Green Beans!!!

Need I say more :)

Tag

Sarah tagged me and now I am it. As part of the game, I need to go to the 6th folder and post the 6th picture in that folder. Here is my picture. It is my parents from Christmas 2005. I always love my parent's tree because it is always has a touch of country and very beautiful.

Turkey Trot

Jamie and I ran in a 5K the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was in Bethlehem and quite cold. Jamie did great and we had a wonderful time. Dad, Nate, John and Brady, the snow bear, came to cheer us on.

Cereal Video

Brady's Thanksgiving Meal

We introduced cereal to Brady for the first time on Thanksgiving. He did really well for his first time. He eats much better at dinner time than he does in the morning. By Christmas, we will be giving him veggies and fruits.

Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving at our house. Jamie and Nate came in the morning and we had pancakes and then spent most of our time in the kitchen. We had a great time!! With everyone's schedules, we don't get to spend too much extended time like that together. We ate dinner with Uncle Mike, Dad and Betsy. Then we celebrated Mike and Betsy's birthdays with friends and family. We had a full house and it was wonderful.

Here is our feast!

Here is the fam. Betsy is hiding behind Dad and Brady was pooped from all the cooking so he was taking a nap.

Here is Uncle Mike working on his masterpiece.

Uncle Mike is hungry!!

Here was Nate's contribution in the kitchen after he made his egg yolk sandwich.

Brady has learned how to shake his head.

Bath Time with Dad

Saturdays are great because John can be there for bath time. Here he is sporting his robe that he got from Miss Danielle from church.

Sleeping Peacefully

Here are a few pics of our angel sleeping. He has slept through the night 6 days in a row. It feels great to get better sleep. Yea Brady!!

Brady with Friends

Here are some pictures of Brady and some friends.

Sorry this is sideways. It is rightside up when I attach it. Who knows??? We were at Heather's making applesauce and Ally was sharing toys with Brady.

Ally with Brady

Here is Kyle with Brady. He loves his buddy Brady.

Here is Ally, Adrienne and Abby when we had breakfast at our place while the guys were at men's retreat.

Here is Brady and Tommy on the play mat.

Scooting

Brady has started to scoot in his crib. He is very pleasant when he wakes up in the morning. He gives me a huge smile and it is a great way to start the day. It takes him awhile to wake up in the morning. He is very content to just wake up slowly and talk to the pictures on the wall. He can be in there for 20-30 minutes before he really fusses to be picked up. When he plays in the morning, he has learned to move himself around the crib. I put him to bed longways in the crib. He ends up with his feet kicking the rails and sometimes his feet are hanging out the crib.

4 Month Check-up

Brady went to his 4 month appointment this morning. He now weighs 14.0 lbs (up from 11 lbs 3 oz) and is 25 inches long(up from 23 in). John made the comment that he is over 2 feet tall now!! That is hard to believe when he puts it that way. That doctor said he looks perfect. He just encouraged us to continue putting him on his tummy even though he doesn't like it. He also told us that we can start solid foods whenever we are ready. He said it is common to start anywhere between 4-6 months. So we will probably start him soon. He definitely watches us while we eat and seems pretty interested. The doctor was very positive about everything and the appointment went great.

Fall Pictures

These are just a few pictures of the changing leaves that we saw on our recent trips.

Penn State Visit

Last weekend, we went to visit my sister Jamie at Penn State. She is the Speech Language Graduate program there. She is almost finished and we are very proud of her and her accomplishments. We had a great weekend. The weather was beautiful and there was a buzz in the air because it was PSU's homecoming. We went and walked around downtown and saw the parade Friday night. Brady enjoyed it until it got to his bed time and then the music and yelling bothered him. Saturday, my brother Nate came from Kings to visit. We walked around to see all the tailgating that goes on at a football game. It was exciting because everyone was ready to see PSU beat Michigan. We went to the Creamery for wonderful ice cream (twice :) ) and watched as Penn State finally beat Michigan. The whole town was thrilled. We had such a fun weekend. Thank you to Jamie for being such a great hostess!!

Brady at the parade as bedtime got close!!

This was a picture of us by the lion's paw.

Here is Brady in his Penn State shirt with Uncle Nate at the Creamery.

Here we are at the parade.

Here is Daddy and Brady at the Creamery for our first stop.

Brady Laughing

Time in NH

We visited all three of John's brothers while we were in NH. Here are a few pictures of some of his family.

This is his nephew Zachary.

Here is John with his cousin's daughter, Mylee and his grandmother.

This is John's sister-in-law Theresa and Zachary.

This is John's neice Kaylyn.

Here I am with Zachary, Kaylyn and Brady.

Visiting Jon and Ivy

On our way to visit family in NH, we stopped to see our friends Jon and Ivy who live in Salem, MA. We had a great time catching up with them. We took the T into Boston to do a little sight seeing before we continued our trip north. Here is Brady's first ride on public transportation. We went to the Harbor to see the boats and the seals. We also walked around Quincy Market for awhile but Brady took a nap during that part of the trip. Our friend Jon got Brady to laugha lot so that was a great part of our trip. Thanks Jon!!

Little Boy

This is our little boy in a big bed!!

Brady is just chillin with Dad on a lazy Saturday morning.

Here is our little boy in a big recliner lounging like Dad.

Papi thinks he looks like a jailbird in this outfit!!

Here our little jailbird is taking a nap with his Papi.