"All Done"

Brayden has definitely been keeping us extremely busy!!! He has been learning new words on a daily basis and using them at any chance that he can get. His absolute favorite word right now is, "All done". When a tv show is done - all done, if you are done eating - all done. You think, oh how cute, but there are definitely times it is not cute. Brayden is an early riser, let's just say the past couple weeks he is up sometime during the 5 o'clock hour. And you know what he is screaming at 5 in the morning, "All done"!! That's right, he tell us when he is all done sleeping and somehow there is now way to convince him to go back to sleep. Trust us, we really have tried everything!!! So thank goodness for the time change because we are all now getting up in the 6 o'clock hour, which is much better!!

Brayden is also very stubborn lately about what he chooses to eat. He went to the allergist just after his first birthday and he is allergic to dairy products and eggs (both cooked and raw), so needless to say our selection of foods in the first place is not all that great. I tried giving him a hot dog and I was so super pumped because he scarfed the whole thing down in like one minute flat, and then about thirty seconds after that he whole face swelled up. Who knew that hot dogs have egg whites in them!!! So which leads me back to one picky eater. He loves chocolate and anything with sugar in it, I guess he got his sweet tooth directly from his mom! The only vegetable that I can get him to eat these days is edamame, I know weird right? And for fruit, it's only dried fruits by Gerber, no fresh things!! Anyone have any suggestions on how to get my kid to eat more? Now a days, if I put new things on his plate, he kindly hands them back to me and won't even try. The only way that he will eat though is with a fork and that even includes cheerios and bread.

Alright, enough talking here are some pictures....

Playing hide n' go seek - his favorite spot (actually his only spot) behind the curtains

Eating bread and turkey with a fork

Jon and I went away to Florida for a long weekend for a wedding, Brayden was a big helper with the suitcase

Actually he couldn't wait to get rid of us, he carried our bag out. He had a great weekend hanging out with Grandma O minus the teething part.

Annie and Anton - this is my friend from dental school

The Dental Clan

Just trying out a sucker for the first time, and what a surprise he loved it

Brayden and Colin ready for a ride outside, the boys have been going absolutely stir crazy, so they were super excited to get out the past few weeks.

Just a flashback, this is the boys when B was 7 months and Colin was 8, the previous picture B is 16 months and Colin 17, boy have they grown!!



Braydn saying his favorite phrase, All done!




Brayden showing off his dancing skills

We are working on animal noises so these are in the initial phases, but he loves to do them.

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.