Pictures and Captions

Sunday afternoon, showing off my mad parenting skills.
"Your too close Dad!!"

Cool picture of Nicolas at the bridge lighting ceremony.

Great Grandma

This is a picture of Brady and his Great Grandma from Oklahoma. She was nice enough to come up and visit us this last week. As you can see, Brady digs her as much as she digs him.

Last night Brady went with us down to the riverside to see the lighting of the new Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge. The event organizer did a great job adding some dramatic flare to the bridge lighting with some fireworks displays. It was cool to see all the boaters on the river when the sky lit up from the fireworks. Jen covered Brady's ears during the fireworks and he slept right through it! This venture out was the first time I sported the baby carrier strapped to my chest. I swore I would never wear it, but let me tell you it is way better than carrying that ridiculous car seat.

Beware the Dragon!

Well it has been a circus at our house! Grandma's, aunt, sister and nephew and Grandpa have all filled our little house with lots of activity. I think I will be finding little parts from little broken motorcycles and trucks left from fiery crashes off the steps and coffee table for the next year. We had pictures taken of the whole family by our good friend Jim, gone out for Mexican dinners in the rain, gone shopping and made a visit to the children's museum.

Brady has been pretty much...Brady during this visit. He doesn't care who holds him as long as he's not hungry. He can sleep anywhere, in anyone's arms, at any time. He did mention to me that he looks forward to sporting the dragon costume in a couple of years.

Cousin Kristopher

Cousin Kristopher from CA has come to Omaha to meet his new cousin Brady. So far we have looked at spider webs, gone to Hectors and played with trucks. We are looking forward to more fun times with the little "pine cone" the rest of the week.

Scary Baby

This evening, Brady and I were discussing what we should post on the blog. We threw around the idea of posting another adorable picture of him sleeping or with his eyes fixed on a plant, but then decided that because Halloween was just around the corner that we would post some "SCARY" pictures. The picture of Brady with four eyes was his idea and he was certain that it would freak out the readers. I tried to tell him that a baby laying on the floor just isn't very scary, but he insisted that I was on the verge of infringing on his creative freedoms, so I obliged.

Showtime

I think I mentioned that last weekend, we had our good friend Jim take some pictures of Brady and his proud parents. (If I didn't, I am telling you now) Jim sent me the proofs that I will hopefully get his permission to share with all of you very soon.

This week has been pretty average...yeah I said average...it doesn't feel that new to have Brady with us. We are beginning to build a routine and the adjustments don't feel necessarily feel like adjustments anymore. It is amazing how what felt so foreign just five short weeks ago, now feels so natural. Jen must have secretly taking parenting classes before Brady arrived because she makes it seem so easy.

Jen did try to freak me out a couple of days ago by dropping the "at the end of the month, I am going to go out with some girlfriends for dinner". Now that statement isn't too scary right? I was like, "sounds good, I will find something to do that night". Then she hits me with #2 of the 1-2 punch, "you realize your going to stay home with him?". WHAT?...I CAN"T BE LEFT ALONE WITH HIM!!! WHAT IF HE WON"T STOP CRYING? So much for natural, huh?

Jen's mom is coming over to ease my transition into solo parenting.

8lbs 10oz. aka..."Big Boy!"

This is just a picture to remind everyone how quickly they grow up. He is crazy tiny in this picture. It is amazing that we are five weeks into being a family. Jen is an absolute pro at being a Mom, Brady sleeps like...well a baby (except he doesn't cry...just funny little chirps all through the night.) and I...well I don't know what I do except keep the blog updated.

Brady went to the doctor this week and weighed in at 8 lbs, 10 oz, which is over a pound and a half in five weeks! The doc was very pleased with his progress. What he doesn't know is that I have Jen on a 6,000 calorie a day protein shake and fish oil diet. She's packing on tons of muscle!