So last week I decided to change up Alex’s eating routine. He is still nursing, taking a bottle, and eating pureed food and organic baby food. He is going to be one-year-old in a little over a week, and I am awfully tired of putting things in the blender, so I decided to try something […]
…Alexander James Brantley was born! After being in labor since the wee hours of Sunday, January 3rd, he was born on Tuesday, January 5th at 3:43 pm. I never felt so blessed in my entire life. James and I both felt like our family was finally complete. It seems like just yesterday that I spent […]
Today – one year ago. I woke up around midnight on Sunday, January the 3rd with what I assumed were Braxton Hicks contractions. The contractions woke me up a few times that night, but I got up in the morning and went to church like usual. Why wouldn’t I? I wasn’t due to have Alex […]
Christmas morning, even though Alex is still too young to really understand, it was fun to bring him downstairs and see him stare at the tree that was now surrounded by presents. Dressed in his Santa suit, he kept pointing at it while I was feeding him breakfast. We then opened stockings before everyone came […]
Christmas Eve Day was not only a ton of work for me, but it was fun too. We got to go over to Mimi’s house and have lunch and open stockings there. Alex got his very first Christmas present that afternoon. He wasn’t quite sure what to make of the experience. Then, Mimi’s wonderful neighbor, […]
Since it is Christmas Eve, I have a ton of things to do to get ready for tomorrow. James and I managed to get all the presents wrapped last night, but I still have to clean the house, bake cookies, make a cheesecake, prep what I am making for breakfast tomorrow, and get ready to […]
Alex is growing and developing so quickly. I hardly know where to start. Yesterday was the first day that Alex actually did more walking than crawling. He definitely still crawls when he is in a hurry, but I think we have to call him a walker now. I officially have a toddler! We got him […]
First, let me say sorry for the long absence. November has been a very busy month for me work-wise. It has also been a very busy month for Alex. He took his first step on November 1st! I wouldn’t technically say that he is walking yet, but he can take 2-6 steps independently depending on […]
Well, even though the monkey costume is definitely cheap (two buttons broke just in the hour he was wearing it today), I have to admit that he still looks pretty cute! We spent this afternoon trying to get some good pictures of Alex on the porch with the pumpkins. At first, he was a really […]
Alex’s rolling of his ball has progressed to tossing his ball. It cracks him up to toss his ball towards us and have us roll it back to him. Here I caught an action shot. It is kind of hard to tell, but in the second picture, the ball is actually in the air. The […]