Life Lately

After a very busy June and first half of July, our summer slowed down quite a bit.  We've been enjoying lots of time at home, mostly doing our normal daily routine.  Here is a bit of what that has consisted of.

Brigham has become an awesome sleeper!  Especially when he has a few pacifiers.  He prefers one in his mouth and one for each hand.  We originally had extras in there so when he threw one out during the night we wouldn't have to go searching for it and could just get another one off the side railing.  Then he figured this out and before actually laying down to go to sleep he would crawl to each railing and pull off any of the pacifiers that were there so he could hold them while sleeping.

 He has found some interesting positions to sleep in and if you look carefully you can see four pacifiers in this one.

 We've tried lots of new foods lately.  His favorites are cheese, grapes, blueberries, and watermelon.  He appears to be able to eat as many of these things as we will let him.  Still not too sure about all the vegetables and meats, but we are working on it.

 Brigham loves making music and listening to music.  He has started flapping or waving his arms when certain songs come on that he enjoys.  He looks like he is trying to conduct his own choir.

 He has discovered the kitchen cupboards and drawers and likes to help "organize" them.

 He enjoys chewing on the furniture, especially while he is watching Mickey Mouse,

 He loves books.  He gets super excited when it is time to read stories.  I will hold out two books for him to choose between and he just giggles and stares at the two of them like there is no way he could actually choose between such great options.  Now he can flip through board books on his own so he will go to his shelf of books in the living room and pull them out one at a time and look through them.

He also really enjoys his new swimming pool that doubles as a ball pit when we are inside.

 We took him to his first baseball game.  I think he was a little afraid of the mascot.

 We also took him to his first football game.  I'm pretty sure he loved it.

 Brigham has really been loving his newest cousins.  He loves to go and watch baby Aidyn as soon as she comes over.  He is actually really gentle with her and will lean over and stare at her or touch with a finger.  He loves to be held with her so he can sit right next to her.  Of course, when I tried to take a picture of this he saw the camera and started cheesing it for the picture, so it isn't quite the sentimental moment it was before, but what can I say?  The kid loves the camera.

 He also loves cousin Milo and crawls up to him to give him kisses (or sometimes he might be trying to steal his pacifier).

There's a little glimpse into our life lately.  We sure are grateful for our happy little boy.  We have so much fun with him and can't believe how fast he is learning and growing.