He is Walking!

Finally Brody is walking! He started last Friday afternoon. He still prefers crawling, but each night he will walk back and forth between Jim and I several times. He also loves to rock on his cow at night (and is getting a little more daring than I like!).

We went and cut down our Christmas Tree last Friday. It didn't take us long at all because it was snowing and only in the mid 20s! It will be a lot easier next year when Brody can walk while looking for a tree.

Super Mom - holding the tree and Brody!

On Saturday Brody went for his 4th haircut. It turned out a little shorter than I expected, but he does look very cute! I couldn't believe how fast it grew this time!


Brody is still spending a lot of time in the Toddler Room at Day Care. He can officially move over there when he is walking the majority of the time. The teachers say that he loves sleeping on the cot and does a great job eating at the table. I can't believe that he is been going there for almost a year now! He really does love to play with all of his friends there.


I only have one more week of work before a 2 week vacation around Christmas and New Years. I am looking forward to getting to spend so much time with Brody!

Last night Brody was showing of his talents!

Happy Thanksgiving

Once again I am back to being the once a month blogger! There have been some rough times since the last time I wrote. A week ago today I had to put one of my best friends to sleep, my cat Chloe. She had been with me for the majority of my 20's and seen me through many ups and downs. I never thought I would really be a "cat person" until I found her. I got her during my senior year at Western Michigan University and she moved with me to Ferris and then back to Kalamazoo and then back to Grand Rapids. She was there for me when Jim was traveling for months at a time, when I became a wife, every morning when I was getting sick during Brody's pregnancy and when I was trying to figure out how to get Brody to sleep through the night. I think she was put here to make sure that I was not alone...and now she knew that I would never be alone again. It all happened really quickly, she was only 8 1/2 years old and ended up going into kidney failure a week ago last Friday. That night I saw her and knew things were bad and by Monday we were at the vet and I was saying goodbye. I think this is one of the hardest things I have ever been through (for those that are not animal people it may be hard to understand - but she really was my baby before Brody). Luckily, I have Brody to keep me smiling and thankful for all that I do have.

This picture reminds me that he still is a baby!

We found out recently that he likes the Doodlebops

He also loves to rock on his cow!!

I can always count on him to smile for the camera!

We took Brody out to experience sledding today. We had taken him out the last time it snowed to feel it but we hadn't gotten enough to go sledding until today. After getting him in all of his layers we ended up only being outside for about 5 minutes! At least I got some pictures out of it!

First time touching snow

Not sure that he liked the cold!

Brody has moved up to the next classroom at Day Care - this means that he is now sleeping on a cot for nap time! I couldn't believe it when they told me he would sleep on it. He is also with older kids who are all walking - I am hoping that this convinces him that walking is something he wants to do. Jim and I know that he is capable - He has actually stood numerous times on his own and taken at least 8-10 steps in a row...he just seems to prefer crawling. Hopefully by the next post I will have a video of him walking on his own. Right now he just teases us by pushing his walker and train around the living room. He is very interested in copying us now - below is a video of him following dad's lead while in the bathtub.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I will try to get on here and post before Christmas!