Happy 4th!!!

We had a cookout here at our house, with mainly friends and some family. Jacob cooked everything, he made BBQ chicken, grilled veggies, fish tacos, and pico de gallo- it was all very yummy.

don't think he's thrilled to take his picture with me :(















smores!



yum!!!


Kylie watching fireworks!



Haylee not too impressed!



ham!



HAHA awww! She would keep these on her ears til she was all the way inside!






lil piggies



so happy!



1st 4th of July!!!

roll over!

Brayden rolled over this morning... a couple of times!! I took some videos of him doing it.

Jacob's sister, Nicole was over and she was the one counting. It's funny that he did it right after she said 3! HAHA

squash!

So we tried squash first with Brayden and I think he did pretty good.


Here's a quick video of his first "bites"! It ran out of memory, sorry.

And FINALLY here is the other video of Brayden eating rice cereal on the 1st day.

[It's pretty long]

Brayden update!

Today we took Brayden back to the doctor for a weight check and he gained 12.8 oz in the last 2 weeks!!! The doctor was very pleased with that and she said he showed her he can gain weight so no blood/ lab work was done. She told me to continue with the rice cereal and start adding yellow veggies, which I haven't started yet but will tonight! She also told me that after starting the yellow veggies to add a fruit with his cereal. When I got his new food tonight I went ahead and got him baby oatmeal with bananas, which is better tasting than plain ole' rice cereal.

While we were in IL, I upped his cereal from 2 tbsp to 3 tbsp twice a day. He has done really well with it and opens his mouth like a little birdie with every bite! I hope he does just as well with his new veggies! A new post will be up soon about that!!

Happy Father's Day!

Brayden all ready to go with his Daddy shirt!

Around 11, we all went out to Mom & Dad's house for a cookout!



Mom got a new Wii game for the girls that they can dance to... here are the girls dancing!












Daddy & Kylie



Dave & Haylee









Nicole made cupcakes... can you guess what they are?



hamburgers! aren't they cute?!



Kylie loves her corn on the cob!






Dad open his gifts. Nicole & I got him the gift certificate to play paintball. And the grandkids got him a T-shirt! It says "Kylie, Haylee & Brayden think I'm the BEST Grandpa!". :)




















Grandpa in his new shirt!



Haylee feeding Brayden! :)



Jacob & Kylie went home about 3 and Dave also left because he had to work. Brayden took a long nap and woke up about 5. Then we all went to Applebee's for dinner. It was a very nice day with family.

I didn't get home til pretty late and Kylie wanted Jacob to open his presents from her & Brayden so he went ahead and opened it before I got home. He got 2 picture frames with new pictures of the kids to hang up in his office at work [the ones above on the blog heading]. He also got a gift certificate to play paintball. And my gym was offerring fathers a month free at the gym so I got him that! And a couple weeks ago, he got a new grill. So he really made out!

Happy Father's Day Daddy [Jacob] and to my Dad and to Papa too!!!!

We love you!!!!

2 first!

"First" #1... bath with big sister! Both kids needed a bath last night so I decided to give them one at the same time. Kylie was a good helper and helped me bathe Brayden. Once I was done with Brayden and got him out, I asked Kylie if she wanted to stay in the bath and play some. She told me no and that she wanted to get out like Brayden did, she wanted to do what he did.

And "First" #2... eating rice cereal!!! [I need to get him different bibs.] The 1st attempt didn't go so well. I fed him the cereal before I nursed him so I don't think he was too happy about that. But he didn't gag, which I was afraid he might do. After I stopped the video, I fed him and then tried again with the cereal but he just wasn't having it! He just cried. I think he was still tired so I stopped and laid him down.

He calmed down but didn't fall asleep so after about 30 minutes I got him up and decided to try the cereal again. He did a lot better this time. The video stopped when it ran out of memory but he ate for a couple more minutes. I know each time he eats, he'll get better at keeping it in his mouth and actually swallowing more. Baby steps! ;)

I have 1 more video to post.

4 month check-up

Today, Brayden had his 4 month well baby check-up. He weighs 11lbs [5%] and is 24 1/4 inches long [not sure the %]. The nurse weighed him twice, on 2 different scales and then when the doctor came in, she wanted to weigh him again herself. Then she examed him all over and said he looks healthy. She is a little concerned about his weight because he hasn't gained much since his 2 month check-up. She suggested I start him on rice cereal, at first once a day and increase to 2 times a day. And also start him on yellow veggies, such as: squash, corn, sweet pototoes and carrots. He goes back in 2 weeks for a weight check so hopefully he has gained more weight. If not, she wants to take some blood work and see if there is a reason why he isn't gaining weight fast enough, such as a thyroid problem. But she said she has a feeling he's just on the small side since he has been pretty much since birth. Also I need to try and feed him more when I can. I think I'm going to start giving him a bottle of formula every night before bed and hope that helps him get some extra calories, as well.


Big sister was very comforting to him. When the doctor was examing him, she held his hand and kept saying "It's OK, it's just the doctor". Very sweet!



that looks like a full belly to me! :)



little piggies



Daddy & Brayden



pretty girl



Daddy was tickling his toes!






drinking his bottle after his shot :( and holding it by himself!

We go back to the doctor on July 1st for his weight check.