The Winstons!

Now that Brayden is almost 9 months old, here is his 8 month picture!

He has gotten so big and so tall! Lately we haven't been taking a lot of pictures and I don't know why because Brayden has been learning and growing a lot! Here's what he can do:

• climb stairs-I discovered this the other day when I set him down on the stairs while I was sitting there, and he just started to climb them-I have no idea how he know how or for how long because it was his first time being on them.
• pull himself up on anything and can get back down.
• crawl on his knees
• completely soak a diaper (and anything touching it) in 30-45 minutes
• feed himself cheerios (that was fun watching him learn that)
• walk if you hold his hands (he probably won't be doing that on his own for awhile though)
• discovered the electrical outlets
• play in the dishwasher
• follow people around-even other kids
• play the "I'm going to drop the toy and you pick it up and I'll drop it again and..." game
• has two (dangerous) teeth
• crawl away while changing his diaper

There's more stuff but I don't want to bore you with lists so here's more pictures!

Anytime he sees the dishwasher open (even from

around the corner), he comes crawling as fast as

he can and there will be nothing that stops him.

Oh, his favorite toy is a black measuring spoon.

We went to check on him shortly after we put

him down for his nap and this is what we found.

This is what his bottle looks like when he's done

eating. He tries to get every last drop...

You can't really tell but the base of the nipple

is all shriveled up. He does this every time.

Here he is with his cute little hat on! You can

see his two little teeth!

As far as the pregnancy goes, I have not been

as sick as I was with Brayden (thank goodness).

I've only thrown up a few times and none of them

were recent. It is hard being pregnant and having

a baby to take care of. As many of you know, being

prego is very tiring and so a lot of the times I feel

like I have absolutely no energy. I feel like a big pile

of mush because of it. My acid reflux is bad-it wakes

me up at night (even with medicine) and I'm at the

point where, if it existed, I would have surgery

done to fix it because it is so miserable.

I'm in Young Womens and teach the Beehives-I don't

like preparing lessons but I love my cute little beehives!

Bryan just finished his end of the year stuff at work and

we actually get to eat dinner together now. This week

he is doing honor guard and he says it feels like boot camp

because of the dumbness that goes on so he doesn't really

like it but he has to do it (for a year).

Well that about sums it up. Once I get the energy to do it,

I'll have to have the whole house cleaned (all at once) and

take pictures because we still need to do that (even though

our decorating isn't finished).