December 2006

The Ghost of Christmas Future:
Ryan and Logan pummeling each other on Christmas night. They, like most 3 and 5-year-olds, have sharing issues. I laughed because I can just see Brady and Logan in a couple years, or Brady and his future brother or sister rolling around our floor!

Brady had a cold at the beginning of December. He didn't feel too good - stuffy nose, watery eyes, the whole deal. He did open up good one day though after enjoying some fruit and oatmeal so I could get a good shot of his two teeth. There they are. Still no top ones yet.

It's giggle time!

Yum! Bows are delicious!

PRESENTS!!!!!!!!! Brady officially started crawling the day after we put up the tree. He was inspired by the shiny paper and pretty bows on the presents. There's no stopping him now...he's on the move!

Opening presents is just too much work! Brady took a break after dinner to enjoy a quick nap with Grandma.

Brady can feed himself now! Hooray. He's been doing it for a while now, but I thought this picture was funny. He just lounges on his boppy and enjoys his bottles. He still can't feed himself his food yet. I accidently left him with a spoon after he finished eating one day last week and he tried to eat the spoon. Not a good idea.

This was our attempt at a picture with all of us and our zoo. We didn't have anyone to take the picture otherwise it would have probably worked out ok. Holly's laying on the floor on the left and you can barely see her...Mufasa is on J's lap, Jake is being yanked on by Brady and pretty much all you can see of Amber is her eyes...spooky. I think I look quite nice, however!!! Ha ha ha.

Hittin the bottle. Jeremiah and I were getting ready to go Christmas shopping one night and we put Brady int he living room to finish his bottle before we left. When we came to check on him he was passed out with the bottle still in his mouth! This is when he still had his cold and he was exhausted. It was really funny.

"Are you really Santa?"
Our neighbor Gerald dressed up like Santa and came over for a visit. Brady had fun pulling on his beard (which is real by the way) and his hat.

Logan helped Stacey open her Christmas presents.

Brady boy looking cute as always.

Grandma Robin made a blanket for Brady for Christmas. The sea otter fabric came from Alaska. Robin got it when we all vacationed there in 2004...before Jeremiah and I were even married. She says she just knew she'd have grandchildren someday!!!

Brady got a train for Christmas. It has a giraffe, an elephant and a monkey that ride in it. It sings and makes animal noises and even drives across the living room. Brady likes to crawl after it!

Brady got a sled from his friends Laurie and Samantha back in New Jersey! It's really cool. Now all we need is some snow. It's been in the 50's and 60's all week. You'd think we live in Floriday, not Kansas!!

These are cookies I made for our work Christmas party. They are just Nutter Butter cookies dipped in white chocolate on both ends, one end then dipped in red sprinkles with a red hot for a nose and two mini chocolate chips for eyes! Cute!

Oh my, what a cute boy!

Look how big he looks! This was at the airport waiting for Grandma Robin and Grandpa Rustin to arrive.

Santa and his little helper!!!

Brady's first Christmas!

Brady let me open the boxes as long as I gave him a little piece of paper to play with!

Bathtime.

Brady gets to take baths in the big tub now. He splashed too much in the sink and soaked the whole kitchen. Now he gets to sit in his little tub inside the big one!! He can splash all he wants.

Watch out for that tree!

Inspired by a burning desire to eat the only present we have under the tree, Brady has begun to crawl! Suddenly, Wednesday night he looked over at the red and green Santa Claus wrapping paper and took off towards it. That night and the following morning he would pretty much do the army crawl...move one hand, one knee, plop on his belly and scoot <>. This morning he was pretty much all hands and knees. Of course he likes to go after the things he can't have - the Christmas tree, the TV trays, the phone, and the remote control. Good grief. He's going to make me start to have a tidy house. I need a maid.

He's also started babbling a lot more the past couple days, making "ba" sounds and today the "ma-ma-ma" sounds. I don't think he relates mama to me, but at least he can say it. I like to think he knows it's me. This morning when I went to get him out of his crib he was saying mama mama. Ok, so he was looking the other direction and probably didn't even know I had walked in, but I still like it.

We were going to get our Christmas cards out this week, but our picture opportunity fell through so it's probably going to be next week. If you get them after Christmas, sorry, but they'll be worth the wait!!!

In other news Brady has learned to get himself from his belly to a sitting postion. It's cute. He started that on Monday. A lot of the time he gets 3/4 of the way there and just leans on one arm, but he can push himself all the way up if he wants to.

