Stinker Part II:

Here is Brayden (again) with that Pure Stinker Expression. He is pictured here under the end table where he likes to hide (quite frequently). This was his expression when we asked him to come out from under the table. Yes I know we should refrain from taking his picture during these moments because we know full well we are only further facilitating his love for crawling under there...but it's just so hard when he acts this cute ;-)

Warning: Static Guard Needed

We were playing with Brayden the other afternoon and soon discovered Mister Static Hair with his blanket. Brayden giggled so much I almost tinkled a bit myself laughing in response to his belly chuckles. He kept running around with this full head of crazy hair stompin' his little feet! Funny Funny moment.

Piano Man

Brayden has discovered how much he enjoys music lately! He loves to sing, and actually finds the right pitch when "oooing" along with music! Even more so, he is obsessed with the keyboard, playing it, and singing into the microphone! Once he figured out he was making all that "music" on his own...we have been unable to stop him, so we frequently encourage his love for it- and the microphone. We have since added turning the lights out and shining a flash light on him so he feels like he is truly on stage, and he embraced it like a trooper :-) As soon as that flash light goes on-he smiles and giggles and starts playing and singing away! Here are some pictures:

Daddy's Little Helper...

On Thanksgiving day Brayden wanted so badly to help Daddy in the kitchen cleaning up and putting away all of the left over food. He loves to be in the kitchen, and even more importantly, loves to be Daddy's little helper. Here are some pictures of Brayden with his crazy after dinner sweet potato hair as he explores after dinner clean up in the kitchen with his Da-Da.



Tuckered Out:

Mommy's Tickles & Giggles...

I LOVE to tickle Brayden! He is so very ticklish and belly giggles the most wonderful sounds when Mommy tickles him. Ron captured some fun pics of one of our tickle moments a few weeks ago. You will have to forgive my "homebody" look...I was clearly not trying to make a fashion statement that day :-)

Where have we been this week (???)

Sorry it has been a few since I have posted anything. After Thanksgiving I had to attend a training at work-which meant working days all last week (ugh!) which nearly killed me since I AM NOT a morning person :-) Then, the laptop went on the fritz for the last few days and Ron finally figured it out-so we are back online. It kept giving us an error message stating the network cable was unplugged...so after troubleshooting a million different things, Ron checked the cable, and LO-AND-BEHOLD-it was in fact UNPLUGGED!!! Silly us ;-0

Friday evening...we FINALLY had a night out together sans Baby! My awesome Brother, sister inlaw and nieces all came over the the house to play with the Bray so we could go out with my mother inlaw and her good friend Lonnie to the local Fish Club on the lake for some good food and fun karaoke! Yes...I sang...Carpenters, Endless Love, and even a duet with the President of the Club-Summer Lovin from Grease! What a fun time we had! I could have stayed there singing all evening-it's been awhile for me :-) We came home to a happy Brayden, and stories of how they all played and giggled and had fun (they always do bring out the best in him). God love them for giving us a night out, it's been while since that has happened too!

So...we are just preparing for the Holidays now, shopping, making gifts, and watching the Brayden grow into such a funny little guy. He loves to make us laugh lately, and my Mom laughs at us lovingly in that Brayden really keeps us entertained 24/7 these days! I will post some updated pictures soon, I promise! I am so behind on the pictures thing, and have just been so very busy these last few weeks. They are coming though this week-at least by Friday ;-) Until then...Happy Shopping, Happy tree hunting, Happy Cookie Baking, and Happy Family Times :-) Hugs

My story featured on Lupus Foundation Website!

If you remember reading my Lupus "50 Years without a new drug" post a few weeks back...well, The Lupus Foundation of America emailed me letting me know that they would be using my story as a featured article on their site. Click HERE to go see it and other stories they have featured on their website (you will have to scroll down). HERE is the official Lupus Foundation of American website.