Braydon is 8 Months Old!

Each month seems to pass by faster and faster! Our little man is getting bigger and funnier with each day. He's a super fast crawler and pulls himself up on everything! He's started to stand on his own for a few seconds and then will plop down on his bum. He's a touch little cookie too because he seems to bump his head and fall often and rarely gets upset, he'll just shake it off and keep going.

He's VERY interested in Monty. He's laugh and wave his arms whenever Monty comes near and will crawl after him grabbing his tail or feet. He is always after Monty's toys too, and Monty is so good with him, he'll let Braydon take the toy out of his mouth, let him play with it for a second and then grab it back. Braydon has also discovered Monty's dog door and will push on it over and over again with his hands.

Bray is very busy, he crawls everywhere and gets into everything. I have to watch him very carefully. I recently have had to rig his camera away from his crib because every time he goes in his crib he knocks the camera down no matter how high I put it. He also loves to flip through his books.

He is a talker too! He glabs and "dadada's" all the time. He likes to motor boat with his lips too. Just recently he's done the funniest head tilt when looking at you. And he LOVES mirrors, he'll try and kiss himself in the mirror and think's he's SO funny! He loves to eat his feet too.

He has 2 sharp teeth poking out of his bottom gums but they aren't fully in yet and he's a pig! He eats so much! He loves Bananas, Pears and Apples.

Craig and I are having the best time with him. He brightens every day and I can't seem to get enough of him. I love when he's tired and will hug me real tight with his head on my shoulder and it cracks me up when he grabs my head with both hands and bites my chin.

Sebastopol Visit at 7 1/2 months old

We flew up to Sebastopol and had a jam packed weekend of fun. Craig and Grampy went Abalone diving and caught 6 Abalone, it was Craig's first time and he did great! Then we all went to the Gravenstein Apple Fair where Brady saw his first Llama and goat and got to play around in a tractor. After that we went out to Bodega Bay and got some delicious BBQed oysters, then we went back home and cooked up some Abalone. The next day Craig and I went to San Francisco for the Outlands Music Festival and Braydon stayed with Mimi and Grampy and had a blast with them. Braydon is getting a LOT more active which makes plane rides interesting, he was crawling all over Craig and pulling at the woman next to us's book and hair, he's a funny little guy.

Our Curious Crawler

Braydon is so funny now that he's crawling. I love seeing where he chooses to go. He follows me around everywhere and when he reaches me will pull himself up to standing on my legs and grunt until I pick him up. He loves to get into everything. So far he has pulled the DVDs out of the entertainment center and scattered them about the room, crawled 4 stairs at a time (gate is now up!), gotten into Monty's dry food, playing with it like it's sand, tipped over his water bowl, found the fireplace and he loves to go after all of Monty's toys and Monty's tail and paws. He does this clicking thing with his tongue and babbles to himself all the time. He has also figured out that if he wants to bring a toy along with him wherever he crawls, he'll put it in his mouth.