Brayden talking on the phone

This is a video I got this morning of Brayden talking on his phone. He is talking away!

Lots of good news!

Lots of good news ...

My good friend Mary Martha and her husband Don are going to have a little GIRL in August!

My good friend/roomate in college, Conner, had a baby girl, Ruby Jane Cochran, and she is precious!

Another college friend, Sarah, had a little boy, Will, who by the way has lots of beautiful hair.

Mary Martha's sister Laura had a baby boy this past friday, Joshua Leo Smith, and he is precoius too!

Lea Ann and Steve got married this past weekend. Congratulations to you both! The wedding was beautiful and it was good to see some good friends from highschool and college! :)

And I just found out that Erin, a good friend from college, is expecting her second child! Most of them have blogs too, so check them out!

Congratulations to all of you!! :)

Long time no blog

It's been about 2 weeks again since our last post. There are no excuses. Brayden is almost a year old and has not been sick at all, except for teething side effects(a little fever and runny nose). We had to go to the Dr. last weekend because a place on Brayden's face was getting bigger and bigger. He was diagnosed with cellulitus which is an infection. He has acted like nothing has been wrong with him and no fever, just swollen lymph nodes behind his ears. Today, we decided to carry him back to the Dr. and it is healing! Praise the Lord. We have been worried all week, since we have not seen a big difference, but things are healing up just fine. :)Here are a few pics of Brayden playing over the last couple of weeks... you can see his sore of his face.... it really looks a lot better now.

Happy Birthday Nanny

Sunday was my Grandmother's birthday. My mom had all the family over for lunch after church. Everyone got to come except Drew and Ashley. We have not all been together since Christmas, so it was good to see everyone.

Lockheart Homecoming

This weekend was Homecoming at the W. A few of us, got together and went to Lockheart Homecoming. It was good to see some "old" friends and to see that the club is still going strong even though it's only been 5 years for us. I didn't make it to Masker Homecoming, but I got to see them last fall. Here are some pictures from Saturday.

the babies, minus Rowe, talking while the mom's were visiting :)
brayden outside playing

Landry and Isabella... i hate I didn't get a picture with you, Erika
melinda and Jackson
kristy, celeste w/ rowe, erin and me w/ brayden The few from my pledge class that came back
this one is dark.... me, brayden, and raggedy ann... brayden didn't like her too much
Rowe and Celeste(sorry C- this was the only picture I got of Rowe and he wasn't too happy here)
kristy and Celeste

11 Months Old!

Today, Brayden is 11 months old. One more month and this little one will be a year old!! I can't believe that this year with him has gone by so fast. Brayden is EVERYWHERE now! He is almost to the point of running, he walks so fast. We are constantly chasing him. It's amazing how much he understands now. He is about to get his 5th tooth and is eating great! He weighs 23 lbs now. We have been giving him more table food lately and he loves it. We love to play outside. Brayden starts crying when it's time to come in.

Keeping Rowe

Last week I kept Celeste's little boy, Rowe. We had a good and challenging week. The challenging part was not Rowe, it was my own child~ Brayden. He didn't know what to think about another baby having his mom's attention. Rowe was an angel. He could not have been any better. For the most part, Brayden did good too. He liked touching Rowe's feet for some reason and he liked all of Rowe's toys over his own.

We told Brayden to give Rowe a kiss and he leaned over to him with his mouth wide open!

Brayden thinks he's a Big Boy!

Brandon, from across the street , came over to visit one Sunday afternoon. Brayden absolutely loves him! He laughs at Brandon everytime he comes around. Brayden just played and talked to Brandon the whole time he was over here. Here are some pictures of them playing.

It's been a while!

It's been a while since my last post. I had to have some work done on my computer and I just got it back yesterday!

I got to post Easter pics of Brayden. Brayden had a wonderful Easter as you could tell. Bo was working nights that weekend, so he didn't make it to church with us. My parents had family over to their house for lunch and it was good to spend time with them. My dad is crazy over Brayden and the eggs you see in the Easter pitures, he dyed 3 dozen of them for Brayden to play with. Brayden just liked throwing them. :)

The Saturday before, we went to the park for an Easter egg hunt and got to meet up with several friends from high school and all of their babies! It was so good to see everyone. More to come soon!

Heather Burchfield w/ Madi Grace, Paige Wamble w/Taylor, Shelby Shields w/Bella, Angie Dees w/ Riley and Dylan, Jenny Holloway w/Carrington and Crew, Carmon Murphy w/Tyler, McKenzie and Molly Jo, Me w/ Brayden

Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday Brantley!

