Birthdays and the Sickies

Oh, my, what a week.  Last Wednesday night, Braylen decided that he was going to start running a fever.  Not even an hour after I discovered this, a friend from church texted me and told me that the flu was making its rounds through his Sunday school class.  Woooonderful.  So we go to the doctor.  Yup, it's the flu.  Ryger and Shannon end up getting sick as well, and I spend the rest of the week and the whole weekend playing nurse and praying that Kyah doesn't catch it.  It's nearly impossible to keep the boys away from her, which is usually a blessing.  I just LOVE that they love their sister.  But I'm not keen on the idea of my newborn catching the flu.  It does look like she and I managed to escape it, though.  Praise God for that!

Did I mention that my birthday was Saturday?  hahahaha!  Needless to say, plans got changed.  My in-laws came over and hung out for a little while, but that was the extent of the celebrations.  Shannon did get me a Tervis Tumbler glass that I've been wanting since forever, and Kyah's birthstone to go in a locket that holds the boys' birthstones.

Even more importantly, did I mention that Braylen's birthday was today?  My little man turned 2 years old!  Where has time gone?!? I spent the majority of today thinking about the day he was born.  The labor, the delivery, me telling Shannon "I told you!" when he told me we had another son.  LOL  We were planning on having his party on Sunday, but we had to postpone because no one was really in the mood to party.  I'll be sure to post pictures when we finally have it.

Finally, I want to share this video that my pastor played last Sunday at church.  Love, love, love this.

Be blessed!  <3

5 months old already???

Braylen Cade is 5 months old!

My sweet baby boy is growing so fast, I can't keep up with him. He amazes me every day learning something new. I'm so in love with this kid!

A few stats on my big boy...

***He is still nursing like CRAZY, every 3 hours during the day.

***After turning his nose up (and making the most pitiful faces imaginable) when trying rice and oatmeal cereal, he has decided that avocado is his best friend. He eats about 1/4 of the avocado every morning.

***He started taking Zantac for his spitting up issues and has gone from spitting up tablespoons at a time to barely spitting a little trickle. (He'll still get you good from time to time though, so always be armed with a burp rag! )

*** He sleeps from about 9-9:30 pm until around 3-4 am, eats, then goes back down until about 7-8. I can usually get him to sleep again until 10-ish.

*** My little chunky-butt wears comfortably 3-6 month clothes, but has been known to rock out in 6-9 months if he so chooses. (Or if it's the first outfit I grab out of the drawer...either way...)

*** He can roll both ways, but is better at rolling from his back to his tummy....or he just likes being on his tummy, maybe? He sits up for probably a minute or so at a time before falling over.

***He LOVES his little activity chair (see above picture). Considering the chair will convert to a booster seat for the table, I think it's well worth it.

*** He is a very happy baby and loves to blow raspberries....usually while eating. :-p


P.S. I actually started this post yesterday, on his actual birthday, but it never got posted. So better a day late than never at all, I guess! :o)