October update...

Brayden has been so busy lately. He is walking, or should I say running everywhere. It is amazing how quickly he goes from walking with his arms out trying to balance, to literally running. He just keeps amazing us on how much he is now understanding what we are asking him. He is very good at "where is". So far he can locate ducky, the ball, the book snuggle-puppy, his water, the bathtub and of course his golf clubs. It is so funny because if you ask him something that he doesn't know he looks at you and then says "huh". Very cute. The best one he does is, can you find the diapers? He will go to his room and pull out a diaper from the diaper holder and bring it to us. If only he could reach the wipes! I don't seem to be taking a lot of pictures lately, simply because he doesn't stay still long enough for me to capture the image. Here are a few picture over the last few weeks.

On a side note, Grandpa Dave had his prostate removed over a week ago due to cancer. Jon made the trip out to Columbus to be with his dad, but we didn't think Brayden would do so well on a 6 hour car ride and a few days stuck in a hospital, so we stayed back. The surgery went well and Dave is home recovering. Please keep him in your thoughts for a speedy recovery.

We got to celebrate Colin's 1st birthday at the beginning of the month. Brayden loves party hats, doesn't look like Colin likes them though.

We also got to celebrate my Aunt Dorothy's birthday with all of her family. (We took pictures, I just don't have them yet).

Braydn was trying to steal Colin's I'm 1 button.

It is so funny to have Brayden walking around. Since we have hard wood floors, he hardly every wears socks or shoes in the house. So we are trying to get him used to wearing shoes and socks. He totally freaks out when you put them on and then when you try to stand him up, he won't. So right now he only wears the little slipper shoes out. Also funny story Brayden refuses to walk anywhere else but our house. This weekend we opened the door and tried to have him walk into the hallway and he refused to. He just stood at the front door and whinned until you picked him up. So then we tried it again when we got outside, but no, he won't walk outside. He just stands or throws himself down until you pick him up. I guess he figured out that he likes the free rides he receives from us. So not only do we have to get him used to shoes, but we have to have him learn to walk outside.

Brayden got in his top four teeth all at the same time, so he wasn't feeling so good then. Here is his "old man" face. I guess he was getting used to his new teeth.

Brayden has been sleeping on his face with his butt up in the air and this is what he looks like when he gets up. Needless to say we got his hair cut a couple days ago because it was so long.

Brayden cuddling with his favorite things: a bottle, ducky, and the remote control. Life is good.

We have been signing to Brayden since he was about 4 months and just in the past month he has started signing back to us.