TARHEEL for life!!

Brody was born into a Tarheel family....i cant help it because i was born into one too! And seeing as we have been living with my family since he was born...which is pretty much all of basketball season....brody hasnt had a choice but to watch ALL of the games:) hes so cute sitting next to Pop Pop on the couch watching the tv. he really does love watching the games...his eyes are glued! i had to take a few pics of him in his tarheel gear:)


Hes really started "standing up" alot in the past 2 weeks. hes learning how to put weight on his legs and they are definitely getting stronger, because he can do it for longer each time. he also is not too far from sitting up on his own i think. its crazy how strong he is! last night he sat there by himself for probably 20 seconds or so before falling to the side. we did that for quite awhile last night:) he hasnt quite got the strength to sit straight...hes still hunched over. but he will learn!

Brody's Dedication

We went to richmond this weekend to visit brians family for easter. while we were there we also got to dedicate brody! We desire to raise brody in a Godly home where Christ is the center.... to be able to dedicate him in brians dads church was so special! we are so glad brians family was able to take part in such an important day! although brody has no idea what happened today, it is a promise from us a brody's parents to try to raise him to be a Godly man and to later in life hopefully accept him as his savior. We look forward to that day! we got to spend some time with brians sister and her husband, who are expecting their first baby in september! they havent seen him since christmas so hes definitely changed alot since then! we had a wonderful easter...and brody looked adorable in his easter outfit:)

Parker and lindsay's visit

parker and lindsay finally made it back down to see the little guy last weekend. it had been about 6 weeks since they had seen him last. he grows so fast... hes definitely more of a little boy now, instead of a baby. Brody had so much fun with them! it was great to spend some time with them again! they were here all summer so its definitely weird not having them around anymore. we all miss them like crazy! they are getting married on january 2nd...its strange to think brody will be toddling around then!

Its been awhile...

wow..im just realizing how long its been since ive posted anything. I guess, that means nothing huge has happened in the past few weeks. we are still waiting to move in to our new house. they are still painting...which has taken longer than i ever thought possible! the only things left are the floors, lighting and other little accessories:) we are getting there! Brody is doing great....growing like a weed and learning new things everyday. he is such a joy! we are starting to get in the swing of things....ive been back to work for over a month now. we have just about got our routine down pat! i do miss him like crazy when im gone though! until next time....

Playtime

Brody has been holding his head up so well lately that we decided he could probably spend some time in his exer-saucer! he loved it! he loves sitting up so much now! no more laying down in mommy's arms like a little baby...its kinda sad! He wants to be able to see all thats going on around him!

House Update

They installed the cabinets yesterday and should start painting next week!! we are coming down the home stretch...not too much longer now!

What you will do to get a good nights sleep.....

So last night was the first night Brody has slept all night in his crib all by himself. hes been sleeping through the night for awhile now, but its taken me doing some crazy things to get him to do it. For the first month or so of his life he slept in his car seat....that was the ONLY place he would sleep for any period of time longer than 2 hours! then we noticed that he really liked the pad we had on his changing table because it was so soft and it came up on both sides of him and made him feel a little more secure. So we put that in his crib and have been letting him sleep on that for the past month. Hes been starting to turn over on his side now though, so i obviously new that we would have to take the changing pad out really soon so he wouldnt roll off of it. When you start finally getting a good 8-9 hours of sleep at night for the first time in months, you really dont want to jinx anything or mess it up at all by changing ANYTHING! But last night i decided to bite the bullet and take the pad out... and low and behold, he slept from 10 last night until 7 this morning! So he is officially sleeping through the night without anything to help him out...in his crib, all by himself, like a big boy:) AND it happened on his 3 month birthday! Its hard to believe hes 3 months old already....we love him more and more everyday, if thats possible.