Have you ever???

Have you ever had a day you wished would never end???..........We have!

Have you ever found happiness in the simple things, such as chewing on a rope???.........We have!

Have you ever been amazed at God's beauty on the first day of spring???..............We have!

Have you ever laughed at nothing???............We have!

Have you ever sat in silence, but heard everything important???.........We have!

Have you ever been so much in love with someone that you just keep taking pictures of them doing nothing all day???..........We have!

Have you ever gotten messy in life, just for the fun of it???.........We have!

Have you ever wondered what someone else is thinking???.........We have!

Have you ever been caught staying up too late???...............We have!

Have you ever wondered if anything could be more perfect???..........Not us-couldn't be!

Opening a new chapter

Well...he's really opening EVERYTHING!!!

Reading fool

Yesterday I turned for 2 seconds and Brayden had disappered!! I could hear him and I just KNEW he had gotten into trouble. Much to my surprise, this is what he was doing when I found him!

He loves his books!

Fun Friday!

Enjoying the nice weather at daddy's soccer game!

Not too sure about that french fry!

But since he is related to me...of course he's going to eat it!

Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the floor!

Pants on the floor

Pants on the floor

Happy 11 Months....Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Happy 11 Months to Brayden!!!

Precious in green!

Showing off those toothers

Just to show...

Just to show everyone, my baby boy's favorite time of day (and mommy's) is STILL bathtime :)

Saturday Morning Cartoons

I am a firm believer in children not watching too much TV. Not against them watching it, just not when there's a beautiful day or 1 million dollars worth of toys laying around! So...Brayden has started to actually "watch" TV and it's just hilarious. He dances with the songs and laughs at the funny animals. He prefers the Wonder Pets I believe... So, we've found that he will feed himself, only if we prop him up and let him watch his cartoons. Now Saturday mornings we let him watch Wonder Pets during his bottle. It is too cute!! Now I've got to get him feeding himself the bottle WITHOUT Wonder Pets!

11 Months Old

I cannot believe that Brayden is 11 months. He just amazes me! At this point he is:

• crawling everywhere!
• Says "mama" "dada" "bye bye"
• shakes his head no
• laughs ALL the time!
• eats most anything
• hates the bottle, although this isn't exactly new
• sleeps through the night almost every night
• cruises on everything AND everyone!
• starting to stand on his own
• STILL loves bath time
• has started to love cartoons, we only let him watch when he is having his bottle by himself
• is moving into 18 months clothes

I cannot believe that one short year ago he wasn't even here, and now in 30 days he is going to be one year old. I have always heard it flies, but man...I wasn't ready. He is truly God's greatest gift! Can't wait to see what month 12 brings :)

Thank you son...

Brayden,
Since the moment you were born I have had so much to brag about and be thankful for. Today that thankful list got longer. Because of you, we are getting a BIG, FAT, AWESOME tax return. And to thank you-we will definitely take you on a nice, long, beach trip this summer! Thank you son!
Love,
Your mommy :)

That's what I love about Sundays

Running around and playing in our pajamas!

Going to daddy's soccer game...way too beautiful to stay in our pj's alllllll day!

Hiding under the dinner table from mommy!

I wish every day was Sunday!

New experiences...

I've been trying to get Brayden eating less baby food these days, and more table food. This weekend I introduced him to fish sticks. I don't think he was a huge fan, but I'm going to work on it. I cooked three sticks. The first one I gave him whole and let him knaw on it. He just ended up taking the coating off and feeding the fish to the dog! So the next stick I gave him I cut up into bite sizes. I could tell he didn't like the texture, but he ate it anyway. Then the last sick...well let's just say we found out Cali likes fish sticks!

Just not allowed...

I had always heard that "mommies never get sick" but the past two weeks have given me a firsthand look into what that really means...

I started feeling sick about two weeks ago. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a "virus". Code for=we have no idea what it is. So I was sent home with NOTHING, and told to get some rest. YEAH RIGHT!!! I went to work the rest of the week because we had a huge celebration of learning planned, I had the district office staff observing, and two assessments to give to my kids before Friday. Not only did I work, I took care of Brayden all while feeling like I was going to fall on my face.

See...its soccer season in the Bridges household, which means I get to be all alone Monday-Friday and some weekends until May.

Then after barely making it through the weekend, I got worse with fever and had to finally break and call in sick for 2 days. Everyone told me to "take it easy". But any mommy knows that taking it easy while you are sick means-cleaning the house, washing clothes, cleaning bottles, making plans for work, washing dishes, taking the dog out, and making sure Brayden doesn't pull everything out of every cabinet in my home.

So I really got a good look at being sick and being a mom. It just doesn't happen. Even when we are sick, we have to constantly be going. When our husbands get sick, they become number one. When our children get sick, they become number one. But what about when we get sick???? Don't you remember the days your mom would bring you special food and check on you to see if you needed anything. I guess those days are over!! So, I have made a pact with myself that I just cannot get sick anymore!

Getting Closer...

We have gotten most everything we need for Brayden's birthday party. Just a few things we cannot pick up until the date arrives. We had fun strolling through Party City and found some precious birthday boy hats. We didn't decide on one yet, but we will def. be purchasing one!!!