Adventures in Eating

Brady just turned 6 months old and that means adventures in eating began. We started rice cereal a few weeks ago, but last night Brady had his first taste of applesauce. 

Laughs with Daddy

Brady loves laughing when Daddy is around.

Brady Pics!

50% Mom+50% Dad = 100% Me

I think I saw a whale.

Mom and Dad keep giving me football toys-I think they are trying to brainwash me.

Ok--I get it. I love football!

Go Devils!

Such a happy smile!

Hi, I'm Brady!

Cinco!

Wow.  5 months old.  We can't believe how big our little Brady is getting.  He is such a happy, smiley baby.  He is still rolling and rolling around, but now can actually get up on all fours and rock back and forth.  No real crawling yet, but he scoots and rolls his way around the living room.  He loves playing with his feet, ruff-ruff dog, giraffe, and ASU Football.  He also loves to swing and sit in his bouncy chair.  Brady has discovered that Mommy and Daddy have noses and loves to grab them and try to eat them.  He also loves to watch his big sister and listen to her read him stories before bed.  He has started to eat rice cereal.  He wants to grab at the spoon and the bowl and likes to make a mess--I can tell he is going to be a good eater.  He is still not sleeping through the night, but goes to sleep very easily at about 8pm, he wakes up once or twice and wants his binky or to nurse.  We had our first night of all four of us being up at the same time in the middle of the night--lets hope that doesn't happen again.  I'm looking forward to him sleeping though the night. 
Happy 5 month birthday Brady Boo!

Some Sisterly Love

Beach Time for Brady

Pacific Beach

San Diego, CA

USA

Brady loved napping to the soothing sounds of the ocean! 

4 Month Check Up

We thought this little chubster was going to top the charts when we took him to the doctor for his 4 month check up.  He's a solid boy and weighed in at 14 lbs 14 ounces which only puts him in the 32% for weight. He has grown 4.5 inches since birth and is in the 19th percentile for height at 24.5 inches. 

Brady celebrated his 4 month birthday by rolling all around.  He can roll from back to belly and from belly to back and has started to sleep with his arms out of his swaddle.  This caused some disruption in his sleep for a little while, but he is back to going to bed between 8 and 9pm and waking up only once around 3 or 4am most nights. 

Brady has also discovered his feet and that he can put his hands and toys in his mouth.  He is becoming quite the little talker as well.  He is cooing, gurgling, motor-boating, and sometimes doing it quite loudly. 

He has a very strong appetite and is still eating about every 2-3 hours.  In his first month at school he used up all my frozen breast milk storage and is now having about 25% of his intake as formula.

He gets lots of love from his big sister. She enjoys finding his binky when he drops it and showing him how to play with his toys.  She often has long conversations with him that only the two of them can understand.

Brady is also starting to squirm around--not really crawling yet but he can definately move.  Often I leave him on his nice comfy blanket and turn around to find him in all sorts of positions.  Like on this particular day when he managed to scoot under the futon.