Sleepy Brayden

So the other day I put Brayden down for his nap and a few minutes later I went to check on him. This is what I found:

If you look closely you can see he's holding a

bottle. The bottle next to his foot is the one

that I gave him.

He was snoring and because he was sleeping like

this, it made it sound/look like his face was

pressed up against the side and couldn't breathe

but it was just him snoring.

The crazy thing is, I laid him on his back and

he ended up like this, which means that he

went from laying down to sitting up (which

we haven't seen him do). Later on that day

when he was in his crib, he was able to hold

on the crib railing and pull himself up and

take a couple of steps forward. It's so fun

watching him grow and learn new things!

My babies

Well it's what you all have been waiting for! OK maybe not quite yet but this time we do have ultrasound pictures. Based on the picture, you can change your guess if you so desire or you can keep your guess the same. When we tell you the answers, we'll tell you how far along I am in the first picture, how far along I am/the baby is in the ultrasound, and how far along I am at the current moment of the new post with all the answers. I hope that made sense!

We JUST found out what we're having. Can

you tell what it is by the picture? :)

Brayden's accomplishments:

1. He can say mama and dada although his "mamas"

are said when he is crying.

2. He can speed army crawl.

3. He can turn onto his tummy while reaching for the ground

over the swing while he is buckled in it.

4. He gets all the girls at church.

5. He recognizes his bottle and gets excited when he sees it.

6. There's more but I can't think of all of them right now.

As you can hopefully see, Brayden's

first tooth is coming through. The

one next to it is coming in as well

but you can't see it in the picture.

Brayden is like his dad already. He loves

electronics-especially the laptop and its cord.

Brayden wet his clothes so we were drying

them and him off at the same time.

Brayden enjoying his bottle. He looked like

a little elf. Isn't he so cute?!

We went across the street to a little playground

and we put Brayden in the swing for the first time.

I think he liked it. A couple of times, when he

was coming towards us he made a face where he

might of felt a little nauseous or something. It

was pretty cute.

Big Brother Brayden

As you have probably wondered from reading the title, Brayden IS going to be a big brother! And NO, we aren't adopting. Now, I bet the next question you have is... WHEN? But we are not going to answer that question. We are going to play a little game you might know as "The Guessing Game!" The prize is... you get to buy diapers for the little bundle of joy. Not really but you are more than welcome to if you feel so inclined. Here are the rules:

1. Look at the pictures posted.

2. Gauging by the pictures, guess how far along I am AND the due date.

3. Are we having a boy or girl?

3. Tell me the logic behind your guess.

You have to guess STRICTLY off the picture of my belly. Don't go by what you think would make sense calculating Brayden's age and blah blah blah. Guess by the picture. I am giving you a chance to judge me by my looks! When you have made your guess put it down as a comment. Remember, this is how I want your answers.

1. How far along I am.

2. Due date.

3. Are we having a boy or girl.

4. Logic behind your guess.

How far am I?

Now for some Brayden updates:

Brayden loves playing with the vacuum.

Brayden is 7 months old!

The last time he was weighed, he weighed

15 lbs. We are trying to get him to gain more

weight. Hopefully at his next checkup, he'll

have gained enough.

Our friends let us borrow their exersaucer and

when he's crawling around on the floor, he loves

to play on the bottom of it. He is also playing

with the DVD remote. He already loves electronics.

Out of all his toys laid out on the floor, he goes

for the laptop chord and other electronic things.

Bryan's Birthday present:

Bryan got a camping grill for his birthday and

here he is using it! He made some really

amazing Jamaican Jerk chicken.

Brayden is watching him grill and enjoying

being outside.

Since we found out we were expecting, Bryan

went out and got this for me!

Just kidding. It's really the Hope Diamond at

the Museum of Natural History.

Vacation in Georgia!

This last week, we met up with my family in Georgia and stayed in a condo by the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was so beautiful there. There was nothing but trees with winding roads which made feel sick after awhile. There were 2 outdoor swimming pools and one of them was connected to a lake where you could go rock sliding, canoeing, and paddle boating. You could also just enjoy the sandy beach (the water was really gross so I don't know why anyone would want to). The name of the town that our condo was in is called Big Canoe.

Here is a turtle we found on the side of the road.

It hissed at me when I picked it up.

The swimming pool by the lake:

Group photo.

Little Brayden loved the water.

This was the other swimming pool and even

though you can't tell, the boys are in the kiddie

pool that had fountains and buckets-we should

have taken a picture of it.

We didn't have Brayden out in the water or the

sun for very long so my dad enjoyed holding him

and occasionally napping with him.

On our hike to find the waterfalls.

Kaitlyn and Brayden.

We found them!

These are the Lower Falls. It was very beautiful.

Now we are at the Upper Falls.

Bryan and Brayden playing in the water.

Bryan was carrying Brayden in his arms

instead of in the carrier. He was walking

back down and slipped and was sliding down

the waterfall. I saw the end of it right before

Bryan caught himself. I'm pretty sure my heart

skipped at least 2 or 3 beats.

Later on, my mom had pulled out sheets out

of the drier and were nice and warm. Here is

Brayden with those sheets.