Other than that we think he's getting ready to get one of his top teeth. I thought I felt one this morning when he got up, but after his bottle I couldn't feel it anymore. He's been a little fussy the past two days and trying to put the chomp on anything he can get his mouth around so it would make sense if he did get one in sometime in the next few days. That's what happened when the bottom ones came in. Our little boy is growing up so fast. He'll be 7 months old on Monday. Can you believe that??? I can't.

Well, I have to pay some bills. Oh boy. Then I have to go pick Brady up from the babysitters. I took him over there today since I had to do some Christmas shopping and the repair guys were coming to look at the washer, dryer and fridge (annual tune-ups). I was going to take Brady with me shopping, but I keep having visions of purse snatchers grabbing my purse while I'm trying to get Brady loaded/unloaded from the car. We got new car seats that stay in the car so it takes a little longer to get him in and out. Maybe I was having a psychic moment now that I think about it because Jeremiah got a call from work this afternoon and he has to go in early because they had two carjackings this morning in Merriam. I'd rather take Brady to go play with his buddies than risk one of us getting hurt or robbed!

I'll put more updates on here before Christmas probably, but Merry Christmas anyway!

cute cousin

Stacey and Jeff had a 3-D sonogram on Wednesday.
I think the baby looks like Lacey, Jeff's older daughter.

Jeremiah and I debated whether we wanted to have a 3-D or not, but opted not in the end. I think we will on the next one. It's really cool how you can see everything. I can't believe the difference between the regular and the 3-D!

Stacey and Jeff haven't released a name for baby Hittle yet...hopefully they pick by March!!!

brrrrrrrr...

Baby it's cold outside!

TEETH!!!

This one's a little blurry, but still cute!

There you can see one pretty good in the middle.

Aww. He's such a cutie.

It's hard to get a good picture of his teeth since they're so small.

Precious.

It's been a while...

Sorry I haven't gotten a lot of new pictures on here lately. It's been kind of hectic around here the past few weeks. Jeremiah and I are both working like crazy people and it's only going to get worse before it gets better unfortunately. Jeremiah's getting a rookie tonight. He gets to train the new guy for the rest of the year so he's pretty excited about that. The rookie gets to drive Jeremiah around and do all the work so that's pretty fun. I'm getting ready to enter the most crazy couple of weeks of the year at my work. It starts this Saturday when we are open until midnight. Why? I don't know. I really can't see people sitting at home at 11:30 p.m. and saying, "Oh, honey, what do you think...want to go to Sears and buy a new fridge?" We won't have any customers past 9 p.m. So I'll be spending the night at mom and dad's with Brady-boy. He'll get to hang out there with them all afternoon. He'll have fun. He likes it there. Grandma feeds him in the sink sometimes! (I have pictures to prove it which I will try to get on here as soon as this site starts working for pictures again.)
Brady's still not crawling, forward anyway. I think he will be by Christmas. He's getting so big. He's quite hefty. If all he wanted for Christmas were his two front teeth, it appears Santa has made a stop in Kansas a little early this year. He has two teeth now, both on the bottom. I think it might be a while before he gets any on the top. Who knows. The ones he has are sharp though. I put my finger in there to feel around on the top the other day and he chomped me! It hurt. I didn't bleed though so it was ok.
There's no news on the job front. It's kind of a busy time of year though for trying to find new work. I'll resume efforts after the first of the year. I think Old Navy would be fun and a nice change, but really it's still retail so I'm going to hold out for non-retail. I never did hear from Garmin so I guess that's off the list. I've got my eye on a couple other businesses around town. If they have any openings I'll put in for them. Maybe Santa will bring me some tuition money so I can get my MBA. I won't hold my breath on that one.
Well, I need to make Jeremiah's lunch and get myself ready for bed. Check in soon...I'll try to get updates on here more often. And more pictures too!!!

Good times and good friends...

Brady loves feeling around in his mouth and grabbing his teeth.

He also thinks it's funny when Daddy tickles him!
Hee hee hee. Too bad there's no audio on here, Brady has the funniest giggle!

Brady's buddy Alexanderia was born on Nov. 9. She was due on Thanksgiving, but came a couple weeks early!


When I went to pick Alex up I braced myself like I usually do to pick up Brady and just about flung her across the room. She weighed a little over 7 pounds so it was quite a bit less than our Brady boy who's now weighing in somewhere in the upper teens. The funny thing is I can't even picture Brady that small anymore. I know he was when he was born, and even though it was just six months ago I can't even believe it.

Time for a burp. I remember those hospital feedings. It seemed like Brady would finish eating, burp, fall asleep for a few minutes and then be ready to chow again.