TGIF

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you have a great weekend!

I just have to post a picture of Brady in his crib.  Every time he wakes up crying, he looks like he's in jail.  It's so cute and so sad.

Don't Scare Me!!

Ok, so Brady has scared the heck out of me lately!!  I was letting him cry for awhile to see if he would go back to sleep.  I went up to check on him and he was STANDING up in the crib, gripping the bars as if his life depended on it and screaming his head off.  I about had a heart attack.  Although I'm hoping he'll do it again so I can get a picture of it.  :)  There is nothing like seeing your baby literally standing on his own like that.  He looked so grown up.  That night, the mattress went down to the bottom level.  Unfortunately, this makes it tough for short people (me) to lay him down and pick him up, but I'd rather have him be safe!!!

And the love affair that Brady is having with Drake continues.  They seem to be together a lot lately.

"So, what's going on in here mom?"



Waiting for daddy to get home from golf

And we bought a video camera tonight!  It was literally painful to spend the money, but after watching him talk to himself in the mirror, I knew we had to get one to catch that on tape!  Here are a few of his "busy" moments.

"Mom, did you know that this part of the fireplace comes off?"

"I think I'll play with the rug instead of my toys today"

Happy Tuesday!!!

I had an early start to my day today.  I made it to spin class at 5:15 this morning.  I missed yesterday's because of Brady's nap, so I thought I would try and make it up today.  As Jenn would say, I saved the world by 9 today.  It's only 9am and I've already worked out, showered, walked Drake, washed up the dishes, did laundry, played with Brady and now he's napping.  Good morning so far, but maybe I see a nap in my future for this afternoon.  We are headed downtown to visit and have lunch with my old coworkers and to see Chris, so I have a feeling we will be tired after all of this today!

I am SO frustrated with my volunteer goal.  It seems like the organizations I am really interested in require screening, an interview, etc. etc. etc..  I'm not sure if I want to go through all of that and waste their resources for a one time visit.  I feel like quitting, but I hope I stick it out. 

Brady has lots of updates lately!!!  Let me tell you that I don't think I can keep referring to him as my baby anymore.  He's my little man now.  And boy is he a busy little man.  As proof of this, he has rug burn on his knees from all the rounds he's been making.  He even developed a little blister on his foot since he has been working on pulling himself up and standing.  Seriously!!!  Here is what he has been up to:

He has begun to blow bubbles a lot with his spit also.  He thinks it's hilarious when Chris mimics Curtis Stones' voice from the Hy-Vee commercial and always breaks out into a grin when you start singing songs.  When you are feeding him his bottle at night or he's tired and trying to go to sleep, he loves to touch your face.  It must be a comfort thing for him.  He's onto Level 2 foods now.  He is also getting tired by 9pm most nights now instead of 10/10:30.  Thank goodness!  All this moving around must make him tired.  I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but he knows the Young and the Restless song.  It is pretty funny.  Whenever he hears it starting, he turns his head and watches TV.  My Grandma Espenhover would be proud of him.  :)  He likes to stand on my stomach and look over the back of the couch.  He gets the silliest grin on his face likes he's the coolest little thing in the world.  It makes me laugh!!  And we found his ticklish spot - on the top of his legs.  It's addicting to tickle him and hear that little giggle!!! 

He's still fascinated by Drake and tries to follow him around.  Drake lets him touch him, hit him, touch his paws and crawl around him.  I knew he would be tolerant with Brady, but I'm surprised at how he lays there and takes it most times instead of getting up and moving.  I love Drake so much - he's such a good dog. 

"Mom, just what is he doing?"



Bad Mom or Normal Mom?

As I said in my last post, we are trying to once again teach Brady how to sleep through the night.  As Chris was leaving this morning, he asked how Brady did since he didn't hear anything.  I told him he must have slept through the night.   Over the next few minutes, I started to wake up a little more and as I got out of bed, I realized our monitor was turned off.  And it all came flooding back to me.  Drake had me up a few times last night and when Brady started to cry, I was so tired that I shut off our monitor, looked at the clock to time how long I would let him cry, and the next thing I know it's morning.  He must have cried himself back to sleep.  I felt horrible about it...but it worked?!?!??!  Am I a bad mom for shutting off the monitor (and accidently falling back asleep) or a normal mom who just wants their kid to learn to soothe themselves?  :)|

And, I think Brady has actually discovered that his hands and fingers are actually his.  I have caught him a lot today just looking at his hands and wiggling his fingers.  It's really cute!!

Sleep Baby Sleep!!!

Sleeping:
The last few weeks, Brady has decided that he does NOT want to sleep through the night anymore.  We have been struggling with this and I have even made sure lately that all his naps are in his crib, no matter what.  Well last night we finally did what we knew we had to do - let him cry it out.  It only took about 20/25 minutes, and he was sound asleep.  And he actually slept through the whole night!  I am one happy momma and not to jinx it, but I hope we have another night like that tonight!!  Good job Brady!!!

Drake:
On our walk last night, we stopped to talk to one of our neighbor ladies.  As we were talking, Drake went up to Brady in the stroller and started licking his face and Brady reached out to pet him.  CUTEST.THING.EVER.