Braden just met Santa for the very first time! We went to a near Bass Pro Shop so we could see Santa with his reindeer! It was great! I'm convinced that he was the REAL Santa, not just one of his helpers. He told us lots of stories about the North Pole because we were the only family in line for a while. It was loads of fun. We saw reindeer, trains, fish, bears, birds, racoons, turtles....and so much more! What a great day!

Starting the Sippy Cup...

Mommy and Daddy went to Wal-Mart today and along with the usual items they purchased (like diapers, wipes, gerber food, rice and oatmeal ceral, nursery water, food for them...) they bought me my first sippy cup! Mommy put some water in it for me to try. It took me a minute to get used to drinking out of this thing, but I soon got the hang of it. I'll have to admit, it makes me feel really big to drink out of my own cup, but I still like nursing with my Mommy, too.

Check out these pictures of me that my Daddy took!

(slurp....slurp...slrup.........burrrrp!)

My shots gave me a boo-boo!

Well, being 6 months old comes with some stipulations. I went to see my doctor again today. He's a pretty cool guy. He thinks I'm amazing because I sat up through the whole appointment except for when he had to lay me down to examine me more closely. He told Mommy that he hasn't seen such a big, strong 6 month old sit up so good in a long time. Most babies my size just fall over.

I weigh 18 lbs 13 oz now (the 75th percentile) and I'm 28.5 in long (95th percentile).

Then, after he looked me all over and told Mommy how perfect I was and how she is doing such a good job; that mean, old nurse lady came in the room with some needles! I cried while I got my shots, but I stopped as soon as my Mommy could rescue me and pick me up off of the table. Poor Mommy, though. She didn't stop crying for awhile. Boys are just tougher than girls, I guess.

Check out these studly "shots" of me below...(I'm so funny!).

Just too cute!

I hate to sound full of myself...but aren't I just the cutest?!? I love when my Mommy takes pictures of me. I know exactly where to look and how to look my cutest when Mommy or Daddy wants to take a picture of me.
I hope you like my stud shots here!

















The next picture is my pose for when I'm on the cover of some Real Cute Man Magazine. The last picture is of me sinking my 2 brand new teeth into my Daddy's thumb!!!

Bouncy!

Look at me! I'm a bouncy-baby-boy!

Do you notice Daddy sleeping in the background?

It must be nice to be a Daddy.

A Hard Workin' Man...

Well, we think that Braden is finally big enough to start helping out around here. He's been given a list of chores. Number 1 is to start mowing...

If only his arms and legs were longer, then he wouldn't need Daddy's help.