Braxton - a week in review

This last week Braxton has done so many things to surprise me! It's amazing that such a little guy can learn to do so much in only a week!

• He learned to sit up on his own!!!
• Started eating puffs and dehydrated fruits!!!
• He has started saying "Hi"!!!
• He has started to show an interest in crawling!!!
• His first tooth broke through!!!

Bud, you amaze me everyday! We are so grateful to have you in our family and are so proud of you and the things you are learning! It's so much fun to watch you learn and grow! We love you~

6 months ..... Really??

****I have been so bad at keeping up with Braxton's monthly posts! I get them done but usually about a week before his next one should be done!****

I know I say this just about every month but it's always true - I can't believe my baby is 6 months old! He is turning into the cutest, most fun little guy!







At 6 months Braxton is....

finally getting the rolling over thing down but isn't a huge fan of being on his stomach. If he can't get back over to his back quick enough he gets a little upset.

eating rice cereal and LOVES it

giggles really well and can giggle for quite a long time

drooling like crazy

still spitting up and sometimes quite a bit

Braxton LOVES

to eat

Chloee

his Cousin Brynnlee

to be scared

snuggle with a blanket (especially when it's bed time)

toys

Sesame Street and Blues Clues

to look around

Braxton's FIRSTS

First Otter Pop

First trip to the Zoo

First Mather Family reunion

Braxton's LAST

Last ride in his swing

Lately Nate has been the only one using the swing. He would put Braxton in it when he would get tired and let him take his naps in it. I figured he was getting a little to big for it and I really wanted him to have his naps in his crib so I decided to put it away - after getting one last picture of him in it though. Of course now that we're putting his swing away he can finally reach the toys on the front. He would not stop playing with them.

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What is that I feel?

Is it really? Yes, yes, I think it is......

It's a TOOTH

We finally feel a tooth!!!!!

5 months old......

.....almost 4 weeks ago!!!

I'm really behind but I want to get his 5 month post in before he turns 6 months old TOMORROW!!!

4 weeks ago tomorrow Braxton turned 5 months old! He is growing up SO FAST!


Braxton didn't have to many firsts at 5 months. Instead he has been working hard to improve on all of the things he has learned and been working on.

At 5 months Braxton is....

• rolling over a little more. He rolled from back to front a couple of times but isn't such a fan of his tummy and usually gets frustrated before he can get back to his back!
• laughing really well
• getting so much better with his hand-eye coordination!
• eating rice cereal well. He really likes it and gobbles it up!
• starting to look for voices. When ever he hears someone talk, especially voices he recognizes or those who talk loud, he looks around for them to try and figure out where the voice is. The voice has to be constant for a little bit of time before he can zone in on it and realize it's there and that he wants to find it!
• a Drool Monster! His chin, the neck of his shirt and his hands are always wet!
• sleeping well though the night! We are so grateful for that.

Braxton LOVES

• His hands! They are probably his new favorite food and toy! They are ALWAYS IN HIS MOUTH.
• to still loves to have something in his mouth - on the rare occasion that it's not his hands you'll find a toy taking their place.
• to still have a blanket to snuggle with at bed time! He can be asleep in less than a minute if he has a blanket he can put over his eyes!

Braxton is learning so much and getting so good at the things he is learning! We LOVE you Braxton~

• His hands

Braxton meets Zuri.....

....... and lets just say he wasn't to impressed!!

We went to the Zoo the first Friday of August (August 6th) with my family. The zoo has changed a lot since I have been there last - many, many years ago. It was nice to get out and see the animals. We went later in the afternoon (we got there about 2:00) so it was nice and warm and most of the animals were hard to see hiding in the shade or were inside!

I think we'll wait to go again until Braxton is a little older and starting to understand animals and their noises so he will enjoy himself a little more. Also, we'll go earlier in the day before it gets to warm.

Our family at the Zoo

It's hard to see but in the holes from left to right are: Jason, Lexi, and me and Braxton in the far right one together!



Braxton taking a break from the stroller with dad



How Does Braxton Measure Up?




~Pretty Well~

New Favorite Food......

RICE CEREAL?????

Yes, it's true. Braxton LOVES rice cereal and he is so good with it! He picked up the whole eating with a spoon really quick. In fact, by the time he finished his first bowl ever he had it down. Knowing how much he likes the boring flavor of rice cereal and how well he does being spoon fed we can't wait to give him real food; yummy things to try! Only 3 more weeks pal!



I'm a little behind again but fed him with a spoon for the first time about 4 weeks ago. These pictures were taken the third time we fed him!

Ready to eat

Braxton loves to help get the spoon in his mouth; although we usually miss his mouth when he tries to help!!

All Finished

-Big Boy in the Stroller-

We learned on our Cedar City trip that Braxton could sit up pretty well in the stroller all by himself when it was tipped back a little bit. We were so excited because that meant we didn't have to leave him in his car seat to use it!



About two weeks ago (7/2/10) we went on a walk and took Chloee to the park to play fetch. While dad was playing with Chloee mom was busy admiring her big boy and taking pictures!!

I'm getting so big

This post is a little late as well but 2 weeks ago Braxton got is FIRST haircut and wore his first 6 month outfit. The outfit was a little big but looked so cute! Mom is definitely getting a little bored of putting him in the same 5 or 6 3 month and 3-6 month summer outfits that he fits in so we decided to try something new since he has so many 6 month outfits!!





Thanks so much to Aunt Sami for giving Braxton his first haircut! Doesn't he just look thrilled?!?! Grandma Donna watches him every Tuesday while mom and dad go to work. I got off before Nate did on Tuesday, June 29th and asked Sami if she would mind cutting his hair while we were there. It was just time. It was getting really long and starting to look funny! He had a little patch on top of his head that was super long and pretty dark, where the rest was pretty light and short. That long part of hair would usually sweep across his head giving it the nick name of the Hitler do! It was so bad. I just wanted the top of his hair even!

A few shots of his hair patch






Before & After





Braxton right before the cut.....



One of the first cuts - get ready ..........

And cut ..... this was so hard for me! It took me a while to get the courage to ask Sami to cut it! It just seems like such a "Big Boy" thing to have done~



He started getting restless and more and more upset as we went along.







And by the end, he was definitely done!

~Thanks again Aunt Sami~





My First 6 month outfit WITH my cool new hair do!

7/1/10

7/2/10