Thursday, December 23, 2010

Braydon is 1 today!












I can't believe it's already been a year! I feel so blessed to have such an amazing son. He is better than anything I could have asked for. He is sweet, funny, mellow, loving and perfect in every way. He has brought new meaning to mine and Craig's life.

Today we started off the day watching cartoons and drinking a bottle, then we went to Stroller Strides with Mommy. He got lots of extra attention there because it was his birthday. Everyone sang him "Happy Birthday" and he got to play with his friends. After that we went home and took a nap to get ready for the best part of the day...the Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland with Mommy and Daddy! It's the first time we have ever taken him to anything like that and he had the time of his LIFE! He ran around banging on the glass, pointing at fish saying "Blah, blah!" and "grrrring" at each fish as they passed by. His favorite was when he got to touch the starfish, after that he would get frustrated that he couldn't physically touch the fish behind the glass. He loves people too, he would run after the other little kids and grab at them. When he gets really excited he'll dance, which he did often at the aquarium. After the Aquarium we went to Casa De Bandini and ate some Mexican food, Braydon ate rice and threw it all over the place. Then we went shopping around and played around in Brookstone where he was the most popular guy. All the employees crowded around him and played with him. He was throwing these glowing balls around, of course we ended up buying him one :) At the end of the day we took a bath and were SO tired that he went to sleep an hour earlier than usual.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Braydon's 1st Birthday Party






We threw a party for Braydon on Saturday, December 18th to celebrate him turning one. It was such a fun time! A lot of great friends and family turned out. And a few of Braydon's friends as well :) He was playing DJ for a while outside. It was so funny! He would stand next to the stereo with one hand on it and bounce up and down (his way of dancing). He just loves to dance, it cracks me up! He also rode his car around with Kingston and ate his very first cake! I think he had a great time and we did too!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

A Dancing Machine

Braydon LOVES to dance! He is hilarious! He'll get in this squatting position and bounces up and down while waving his arm in the air (we call that his fist pumps). If he's really into the song both arms will fly in the air and usually he'll get so much momentum he'll fall on his bum :) Even when a commercial comes on with any kind of music in it, he'll stop what he's doing to dance. If there's a live band around? He'll run over and put himself center stage and dance, dance dance! The band loves it and usually the crowd is pretty entertained as well.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Picking out Braydon's 1st Christmas tree






We went to the Christmas tree farm last night and Braydon got to pick out his very first Christmas tree. He is a fast and curious walker! He didn't want either of us to hold him or even assist him walking, he just wanted to run around and grab sticks and put his hand in the Christmas tree water bowls. We got a 7-8 foot tree and are trying to figure out the best spot in the house to put it. I love how the house smells like pine :) Can't wait to have my little helper assist me in decorating it!