Hello Mr. Toad

This is a picture of our friendly little toad who comes by every night. He just sits in our yard and doesn't move. We think that maybe his family is in the yard and he is watching over them. The other day Chris was watering the lawn and he saw a whole bunch of the little ones jumping out of the yard. I just worry that the lawn mower will get them, but that hasn't happened so we are all good.

On to other little things. Braydon has such a little personality on him. His new thing is to pick up the phone off the charger and bring it to me. He then puts his hand to his ear and says "Da Da" which means I have to call Daddy for him. He even does this when Chris leaves the room. He also likes to take all the diapers out of their stacker and throw them on the floor. Then he takes them and puts them in his mouth and crawls around. He knows what we are saying when we are asking him questions. He will crawl up the stairs when we say nite nite and go to his room. He also tells us "bite bite" and points to his mouth when he wants food, and then says "ba ba" for his bottle. He waves hi and bye all the time and is still a very big flirt. Braydon is getting very close to walking on his own, he cruises like there is no tomorrow, and also will take two steps from the table to the couch. I think he will be walking by the end of the month.

This week we have a busy week, I have my statistic's final and Braydon has his one year check up. Then we are going to the market to get some good veggies and fruits for his snacks. On Thursday the command is having a picnic to celebrate the end of the school year so that will be fun. On Saturday we are taking a trip to Modica to go to a chocolate factory. Can't wait for some homemade chocolate!

Memorial Day Weekend

On Saturday we took Braydon to his very first movie "Shrek Forever After". Since it only costs $3 per adult we would only be out $6 if he couldn't stand the movie. The run time for the movie was 1 hour and 34 minutes. That seemed to be a good amount of time and he might actually make it through the movie. He lasted an hour before he wanted to get down and walk around. I consider that a success!
On Sunday it was overcast but that didn't stop us from going to the pool. Last year Braydon would only go up to his thighs. We figured he would love the pool since he loves taking baths. Well at first he wasn't so sure and would fuss a little and cling to me. After a few minutes he warmed up to the pool and began to enjoy it. The weather wasn't that great, but the pool is heated and stays at 78 degrees. We are going to go more often and he will see how much fun the pool is. Later that night we had some friends over and caught up on our trips. They were gone the same time we were and went to Beaches resort in Turks and Caicos, we will have to take a trip there.

Monday we had planned to go to Argrigento (sp) but neither one of us felt really good. So we spent the day in the house in our pj's and relaxing. Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day!

County Fair

Each May the base puts on a County Fair. There are booths with different types of food, carnival rides, bands, and vendors. Last year Braydon was only a few weeks old when they had the fair so we didn't really explore very much of it. This year we went both days and really enjoyed ourselves. Braydon is still too young to try any of the rides, but that didn't stop me from trying them for him.

Chris's command always has a food booth, but this year I wasn't feeling their food (soul food really isn't my cup of tea). So I spent my money at the Filipino booth, I even went back for seconds, their food just tastes soooo good. We also enjoyed funnel cakes (after waiting a 1/2 hour for it), some sangria, and even a deep fried twinkie. It's a good thing I waited to start my diet!

Our weekend wasn't all about the county fair though. We had some friends over to celebrate Braydon's birthday. He has had three birthday parties so I don't know how we will ever compete again with his first birthday! We waited until this party to give him the gift we got him, which was a 4x4 for 12-36 month old children.

Our Vacation

We just got back from a trip home, it was very exhausting but also very fun. Braydon celebrated his first birthday and also his christening. We took him to his first Cubs game and also to the Zoo for the first time. Braydon had his one year photos done by my friend Jessica and both he and her did an amazing job. We traveled to Kentucky to visit with Chris's family and let Braydon spend some time with his cousins. Hayden is 18 months and Maddie is almost 12, they both love Braydon and the three of them had a great time. Hayden was very sad to see Braydon go and she cried when we left.

Finally an update!

Okay so I am horrible at updating this month. We haven't done anything interesting since we are trying to save money for our trip home in a few days. Also the class I'm taking right now on Operations has been a very hard class and lots of reading being done.

Braydon still isn't walking he is cruising and doing it very fast too. He can move around the coffee table in the blink of an eye. He is trying to stand on his own and that has resulted in a few falls with some bumps and bruises. Yesterday his crawling changed from the military style to an actual crawl, sometimes though he will go back to the military style because he can move faster.

I still can't believe that my little guy is almost a 1 year old. We have a very busy trip planned while we are home. Braydon will get to go to his first baseball game and we are going to go to the zoo. Of course we are also going to have his first birthday party and his christening. We also have a visit planned with my friend Jessica who is going to take some awesome photos of Braydon! Can't wait till we are home and everyone gets to see Braydon.

Doctor Visit

Today I took Braydon to the Doctor for a follow up visit following his ear infection. They did the usual and weighed him and measured him. He now was 25.5 lbs and is 31 inches tall. The Doctor found that he still had some fluid in his ear, but she expected that since it's only been a little while since he got medicine for it. The Doctor said that the fluid should clear up in a couple weeks and that there is nothing that could be done to fix it. Overall, Braydon is a healthy boy and he should be 100% in a few weeks. Just in time for our plane trip back to the states for his 1st b-day.

Happy Easter!

One more holiday closer to Braydon's first birthday. Yesterday we went to an Easter celebration the base had and Braydon got to meet the Easter Bunny. Braydon didn't know what to think, hence the no smile in the picture. There was an easter egg hunt, but we missed it by just a few minutes.

Today we just stayed home and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Braydon got two Easter baskets. One from us and one from his Nana. The one from us had a toy and some chocolates, the one from Nana was an Elmo basket with a toy and candy. This little boy was very spoiled this year. He had also gotten presents from his Grandma and Grandpa French.