Brayden is 7 months

Brayden is seven months old. I know that I say this every month, but the time is going by so fast. He is so much fun and work. He has really started to play with his toys more. He loves banging his stacking toys together. He also really enjoys playing with an empty water bottles. He crawls everywhere...and so quickly. He likes to pull down Jared's X-box controllers. He likes to stand up and will do so on anything that is sturdy enough.

He loves to smile and he loves it when daddy comes home from work. He has been playing a lot of our version of hide and seek. He weights a little over 18 pounds. He eats rice cereal, squash, sweet potatoes, and bananas. He has eaten avocados, but the verdict is still out. We do know that he is not a fan of peas. When he first started eating solids Jared and I would laugh at the funny faces he would give us.

Brayden is standing

A few weeks ago Brayden started to straighten his legs and put his head down, he has been trying to stand up. It is so funny. He has started to stand up on everything. He gets so excited when he stands up that he turns around and looks at us with this huge smile.He crawls up my leg all the time.Now he is walking along the couch. Look how proud he is of himself.

He loves the Tigger toy, when he sees it in the room he can't take his eyes off it.

The end of the trip

On Tuesday, Grandpa Jerry drove us down to Draper to meet my sister. We hurried back to the BYU Tuesday devotional, President Monson was speaking. It was a great talk and was especially nice because Cale was out in the hall with Brayden for most of it. Cale was also brave enough to babysit both of the babies while Hailey and I attended the Temple. It was very eventful for Cale, lets just say that Brayden wasn't feeling very well and Cale got a bit messy. Hailey wanted to get a few pictures of Kira with my camera before I left so we attempted a photo shoot. About 3 minutes into it we noticed Kira's nose was red and her bottom lip was quivering.
Since we were outside Brayden and I got on the trampoline. Brayden seemed pretty curious.
We went inside and took some more pictures of Kira. It was the first day that Kira was sitting up by herself.
Brayden had a good time watching us from Kira's Bumbo chair. It didn't take long for him to figure out he was stuck...then he didn't think it was so sweet.

Visiting more family

After the BSU vs Utah State game Brayden and I went home with Jared's parents to Syracuse. We spent the next couple of days there seeing family. Here is Brayden with Sarah and Aunt Lisa. Sarah is 2 months older than Brayden.

Brayden got a nap with Uncle Logan.
We got to see Great-Grandma Aurich.
Brayden kinda matched Uncle Jim's outfit.
Uncle Jason helped Brayden get around.We had a good time seeing Gabe and Uncle Adam too.

Playing in the leaves

While we were at Hailey's we took advantage of having a yard, we kinda miss that living in an apartment. I took Brayden out and he was fascinated with all the leaves on the ground. It was hard to get a picture of him where he wasn't looking down at the leaves.

He found out that leaves don't taste very good.

Trip to Utah

On Wednesday, November 7th Brayden and I flew to Utah to visit family for a week. I stayed with Hailey, Cale, and Kira for a few days and then stayed with Jared's parents for a few. The week was full of events, but it was so much fun just being with everyone. Brayden and I were able to spend sometime outside on the swing. I think he liked it, but he wanted to make sure I held him close. Hailey and Cale gave me a tour of the BYU campus during Cale's break. My parents and Libby drove up from Boise and met us on campus. After the tour we headed home to get ready for a little get together before the BYU vs TCU game. Hailey made Taco Soup to eat and Brent and Vicki and Nick and his friends came by. That night I went to the BYU game with Cale, Hailey, and my dad. My mom and Libby stayed home to watch the babies. It was very different being at a football game without Brayden. It was a pretty good game, BYU won; I think it was because we all stood up for a key play at the end of the game.
Kira is getting so big; she has the cutest personality. You can see so much personality in her expressions. Friday we hung out and saw Kira eat cereal for the first time. She did a really good job keeping it in her mouth.
Saturday, Hailey and I went to a fashion show at Nordstroms. They showed us what men should be wearing. Haily and I both don't think Jared or Cale will ever wear some of their suggestions. We hurried home and headed to Logan to see BSU play Utah State. BSU won by a ton; which was sad because Libby is a USU Aggie. It was pretty chilly so we had to bundle the kids up...they were so cute.
I finally got to dress Brayden up for a game with his blue and orange on. Go Broncos!

More visitors

On Friday we had family come to visit. It was so much fun having Amy and Melissa here to see us. We did the usual Buff Stampede Friday night and the game on Saturday. Sunday we went to CU to see Jared on his break. The girls had fun checking out the weight room and trying to get their lift on.

Brayden fell asleep in his car seat and when he woke up he wasn't very happy. I know this is a sad face, but it is still cute when he gives us the sad face.
We took a walk down by the river. It was really pretty with the leaves changing. Jared ran on this path this summer for his workout.
Brayden had fun in his stroller checking out the view. There were a lot of bikers on the path...and you have to be careful cause they will run you over if you are in there way.
We had a lot of fun with our visitors. We were also able to get a picture of our family.

Colorado vs Missouri

This weekend we played Missouri. Amy and Melissa were in town so they were able to come to the game. Brayden only lasted for one quarter in the stands; which is about as long as the team lasted. It was a rough game for the Buffaloes with a 10-55 loss. Missouri was ranked 9th and they moved to 7 with a win over CU.

Sitting up

Brayden just started to sit up on his own. One day he was falling over and the next day he was able to sit up all by himself. I'll leave him on the floor on his back and I'll look back down there and he is sitting up. He really likes to sit up and play with his toys.
Brayden gets so excited when he realized he is sitting up.

Brayden is too big

Brayden has been getting so big. It seems like I woke up one day and he was too big for some of his toys and crib. He is so happy, but he wasn't so happy when he realized he can't move around where ever he wants to go. In the evening I use the swing to entertain Brayden while I get dinner ready. The swing looks into the kitchen so we can see me and I sing, dance, and try to entertain him while I cook. However, the swing is getting too small for him. Check out his feet hanging over the seat.

Not only does his feet hang over he can reach the mobile and he just tries to grab the animals. This would be fine, but he arches his back and I am afraid he is going to reach right out of his seat.
Another entertainment trick I use is while I shower I put Brayden in his bouncy chair. The other day I was in the shower and heard him fussing and so I looked out and saw this. I hurried out of the shower to get some pictures.
Brayden thought he was escaping his chair, until he realized he was stuck. Once he realized he was stuck he started screaming.

While I finished getting ready I put Brayden in his crib, well he is too big for that too. I turned around and he was pulling himself up to a stand. I was in such shock that I hurried and grabbed the camera while I tried to grab him, that is why his head is cut off in the picture. I had to move the crib down a few notches to that Brayden would fall out of the crib. I am still a little worried, because apparently Jared fell out of his crib several times. He was strong enough to pull himself over the railing, I am afraid Brayden could do the same.