bRaDeN + UpDaTeS

Just a few updates...

Wow, where has the time gone?? Braden is growing faster by the minute and learning so many new things! He is the sweetest baby boy, and keeps us laughing with his silly new findings!

Mommy and Braden have been practicing saying "Maw Maw Maw Maw" (aka Mommy), of course he's not talking just yet, but he knows what it means. He laughs and smiles, and he is also getting more and more familiar with his name now too! Well, a couple weeks ago, he was getting frustrated after playing on the floor for awhile and it was like he built up all his might and blurted out one single "Maw!" I quickly scooped him up and said, "YOU SAID IT!!" He just giggled and smiled, probably just happy that I finally picked him up, but it just showed me that it won't be too much longer until he DOES start trying to say and recognize more words!

Braden will be 6 months old March 1st, and he is starting to show the will and want to of sitting up! It's so neat, and so fun to watch! Here is a video that I was able to catch some of him practicing, I think I was more excited than he was! Haha.

Anyway, our Valentine's Day was nice and quiet. We rented movies and just enjoyed each other's company. We also met my brother and his family, and my Mom, at Chili's that Sunday to visit for awhile.

What else....I received a promotion this past week at work, with it comes more responsibility, and hopefully I'm up for the challange. I think I am, but we'll see what they think.

Oh, and, the weekend before Valentine's, James and I finally got around to painting our living room! The baby and I were both sick, and James caught it a few days later, but we got it all painted! It looks great, and although we still have some touching up to do, I'm so glad that we finally got around to it! Next up....the Kitchen!

Well, today James and I have a dentist appointment, so I'd better wrap this up! Stayed tuned, we have some things coming up in March including B's 6 month checkup, James and my birthdays, a Rockets game, the Rodeo, and hopefully a trip to the Zoo!

Gizmo's 1st Haircut

My First Play Date

Braden & Allie

(5 months & 6 months old)

What a fun experience for both babies & parents! It was so fun to watch them interact! They were amazed that there was someone just their size to play with! Allie is beginning to teeth, but Braden didn't mind ;)

LIVE! with Regis and Kelly 2010

Regis and Kelly's Beautiful Baby Search!!!!

As a proud Mommy, I have entered my little man into the Beautiful Baby Search, I'm not exactly sure how to vote yet, but as soon as I find out I will let everyone know! I believe they pull the winner March 10th!

If you want to check out his picture, go to the link posted above and search names that start with "B" he is currently around page 44, but it changes some as more people enter their children! Of course they wanted a picture taken no earlier than December 20th, so I couldnt post one of the fabulous pictures we had done in November, darnit! LOL!

The winner receives:

*An appearance on the cover of Parenting Early Years

*$125,000 towards a college education

*A trip to LIVE! with Regis & Kelly

*ALL four runners up will receive $25,000 towards a college education

*ALL ten semi-finalists will receive a years supply of Gerber products

Wish us (or him really) luck!!! Hehehe ;)

Welcome 2010...

What a crazy, busy year it has been already! I feel like I have absolutely no time to just sit back and enjoy all the blessings that are in front of me.

New Year's Eve was absolutely perfect, and was spent with the two main men in my life, my husband and my beautiful son! We just snuggled up watching Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve program and went to sleep shortly after midnight. We very much value what sleep we can get these days.

Returning to work after the New Year was hard! You get used to all the long weekends and extra time spent with your family, and with work a new year came new changes. My job has done some reconstructing within the office and our office duties. I am now taking on a much more important, detail-oriented job load and working closer with the office manager and president of the company. Hopefully, this means more pay soon too!! Haha! James and I could definitely use the extra cash! Anyway, it has been a challenging and fast paced couple of weeks, but its also been a nice, refreshing change to what I have been doing in the past.

The new year has me really looking at my life and where I'd like to be at the end of this year and the years to come for my son, my husband, and for my own sanity!

Referrals are AWESOME!

Okay so you know the photographer I was telling you all about that did our family portraits?!?!?

Well, I referred this new, up and coming photographer to a friend of mine that needed someone for her "at home wedding" which made Lyndsay (the photographer), excited because she hadn't photographed a wedding before!

Anyway, she did a FABULOUS job and I just want to give her some more props! I am so happy that the referral worked out great for the both of them, one gaining more experience and one having these great photos to look back on for years to come!

Here are just a few photos of my friend Dani and her special day....if your looking for a photographer let me know!

...Lyndsay Vollmar Photography...