explanation to "mom has almost lost control"...

I video below is of Brayden walking with his toy he can push. He does pretty good walking with it on his own. What does this mean...? Yes, mom has almost lost control because soon enough Brayden will be walking. If that was not enough, we have had some events in the past week that have shown me just how much control i am losing...

Example 1-on Thursday morning, I was awakened by Brayden crying just like I am every morning. So, I got out of bed and went to go get him out of his crib. When I opened his door, to my surprise, he was on the floor surround by his toys! I was so confused. Granted, I had just woken up...but still confused. It turns out that Brayden had climbed out of his crib, fallen to the floor, began playing with toys, pulled himself on the bookcase that has some of his toys on it and when he pulled too hard to get some toys down, he fell over and began crying. This is how I found him. I can't believe that he didn't even cry when he fell out of his crib! Either he was so excited to get out that he didn't care or he had the wind knocked out of him and couldn't cry. Maybe and probably both. I was really freaked out by the whole incident and needless to say, the crib is now at the lowest possible setting where he is not tall enough to climb out of it.

Example 2- On Saturday night, we were having dinner and Brayden was sitting in his high chair eating with us. When we were done, I began putting stuff away and then went to get Brayden out. I took off his high chair tray and turned around to set it on the counter. At that moment, Jason got up to take his plate to the sink. In that split second, Brayden decides he wants something off the table and goes to reach for it. He ends up doing a head dive to the floor and starts screaming bloody murder. The amazing part was that when he fell, he feel under the table and luckily, he was curled up enough that he cleared the table edge.

Yes, I know it is a wobbly world out there...Brayden takes his fair share of bumps and falls trying to walk, climb, up, into and, onto things and it is only going to get worse for a while...but what does this all mean...? Yes...I am slowly losing control. Oh well...such is life!

mom has almost lost control

The baby boom of 09...

I have to say that being pregnant when a lot of your other friends are pregnant is a lot of fun. It makes the long weeks and months of waiting for that little baby to arrive and all the pain and aches much more bearable because you have a whole support system of friends going through the exact same thing as you. I keep finding out that more and more of my friends are expecting and it is so exciting...Between the Spring and Summer of 09 there is Meredith, Katie, Holly, Shannon, Lauren, Jerilyn, Courtney, Jessica, Mindi and those are only the ones that I can think of off the top of my head right now...I know there are more if I sit and really think about it. And so I wanted to sat thanks for all your love and support girlfriends! You make this big belly and the long wait and all the fun in between much more bearable!

The fun of almost 1...

I have to say that I really like the age Brayden is at. He is so much fun! I love being able to crawl around with him, help him learn to walk, teach him words, and just have fun playing. He is all over the place these days...crawling, pulling up on everything, and cruising with the help of whatever is in reach. He is doing pretty good walking with his toy he can push. It is pretty funny the places that I find him now. He is very inquisitive and wants to explore everything! Like every toddler, he takes his far share of bumps but that is part of the learning process. One thing that i don't like is that he is trying to drop his afternoon nap. I keep fighting him on this but I guess in the end it works out since he goes to bed earlier. I'll be honest, I didn't think that he would be walking by the time he turned 1 but who knows...he may just yet. Here are some fun pictures we took. I reprised the washing machine picture and this time got a smile out of him! I also love talking to him and he talks back in his baby babble. I am now trying to teach him the word sister to get him ready for our new addition to come in a couple of months.

And baby #2 is....

A GIRL! Yay! We are so excited! Yes, Jason was right once again..(well he redeemed himself from his loss at thinking we were having twins). I can't wait....all the cute girl clothes! Now i have another reason to buy more dresses and skirts! Just what Jason wants :)...It will be fun to have both a boy and a girl! I was curious to find out what we were having since this pregnancy has been so different from the one with Brayden...some things are a lot better and some things are worse. Oh well. You can't have it all. That's all the exciting new for now.