage. Braden's first Christmas dinner was Chinese takeout, although he had what he always has, mama's milk. The day after Christmas after a visit to the grandparents in West Jefferson, Braden and Daddy headed to Laurel Hill and I was left in Boone to brave my first night away from the baby. We were re-united the next night, after I made a day trip back to Asheville to work for the day and pick up the dogs. Luckily we had a little more time to visit in Laurel Hill this time, and Braden stayed with grandma Brenda for the first time, while we got to go to fayetville with marvin's brother. New years was passed at our friend tommy and shannon's and before we knew it the holidays were over.
January flew by entirely too quickly. We went to our first NBA game in Charlotte and had a great time, Braden weighed 13 and a half pounds at his four month check up, tried rice cereal and mashed bananas for the first time, and we got together with two other families and their little girls that were in our birth class; one is two weeks older than Braden, one is a week younger. It was great to see them and compare all the baby milestones. We learned that Braden is the strongest stander and the worst sleeper!
This week we have begun moving B into his own room, which means getting a storage place for the guest bed and some other things that having been crowding the house, and soon the crib will be set up! I am nervous about him being in another room but he is becoming a very restless sleeper and its costing me! Luckily most nights now he will do a 4-6 hour stint in his bassinet, so maybe the crib switch won't be too traumatic. Right now he is in there snoozing in the pajamas that were the very first thing I ever bought for him, at about 4 months pregnant. It was hard to imagine then that he would ever be here and big enough to wear them, but he is, and as always, he looks adorable :)
A week before Christmas B saw his first snow, and indeed what a snow. We got a full foot at our house, complete with a power outage and being snowed in for the weekend. Then as we spent Christmas in Boone we had more winter weather, an ice storm resulting in a four day power outage. Braden's first Christmas dinner was Chinese takeout, although he had what he always has, mama's milk. The day after Christmas after a visit to the grandparents in West Jefferson, Braden and Daddy headed to Laurel Hill and I was left in Boone to brave my first night away from the baby. We were re-united the next night, after I made a day trip back to Asheville to work for the day and pick up the dogs. Luckily we had a little more time to visit in Laurel Hill this time, and Braden stayed with grandma Brenda for the first time, while we got to go to fayetville with marvin's brother. New years was passed at our friend tommy and shannon's and before we knew it the holidays were over.
January flew by entirely too quickly. We went to our first NBA game in Charlotte and had a great time, Braden weighed 13 and a half pounds at his four month check up, tried rice cereal and mashed bananas for the first time, and we got together with two other families and their little girls that were in our birth class; one is two weeks older than Braden, one is a week younger. It was great to see them and compare all the baby milestones. We learned that Braden is the strongest stander and the worst sleeper!
This week we have begun moving B into his own room, which means getting a storage place for the guest bed and some other things that having been crowding the house, and soon the crib will be set up! I am nervous about him being in another room but he is becoming a very restless sleeper and its costing me! Luckily most nights now he will do a 4-6 hour stint in his bassinet, so maybe the crib switch won't be too traumatic. Right now he is in there snoozing in the pajamas that were the very first thing I ever bought for him, at about 4 months pregnant. It was hard to imagine then that he would ever be here and big enough to wear them, but he is, and as always, he looks adorable :)
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