We're back! We've been enjoying all this joyous season has to offer - Christmas parties, visits from family, projects at church, baking, running errands, decorating the house and looking at the lights to name a few activities from the past couple weeks. Tim enjoyed celebrating K-State's Big 12 football championship following the Cats win over Texas in Manhattan earlier this month. As for me, I got my first "Are you Brayden's mom?" when talking to someone at the gym last week. I suppose it made me proud but I also know that question will continue for years to come!
Brayden has been keeping us on our toes more than usual but I am very happy to report that he doesn't touch the Christmas tree at all! He loves to point at it when you ask, "Brayden, where's the Christmas tree?" but point is all he does! Brayden has been busy getting his fifth tooth, outgrowing his shoes, clapping at everything, learning to say "hi", reading his Christmas books over and over and playing all his Christmas music more often than you know! We've had some disrupted sleep patterns this month due to teething, getting scared in our crib and most recently catching a cold. This cold brought Brayden's first true congestion and landed us in the ER last night due to wheezing, a spiked temperature and no sleep. He received a breathing treatment and thankfully we were in and out in less than 90 minutes. Brayden has yet to really get sick to the point that it bothers him or slows him down, which we are thankful for, but his continued energy to keep playing drains mom and dad after a sleepless night!
We were in Salina for Thanksgiving and continue to be very thankful for our curious little boy. Brayden is growing like crazy this fall and winter. We spent Thursday with Tim's family and Friday with my parents. Brayden got his own spot at the Thanksgiving table both days and enjoyed the sweet potatoes and Uncle Ryan's stuffing the best. He also tried turkey, cranberry sauce and noodle soup but wasn't really a fan of those foods yet. Saturday we went to a nearby nursery here in Kansas City to pick out our Christmas tree. Brayden, like his father, evaluated many options before selecting the winning tree to bring home.
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| Thanksgiving 2012 |
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Family Heirloom
This rocker was given to Tim's dad and his dad's brothers by their Grandpa Will. |
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| Our family tradition of what we are thankful for this year. |
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| "You mean we get to take it home?!" |
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| Decorating our annual gingerbread house |
