Playing catch up!

March has been very busy for us!  I apologize for the delay of pictures as I left my camera in Shelby.  Now that it has returned home, I can update on our lives.  In a short month our little guy has tried drinking out of a sippy cup with great success, we bought a high chair, have been to Raleigh three times this month, the beach for a day, Shelby for a few days, two weddings, and our little boy is sitting up laughing and really just a lot of fun!

My silly monkeys

Daddy makes a great jungle gym

Bradford being cute as he does so well!

more peas please...

Sitting in my high chair for the first time

Entertaining Nana and Grandpa!

Playing in the Exersaucer at Aunt Liddy's

Sweet baby Anna

Anna Elizabeth Greeene

New Fun

Brady is doing all kinds of new things!  He loves sitting in his high chair to eat.  He is starting to explore the new world of fruits, he has had pears and bananas now!  He is doing very well with sitting up on his own by balancing on his hands for times of 30-45 seconds and is talking up a storm.  Should we be surprised?  It is hilarious.

We went to Shelby this past week for a few days to visit my friend Elizabeth and her growing family of now 3!  Sweet baby Anna is a beautiful 2 week old and it was amazing to hold her and be taken back to when Brady was that tiny.  We also got to have to have some fun playtime with my parents Nana and Grandpa as well as Aunt Kathleen!  I have misplaced my camera so no new pics until then!


Saturday Andrew and I ran our first 5K in Cary with his sister Allison.  It was benefiting colon cancer and called Get your Rear in Gear!  It was tough, I am proud to say Allison and I finished together, we actually beat Andrew but I am proud of him we both kicked butt!!!  Allison really encouraged me when the going got tough.  I stopped to walk 3 times between the 2nd and 3rd mile.  At the end I caught up to Allison and we crossed the finish line together with a time of 31:46!  I was wiped though and Allison looked like she could keep running!:)

We got to hang out with all of the grandparents, Great Grandma Marilyn, and see Aunt Amy for lunch and a stroll around the mall!  It was a great weekend!

Here are some fun videos of our little guy  talking up a storm!  Enjoy!

To sleep or not to sleep? That has been Brady's question!

For those of you that don't know we have been waking up a lot at night between the hours of 1-3 or 4 or 5 for about two weeks now!  This is all due to teething only.  I took him to the doc on Monday to ex out the factor of a possible ear infection.  He is thankfully healthy as a horse.  It is hard to be a parent these days with everyone always wanting an answer and all of the "Baby Stuff" that is available.  There is almost too much on the market for everything and it can at times be a bit overwhelming.  Which teether is the best?  To orajel or not to orajel?  The nighttime one with pain medication or the all natural one?  Who cares?  What I want is what is going to work!  Well after some exhaustion and tears and trying to get advice from everyone he finally slept for 7 HOURS LAST NIGHT and then for another 3.  There is hope in the air!  Due to all of this it has been more pertinent to have me time.  Andrew hasn't been up with me much b/c he has had to work but has been super sweet in helping with dinner and other things around the house and letting me get out for a couple hours this week.  I love him!

Valentine's Day was sweet but not overly exciting at our house.  We went out to dinner Friday night and counted that as our Valentine's dinner out and Andrew got me a new wallet and some flowers and a card which I loved them all!  I doted on my two sweet valentines! 

Have you seen my spoon?

Here are some mores pictures of Brady enjoying the experience of rice cereal!  I couldn't choose because I think they are all hilarious:)  Now that he has learned to pass things from one hand to the other (like his spoon), he is trying to figure out how to get it into his mouth!

Look what I can do!

January has come and gone by quickly!  Brady is changing so much and so fast.  He lights up when his Daddy comes home, they are fun to watch play together.  He is sitting up with assistance or propped up on his hands and is just as cute as ever as you can see!

Who me?

We have also ventured into the land of almost real food.  I realized he was still hungry and often so we gave rice cereal a go!  He loved it from the first bite and hasn't stopped eating since.  I went from having a 5 month old in 0-3 clothes to a huge 5 month old that leaped into his 3-6 month clothes.  He has gotten huge over the last two weeks!  Can we say GROWTH SPURT:)  Here are the first time eating pics!  More please!

 

 

Just hanging out being cute!

Random Acts of Kindness

This past Christmas Andrew and I along with two other couples were involved in a very fun and rewarding project!  It is called Random Acts of Kindness.  In our business we have a fun line called Ribbon.  For those of you that don't know Ribbon is a gift solutions and incentive line to help solve all your gift giving needs.  Basically you have a gift need to fulfill whether it be a wedding, birthday or baby shower.  There are many choices and price ranges to choose from.  The pamper album sounds extra wonderful to me right now.  Anyway,  the person receiving the gift does not know the price range you choose and receives the gift then redeems it online with their gift card number.  It is then shipped to their door for no charge.  It is a wonderful way to experience gift giving! 

Random Acts of Kindness is for soldiers that were coming in for the holidays.  We went to the airports in Raleigh and Greensboro and handed out a Ribbon album to each soldier we saw.  Each album bought had a thank you card inside addressed and stamped to the soldier receiving it so that they could thank their sponsor.  They were all very thankful for being thought of.

Check out the video!

Out with the old and in with the new

This past weekend we adopted some NEW to us furniture from Andrew's aunt and uncle.  They have received the exciting opportunity to go to France for three years with Patrick's job.  They were getting rid of a lot of stuff so we got blessed!  Our kitchen table was about 30 years old.  It was the one Andrew's parents bought when they got married.  It served us for four faithful years.  Some of the chairs served us a little less longer, which was the need for a new table.  We went from 5 pretty good chairs to one busted out from under Andrew, and two the wooden posts popped out anytime someone sat in them.  We relentlessly hammered and glued and nailed and tightened to do it NO MORE.  The last two chairs are still great and I hope it all finds a new home!  We love the new matching hutch!  It all matches so well! THANK YOU!!!

Our bonus room which was a huge selling point for us when we bought the house a year ago has not been used a whole lot until recently.  It was Andrew's office and held Brolly's crate.  Not too long ago we acquired a sleeper sofa from Grandma Beezer which is super comfy and I love.  We also adopted this weekend a new TV and huge entertainment center for upstairs to replace the microwave cart and an older TV.  The Bost home is now HD!  Over Christmas Brady received a rug, toys , and cubbyhole system.  I dreamed of this room looking like this when we moved in.  Needless to say we now use this room all the time and it is my favorite place to play with my son.  It is a great feeling when you feel like you have made something your own!  So Marieanne, Patrick, Max and Sam while I know these pieces will greatly miss you I hope they will learn to love living with us!