This weekend was nothing but spectacular with fall weather, our first frost, the Hogs narrowly missing a win over #1 Florida and our first Sunday back in the church nursery. It was definitely a weekend to remember.
Friday was Brayden's 6 month appointment, and for the first time since 1 month, we were able to see Dr. D. I know I already posted about our visit, but I cannot reiterate enough how excited we are to return to Dr. D. We didn't necessarily poor care at our interim (interim meaning from the time we switched from military to civilian, and before the recent job change) doctor, but definitely below the high bar that Dr. D and his staff gave us from the get go. It was a joyous reunion by all! Brayden is 75th percentile in everything now, so he's now even! We still get the whole "man your kid is big" comments, but I guess I'd rather have a big boy than a puny one! Drew and I spent yet another Friday night catching up on our Thursday night primetime favorites, FlashForward, Grey's Anatomy (ok, Grey's is mine, but still...) and The Office.
I appropriately have titled this one "Baby Flower Power". If only I had a wide angle lens, this pic would be even more awesome.
Brayden: "No Toby. If I have to sit here and do this, so do you. Don't you even think of running out of this frame!"
This was taken closer to the end of the shoot. We were still trying to squeeze smiles out of him.
And ofcourse, what photoshoot is completely without the scrunchy face? Drew actually calls B Mr. Snotrocket now, because he literally makes this face ALL the time.
Sunday we resumed baby duty in the church nursery. We'll be serving every other week, so this will be a regular occurrence. Of course, our child was the most needy of them all today. It could be because we now will be going to church during his nap time, And what Babywise baby likes to be thrown off schedule? Poor dear. I also forgot how much little boys pee when they are exposed to air. Thankfully I was not in the line of fire, but definitely had my scare! It went as well as can be expected, and I actually felt good about getting my hands "dirty" again. I always felt bad dropping Brayden off and not really helping out in any way with the children's ministry. In the afternoon we took Brayden & Toby to the park. The weather was amazing, and since Drew was with me, I felt confident enough to let B go down the slide (with parental help ofcourse!). He had SO much fun, as evidenced in the following photos.
ok, this picture is of him in action going down, but for some reason it is WAY washed out. I tried photoshop, but it didn't work either. I just had to put it on here because his face is priceless!
Don't you wish you had it this easy?
Tobes got pooped out after running after the tennis ball for 30 minutes!
PS-- some of our friends, Katie and Jason, lost their precious baby girl a few days after birth earlier this year. To honor Reese, and her sweet life, she is asking people to write her name with different objects, etc. Below is my entry for her name gallery. It was my first attempt at light writing-- pretty fun, and a great purpose to start with!