9 Months

Brode was 9 months old on Friday!

He seems to be growing 5 inches a day and getting stronger as well as he starts to stand up on things and really crawls around now!

Dog Bowl

Brode has officially gotten into everything, including Libby's dish. She is not happy.

Weekend

There are a few videos of Brode crawling! He doesn't do a typical crawl, but it gets him moving as you can see!

We have had a great couple of weekends! This nice weather has been making them a lot more fun! This past weekend I went to LaCrosse to see everyone again and Brode and Matt hung out for Father's Day! Brode had a very eventful weekend with his second swimming lessons, walks, lots of crawling, and Father's Day brunch!

I went to LaCrosse with Mindy, Josslyn, Tiff, and Wes to visit Kelsey and Ryan and we all had a lot of fun! We were lucky to get an extremely sunny and hot day on Saturday so we could lay at the beach, play bags outside, and grill out! It's always great to see everyone and get back to that city! It was a very relaxing weekend.

Brode is going to be 9 months this weekend! I can't believe it! I think the change between 8 and 9 months has been the most drastic. He seems like such a little boy now. His check-up is on Thursday so we'll see how much weight he gained and how many more inches he grew! His toes hang off the end of his car seat!

Slow and Steady Wins The Race

We have a mover! Brode has slowly started crawling. He wasn't too into so it took him a while to learn. He much more prefered doing circles and scooting on his butt but he finally trusts himself on his knees. It isn't a typical crawl that he is attempting, more of a stance like a block start in track and tries to hop on the one knee on the ground. Regardless of how its done, he can slowly gets to where he wants to be! The huge downfall/negative, he is crawling around the living room where there are table legs and fireplace bricks so we need to take care of those.

Aside from crawling Brode also began pulling up on things. This means his crib mattress needs to go down and he is getting pretty daring on the tables,chairs and toys!

Lastly, Brode started swimming lessons today. Matt and Grandma Beth are taking him to the Y on Saturday mornings for Water Exploration! They just left so we'll see how it went in a couple hours! He is a splasher in the bathtub so I'm sure he will love it. Unfortunetaly I forgot to send my camera so hopefully after next weeks class I can get some pictures up!

Terror

Brode would like to start the day by telling you a story:

It has happened, Brode has an attitude and little terror ways about him. He loves to bite and pull hair, and especially loves laughing afterwards. His laugh is so contagious that it is very hard not to laugh with him.

Our week was pretty much the usual. It was my last week of a school! Now that I'm all finished our grades have been posted and I was very excited to see that I got a 3.75 and made the Dean's List! Brode had another week in day care without any trouble. Friday was so beautiful out that I went and got him early after my exam and we hung out for the afternoon. Saturday wasn't so nice but we had a house warming party at my cousins so we just hung out with everoyne and Brode spent some time with Daddy staying warm. Brode also got to sleep at Grandma Beth's again last night! She loves having him and he loves to play over there as well.

This week starts my full time job! I will be going into the office instead of working from home now, which could be good and bad, we'll see. The major downfalls are that Brode will need to stay in day care a little longer and I won't be able to get workouts in in the afteroon. I was too spoiled with my perfect schedule during the semester!

Have a good week!

Our Weekend

We had a great weekend now that the weather is getting so nice!

Friday Brode went to Daddy's to hang out and spend the night. A family friend of ours was having a birthday party so Brode got some good time with daddy alone and I got to go with my family there and hang out and sit by the bonfire. Brode learned a new word on Friday "dada", so he has moved on from his G's and everyone and everything is "dada". Perfect for Matt, not for me though!

Saturday Brode and I went rummaging with Grandma Beth. It was nice to get outside and he loved seeing new things! That afternoon gramps, gram, Brode and I went to my grandmas and ran a few errands. Brode was so well behaved and just looked around and was so content even though we were gone long through dinner time! He has now had a trip to all the manly stores (Fleet Farm, Home Depot, and Lowe's) and he loved them all! Saturday night I went out with my cousin and some of his friends. It was really fun, except for getting home really late and getting up really early!

Sunday Brode went to Matt's to play and go for a walk so I worked until noon, then my mom and I went to the outlet mall in Oshkosh and got lots of stuff! I needed some new clothes for work now that I'm going to go into the office and can't wear my pajamas like at the kitchen table.

We got out one of Brode's christmas toys that he is old enough for now, but he doesnt know what to think of it. Sometimes he gives it weird faces and whines and sometimes he loves it. He loves to cheat and stop the balls or steal them off the ramp as well.