May 10, 2014

Brandon had a big week!   He started walking!  May 7, 2014 was the official day, and he decided to do it at Grandma and Grandpa's house when neither mom or dad were around of course.  He didn't do much of it the next couple of days, but then May 10, 2014 he is really starting to prefer to walk over crawl!   This is right about the exact same time Melanie started walking. 

 

Last weekend Melanie took a painting class!  I took a painting class at my friend, Beth's, Bachlorette party and thought it would be fun for Melanie since they had kid classes for kids 5 and up.  She was a little young for a 2 hours class attention wise, but did pretty well overall!   She was very proud of her painting and has it hanging up in her room.

 Brandon also got his first haircut on May 3rd!  He got a buzz cut!  Here is a picture before.

    And a picture after!  He's really starting to look like daddy more and more every day, especially with his haircut.   I also just discovered that he has 3 more teeth and he's had them for awhile.  We didn't realize his molar's were the next to be coming in and so we weren't looking for them.  No wonder he is drooling like crazy.  So now our 13 month old has 11 teeth! 

 

April 25, 2014

I am so sorry I have been so bad about keeping up with this blog!  In the last couple of months, Melanie turned 5 and Brandon turned 1!   

 Brandon weighed 21 lb. 3 oz at his one year old check up!  

I like this picture of them standing next to each other so you 

can really see how much a child grows in just 4 years!

Brandon has taken a couple of steps, but usually he still refuses at 13 months now.  He can stand good on his own, but he would still rather crawl. 

Melanie "curtseying".  She still loves dresses and pretending she is a queen.

 This is the face Brandon makes when you open your mouth really wide (see Melanie doing it in the background).  He is so scared of it!  I discovered this last night when he put too much food in his mouth at once and so I asked him to open his mouth wide and I demonstrated it.  Burst into tears!  And yep, still causes him to burst into tears today..  

I love his pout lip before the tears really start rolling! 

 

January 27, 2014

Messy piggy's!  Apparently Raspberry, Blueberry, Banana, Spinach Smoothies are very good!

 

(Melanie, 4 3/4 and Brandon, 10 months)