Birthday Festivities

Thursday morning Braedon got to open up his presents!  I think he was just as excited about the wrapping paper and boxes his toys came in then the actual toys themselves at first.  Now that he has had his toys for a couple of days he has been playing with them a lot and really does like them!

Every Thursday the Johnson School puts on a happy hour with drinks and appetizers called the Sage Social.  This Thursday they had a clown for Braedon’s birthday.  Luckily he wasn’t scared of it at all.

He also did his usual Thursday afternoon flirting with the college girls.

Today was his birthday party and we had a few people over to celebrate.

Braedon loved his balloons!

Sitting with dad waiting for the party to start.

The biker gang. 

Braedon is showing them how it’s done.

Cake time!

He had no idea what the candles were about.

And he wasn’t quite sure about the cake at first.

Well, I think he liked it considering he demolished his piece!

He also enjoyed playing in this:

Overall it was a birthday success!

One year ago today

After more than 30 hours of labor, this guy was born!

at 8:06 am.  I will never forget this day.  This is the day when mine and Derek’s lives changed forever…in a great way.  This past year Braedon has brought us so much joy and I couldn’t imagine life without him.  I am so excited to watch him grow into the little person that he is going to become.  He already has quite the personality!

Month 1:

  

The first smiles and little laughs made it easier to forget about the 3 months of sleep deprivation…however, I still remember it which means baby number two won’t be happening anytime soon!

Month 2:

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Month 11:

1 year old:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAEDON!!!

Braedon loves his blanket and dog

Okay, it is not Baeo but it is a lot like him!

Cookie Monster

This morning after I had made Braedon’s breakfast and waited for him to finish so I could do the clean up, I started making my breakfast. I swear I had my back turned for 10 seconds and when I turned around I found this.

I have never seen someone try to shovel cookies in their mouth that fast! Okay, just maybe he gets this sweet tooth from his mama and I won’t deny that I might possibly have shoveled cookies that fast before. Just maybe. At first I freaked a little….he’s not even one and he’s already into chocolate cookies! This was his first taste of a chocolate cookie. Obviously the initial freak out faded fast as you can see I let him sit there shoveling cookies in his mouth while I got the camera. After I snapped a few photos of my cookie monster those cookies were thrown away. It wasn’t even 8:30 am yet!

Just because

The only reason for this post is to show some cuteness.

Braedon is starting to ham it up for the camera. Whenever he sees it he gives me a big smile.

Braedon has also been practicing his standing alone and is getting very good at it. He will randomly let go to whatever he is holding on to, stand with his arms out to his sides and look at you with a big grin. You can just tell he is very proud. We have also been practicing walking where we will have Braedon walk from me to Derek. This kid has no fear and I think when he finally takes off, he’s just going to run.

He’s practicing his standing technique while watching dad out on the porch. He even took his very first step tonight! Just one, but hey it’s progress. I think he is going to catch on very fast!

One thing he is VERY good at.

Getting into the snacks! He was busted again. Actually I have to pull him away from the food pretty much all day long.

At least he was trying to share this time.