HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!

He did it!!! Little Brayden finally slept through the night, all the way from the time we put him down at 11pm (which he was actually asleep beforehand) until 7am. Unfortunately mommy and daddy were not so lucky. We were both up from 3am until 5am, oh well. We'll have to take some lessons from the not-so-"Little"-man. We made the switch from the swaddle to the footed sleepers, and we think that brayden discovering his thumb aided in the 8 hour sleep-a-thon. Unfortunately, he's no Magellan at navigating his thumb into his mouth, so we're just trying to avoid people who'd turn us into DEFACS until he can learn to stop scratching up his face.

(Picture from brayden's first night in his crib, not first sleeping-through-the-night-night)

With September drawing to a close, click HERE for some random pictures of Brayden and others, not filtered, but there are some pretty good ones in there, worth sifting through, including the Photo Shoot model pictures.

The Big Three Oh!!!!!

So earlier this month i hit the big 3 - 0. I have to say, i really don't feel much different than I did last year at this point, or much further back for this matter. We had a little shin-dig at casey and pj's to celebrate the big milestone. It was wonderful weather and a wonderful time. Dwyer probably had the highlight of the party when he showed up with an "over the hill" balloon for me. but in typical dwyer fashion, failed to check the knot on the balloon, and it was set free to kill some pigeons before it ever actually made it to me. luckily it made it far enough to give everyone a good laugh. But as far as me being "over the hill", not sure who said it, but i'll quote them anyway that i'd rather be over the hill than under it any day.

As you can tell brayden LOVES hats, being outside, and had a wonderful time at the party.

(we should consider changing his diaper more often)

Here's a pic of the deRijke clan, finally a family picture that I am actually in.

(not sure what's on stephanie's shirt, we can only assume brayden was involved)

Brayden's first dip in the pool with nana

Also, brayden has his first sleepover, with a girl no less. Here is brayden and Lila Baron.

(photo courtesy of Hairy Baron)

And of course, any time there is water, jack is sure to make himself at home

He was even nice enough to offer rece a ride

Full galary of pictures can be found HERE


On a related note, what is it about baby's and dogs, here's a recent picture of brayden and his pseudo-mom/Mr. Ed, shelby:

The Theatre, The Theatre, What's Happened to the Theatre...

So we've been taking brayden to acting lessons, and his teacher says that he is her prized pupil. Here's a little sample of some of his work (all poses within taken in a matter of seconds, pure professional):

Happy:



Sad:



Anger:



Shock:


Interest:



Faking Interest:



Disinterest:



Pure Silliness:



And finally, brayden likes to call this one Magnum: