Ahh! It's the last month of his first year! I'm very excited and also a little sad at the same time. The time goes by even faster with the second child! He really is such a joy-with the fiery red-head thing going on if he doesn't get his way-uh oh!
He still has no teeth (ugh!) which has made eating somewhat challenging. I know he can gum lots of foods, but there are also a bunch that are tough because he has no teeth! He is barely still tolerating baby food type foods, but I'm so thankful for my friend Christina who has sent me tons of great recipes of healthy things chock full of goodies that he can eat and just gum up if the pieces are small enough. So we're making some progress I guess. He LOVES meatballs (homemade ones!), chickpea/quinoa muffins, egg bakes with veggies, and a lot of other foods. He doesn't seem to be too picky of an eater yet, thankfully!
He is still a great sleeper- nap in the morning (9:30ish-11) and then another in the afternoon (130/2ish-3:30/4). He sleeps from 730/8-7ish in the morning too. If he gets up early he is so good about just playing in his crib.
He loves to play with Tucker, and all of Tucker's toys-especially his truck still. When we walk upstairs to get T after a nap, he starts flailing because he gets so excited to see him. He has grown into quite the squealer. He is definitely quieter than Tucker was, but he is saying some words-his best word is Uh-Oh. He says bye-bye-bye, mamamama, and dada dada.
He loves to go outside and swing or go down the slide. He has been pretty good about falling asleep in the ergo...something VERY useful when we travelled to Florida this past weekend. He slept in the ergo on both plane trips for part of the flight!
He is truly such a happy baby and has a smile that lights up! His hair is most definitely orange/red, and it's not going anywhere. It makes his bright blue eyes pop even more!
He is a super fast crawler, great a climbing up the stairs (still trying to teach him how to climb down, but he's been uncooperative so far!), he cruises while holding on to furniture very quickly, and he is slowly standing without support more too! He just needs to build his confidence:)
He LOVES drinking water and will drink out of almost any kind of cup-COMPLETE opposite of Tucker. Both of those things were a chore with T!
Brayden is also a little snuggler. He's very squirmy and hard to hold, but when he wants to, he just nuzzles up....love it! He also gives great big, wet, open mouth kisses! How lucky we are :)
It is so fun to watch him grow and change and see his personality emerge. He is totally fine just sitting and observing everyone around him, but he also loves to be in on the action. Tucker definitely brings out the loud and crazy in him, so I think he's going to enjoy being around people just like Tucker does. He hasn't shown many issues with not wanting to go with strangers, etc. We even dropped him in a nursery at a church we'd never been to this weekend, and he was fine! He does flip out if I'm holding him and then put him down when he wants to snuggle...like after I get home from work. It's cute and pathetically sad all at the same time-he just sits there crying with his arms up!
Ahhh we just love this little red meatball so much!!!
So the whole sticker thing has become a huge challenge to keep on lately...as seen below.
So then I just put it on his crib...
Yeah he pulled it off!
Back on the onesie...
...and back in the mouth!
But he's still so cute!
He's become very close with his plush giraffe...he found it on top of the cabinet apparently.
Standing and holding two things!!
Checking out the ottoman!
Love this munchkin!
Classic Brayden face:)
Counting down the days until you're ONE!!!!
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