Saturday, January 10, 2009

Brady learns to stand...

Brady learned to stand at Grandma and Grandpa Enders and brought his new trick back home. I was folding clothes in his room the other day and had him in his crib with some toys...he startled to laugh really hard so looked up and he was standing in his crib. He later fell down and started to press his face through the bars. Looks like it's time to lower the crib and remove the bumper.






It seems he always has the biggest smile when he knows he's doing something or has something he's not supposed to.


This is the classic, "I didn't do it" face.






Brady Brushes his teeth all by himself




Christmas at the Enders'

Brady and Kylie


Mama, Grandma and Ashley with Brady

The Enders Family

Mama and Brady playing




Brady's favorite play spot, the clothes basket.






The Holiday spirit




Brady and his aunts




The Boys...
















More Chistmas parties

Grandpa and Brady

Grandma and her boys playing in the hotel in Mt. Pleasant where we got stranded for the night...(couldn't make it home because of snow)

Grandpa playing with Brady

Grandma holding Brady as he "talks" to cousin Rehna



Brady waving to the camera while Papa holds him.







Nanna and Papa Lehman's Party

Nanny and her boys.

Brady and Jack decided to get in on the white elephant game this year...



Nanny and Papa with Brady.


Nanny playing with her boys.



The boys...don't let the sweet faces fool you, they were just hitting each other with the spoons!






Brady prepares for this trip home...




Mom and Dad's House

Crick in the backyard

The driveway.

Back of the house.


Front of the house.



Different crick shot.
Look at all the snow!!!!

"Ralphie I can't put my arms down!"


More Vacation Photos...Brady's First Snow





To illustrate how deep the snow was we put Brady in one of my dad's footprints and filled in the snow...he wasn't too happy, but it was pretty funny.






This was before the dog dusted him with snow, he was enjoying it!



Catch up...

It's been a while since our last post, but for good reason. We went back to MI and Ohio for a few weeks and when we returned Nick went to the Rose Bowl and then went to a rehearsal dinner and wedding for our friends (Rolland and Alison, Nick was in the wedding). It's been busy, busy busy around here. This post may seem a bit scattered as we have lots to catch up on.


For starters, Brady is now eating solid foods quite regularly and loves all the Gerber finger food snacks. His favorites are the veggie puffs. He's getting really good at grabbing the food, but we're still working on getting it into the mouth when it's the little items, large items look out because you're about to be slobbered on. It's interesting watching him eat, he'll eat with his left hand and do fine motor movements with his left hand, but when he grabs large objects and bangs them (like his sippy cup) he uses his right hand.

Speaking of sippy cups, he's really getting the hang of that as well. We've started giving him more juice and water and he seems to enjoy eating the cups more than drinking out of them, but he'll get the hang of it soon.


He also has two teeth through (on the bottom) and we are waiting for two more (his top two). Teething has not been the most pleasurable experience, but we'll get through it. He's been a little fussy, sick and in pain, but all babies go through it, right.

Brady also experienced his first snow and sled ride in Michigan. My parents were fortunate enough to have about 45 inches of snow on the ground while we there. I haven't seen snow like that in years. It was so much fun to see his reaction to the cold. We also took a family sledding trip down the steps to the crick. Brady was doing really well getting used to sledding until the dog ran out and dusted him with snow...then it was all over.


He had a great time with his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. He is quite the social bug. It was so much fun to have him and Jack together again. They are both at the exploring age and had a great time with one another. There was a lot of kissing, hair pulling, screaming and laughing at each other. I can't wait until next Christmas!!!!!

I'm sure there is a lot more that I'm forgetting to write, but this should do for now. I hope you enjoy the photos. The first round is from Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa Lehman's house.


He got so many gifts, but his favorites were the boxes and the wrapping paper, go figure!

Riding the firetruck with grandpa!

Cousin Jack "Frost" opening his gifts!



The boys on their first Christmas!

Brady opening his first gift, he's so excited.