Lots of Excitement!

I can't believe how much my baby can do now, and how BIG he is getting! Ah and he will be a YEAR old very very soon! Brayden is clapping, waving, crawling super fast, cruising, and walks with holding onto his walker toys. So I am told by many people that that means walking is just around the corner, eeep! I also love it every time someone says to me, "I can't believe how GOOD he is!" Which I get told that a LOT lol. And it's true. I know this is the result of us not spoiling him and having him play on the floor since he was really tiny. He is definitely not the baby who want to be held ALL the time. He likes his independence and LOVES to explore! Now don't go thinking we don't give him tons of love and hold him, because we DO. He is definitely the most kissed baby, and the most played with baby!! But I wanted from the beginning to teach my child it is ok to play by himself and entertain himself when Mommy and Daddy are busy. I kid you not this boy will play for 1-2 hours straight while I do house work and such. That is an awesome thing in my opinion! So, to sum it up, my boy rocks ;)

Moving day is set for this Sunday (AHHH 2 days yippy skippy!) and I'm very excited about it. Can't you tell? If the place hasn't been inspected by then, then we will still move most of our stuff and just not actually live there til Tuesday, because that is Jon's next day off. But they are working really hard over there to get it all finished, yay! I am most excited about this place because I am actually going to get NICE furniture and also decorate! A girl like me loves that kind of stuff. And I already got Brayden room painted. It's green and looks really good! The place we have lived in the past 1 year is not so very modern and we hardly have any furniture, and it is not decorated at all. Blah. But I will say one thing nice about it here, and that is that this was my baby's first home. There are so many wonderful memories I will hold in my heart forever and for that I will miss it. A little ;)

I am not for sure when, but with us having a yard and all we have really been thinking about getting a doggie for Brayden. He LOVES dogs! And I want to see him light up like that all the time. It is sooo cute when he is around a doggie. So we are still deciding but it would have to be a really good dog that I can trust if it's going to join our family. Only the best for my Bray Bray!! :D I will update again once we are moved probably. So until then ta ta for now and don't miss me too much, I'll be back!

*big hugs!*

Countdowns

Brayden Turned 9 months old Saturday and you know what that means...t minus 3 months until he hits the big ONE. It's too soon! I have seen how quickly 3 months flashes by with having a baby and I never knew time could ever dart by that fast. Crazy. I am getting a little excited to get ready for it and plan, and I will let you in on what I know I want to do so far! I want a small, intimate birthday party at casa de la Roberts' (our house lol). All of our family and friends are in California and we have met some great people here in St. Charles to call friends and they will for sure be invited. The more I think about the party being on the small side the more I love it. Less stress, less money to save, and more one-on-one time to spend with our guests. Plus everyone who will be there will be special because they are joining my closest family members and ourselves for this wonderful day in our lives. It's pretty important to Jon and I! And I want the theme to be "Prince Brayden." That also brings me to some other great news, we found our new home and will be moving in sometime this month! This was such an answer to prayers, and I feel God is rewarding us for all our hard work and dedication the last year. It has been quite a ride to say the least. :) So anyways, let me share some of the great details! It is a duplex, 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2 story with first floor underground so no need for an icky basement, all laminate floors, comes with all appliances (except washer and dryer, we already have those), a small fenced yard with a swing set left by the last tenants, and a storage shed. Another awesome thing about this place is, is that the entire downstairs is almost complete from a total renovation. There was a random flood a couple months ago (first time ever) and went into the downstairs of the 2 duplexes, but they are going to build some nice brick walls surrounding the entrance where the water got in, so it will almost be impossible for another flood to sneak it's way into the house. Oh, and I absolutely LOVE our landlords! They are awesome. They have been doing all the labor on the place (except for the dry walls) and really take great care of their properties, which is extremely important. We are used to really old landlords who are really strict yet slack on getting stuff done, that needs to be done. But they are younger, and really nice and cool people to talk to as well. I'm super excited ya'll! YAY! And finally I will be able to do our laundry IN our home without having to go down and up stairs to a basement. That is kinda hard with a baby who needs to have an eye on him all the time. And my favorite part? I am a nerd for this but that would be the DISHWASHER!! Never in my life have I had to hand wash dishes until we came to Missouri where almost no one puts them in their rentals. I mean, what the heck? I hate it. Hand-washing dishes til my fingers are all pruney like raisins and dry is not my forte! So that's the info on the new place. Everything else lately has been going awesome, including Avon. I love selling it and although it's still the beginning I love having my own business that's something of, well, my own! I'll have to try and get on here a little more often than I have been. Gotta go now, baby just woke up early from his nap and doesn't sound happy about it! :P


*hugs!*


some 9 month photos of Brayden!