Unfortunately I got the flu Christmas night. I locked myself in the bedroom until Saturday evening. Marty got it on 12/28 and in turn locked himself in the bedroom. Whatever we did worked because Braden managed to stay healthy which was our main goal! Yeah!
Grandma Phyllis was going to spend Christmas with us but unfortunately the weather poo-pooed those plans! She'll be out to visit soon and enjoy the stock show with us. It should be fun for her to see how much Braden has changed since Thanksgiving! And of course, Braden will have a great time hanging out with Grandma. She always spoils him. I mean, shows him tons of love! :-)
Speaking of changes......Braden seems to continue to develop new skills quite rapidly these days! We've had a few exciting developments recently. He finally has a couple of teeth! He had been working on the bottom 2 middle teeth since his 4 month check up. The right one came through on 12/27 and the left one showed up on New Year's Eve. Yeah teeth! They're not too far up yet but are starting to look really cute. So, we got through those and he started biting and drooling again like crazy! My untrained, first-time mom fingers have been unable to detect any additional teeth but based on his signs, I have been sure that he's working on more. So, we went to the doctor on 1/12 for his 6 month check up and I asked the doctor what she thought. She shined her pen light on his top gums and we were able to see the outlines of his top 2 middle teeth. She thinks they'll come through in about 3 weeks! Yeah, more teeth! :-) I'm definitely much more excited about these things than Marty. He thinks, okay, so he has teeth. I think, we can feed him table food that he can CHEW before too long! I know, I'm such a dork sometimes. It's exciting to see our little boy growing up!
The last exciting news we have is.....................Braden is sitting up by himself!!! Woo-hoo! For about 2-3 weeks now we have been able to sit him on his bottom and he would sit up, but only briefly before falling over. In just the past week he has come a LONG way. He sits up on his own for several minutes, reaches for toys, plays, etc. We still have to be near, if he reaches to the side too far for a toy he's likely to do a face plant. But, for the most part, he's got the hang of it. It won't be long before this new skill is mastered! Did I already say how fun it is to watch him grow and change? We're constantly amazed by him! Kind of makes you want another one.........................Ha, ha! Not yet at least!!
I'm still trying to figure out how to post videos on here! Apparently it's not that easy. I'd really like to get a couple of them on here. We took video last night of Braden laughing like crazy. I was feeding him and telling a story about how he "blew" carrots all over me the night before. I imitated the "pbbbbttt" sound and suddenly he was cracking up. It was too funny to not get the video camera out. So, if I generate some more brains in the near future and get it figured out, I'll be sure to post that one!
The following pictures were taken Christmas Eve.
Heh, heh, heh! Look at ALL these presents!! And they're all for ME!
Can I open this one next?
Eeewwww! This paper doesn't taste good AT ALL!
All that work and it's clothes! Where are the toys?
Okay, I really like the clothes. I was just hungry! I need energy to open all those fun presents!
What do you think is in THAT package? Looks pretty good to me!
Can I open the big bag now?
What the heck is THAT?
Look! A new toy I can CLIMB on!
The pictures below were taken Christmas morning.
Do you have the camera ready dad?
Yeah! A new book to read at bedtime mom!!
A front-end loader! Dad and I can play with this!
Whoa! It's bucking me off!
8 seconds? No problem!
Christmas Day. Dad decides to give Braden a pretzel. And of course, nurse mom was freaked out the whole time he had it; worried he might choke on it. But, mom kept a close eye on him while dad took pictures and laughed. Braden really enjoyed licking all the salt off the pretzel and all went well.
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