Happy First Birthday Brayden!!!!!!!

Can you believe that its been a year already?!?!?! I can't believe how fast it has gone and how much he has changed since being born, one year ago today. He's gone from having the longest head on earth to just having a really big head. He's gone from kicking in mommy's belly to kicking a ball (almost). He's gone from taking his first breaths to almost taking his first steps. He's gone from having what we thought was a great tan to, well taking after mommy and daddy (tan turned out to be a little jondis) He's gone from really cute to.......well, not everything has changed. It seems like just yesterday that we were driving to the hospital (the second time)...

Just minutes old...



and here he is sleeping in that first week of life...


he's gone from this....



to this...


Its been quite a year.

It all started as a joke...

I am really funny

apparently, based on this target audience's response, i need to try out for last comic standing 5 (hosted by bill belamy)...

Part 1



Part 2 (Shorter, but i'm still hilarious)



note: Did you notice that catch by B?

Nana in Decatur and Birthday Party!!!

We had a fairly busy day this past saturday. We started with a little family QT at piedmont park, then went to go see Nana at the Decatur Market, followed by a birthday party for Frida (the daughter of a girl I work with), and topped it off with a concert at the park (I actually skipped out on the concert, but had a great time at the pregame at our house. Stephanie enjoyed the concert so much that she enjoyed it all day sunday). Besides being on the edge of being bloody hot, it was a really fun day.

Apparently Brayden won't be a vegetarian like his daddy...


good times...


so you really didn't bring my sunglasses, that's gonna be a problem...


Gerber Baby? How about Honeysuckle Soap Baby...


Brayden absolutely LOVED the ball pitt (I could have taken this one a few diff. ways)...


Momma says Hold On!!!!


And away we go (notice the girl next to B checking out his high flying antics)!!!


What a swinger, and he never even dropped his ball...


Gearing up for Pop Warner Football, I wouldn't line up across from him (i think there are a few pics of pj, jeff and I floating around out there just like this)...


B's best Sly Stallone one-armed-pushup impression (cue the theme music from Rocky)...


No comment on this one...


Yeah....you're not really holding anything there champ...


kid loves to eat...


yes, he's saving those for later...


final warning, no more pictures during dinner...

Bathtime Fun!!!

Here are some recent pics of B in his nightly bath...

My favorite of the bath time pics...


Brayden is super-intrigued by the ever-present HoneySuckleSoap and the faucet...


Its tough to get clean when you never actually touch the water...


A little marlon brando in the godfather???


Here, B is pretending his bath towel as a prop spinach leaf while he does his infamous Popeye impression...


Here's is the paparazzi picture we submitted to the all the tabloids...

Bye Bye Mommy

Last week stephanie went out to dinner with brooke and left the boys at home for a little father/son time. Apparently B is a bit of a momma's boy, i saw this coming and luckily had enough time to run and get the camera. It was sad but.......it led to a pretty cute pic...


Jack came over to see what all the fuss was about...



And then he realized I had the camera behind him...


And gave me a big 'ol smile...


And then he was happy again...



(hopefully to see me, and not because he remembered he had his thumb to keep him company)

Also, just noticed you can click on the pictures to blow them up, just FYI.

A Couple Things from Last Month

Here are a couple of things from the last month that I haven't had a chance to put out here yet...

Opa took Brayden to swim class...


B practicing his butterfly stroke...


Opa and B practicing his form for platform diving...


I "ran" my 3rd Marathon, weather was a little colder than I expected, hence the paper coat (opa and oma have all the pics from the finish)...


B and his class playing London Bridge...


Mommy and B take in the final swim class...


We have also started the "festival" season, hitting the Sweetwater Candler Park Festival with Brooke and Chris and the Inman Park Festival with Grandpa and Tami and Brooke and Chris (I can't seem to find any pictures from these festivals).