House At Pooh Corner

Braydon was having his afternoon fussy time. I was trying to settle him down but nothing seemed to be working. My laptop was on and I decided to play some music for him, I'd already tried everything else. To my surprise it actually worked. He was enjoying me singing "House at Pooh Corner" to him. Whenever I stopped he would get fussy again. Guess we have a Kenny Loggins fan on our hands. Dottie will love that!

Sleepy Braydon!

Braydon woke up this morning at 9 am and pretty much stayed up all morning. We went to the store and he usually falls asleep in his car seat but not today. On the way home he started crying and it was his sleepy cry. We got home and he didn't want to nap. But after being home for half an hour and giving him a 4 ounce bottle he couldn't take it anymore.

Trying To Smile

Braydon smiled at me today!!! It just lite up my world and made his fussy behavior slip from my mind. But when I tried to recapture the smile he decided he wanted to be shy. I had to post this anyways because he is just so darn cute. I'll keep trying to get him to smile on video and in pictures.

Passport Time

Today we had to take Braydon's picture for his passport. Yeah you read that right he needs a passport already. Guess that's what we get for living over seas and having a baby.

Do you realize how hard it is to get a 5 week old to sit still and look straight ahead? We tried several different ways and nothing worked. Finally we took the Boppy and put a sheet over it and we got the picture.

I wasn't going to take the chance and try to get a picture were he didn't look so afraid, and with his hair not standing up. Now when I look at this picture I just laugh and remember what it took to get the picture done.

1 Month Already? WOW!

Time flies by so fast! I can't believe that Bradyon is 1 month old already, it's gone by so fast. He is such a good little boy. Loves to be held and cuddle all the time. He is starting to stay awake for longer periods of time now and just loves to look around. When he sits on Daddy's lap he loves to look at a picture I created back in high school. He just keeps doing things new and thrilling every day. He does have his fussy times though. This picture was taken after one of them. He just got worn out from it all and fall asleep on Daddy's lap. It's times like these that make you forget about the fussy times.

3 week Dr. visit

Today was Bradyon's three week Dr. visit. So last night we wanted to get him all cleaned up and smelling nice. Therefore, Braydon got his very first bath (since the last one was only a sponge bath). I was expecting him to scream and cry through the whole thing, but he actually seemed to enjoy it.

Back to the Dr. visit....I was nervous that we would be feeding him too much, but the good news is we aren't. Braydon weighs 11 lbs. 7 oz. and is 22.5 inches tall. The Dr. said he looks good and all his reflexes are good. He was such a good boy, even when they took his temperature (from his bum). His next visit will be at 2 months.

Welcome Braydon Michael Hughes

Welcome Braydon Michael Hughes! Braydon came into this world on May 7, 2009 at 7:35 am. He was 9 lbs, 11 oz and 21 inches long. I was in labor for 19 hours before he was born. I woke up in the morning to having broken my water. Chris and I had a Doctors appointment already scheduled so we just went to that appointment. The Doctor admitted me and we began the process. Because I wasn't progressing enough they had to induce me. Once I was ready to go we tried to push this little guy out for 2 1/2 hours. After which my Doctor told me we could keep pushing or have a c-section. The baby wasn't making much progress. So we decided to have a c-section. Chris got to be with me the whole time and was the first to get a look at our baby. The first thing he said to me was "He has a lot of hair". He also got to cut the umbilical cord. Then he and Braydon left the room. All I got was to see his little face for a second. I wanted to scream "give me my baby" but I was straped to a table and shaking from the drugs. I went to recovery and was there for an hour when they finally wheeled me back to my room and I was able to finally really see my little boy.

Chris and I spent a few days in the hospital with Braydon and we got to go home on Mother's Day. It was the best gift I could have ever gotten. The nurses didn't want to see Braydon go. He was such a flirt with all the ladies. They would ask if they could feed him and got so happy when we said yes. Since the baby stays with us in the room we don't get to really sleep. But the nurses would take him for about three hours in the middle of the night and for that I'm so grateful. We were the only people on the floor so they just fawned over him and were so great to all of us.

Now that we are all home there are sure to be many adventures. We survived our first night last night and I'm sure things will get better. Click on the photo above and you can see all the pictures we have taken so far. I could just take photos of him all the time, that is when I'm not holding him and kissing him. Can't wait for everyone to meet him. Stay tuned for more.