Happy 3 Year Anniversary!

On Wednesday, Andy and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 3 years already. The time has just flown by. We talked about how so much has changed in the last 3 years...getting married, buying our first home and welcoming Brady into our family. We have been so blessed! I am one lucky lady, Andy is the most amazing husband and my perfect partner. Love you honey--here's to many more years to come!

Kimballton Weekend

This past weekend we headed back to Kimballton on Friday for the high school football game. I have 2 cousins on the team and my uncle is head coach. It was so different to go to a 'home' game in Exira. This year (for the first time) Elk Horn-Kimballton and Exira are joined in football. Now they are the EHK-E Spartans. All new colors, mascot, uniform, etc. With their combined forces they have been pretty good so far! They won pretty easily on Friday. I think the score was like 53-0. After the game we went to my uncle's house for a post-game get together. My mom took Brady back to their house for bed time so that Andy and I could stay out. I can't remember the last time we were up until 1:30 a.m.! It was a fun time! Andy even won some $ playing poker!
On Saturday Andy and I headed to Exira's Fall Fest to check out what they had going on. I was so glad that we went as there was a Pampered Chef rep there and had some items 40% off and they just happened to be the items I had been needing/wanting! Later that afternoon I ran my 12 mile training run (less than 2 weeks until the marathon!!) and then some family came over tot watch the Hawk's exciting win on Saturday night. It was great to get to see so much family while we were back.
We headed back to Ankeny on Sunday and did a few things around the house. Now it's on to another busy week. Last night Andy had a Monday Night Football party, tonight we are running errands, Wednesday Andy's department is going out for dinner, Thursday night I am going to Taki for dinner with some girlfriends and then we're heading to Gowrie on Friday for a football game and for the weekend...busy, busy! :-)

Brady having biscuits/jelly for the first time...I think he got some in his mouth!

'Grandpa I want more!!'

Climbing on Grandpa

Looking at his favorite picture book

Brady's 1st Haircut!!!

On Monday we took Brady to get his 1st ever hair cut! His hair was getting way too long, especially in the front (as noticed with his Trump comb-over in the pictures below...ha ha!). So it was time for a hair cut and boy are we soooo glad we did it! It looks so good! He is just a little man now! :-) He did such a great job, he sat on mommy's lap and was very good for the hair stylist.

One of the finished photos

'Oh mommy, I love my new hair cut!'

"What is going on?"

The 1st cut!

Weekend Fun!

I'm a little late posting from last weekend but better late than never I guess! We had a very productive weekend, that's for sure! On Saturday morning we got up and went to the downtown Farmer's Market. We walked around, found some goodies and bought a few things. After that we headed to West Des Moines to drop Brady off at Brad and Steph's so Kris could watch him. She was in town to watch Jaxson and was able to watch Brady for us too so we could go to Adventureland. We were there for a few hours after riding a few rides, etc. I realized that I must be getting old cuz the rides aren't near as fun as I used to think they were. Oh well! Since we had a babysitter we decided to get some things done. So we headed to Hobby Lobby and the mall to get a few things. After that we picked up Brady and headed home.
On Sunday we did a TON of things around the house. I put up my fall decorations and Andy spent the day painting...he painted our red bathroom. I'm SO excited with the new color and he worked on a few other major projects that I'll post more about later!

9 Month Check-up & Update

On Tuesday Brady had his 9 month check up and everything looks great! He is a whopping 23.12 lbs (90th percentile), 29.5" long (75th percentile) and his head measurement was in the 90th percentile! That's our healthy boy!!!
We had a good, laid back weekend. We didn't do too much as Brady had his first cold (yes, we know we're very lucky as this is the first time he's ever been sick...knock on wood that he doesn't continue to get sick more often!) and he was CRABBY...he wanted to be held by mommy most of the time...oh well, we can't complain he is usually such a good baby. On Sunday we ventured to church and we're not so sure that was a good idea, or next time he's going to the nursery as he isn't wanting to stay still for that long. After church we went on a picnic at a park in town and he was able to get on the swings, which he loves...so for a brief moment he was his old self.
Here are some pics from the weekend...


Playing with my bowls at the park

I'm a big boy!

This is fun mommy!

Hi Daddy...push me higher!

Pictures Update!!!

Update!
Our complete session is on Sarah's site!

Go here:
http://sarahmcconnell.zenfolio.com/

You may have to copy/paste the above address if it doesn't link directly for you! Enjoy!



Our photographer Sarah has a preview of Brady's pictures on her site. There are just a couple right now but when she has all of them, I'll add the link.

Check out the pics here:
http://sarahmcconnellphotography.net/2009/09/07/preview-brady-2/

Movin & a Shakin

Brady is sooo on the verge of crawling! And when he isn't trying to crawl, he will roll and wiggle his way around. He is so determined to get where he wants to go, no matter what it takes to get there. He will crawl a couple steps and then fall forward...here are some action shots!

I'm so close!

Playtime

Our little acrobat---how long before he's doing push-ups?

Soooo close to crawling....