Friday, March 26, 2010
Play time
Here are some recent pics of Brayden playing in his new activity bouncer. he looks so big until you put him in something like this. the box says suitable for 4-12 mo old baby's and he is 4 months old but not quite big enough yet. When we first put him in there he just slumped backwards. We had to pack blankets around him so he could sit up straight in the seat. We have to put a pillow under his feet because he can't touch the bottom. But he loves it, especially the little lion puppet.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
4 months old
I know this is a little late but I was out of town last week.
On the 16th Brayden officially turned 4 months old. I can't believe he is that old already. He is growing so fast and getting so big. Brandon and Carrie made the comment the other day that he doesn't look like the same baby. I went back and looked at some older pictures and they are right. He has gotten so fat and so long that he looks completely different from the baby that came home from the NICU two months ago. The last weight check for him which was last week he was weighing in at 10lb 9.9oz. He continues to gain about an 1.5 oz a day. Which would put him around 11 lbs 4oz today.
Payton is still infatuated with his little brother, I figured the new would have worn off by now bu he still loves him and wants to play with him all the time. Brayden is just completely fascinated with Payton (and the painting we have on the wall). 90% of the time if Brayden is mad and screaming Payton can walk int he room and Brayden will stop and stare at him and just start laughing. Payton can make him happy when nothing else will. I guess its a brother thing. The other day Brayden was fussing and Payton walked up and started telling him it was okay, he was there, don't cry. the funny thing was Brayden turned and looked at Payton and changed his fuss to more of a telling off on Miranda and I. He was looking at Payton and kind of cooing/growling like he was complaining to Payton that we weren't making him happy. It was so funny.
Yesterday Payton was in gym class and they had to swing on the rope into the foam pit. the first time he went to gym he was too scared to do it. This time he climbed right up there grabbed the rope and swung into the pit. He told me afterwards that he wanted Brayden to be proud of him. He always says he wants to be a big boy so that Brayden will be proud. More to come soon.
On the 16th Brayden officially turned 4 months old. I can't believe he is that old already. He is growing so fast and getting so big. Brandon and Carrie made the comment the other day that he doesn't look like the same baby. I went back and looked at some older pictures and they are right. He has gotten so fat and so long that he looks completely different from the baby that came home from the NICU two months ago. The last weight check for him which was last week he was weighing in at 10lb 9.9oz. He continues to gain about an 1.5 oz a day. Which would put him around 11 lbs 4oz today.
Payton is still infatuated with his little brother, I figured the new would have worn off by now bu he still loves him and wants to play with him all the time. Brayden is just completely fascinated with Payton (and the painting we have on the wall). 90% of the time if Brayden is mad and screaming Payton can walk int he room and Brayden will stop and stare at him and just start laughing. Payton can make him happy when nothing else will. I guess its a brother thing. The other day Brayden was fussing and Payton walked up and started telling him it was okay, he was there, don't cry. the funny thing was Brayden turned and looked at Payton and changed his fuss to more of a telling off on Miranda and I. He was looking at Payton and kind of cooing/growling like he was complaining to Payton that we weren't making him happy. It was so funny.
Yesterday Payton was in gym class and they had to swing on the rope into the foam pit. the first time he went to gym he was too scared to do it. This time he climbed right up there grabbed the rope and swung into the pit. He told me afterwards that he wanted Brayden to be proud of him. He always says he wants to be a big boy so that Brayden will be proud. More to come soon.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Chunky Monkey
I know updates have not been very frequent and I apologize to those of you who watch this site regularly. Things have been going well, except for the lack of sleep part. Brayden seems to have something against sleeping at night. he has been keeping Miranda up for hours on end just fussing cause he wants to be played with. We try keeping him up during the day to make him sleep at night but he still thinks when the sun goes down it's time to play.
Miranda has suffered the most, she lets me sleep at night during the week because of work, but on the weekends I try and stay up with him so she can get some rest. Not only does she have to keep up with Brayden, she also has to make sure Payton gets his schooling done and makes it to his baseball, gym and swim class. Then you throw in the doctors appointments for both of the boys, I don't know how she makes it.
speaking of doctors, Brayden went to the pulmonologist (lungs) two days ago and she told Miranda that he no longer needs to see Brayden. He is doing so well that the doctor DC'd any future visits. I was shocked though when Miranda called me and told me that Brayden is now 10lbs 1 oz. I can't believe he has gotten that big. I look at him and still see the little baby in the bubble, but he's not that baby anymore. He doesn't even look the same. All the fat has filled in around his face and he looks really different. If we didn't know any better we would think they gave us the wrong baby. (just joking by the way...we know he is ours. Dr. Nesslein assured us of it).
Payton is still loving his little brother. He is so protective of him and always wanting to play with him, so much so that sometimes he actually gets in the way. He still doesn't like the whole diaper change thing but he does help out alot around the house. having Brayden around has made him mature so much. He wants to help do things and is always asking how Brayden is doing when he is not at home. yesterday I was trying to make Brayden wake up so he would sleep at night and I jokingly said I was going to put Brayden in the freezer to wake him up...I opened the door so the cold air would hit him in the face and wake him up...Payton ran over grabbed Brayden by the leg and stared pulling him as hard as he could away from the fridge. He kept saying don't put my baby in there. It was hilarious. I will try and do a better job of keeping this updated in the future.
If any of you out there who are following this see Dr. Nesslein tell her to check out the latest pics.I think she would be amazed at how he looks now. He is such a chunk, all he wants to do is eat. I will add some more pics and video shortly.
Miranda has suffered the most, she lets me sleep at night during the week because of work, but on the weekends I try and stay up with him so she can get some rest. Not only does she have to keep up with Brayden, she also has to make sure Payton gets his schooling done and makes it to his baseball, gym and swim class. Then you throw in the doctors appointments for both of the boys, I don't know how she makes it.
speaking of doctors, Brayden went to the pulmonologist (lungs) two days ago and she told Miranda that he no longer needs to see Brayden. He is doing so well that the doctor DC'd any future visits. I was shocked though when Miranda called me and told me that Brayden is now 10lbs 1 oz. I can't believe he has gotten that big. I look at him and still see the little baby in the bubble, but he's not that baby anymore. He doesn't even look the same. All the fat has filled in around his face and he looks really different. If we didn't know any better we would think they gave us the wrong baby. (just joking by the way...we know he is ours. Dr. Nesslein assured us of it).
Payton is still loving his little brother. He is so protective of him and always wanting to play with him, so much so that sometimes he actually gets in the way. He still doesn't like the whole diaper change thing but he does help out alot around the house. having Brayden around has made him mature so much. He wants to help do things and is always asking how Brayden is doing when he is not at home. yesterday I was trying to make Brayden wake up so he would sleep at night and I jokingly said I was going to put Brayden in the freezer to wake him up...I opened the door so the cold air would hit him in the face and wake him up...Payton ran over grabbed Brayden by the leg and stared pulling him as hard as he could away from the fridge. He kept saying don't put my baby in there. It was hilarious. I will try and do a better job of keeping this updated in the future.
If any of you out there who are following this see Dr. Nesslein tell her to check out the latest pics.I think she would be amazed at how he looks now. He is such a chunk, all he wants to do is eat. I will add some more pics and video shortly.
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