7 Months

I cant believe my sweet baby boy was 7 months old yesterday!! Happy 7 month Birthday James Bradford. (only 5 more months until you are 1 - Mommy and Daddy better start thinking about the big party!!)

James Bradford is (still) a fabulous sleeper. He goes to bed at 7 and wakes up between 6:30 and 7am. He wakes up so happy!! He is always so excited when we get him up in the morning.

He reaches!! He reaches to be held or picked up - and even reaches out for Sabrina. (he loves all dogs!) He first reached for Cory then the following day he reached for me. My heart melted!

He has two teeth!! - and the poor thing is teething. Ouch - Thank you to Orajel and Tylenol!! - What would I do without you!?!

He is now eating Puffs! We gave him puffs for the first time this past Saturday. He loves them (Sweet Potato flavor of course - he loves sweet potatos!) and they are great for keeping him happy when away from home. He loves to pick them up but he hasn't grasped how to put them in his mouth yet! So we help him!!

He is wearing 12 month clothes already! And is wearing size 3 diapers!

He is such a happy baby. The happiest baby I know. Only time he really is sad is when hes tired, hungry and not feeling well.

He loves to jump in the jumper! Sometimes he thinks he should be jumping in the exersaucer! We have the jumper hanging in the only doorway that works in our house - the one between the dining room and foyer. It works out perfect - in the evenings we feed him dinner, then put him in the jumper. He jumps while I Cory and I eat.

His two new favorite foods - Zucchini and Butternut Squash - YUM! I am still making his food. It's fun and he loves to sit in his bumbo on the counter and watch me. I have to use the food processor outside though - makes way to much noise!

He loves to read. Every night before bed, we read three books. I love that he loves to read!! And he loves Bible Stories! On a side note - Yesterday our Church hosted our annual Spring Fling and Sally Lloyd Jones was the speaker. She is the author of the Jesus Story Book Bible. Aunt Ellen and Uncle Dan gave him that book for his Baptism and he loves it, but we can only do a couple pages at a time because the pages are so long. We try to get in at least a couple pages a day - before he starts trying to turn aka rip the pages and eat them! His Grandma JoJo (Mrs Davis - who we lived with when I had my broken leg) got him the Baby's Hug-A-Bible (also written by Sally Lloyd Jones) and gave it to him yesterday. It is a board book and the outside of it is covered in fleece. The pages are shorter and has more illustrations - he loves it too! Since yesterday, we have already read it 3 times!! Her books are amazing - and she is a great speaker too!!

He is a flipper flopper. At night when he is sleeping he flips back and forth between his back and stomach. You never know what position he will be in when you look at him on the monitor.

Happy 7 Month Birthday James Bradford!! You light up our life and bring us so much fun, laughter and joy! We love you!!

James Bradford's Baptism

Sunday was a very special day for us - James Bradford was Baptized! He was originally going to be baptized in January, but we decided to postpone it because of my leg.

It was such a beautiful and fun day to celebrate! We had family travel from Texas, Tennessee and Huntsville for James Bradford's special day.

The Hall Family came down from Tennessee!

Pops & Granny came all the way from Texas!!

The Grinnell family - Grandma just moved to Birmingham from Florida - We are so excited that she is so close! And my sister's family drove in from Huntsville!

Our senior pastor performed the Baptism. When I joined the church in the 6th grade, he baptized me also! !!

After the service at church - we had a celebration luncheon for him! Yum - Cake from Olexa's, our favorite!!

Grinnell Girls with James Bradford! Hall Girls with James Bradford. What a blessing to have 3 Great Grandmothers!!

James Bradford's two biggest fans - Isaac & Davis!

Thank you to everyone for helping make this special day so memorable! It was such a fun day!!

And special thanks to Laura and David for having his party at their beautiful home.

Happy Birthday Cory!

Happy Birthday To the Best Husband (and Daddy!) in the world!!(Picture from James Bradford's Baptism yesterday - more to come on that special event later)

James Bradford wanted to make his daddy something really special - so he made him this:

It's an elephant made out of his little hand print! We couldn't wait until today to give it to daddy - so as soon as we got home from getting it framed the other day - he opened it, and loved it!

Happy Birthday Cory! Thank you for being such a wonderful Father and Husband. We are so thankful for you and for all your hard work. We love you so much!!

Goodbye Flats, HELLO HIGH HEELS!

14 weeks of wearing flats has really gotten old. You know me, I love my high heels. My outfit isn't 'me' unless it's paired with some 4in heels! Well today I went for my final visit with my surgeon. He said everything looks great!! He looked at my xray and said its perfect! Of course I will continue to have aches and pains after being on my feet and while exercising especially these next few months. But he set me FREE! No more visits with him and no more physical therapy. WOOHOO!! (Mom - how about that Margarita night with the girls that we've talked about?!?!) Best news of all - was when I asked (the question that's been on my mind during the entire time I've been off my feet) - "When can I wear high heels again?" His answer - the best news I had heard in a long time - "NOW! (just not everyday all day)" (all I heard was NOW though!) Perfect timing - James Bradford is getting Baptized this Sunday and I did not want to wear some flats - so Ill be breaking out those high heals!

GOODBYE FLATS - HELLO HIGH HEELS!!!

6 Month Stats

This morning I took James Bradford in for his 6 month check up! Here are his stats:

Weight: 20 lbs, 9 oz - 90th percentile

Height: 26 1/4 inches - 50th percentile

Head Circumference: 17 1/4 inches - 25th percentile

He was checked out and is perfect! He has even starting sitting up on his own. (Whats a trip to the doctor without a picture to document it?! ha!) While we were there he got another round of shots - Boo! But he was strong - of course he cried, but as soon as it was over it was feeding time, so that made him happy.

I had taken him to the Dr. 1.5 weeks ago for a runny nose and cough. They said he was fine when I brought him in. This morning I told the Doctor that he still had a runny nose, cough and congestion. Come to find out he has his 1st ear infection. She wrote us a prescription and sent us on our merry way. We go back in 2 weeks for a follow up visit.

First Trip to the Zoo!

Thursday - I couldn't stop sing this song:

"Mamma's taking us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, Mamma's taking us to the zoo tomorrow and we can stay all day. We're going to the zoo zoo zoo, how about you you you, you can come too too too, We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo"

If you have a toddler you may of heard this song. They play it all the time on Toddler Radio on Pandora. Well this past Friday we had made plans to meet my sweet friend Katie and her daughter Avery at the zoo for a play date. I was so excited - I couldn't stop singing. Sabrina was even excited - I think it was all the singing and dancing around I was doing. (poor Sabrina - she couldn't come!)

We had our first trip to the zoo! It was crowded (spring breakers) and warm, but it was so fun! But James Bradford preferred watching Avery and the other children over the animals, but it was a fun adventure. We saw lots of fun animals and cant wait to go back!!

James Bradford is checking out that really cool funny looking bird!!


There was supposed to be a giraffe in the background - but he was to fast!


After the zoo we went to Gilchrist to cool off for lunch with Miss Katie and Avery. It was so fun catching up with them. Cant wait to spend time with them again soon!

Thanks for playing with us Miss Katie and Avery!!

St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!