A walk in the park

We took a trip to the dog park near our house one evening last week. While Jon and Ranger were in the dog area, Brady and I had fun on the swings. He loved it! He was laughing the whole time. I'm telling you, this kid melts my heart everyday. Also, Brady took 2 steps yesterday! (Sunday) While this is very exciting, I really miss the days of being able to put him on a blanket and knowing that he would just stay there!

10 months later...and a new carseat

I don't mean to sound cheezy or anything, but I just can't believe how fast Brady is growing! Lately it seems as if he has started to make the transition from baby to toddler. He has a mind of his own! We recently got him a new carseat because he grew out of his infant carrier. I'm very sad....not because he is getting bigger, but because this new carseat is such a pain! Putting him in the car, and out, and in, and out, waking him up, etc. However, it was starting to take some serious muscle to carry him in the old carseat...so here are some pics of what 10 months will do to a kid!


Two days old, going home from the hospital

 

10 months old

 

Mother of the Year

I would just like to say that I am so honored to be considered for the 2007 Mother of the Year award. Being a mom of less than a year, I wasn't even going to enter the competition this year, but I think that my actions last night may have put me in the running!

We live in a place that was built in the 1940's, if not earlier. I'm pretty sure the windows are original, because they are the kind that you have to crank out. Basically, these windows have seen better days and in order to lock the ones in the living room at night, one person has to stand outside and push on the window to close it all the way, while the person on the inside locks it. So last night I was the outside person and I didn't shut the screen door behind me. Along comes Mr. Brady and Ranger and they peek their head out the door. Jon quickly tells me to shut the screen door, but I ignored him because usually they just stay there. Ranger did. Brady decided to lunge out and face planted on the step. So I pick him up, he cries for about 10 seconds and then he is fine and playing toys again. A few minutes later I realize there is blood on the shoulder of my shirt. I look at Brady, and discover that he has blood on his face from his cut lip that has now turned into a fat lip as a result of his face plant! Don't worry, things look better this morning and Brady has since forgiven me :) I think I will start listening to Jon more....

Goodnight

 

Beach Camping Part 3

**Ok, so these all posted backwards. Sorry! You can scroll down and start with part 1 if the order really matters :)

In the morning we got up early and Jon cooked us bacon and french toast. Yum!!

 

Our happy camper on his first camping trip!

 

And the happy dog camper. Doesn't he look like he's smiling?

 

Time to go home....Jon and co-pilot Ranger at the wheel!

 

Beach Camping Part 2

So what would a campout be without woofums? Well, we had all the ingredients, just not the right materials. We forgot the can opener, so my resourceful husband decided to massacre the can of cherries with the hatchet.

 

Hey, they still turned out good!! Even though they were more woofum tostadas because we also couldn't find the cooking sticks for them.

 

My two favorite people in the whole world!

 

Here is buddy Ranger....not to happy that he couldn't run free all over camp :(

 

Beach Camping Part 1

Ok, I'm a little blog illiterate tonight. I tried to add pics on to the camping post, and now I am redoing the entire thing. Here we go again! But this time with more pictures of our little adventure!

Brady and Ranger playing in the sand.

 

Jon and Ranger playing Ranger's favorite game: throw the dummy in the water!

 

Cheryl and Brady taking a walk on the beach

 

The sunset from our campground. Beautiful!