Another month has gone by...

Once again, we have gotten so busy and the blog seems to get neglected. So let me say I'm sorry and hopefully this month will be much more relaxing and not as crazy that I will be able to update it a couple times.

Brayden has been very busy and experimenting with everything and trying to be more vocal. He has learned a few more signs lately, his newest are please and thank you. It is adorable if he wants milk he says milk please, repeatedly until he gets some. Somehow it is hard to say no when he is so cute doing it. His favorite words right now are: Ma, Dad, Hi, All Done, and More. A very random mix of words, but he is really tyring to read your lips and understand how to say them.

Brayden has become a very picky eater lately. He really has his favorite things and if you try to put something on his plate that he has never seen he refuses to eat it. He has discovered that he loves M & M's. I know I am a bad mother that he has already come to loving them. It started that he would give us kisses for them. So now he will give us a million kisses in the morning thinking that he will get some M & M's. Of course, he doesn't get them, only special occasions. The kid is so smart that you can't even say that word because he knows it means chocolate, so we have renamed them L & L's until he figures that out too!!

Here are some pictures of what Brayden has been up to this past month:

Brayden loves reading books!! Every night after we each read him one book before bed, he always asks for more, so of course we give in.

He has learned to empty the whole toy bucket and climb in it until every last toy is out

He finally how to use the string on the pull toys and now pulls them around the house

Our nanny Emily had to leave us this past month. She had to student teach in order to get her Masters. We miss her tons, but we know she will be an amazing teacher someday.

Brayden got to go to his second Butler Basketball game with Daddy!

What a ham!! I love that smile.

Brayden has become a good helper around the house. Here he is waxing the floors with his toothbrush and the kitchen towel.

He loves to do the laundry...

And when I'm getting ready in the morning, he patiently sits on the scale and reads books. Ok, so this lasts for a whole 5 seconds but it is really sweet.

We got to see Maddie this weekend and he loved wagon rides with her.

How cute, kisses on command for Maddie

On a side note, some other events that happened over the past month:

My college roommate Erin, gave birth to Lillian Grace on Jan. 20th!! I already got to go and snuggle with her, she is adorable.

Maddie Grace turned 1 year old on Jan. 29th!! Happy Birthday Maddie.

Brayden's Great - Grandmother Worthington passed away this past weekend. This picture is from last year, but we did get to celebrate her 80th birthday this past October. She truly will be missed.

This is Brayden trying pizza for the first time.

A Special Birthday Wish...

To Grandma O. Her Birthday was yesterday, sorry we are a day late!! Happy Birthday!!!
I tried to have Brayden hold a sign that says Happy Birthday Grandma O, but as you can tell I wasn't really successful at getting a good picture.

This looks like fun to hold

Just reading my sign

This is the best one of the bunch

Onto to patting the sign

Then jumping on the couch!!!

Hope you had a wonderful Birthday Grandma!! We love You !!!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and best wishes for a great New Year. We had such a wonderful time this year with Brayden. Here is a recap of the events over the past few weeks. I'll warn you now there are a ton of pictures.

Brayden helped make Christmas cookies and realized that he LOVES chocolate chips!

We got to visit his friend Benjamin from DC

The boys just hanging out

Then it was on to my 1st Christmas celebration at Grandma O's house

Look at the cool toy I got

So exhausted, only 3 more celebrations to go.

Christmas Eve at Great Grandma O's house. Look at the mischievous look on his face, he was dying to get his hands on the tree

Christmas Morning!!

Look at my new ride!!

Brayden couldn't wait to test out his new sled, all buckled in ready to go

Maddie and Brayden waiting for snow

My Christmas Present, Brayden

Jon and Maddie

On to more gifts, look at the concentrated looks on their faces

Maddie playing the fishstick maracas

Brayden wanting to open every toy immediately, even if it is not his. Maddie and Brayden had matching pj's that said, " what santa doesn't bring me grandma will!"

Brayden made a new best friend Buddy

Finally the last Christmas celebration. The kids put on a little show, all singing Christmas songs for us. Notice ours is the one with his shirt off!!

Maddie cheering on the Colts, unfortunately it didn't work too well because they lost

Brayden found out that he loved chocolate here he is begging us for more M & M's

Cousin Maddie stuck

Grandma Patty with her grandkids

Brayden learned how to ride the rocking horse.

Another month in review

Ok, so I have been really bad about updating the blog lately. Actually I have been pretty bad about taking pictures too. So let me catch you up on what has been going on in our lives over the past month. After Brayden's first birthday, we had a ton of doctors appointments for follow ups. First the neurologist's office. Great news there, Brayden has been released from his care!!! He said that since he hasn't had a seizure since birth and he is off his medicine there is no need for him to see him again unless something arises. Next off to the NICU follow up clinic. There they test for milestones at his age to make sure there is no delay. Jon and I sat in the room while they did the tests, though we didn't really understand them since it really looked like they were just playing. He passed all of the tests at average to above average, so great news there. Last stop the pediatricians. Nothing too exciting there just the usual measuring and shots. He is 31 inches tall, 90%, and a thin 20lb 9 oz, 25 %. Doctor said he is going to be tall and skinny, just like daddy. The last bit of good news that we got was that Brayden has been released from physical therapy!! So needless to say we had so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. It is such a great relief to know that things are going well with his health and development.

On to the pictures...

Just hamming it up for the camera

We had a quick trip to Indy for the Colts game and a visit with Uncle Joey and Heather

Cousin Maddie at Thanksgiving, love the pigtails!

Eating Thanksgiving dinner alone

Helping Maddie take a call

Then we decided to have laundry basket rides

Looks like one satisfied rider

Just reading. By the way the kid loves to have books read to him.

Ride'm Cowboy

We visited Santa,but that didn't go so well. First Maddie went, you can tell by her expression she wasn't so pleased with Santa.

Then the cousins took a picture

Then it was Brayden's turn. Not as good as lasts year sleeping picture, but still a pretty priceless expression.

Brayden and Colin enjoy giving each other rides on the firetruck.

Brayden got a drumset from his friend Benjamin. Let's just say there has been a lot of "NO's" when it comes to the drumsticks and mommy's glass coffee table. He just was checking out the inside of the drum here.

Just some funny videos of him lately. He is definitely comprehending everything we say. If we say bath, the kid goes nuts. He runs to the bathroom door and dances until we give him a bath.

Here is Brayden just being a boy. He is trying to pick up two heavy toys at once and gets very frustrated that he can't do it. His facial expressions at the end are hilarious.