The day before we left, we went to another

waterfall. This one was in the state park vs

condo grounds. (It's similar to Mesa Falls

where there's a board walk and a lot more

steps. It's also a lot bigger waterfall).

Brayden does not have any clothes on because

on our way up he decided that he was going

to poop out of his diaper. It got everywhere

and since it was going to be a short visit, we

didn't bring wipes so we had to use a beach towel!

His business got everywhere.

Here we are at the pool again.

The shallow end had a beach entry. Brayden loved

to kick and splash the water.

Here I am going down the rock slide.

On this paddle boat venture, we saw a huge

turtle. We think it was a snapping turtle.

Kaitlyn and Brayden.

Family photo (without my dad (he's taking the

picture) or my brother (doing an internship)).

When we got home, we celebrated Bryan's birthday

(on Sunday).

It was funfetti cake with homemade frosting.

Brayden kept grabbing at the candles.

Here is Brayden babbling while we were eating

Bryan's birthday dinner.

Here is Brayden's 6 mo picture.

He misses all the attention he got

so he wasn't cooperating very well.

Here is a video of Brayden crawling

to Bryan for some birthday cake.

(Bryan is going to try and put it on youtube

so you can watch it in HD).

At first, he was using just his arms-army

crawling. As of yesterday he started using his

right foot.

Brayden is 6 months old!

Our little baby boy is now half a year old. It's hard to believe but at the same time it isn't. The last time he was weighed (a couple weeks ago), he was 14 lbs and I think 27 inches (the doc gave us measurements in cm so I can't remember exactly). So he has been gaining weight which is good although 6 month pants won't stay on him very well.

Here is our little boy all grown up!

He's got muscles and he grew quite a bit!

So maybe he's taller than 27 inches...

He's just in Bryan's clothes with Bryan.

It's a good thing moms and dads are

different from each other, otherwise we

wouldn't have such fun pictures as these.

We have been without a dresser for Bray

for a very long time and we finally found

one (for free). It was painted light blue

with dark blue and had clouds and stuff

on it. We stripped the paint, sanded it,

and put finish on it.

Here's what it looked like before.

We had already started stripping it

when we realized we hadn't gotten

any "before" pictures so this will

have to do.

Here it is after stripping and sanding.

Here it is with Bryan putting the finish on.

(We still haven't shown what our house looks

like so when we do that (hopefully soon) you'll

see it in Bray's room).

Here is little mister eating his solids.

He likes it.

He's trying so hard to get it.

Bryan and Brayden just hanging out.

(Another difference between moms and dads).

Brayden fell asleep while feeding himself a

bottle. His eyes are half open, his mouth is

open and his diaper is almost full.

Here is another big difference between moms

and dads. Dad thought it would be hilarious to

draw on Brayden with a sharpie the day before

his Dr. appt. Bryan was laughing pretty hard and

Bray liked watching him laugh. (It came off with

wipes and rubbing alcohol).

Brayden playing with the diaper bag. He did

have his head in there but I didn't get the camera

fast enough.

We were watching CJ for some friends and here

are the two boys playing with a musical caterpillar.

(CJ is 2).

Here is Brayden sleeping with his hands behind

his head.

The End.

Family Visit!

For the 4th of July my parents came to visit as well as my sisters and brother Jamie, Kaitlyn, and Chase. It was their first time seeing their grandson and nephew and boy did they love him! Everyone wanted to help take care of him-I couldn't have been more glad. My 7 year old brother Chase would give Brayden Eskimo kisses and Brayden loved that. Chase would go around saying, "I like Brayden." He loved holding him and feeding him a bottle-well everyone loved that which was really nice for me. My parents and Jamie have more pictures of their visit here and we forgot to download their cameras on our computer so these are the pictures we have for now.

Also while they were here, some of us were able to see the President take off in Air Force One. It was fun to see the kind of security you have to go through to see him and when you're standing outside waiting, there are at least 2 guards watching you watch for him. The base commander was there also and while we were inside the Pax Terminal, he recognized Bryan and started talking to him and Bryan introduced him to my parents. After the President left, he came straight towards us to talk to us again. It was really cool that he knew who Bryan was and that he made the effort to come and talk with us.

Grandma and G-daddy Ferguson with Brayden.

Jamie, Chase, and Brayden sleeping after a long

day.

Kaitlyn, Chase, and Brayden.

Here they are again with the family dog. Look

at Brayden's big eyes.

Brayden loved looking at and watching Moqui.

He liked "petting" her too.

Ignore the conversation. I ran out of memory

to keep recording so it's really short. Sorry.

Here's another one.

Well since it has been awhile since we've posted,

here are some pictures of things that have been

going on for the past couple of weeks.

Brayden's first swim!

Here he is in his new swim trunks,

which has a built in swim diaper.

Here's Bryan and Brayden in the kiddie pool.

The pool here on base is free and they do

free swim lessons. If Brayden was old enough

we'd have him do it.

Our troll baby.

It's bath time for the boys!

It's hard to get clear pictures of a wiggly baby.

Here he is standing in the tub!

Peek-a-boo! Playing with dad while he sleeps.