Labor Day Camping

Brad's side of the Family has a tradition every Labor Day of camping at Pallisades Reservoir. I love this tradition because my family are not really big campers and I love to camp...not exactly the roughin it type though. So this year was our first year with Braylie which was fun and also challenging at times. Overall though we did pretty well and had lots of fun. Also along with camping we get to go wake boarding on the reservoir and I had a pretty big accomplishment this year of landing my first 180! So needless to say I was pretty excited about that also.

Here's Braylie playing with Tori. They can't get enough of each other. I feel bad for Tori a lot of times because Braylie is always pulling on her ears and fur but Tori is so patient and just loves gettin any attention she can get.

Night-Night Braylie

My Baby is grownin up!

So Braylie has had some big milestones in the last little while. About 2 weeks ago she had her 6 month check up. She also received 5 immunizations at the same appt also and didn't do to bad once she stopped crying. She is doing really great health wise. She is 75% for weight and 95% for height. She has gotten really good at sitting by herself all of the sudden and is on her way to crawling soon. Lately it's been really hard to get her to eat baby-baby food also. She wants to be a big girl and eat pretty much finger foods only...so it's been a little interesting at meal times because she hasn't mastered grabbing the food by herself yet. This last week her first tooth decided to pop up also! It's just barely peeking through her gums now but should be all the way in soon. Another big thing also is that we had to move her crib down to the lowest level. She is beginning to try and pull herself up with her bumpers and the bars. So I decided this would be a good time to move it.

Here's Braylie standing up in her crib on the lower level.

She likes to chew on the railings.

I took these tonight while I was playing peek-a-boo with her and I spiked her hair in a mohawk after her bath to show how long her hair is now. It's long enough to do a pony-tail but not thick enough without making her cry yet.

A couple of days ago I gave her a teething biscuit to eat and she went to town on it. You can't see but it's also in her hair, on her eyebrows and eyelashes too. Brad had to hold her hands so she wouldn't get everything else sticky (Like faces, she loves to grab those) till we got her in the bath.

This never happens so we had to get a picture of it.

Swimming

We had a family reunion at Brad's Aunt and Uncle's house that was a lot of fun. We went a little early so we could take advantage of their pool and take Braylie swimming. She's been to a couple of lakes but this was her first time in a pool. Her eyes did get a little irritated from the chlorine but overall I think she had a lot of fun.

Grandpa Williams, Braylie, and Dad (Brad)

Braylie counldn't stop sucking on her lifejacket.

Happy Half Birthday Braylie!

Well it's already Braylie's half birthday. Her personality is definitely beginning to shine and it's pretty fun to see. Lately to get attention, and it works really wel, she has been tilting her head when she looks at people and then when the people do it back to her she will tilt her head and body even more. It's pretty funny and cute to see.

Here's a pic of her playing on the floor.

I love this smile she gave me too. She is such a happy baby.

What I've been up to...

I've been pretty bored since we moved since I don't have a house of my own to take care of and I'm not working anymore. So I've been trying to come up with creative ways to keep myself busy. So this is what I've been up to these days...

I painted a picture really similar to this one for my sister a couple of years ago and my mom wanted her own, so this is it.

Trying to get back into shape. I love turbo jam.

One of the many perks about living with my parents, for the time being, is they have a little gym setup in one of the bedrooms. So I've been using their elliptical.

Shopping! This bumbo seat is my latest purchase and I love it because Braylie loves it and it makes my life just that much easier.

Growing my first garden. I've already killed one of the plants I put in it (my best talent when it comes to plants). It's an herb garden so I've got Basil, Rosemary and Thyme in it so far, I tried for cilantro also but that's the one that died.

I've even got new buds of Basil coming in...YEA!!!

I've been trying to figure out photoshop, so that I can eventually do digital scrapbooking. This is my first successful picture edit.

The before picture so you can compare.

I've been taking lots of pictures of Braylie lately because she changing so quickly.

I love this one! She's so cute when she sleeps. There is just something sweet about a sleeping baby.

I've also been putting blonde back into my hair and taking goofy pictures of myself during nap times...tells ya how bored I am right?

Brad's Dream Truck

So this is Brad's dream truck he saved up for since he was a teenager.....which really became my truck in the end, haha. Anyways it's pretty sad but we're going to sell it now so that we can get a Toyota, Camry (Easier to get a kid in and out of). So I'm just putting this out there just in case anyone is interested. It's got really low miles for a 2005 Silverado, 30742. It also has a sprayed bed liner and a diamond plated tool box. It's in excellent condition also. So if anyone is interested let us know we'd be happy to show it to ya.

Braylie's First Laugh

I thought this was pretty fun and exciting so I had to put it on here for everyone else to see.

Well the same day Braylie laughed she had her 4 month checkup and shots. She now weighs 15lbs 3oz. She is 23 3/4 inches tall also. Thats somewhere around 75th percentile for both. She did pretty well with her shots also. She cried a little harder and longer this time but she still got over it pretty quick and was smiling and...then laughing later on in the day.