First trip to the zoo!

We took our first trip to the zoo and Brayden loved it! I was actually surprised how well he did in his stroller all day, but he was so intrigued with everything. You could tell he was just soaking in all the new sights! I think his favorite was seeing all the different types of monkeys/chimps. Actually... his favorite thing we did was riding the carousel! :)

Giraffe...

Chimps..

Meerkats...

Riding the carosel...


About 5 minutes after leaving the zoo! Haha!

Handsome boy...

Even when he's messy, he's still handsome! Bobby did a great job catching this picture because Brayden does not leave hats on! He's so darn cute with them on though!

Mmm... chocolate pudding!

Brayden got a taste of chocolate pudding and he was one happy boy! :) He kind of acted like his mommy when she eats chocolate! Haha!

We let him dig in and chocolate was everywhere!!

More swimming!

I can't believe how brave Brayden has gotten in the pool! Each time we get in, he gets more and more brave. This time he walked straight down each of the steps and even off the last one... of course with me there to catch him once he started to go under. Each time he went under it startled him a little, but he never really got scared. As you can see, he likes to just jump in too! And he loved it when Dad threw him in the air! Too cute!

Helping mom sweep...

Brayden decided he wanted to help me sweep the kitchen floor. He was actually doing a pretty good job and looking oh so cute!

Predicament...

Brayden found himself in a predicament when he climbed into his walker on his own and couldn't get out. He was yelling at us to get him out, but we had to laugh and get a picture first! He wasn't too happy with us at the time... haha! :)

What a cutie! :)

Playing in the bath!

Brayden loves bath time and he also likes to kill two birds with one stone by brushing his teeth at the same time he takes his bath! Haha!

Swimming and dancing...

Brayden absolutely loves to swim! He actually scares me because he tries to push off of us and swim on his own... he's a brave little boy for sure! We have tried using floaties and he doesn't quite like them yet. We will be taking swimming lessons soon. They have classes that start them at 6 months!

Sorry, the picture quality isn't that great. I took the pictures at night.






Brayden has also started dancing to some of his shows that play songs... here he is dancing to the Backyardigans! It's so cute! He spins in circles, stomps his feet and claps his hands. All along with laughing and yelling!

Lovin' the outdoors!

Brayden absolutely loves it outside! He will grab our hand and pull us to the door to take him outside and then throw a temper tantrum if we say no. Oh boy, does he ever throw temper tantrums! He can be quite the little turd, but he's the cutest little turd I've ever seen! ;)

Here he is playing next to the pond in my parents backyard. He loves to throw rocks in the pond and claps for himself after each throw! So cute!

Ball of ENERGY!

Whew! Brayden is a big ball of energy these days! Check out these pics! He's everywhere!

Also check out his shiner in the last two pics! It's not really a bruise, just a scrape, but it's his first one. He fell flat on his face on the concrete and of course we were all sad for him at the time, but like any true boy, he's proud of his battle wound! ;)




Look how determined he looks! Too funny!



Here's Brayden looking up in the sky at the birds. He always says... "Oooo, look at that!" And it really does sound like he's saying that!

The calm before the storm!

Oh how sweet this calm is before the storm!

Brayden got a nice little nap in and then turned into our little wild child!!

Boys and bugs!

What it is with boys and bugs!! I left the house today and this is how Bobby entertains his son. He even video taped this and I about died when I watched Brayden almost put the locust in his mouth!



The locust is just hanging out on his arm...

Awesome pictures!

Bobby and I took Brayden to Woodward Park to take some "professional" type pictures. We borrowed a friends camera and it took amazing pictures! We are so excited they turned out so great! Brayden looks so handsome! I can't wait to get these up in our house!

Make sure you click on the pictures to make them larger. You really get the full effect of these great shots!















This was later that day... such a great shot of Brayden's beautiful blue eyes!