Burning down the house....

So we had a grease fire in our oven last week and let me tell you it made a mess! Three fire trucks came but by the time they got there, the fire was out. Thanks to my wonderful family who spent their whole Saturday helping clean our smoke-filled and extinguisher-dusted house! My kitchen is cleaner than it ever has been before! And our oven looks like new (except for the nobs).

Halloween

This halloween wasn't so much fun for us- we were all sick. Friday night, we had a family halloween party but we had to go home early because Brad was not feeling well. We didn't do anything Saturday but sleep and try to get better. Brad went to bed really early since he wasn't feeling good and Ryan and I spent Halloween watching the Ghostbusters movies. I only made it through the first movie- Ryan stayed up for Ghostbusters 2.

Here is Brad's costume: A 3 eyed monster!!!

(this picture was taken when we first got his costume...super happy)

Brad & Cousin Mack the pirate:

(this picture was taken the night before Halloween... not so happy & sick)

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!!!

6 month check up

Brad had his 6+ month check up a couple weeks ago. The dr. asked if I feed him steak and potatoes at each meal... Brad is 19lbs and is 27 3/4 inches long. He is in the 75th percentile for weight and length and 75-90th percentile for his big head :) He is just so dang cute and happy. He isn't quite crawling yet but he sure tries. He can get up on all fours now and rock back and forth... and he does crawl backwards, just not forward yet. He makes his way around pretty good though.



He loves to ride on dad's shoulders and play with (eat) Ryan's hair.

He hates his peas.... and beef too

So far we have given Brad carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, and beef with beef broth (along with grape popcicles from his grandpa). He has been taking the food really well and the only one that he doesn't really like is peas... until we tried beef. I can't blame the kid becuase baby food doesn't taste very good and the beef smelled like dog food- gross! I could tell for sure that he did not like the beef but couldn't help but keep giving it to him because it made me laugh so hard at the faces he was making! Is that me being a bad mom??? Well, I had to just give him a couple extra bites so I could get it on camera... enjoy the video :)

5 months old

So I decided to be "creative" and attempt to take cute posing pictures of Brad. I'm still trying to figure out our new camera and a lot of the pictures turn out grainy. Here they are...

3rd Anniversary

To celebrate our anniversary this year, we went to California. We spent a couple days in Newport shopping, kayaking, relaxing at the beach etc... and then headed off to San Diego. We went to the Zoo, Ocean beach, Coronado Island, and Sea World. It was lots of fun and nice to be alone for a bit... we left Brad with the grandparents for 5 days!! So of course we slept in instead of getting up and sight-seeing. :)

My battery in my camera must be going out because I charged it before we left and it died before we made it to Sea World (which is where I would have taken the most pictures at). Oh well... here are some shots of the Zoo at least.

(There's a panda in the background)




I love the "warning" post...

Brad Update....

Brad is doing great and just growing like a weed! At his 4 month old check up, he weighed in at 15 lbs 4 oz and an even 25 inches long. Since then, it seems like he's put on another ten pounds! He is rolling over quite a bit, putting everything he gets into his mouth, and holding his own bottle. Feeding time is quite entertaining now. He started solid foods and does really good most of the time but I think he gets bored or something and thinks (and the parents think too) that it's funny to spit his food out so that it sprays me! Can't help but laugh but it does get everywhere. Here are a few pictures to show how much he's grown:

Almost 5 months old




Devouring his first food


He loves his new furry friend from aunt Marilyn




He's a very happy baby...