some may be repeated...

I typed this up for my baby board the other day and thought I'd go ahead and blog it, too even though some of it may be repeat information. I like to have this cyberlog of my baby... So... With no further ado, here's the new edition of "All About Baby B"

He weighs somewhere around 15 lbs (we have to do the you stand on the scale, see what you weigh and then hold baby and take the difference thing), and is 25" long. He's in the 71st/72nd percentile on those. He's a CHUNK - as you can see from any pictures. He's already been mistaken for a 5 month old. Go figure.He's been sleeping through the night for about 2-3 weeks now... But he's still sleeping with us because, well, he's spoiled rotten. I've even tried getting him to take naps in his crib, but he will only sleep for 15-20 minutes there, but if I put him on our bed, he'll sleep for 1 hour - 1.5 hours... He's started having a "lovey" - he likes one of his blankets and will fall asleep "cuddling" with it. It's too cute (and TOTALLY unsafe!). He giggles, coos and loves to "stand" up. He's almost sat up on his own a few times, but his head is still really heavy, so he topples over. If we sit him up at in incline, he tries to sit himself up - he'll acutally pull the upper half of his body up off the pillow! We've started putting him in his Johnny Jump-Up and he's almost getting the hang of it - he LOVES it because he can stand up in it - and we love it because we don't have to sit there and hold him!!!!He responds the MOST to us when we say "I love you" and has even tried to mimic us a few times!! He will also "sing" with us when we sing to him. He really likes the ABCs. He'll sometimes "sing" as many as half of the letters with us. It's adoreable!

Bath time is a fun time - he likes to be a nekkie baby! He cries after bathtime when I try to put his diaper on him. But Daddy usually comes in and distracts him and before he knows it, he's fully dressed. Then it's story time - Brayden LOVES looking at books - it doesn't matter what they are. After story time, he gets a song (or 3) sung to him and then it's off to bed.

He is still spoiled at least weekly by Grandma & Grandpa... Grandma Laura can't go more than a week without thinking that she'll go crazy if she doesn't see her little Brayden. But that's good for us because it usually means (at minimum) a babysitter and a free meal!! I don't feel bad about that, either because Alan still basically lives at home, and Erin's grocery store is my parents' house. So we'll take the handouts, too, thank you very much.If you can't tell, I talking about my baby!!!!! I'm sure there's a lot more to say, but he's fussing from his crib right now, and I'm going to go check on him so Daddy can relax.