TEAM BRANDY!!!

Last weekend was a very special weekend. Will and I (TEAM BRANDY) ran the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon for the DetermiNATION Team for the American Cancer Society. We raised over $17,000. Not only was the race a success but we also got to spend the weekend with the Broadbent’s, Grammy, and Max and Don. Mikayla was beyond cute; she loved playing “babies” with real baby stuff, though sometimes she did not like that Braxton was in his jumpy when “big” wanted to go in there. Yes “big” is Mikayla’s baby’s name.  So needless to say we have some adorable “cousin” picture.

First we will start with the runners!! This is the DetermiNATION team for the race

We had a great pasta dinner the night before the race, Will have a tear jerking speech that made everyone think about why we were running for the American Cancer Society.

Will speaking!

Brandy and Mikayla... look at that smile!

Braxton and Mikayla sitting together, holding hands.

Then it was race day.... our biggest fans

My friend Allison also ran the race

 Braxton was all smiles even though we woke him up and made him sit out in the cold all before breakfast.

Our fans walking to watch us run...

Grammy getting into the team spirit

After the race Team Brandy took a great photo..

And my favorite picture of all...



Here are some cute pictures from the weekend.

The first one is Uncle Will and Braxton

 We went out for sushi and Braxton was trying to grab Mikayla's chop sticks

 Of course Mikayla told him he was too little to play with them.

 After the race Mikayla gave "huggies" to Auntie and Grammy

 Mikayla was not too sure about Brandy holding Braxton.

 Mikayla playing on Uncle Sean

 The cousins nose to nose!!

Mikayla loved to help Braxton in the jumpy

 Mommy and Braxton after the race

 And one more cute cousins picture.



Braxton is 6 months old!!!!

Last week Braxton turned 6 months old…half a year! We went to his 6 month appointment today and found out he is 17lbs 13 oz. and 27.25 inches long. That means he is in the 50^th percentile for weight and almost 75^th percentile for height. We have had a lot of firsts this month.

We started baby food, mommy is making homemade baby food so far we have tried sweet potato, carrots, peas, butternut squash, and green beans.... and so far there is no food Braxton doesn't like. This week we will start fruits!!!

Look at the face with carrots all over it.

 As you can see Daddy is still learning how to feed Braxton too. Sweet potato is all over his face.

 Later in the month we introduced Braxton to his high chair.... and he loves it!

After trying the high chair we decided to try the stroller too - - face forward, and needless to say Braxton loves going for walks even more now.

Braxton has also been practicing sitting and standing.

Braxton has a new obsession.... and her name is Laci, he wants to touch her, play with her, and just stare at her.

Just a little video of Braxton laughing

Here are just some cute pictures from the month...

 Braxton and Daddy!

 Just sitting on the couch thinking "mom really another picture"

 One of my favorite pictures, Braxton with his summer hat on.

 Sean took this picture one night when we went in to check on him... he is dreaming of the Patriots and thinking "touchdown"

 Little man playing with his pacifier.

Braxton is 5 months old!

This past week Braxton turned 5 months old.... anyone else want to freeze time??? He is growing up way to fast. At month five babies don't go to the doctors so we had to weigh and measure him at home. He was a whopping 15.5 lbs and 26 inches long. He has dropped to the 36th percentile in weight so yes those cheeks are deceiving. He is a little boy. So we have started rice cereal to hopefully add some weight!! But as you can tell from the pictures below he likes his bib more than the cereal.

Braxton before we started the cereal

Braxton eating the cereal.... yes those are tears in his eyes

And Braxton's favorite part... eating the bib

Braxton loves listening to Aunt Brandy and Mikayla sing row row row your boat.

And of course I had to fulfill Mikayla's request for more "baby in water" pictures. 

Braxton LOVES his jumpie here is a cute video of him talkng then jumping



While Sean and I were making dinner Braxton decided to read his book

Here are a few more cute pictures of the little guy.

Auntie Cory Meets Braxton and Braxton's First Vacation

We have had a busy two weeks. First my best friend Cory came to visit (let's just mention I have lived in Louisville for 10.5 years and she has never come to visit, then I have Braxton and then finally she comes) I try to tell myself it was to visit me but I think she really wanted to meet the new man in my life. Braxton was not easy on her, the first time she went to feed him he freaked out for no apparent reason, but the second time he took it easy on her.

 Auntie Cory even got down on the ground and read Braxton a book.... though we couldn't convince her to change a poopie diaper!!! (smart girl don't do that till you have to.)

 Of course our little girl got a little jealous and had to have some Auntie Cory time too.

 Yes, Laci was spoiled.

After Cory left the next weekend we took our first "family" vacation a nice long weekend in Gatlinburg, TN with our friends Jim, Jennifer, and Kendall (oh and the dogs). It was an experience to say the least... long story short-  after driving 5 hours we sat in our car for 3 hours waiting to get into our cabin to then be told we would be in another cabin 20mins away. It was a rocky start. Especially since Braxton was starving and had been in the car for over 8 hours.

This was our cabin

 Here is a picture of Braxton and one of the very few times he was in his car seat and not crying.

On Saturday we went for a nice "incline" walk up the mountain right by our cabin, it was a strenuous walk ...here is what happened when we got  back to the cabin.

Laci of course had a blast.... she found some grass to roll around in.

 This was the view from our bedroom. It was beautiful.

 We walked around Gatlinburg on Saturday, here is a cute picture of Kendall posing on a "horse".



It was a very busy but fun two weeks, we enjoyed spending time with our friends. Here are some other pictures of Braxton throughout the last few weeks.

Braxton in his new Jumpie, he just loves this thing.

 Just being a cutie... of course one sock on and one sock lost!

 He just noticed the box of wipes and now thinks it is his chew toy (that sounded like I was referring to a dog didn't it?)

 He  finally realized Laci might be a fun "toy"

 Just a cute picture of him the other morning waiting for his bottle

Braxton is 4 months old

Today we went to Braxton's 4 month apt. He is 15lbs and 24.5 inches so he is still growing like weed. He took his shots like a champ and only cried a little but hugging mommy made him feel better.

Here is an adorable 4 month picture. I finally got a monthy picture of him smiling

Braxton doing some tummy time on daddy.

Braxton started playing with his Christmas gift from Nonnie and Granddad.... he looks so small in it.

Here is our little GAP baby....think he could get a modeling job???

Mommy and Daddy had some fun and put Braxton in his hamper! We knew it would be a cute picture.



Braxton is becoming Mr. Independent and now wants to feed himself.

Braxton is more like his mom then he thought... he likes to read in the tub too....

Braxton has finally realized that there is water outside his little tub chair....

Here is Braxton's first "peek a boo" experience...