Prayer

I just wanted to post this website of Reed Thompson. This is a guy who played baseball with Bo for 2 years in Jr. College (Mississippi Delta Community College) and also a couple of summers. Some of you may know him or his family. He was in a really bad car accident in Dallas, TX a couple of weeks ago and just woke up on Friday. Praise God! Reed's dad keeps the website updated regularly. I wish that I had posted this sooner, but it's better now than never. He still has a long road ahead of him. Please pray for Reed and his family.

Mowing the Grass

Brayden has a bubble mower and loves it! He LOVES to push this all over the back yard. While it's being pushed, it blows bubbles and Brayden loves to watches them float off. He tries to catch them but he can't figure out why he can't grab them....(they pop when he touches them) It's the funniest thing to watch him. This day, we were also playing in the octpus sprinkler, but I didn't get any pics of it because I had to be right there with Brayden getting wet! Hopefully, he will be brave next time.

My 1 year Stats

Brayden's Dr. appt. went really well this week.

Brayden's Stats
22 lbs 15 oz (45% for age and weight)
33 inches (off the charts for age and height)

I am now adjusting to swapping from bottle to cup and doing really well, so far. I have 7 teeth now. I am eating table food more and more and loving it! I jabber all the time. Mommy and Daddy don't understand what I'm saying , but they will soon!

A Grand Slam Birthday!

Here are just a few pics from Brayden's party last Sunday.

(invitation, party favors, and brayden's cake)
Birthday boy

Brayden getting into his cake

He says he don't like it anymore!

baseball cupcake cake

Happy 1st Birthday!

Brayden turned ONE yesterday! Bo and I (and Brayden)have made it through the first year of parenthood and it has been wonderful!! Brayden had a baseball themed party and family and friends were invited. Brayden had so much fun playing with is little friends. I actually did not take the first picture of anything! I know, I'm a bad mom, but my father in law takes pictures anyway and I asked him if he would be the photographer for the party. So, he is going to send me the pics and I will post them soon! We enjoyed visting with everyone and Brayden had a wonderful time! Brayden got lots of toys and clothes. Bo's favorite was the Cubs jersey. Bo is a big Cubs fan(as you could tell by our dog's name, Wrigley) and Brayden got a jersey of his own! It was so cute on him and that is what he ended up wearing for the party, it really fit the theme perfectly though. Pictures will be coming soon!

This is a picture of the day Brayden was born and then one from today

A little bit about Brayden

Brayden Hughes Edmiston, the love of our life, came into this world on Friday, May 18, 2007. Sunday, he will turn a year old. This year has flown by and Bo and I have been so blessed. I thank God everyday for this little boy. I have also been blessed to get to stay at home with him. It's amazing watching everything go on in his life so far, from holding his head up, to rolling over, to sitting up, to getting his first tooth, to saying his first word, to crawling, to standing up, and now to walking everywhere. Oh, the list just keeps going! This child has taught me so much in this one year- I can't imagine how much better it will get as the years go by.

Time flies!

This is a picture of me with Brayden one year ago today. This was the week Brayden was born. This was one of the last pictures taken of me before Brayden came into this world. My time goes by fast! I remember taking this picture like it was yesterday. Brayden's birthday is Sunday, so there may be random posts this week about him. :)

Mother's Day

This was my first Mother's Day! It was a beautiful day. We spent the afternoon at my parents house to celebrate Drew's birthday and Mother's Day. Drew's birthday was last Thursday, and he was actually born on Mother's Day. Drew and Ashley could not believe how good Brayden was getting around. We had a good visit with them. Drew actually got to keep Brayden by himself on Saturday for a little bit. They are coming back next weekend for Brayden's birthday. I hope all of you Moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day too!!

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!