The Parr Family

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Friends

We are very fortunate to have so many friends & family with children that are about the same age as Brayden. Four good friends and my sister in law all had a baby within a few months of when he was born! I don't think he'll ever have a lack of playmates. This past Friday, a group of my childhood friends and their children got together for a big playdate. Here are a few pictures:

Playing with his friends

Reese, Brayden, Bo, Clare & Knox

Already checking out the girls!!

We tried to get a group picture of Brayden, Reese & Tanner...not the easiest thing to do. I took about 7 or 8 pictures before giving up. But they all came out pretty funny in the end...here are a few attempts.

We had such a good time and plan to make this a more regular occurrence in the future.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Reading

Brayden loves to look at books and lately he has started "reading" them aloud. He'll flip the pages and babble while doing so. I think it's adorable! He won't let Greg or I read them to him anymore...he'll just start "reading" to us instead. Check out the video clip below!

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PS - Getting this video clip was not easy! Whenever I turn the camera on now, he'll stop whatever he is doing most of the time and crawl over to look right into the camera lens. I've gotten a good number of extreme closeups lately!

Monday, August 17, 2009

Weekend in Western NC

This past weekend we headed to western NC for my cousin's bridal shower on Saturday. During the shower, all of the guys went hiking at South Mountain State Park. Greg had Brayden in a backpack carrier for the hike, which he said Brayden absolutely loved! He had a big smile on his face and talked the whole time. Brayden also kept patting Greg's head and pulling his ears. I hate I missed it, but I did make Greg take the camera to get a few pictures! Needless to say, he was pretty tired and sore after the big hike. On Sunday, we all went to Wiseman's View in the Linville Gorge to spread my grandmother's ashes. Although Greg and I had a hard time getting there (mapquest directions are not always the best!), we finally made it and thankfully the family waited for us to arrive. It was a beautiful day and an even more beautiful setting for the occasion. My grandfather's ashes were spread in the same spot several years ago, so now my grandmother has joined him there. While we were sharing special memories with one another, a giant hawk flew right over the area. It was really neat for that to happen right at that time, and seemed to fit in perfectly with the moment. Here are a few pictures taken over the weekend.

Monday, August 10, 2009

9 month pictures

I took Brayden to get his 9 month pictures taken last week. He did such a good job...in fact, he was too good because I ordered way too many pictures. They all came out so well! He has changed so much since his 6 month pictures. My little boy is growing up too fast!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Pictures

Below are some of our favorite recent pictures of Brayden. It seems like we take so many each week because we want to capture everything he does!

Cool dudes Swinging at the park Looking out the window with Callie Getting into the videotapes Dinnertime"Listening" to the headphonesPlaying at the beach with mommyBoatrideSnoozing on daddy's chestTaking a bath with Caroline

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Crawling

After weeks of doing the "army" crawl on his stomach, Brayden is officially up on his hands and knees crawling. We were beginning to think it would never happen. He started doing it a little while we were in NY, and since we've been home he's only gotten better. He gets faster and faster every day. He is using his new found mobility to explore and get into EVERYTHING!! I don't think I sat down for more than five minutes at a time today. One of his favorite targets to crawl to is Callie. I'm not too sure if she likes the new attention....he goes straight for her tail and pulls as hard as he can. She's been pretty patient with him so far, I hope it continues! He has also mastered pulling himself to stand in the past few days. He is using that to his advantage as well...he'll pull himself up on the couch, coffee table, etc and just start grabbing for anything in site. We need to do some serious babyproofing now! Here is a video clip of Brayden in action.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Catch up!

I didn't realize I hadn't posted anything in awhile. The past few weeks have been a blur...we've been busy, busy, busy! The weekend before last, Greg's brother & family (Skip, Bernadette & Luciana) came down to NC. We spent a long weekend at Grammy & Grandpa Parr's visiting with everyone. We spent most of the weekend in the pool, which was very much needed in the 90+ weather! Brayden & Luciana had some good cousin bonding time....she really seemed to enjoy playing with him and his toys. We only get to see her a few times a year, so she has changed so much since we last saw her!

Brayden & Luciana

After their visit, we came home for two days to pack and get ready for our trip to NY to visit Greg's other relatives. We decided to break up the 11 1/2 hour drive into two days to make it a little easier for Brayden. He did great on the way up! Everyone there was so happy to see him (and I guess Greg and I too), although he was very clingy to me for the most part. Brayden has definitely become a mama's boy. He eventually warmed up and let others hold him, thank goodness...my arms were tired! He saw Lake Ontario, went to cousin Heather's graduation party and watched the July 4th parade while we were there. He couldn't stay up late enough for the fireworks though! We enjoyed spending time with the family and experiencing some cool weather for a change. (It was in the low 70s while we were there) The drive back was not so good. We were stuck in traffic for over two hours in PA and Brayden was VERY fussy. I think he has had enough of the car for quite awhile.