Today, 4 years ago a little miracle was born.... besides the rest of our little babies... Brantley Jackson Forrester. I am a little partial to him. Those of you who read this blog, saw in a previous post Brantley saying the blessing. I told you then that I would share his story later. Well, here goes....His mom, Christie, who is my 1st cousin and like a sister to me, went into labor at 22 weeks. She was on bed rest in Jackson at UMC for 5 weeks until it was time to have little Brantleyat 27 weeks. Brantley came into this world at 2 lbs 5 oz. He immediately had to be put on a ventalator. I was visiting Bo in FL for Spring Training the day Brantley was born. I drove to Jackson the very next day. I didn't relize at how much was really going on with Brantley until I got there. I got to go see Brantley in the NICU that night and I had never seen anything like him. He looked so helpless and had so many tubes hooked up to him. We had several scares over the next few days. We almost lost little Brantley a few times over his first week in this world. He had to have blood transfusions, his lung collasped one night, and was on oxygen for 6 weeks, just to name a few. He thought it was such a big deal when he got moved up to C-Pap(still on oxygen, but he was in an incubator) and then to the nasal canula(this is what you see older people on. this is also what he came home on). We then thought He was the fattest baby in the NICU. Brantley got to come home 3 months later. He was still on oxygen but he had gained up to 8 lbs and was doing wonderful. A little after his 1st birthday, he had to have a shunt, but after that he has not had anymore surgeries. His mom and dad were such troopers through it all. Christie and Shawn stayed all 3 months in the Ronald McDonald House. We went to visit everyweekend. It's amazing what all he went through and has gone through to get to where he is today. Brantley, is now the strongest little boy you will ever meet. Happy 4th Birthday Brantley!!

Brantley's first Easter in the NICU(see the cotton ball tail the nurses made for him)

Brantley at home

Brantley now and below he is holding Brayden

10 Months Old!

Brayden is 10 months old now and is doing more than ever. He is walking everywhere now, as you can see in previous posts. He has 3 teeth now(2 on bottom and one on top). There is another one on top, just about to come through. He jabbers all the time too... MM says it's Chinese :) It must really mean something, because he says the same thing over and over. He has now mastered waving and saying bye bye. It's amazing how fast he catches on to things now! Happy 10 Months Brayden!

Happy St. Patrick's Day... a little late :)

Sunday, we went to Greenville to visit with Brayden's Papa and RuRu and Great-Grandparents. We also got to see Uncle Josh while we were there too. We had a good couple of days away from home. Bo's dad got some really good pics of Brayden outside, Monday. As you can tell, we were all dressed for the occasion.

Trip to Jackson

Last Friday, Mary Martha and I, along with Brayden, went to Jackson to spend some time with Candise and Taylor, a close friend of ours from college and her son. They live in Washington D.C. now, where her husband works for American Family Radio. If you listen to it, you will hear him reporting the national news. So listen next time for Jim Brown. Candise and Jim have an adorable son and are expecting another boy in July. Taylor and Brayden had fun watching and trying to catch the ducks. Here are a few pictures from our visit.

Me, Brayden, Taylor and Candise

Mary Martha and Brayden

Candise and Taylor

Brayden fell asleep after our long day

Look how far I've come!

Brayden is walking everywhere he can now!!! He is not scared anymore!

I have been Tagged!

Here goes...thank you Kelly :)
List 5 things you do or don't do for A)yourself B)child,spouse, or friend C) stranger!
A)myself
1. I try to workout everyday during the week...i at least get 3 days in a week.
2. I get up a couple hours earlier than Brayden to have my quiet time.
3. I tape my shows, so when bo is working I can watch them.
4. I read a lot of times when brayden is napping
5. I don't like to go to bed with dishes in the sink!

B)Child/Spouse
1. I rock Brayden to sleep at night, b/c I know I can't do it forever.
2. I try to do all the housework(cooking/cleaning) before Bo gets home so we can spend time as a family.
3. I play on the floor with Brayden daily
4. I feel like I don't compliment Bo enough
5. I make sure I tell Brayden and Bo I love them daily

C)Strangers
1. From working with the public, I make sure I tell whoever it is to have a good day
2. I don't pick them up on the side of the road
3. smile, and speak-just a little hey could make someones day.
4. I don't give them money but...
5. I will donate clothing/food

Now, I tag Erin and Conner!

Sundays at Mimi and Poppy's House

Sundays, after church, we usually go to my parent's house for lunch and the afternoon. Brayden loves playing outside in his new radio flyer car! He loves to push it himself. This weekend, My brother Drew and his wife Ashley came home. So we got to see them for a little while and Brayden got to show off his walking skills to them. They were so proud.

I love my little Brayden

Just some pictures from this weekend playing at home.

Entertaining himself

Brayden has gotten to where he will go to his room by himself and play with his toys. The first thing he does is knock all the toys on the bottom shelf of his bookcase off! I pulled a basket of toys into the middle of the floor the other day and he and had so much fun going through them. This was also the night it rained so much.

Kicking in the bathtub

Brayden has gotten to where he loves to kick in the bathtub. We like it too because it wears him out! He does it over and over and over! :)