April 14-21, 2009

The last week has been fun filled for our little man. Brayden and mommy spent the first two days of the week in Toronto finishing their Easter visit with the Deffners and DeRooys. Daddy was very happy for his family to come home on Tuesday, only to have momma leave again on Wednesday for a four day business trip to Arkansas. On Thursday, daddy took off of work and stayed home with Brayden. In the morning, we went to Buy Buy Baby and bought a beach tent for the summer! So now we are officially ready to go to the beach as much as possible ;) After a little shopping, we went to Seneca Creek Park with Amy, Cole, Jake and Maya for a little afternoon fun. Jake and Cole had most of the fun as I helped them both on the zipwire and taking them down the big swing. I also got a chance to swing on the tire swing with Maya and Brayden, with my little man falling asleep as usual. We also took the kids down to see the geese and almost got attacked by a giant swarm of bees! In all, we had a great time with the Garvers and can't wait to do it again!

Continuing the busy day, Daddy and Brayden went to dinner with Bryan and Jack at Glory Days. After a long day at the park, Brayden slept for a large part of the dinner, but eventually came out to play with his little buddy. The Dad's are slowly making dinner out with the boys a ritual when momma goes out of town. Daddy loves his steak and cheeses and french fries, and knows that the Farmer's love them some Glory Days!

On Friday, Brady got to spend the day with Grandma Reiner and his Aunt Jessica who drove all the way from Annapolis to babysit. They brought a new izod overall outfit, which although a little big on him was absolutely adorable! Aunt Jessica got a full day of feeding, changing, playing and oogling over her little nephew. To finish out a long couple of days, Brady and Dad went to Rio Grande to meet Tim & Meaghan. While waiting for a table, Brady was a great boy in his stroller and was kicking on demand and handing out smiles like they were Halloween candy. He did great all through dinner but ended up pulling an entire glass of water on Tim's lap at the end!

On Saturday, with the weather outside beautiful, sunny and warm, Daddy took Brayden for a lengthy two hour walk through Germantown and then went to dinner with Nana, Pop-Pop and Poppy. Brayden got his first handful of spaghetti from daddy's plate and played with the 18 month old at the next table.

On Sunday, Mommy was home so the three of us went to Seneca Creek Park. While Brady slept, mommy and daddy had a picnic in the woods and looked over Brady's baby books to date. Momma has done a great job so far with keeping track of everything. We then took Brady on a hike through the woods in the baby bjorn. He actually stayed awake the whole time! We saw lots of turtles, ducks and geese. We are sure that Brady will love the animals when he is a bit older and can point and tell us what they are.

Finally, on Monday, Brayden went for his 6-month check-up and shots. He was so brave and only cried a little bit when he got them. We also found out Brayden's height and weight. He is in the 50% percentile for weight at about 16 pounds 5 ounces and he is in the 97th! percentile for height at 28.5 inches. He is already taller than daddy was at 10 months...we may have a future basketball star on our hands!

Once again, I hope to keep updating the blog as much as possible and do plan on adding our favorite past pictures and videos so everyone can see.

Justin