Brayden is 3 months

Brayden has had a very busy month. He received his blessing at the beginning of the month and had a lot of family here for the occasion. He is sleeping threw the night, he wakes up around 5 or 6 to eat and then he goes back to sleep until about 9. He takes 3 or 4 naps a day and is eating every 3 hours. He weights 13 pounds and is 23 1/2 inches long. Brayden saw his first horse race when G.I. Speed ran and won at Les Bois Park in Boise. He endured a long car ride from Boise to Colorado to our new home. We spent a lot of time driving around and getting to know the area. Brayden didn't care for those drives because he didn't like his car seat at all.
He is smiling all the time, almost on cue. He also loves to Mmmm with daddy a lot. Sometime he Mmmms for 20 minutes nonstop.
We spent a good part of the month staying at our friends the Riddle's house. Brayden made friends with Kayleigh and Connor while we stayed there.

Wednesday Night Drives

It has become a Wednesday night tradition. We have been lucky to have Barry Wester working in Denver for the past several weeks. Barry has shown us around the area and let us know of some fun spots to go. This is up Eldorado Springs where a lot of people climb. There is also a pool that we can swim in the summer. This is up at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research). This is great view of the area, and there are some good hikes up the mountain.
This is the view from the other side of the mountain.
There are hard to see, but there were some deer in the field on our way down.

Superman

Brayden loves it when daddy does Superman with him. He always gives us the best facials when he is flying in the air. He is so excited.
So much fun with daddy.

Brainard Lake

This was one of our first family outings in Colorado. Earlier in the week Barry Wester had shown us how to get up to Brainard Lake. When Satruday rolled around we decided to pack a lunch and go check it out. It took about an hour to get up to the lake. We walked around the entire lake and then had dinner. Brayden loved being outside, he was looking all over the place.
It was a really pretty lake, with the mountains behind it. Next spring we hope to spend some more time up there. Maybe we will be able to take some of the trails.
This is the creek that fills the lake.
Brayden really likes his Bjorn, he loves to be able to look all over.
We are almost all the way around the lake, I am sure this is not the last time we are come to Brainard Lake.

Brayden's Blessing

Jared gave Brayden his blessing July 1, 2007 in the Amity Ward. Standing in was Grandpa Greg, Grandpa Jerry, Uncle Cale, Cousin JJ, Brandon Withers and Bishop Lewis. We shared this day with a lot of family. (Mom & Dad, Grandpa Greg, Grandma Chris, Grandpa Jerry, Grandma Sandy, Aunt Libby, Aunt Hailey, Uncle Cale, Kira, Great-Grandma Leonora, Aunt Teresa, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Jason, Aunt Amy, Aunt Melissa, and Cousins Rachel, Madison, Gabe, and Dylan and Gale Wester, Jana and JJ.

We had a BBQ at the Taylor's and everyone came.
Brayden was pretty tired...it was a long day.

Brayden is 2 months

Two months old and we are starting to figure things out. You have started making some new faces and show a lot more expression in your face. You were really good for Grandma while mommy went to school. You learned how to drink from a bottle so you wouldn't get hungry while I was away. Brayden continues to be very alert. He is very strong and can stand up if someone holds his hands. You take 3-4 naps a day and you sleep about 6 hours in a row. You are a very aggressive eating, you make growling noises while you are eating.Brayden took your first flight to Denver to see Dad. We left the day after Kira was born. Brayden did a great job on the plane...he slept almost the entire flight. Jared was very excited to see Brayden it had been almost 3 weeks. When we returned from our flight you got your first cold. There must have been too many germs on the plane.
Brayden still hates his car seat, so it is great when you fall asleep in it.

This was mommy and daddy's favorite outfit you have. We have you wear it to church and other special occasions we want you to look so adorable at.
You also learned how to suck on a pacifier. You didn't really like it at first, but you will suck on it a little each day.

Cousin Kira is born

On Sunday we all went to church. We could tell Hailey wasn't feeling well, and we had started to wonder if she was in labor. After we got home from church she continued to have contractions. Hailey and Cale didn't go to the hospital until about 10 o'clock that night. We stayed at home and awaited a phone call. At 3 in the morning I woke up to feed Brayden and realized that we hadn't heard from them yet. So I called up to the hospital to find out that Hailey had just received her epidural and she was dilated to a 6. Over the next couple of hours she started to dilated much quicker. I showered and got ready and around 5 headed for the hospital. We received a call that she was a 10 and they were going to start pushing shortly. We got to the room as soon as we could and I was able to leave Brayden with my dad in the waiting room while I was able to be in the room for the delivery. It was so amazing to see Kira coming into this world. Hailey and Cale were so excited to hold their little girl in there arms. She was very healthy and she had a very quiet cry.Holding Kira was so different than holding Brayden...he has gotten so big and she was so little. Kira weighted 8 pounds when she was born.

Grandma and Grandpa were excited to have grandchild number 2 here.
We put the kids together to have them meet for the first time. I am sure they will grow to be good friends.