The Seminaras

Week 51 -

One more week until Brady's first birthday, wow where has the time gone.

Mom and Brady were solo this week and took advantage to catch up with some of Mom's girlfriends. First Brady got to meet Catie, one of Mom's long time Texas friends. Catie's husband is out of town for a couple months so she came over for dinner. Brady just loved her, cuddling in, sucking his thumb, and being very content. Then Brady got to see Kris and Randy who were awesome and brought dinner. Brady had a lot of fun showing off his toys, cruising around the house, and telling them stories (ie babble).

Brady got another try at a swing this week down at the park. This time he was a little hesitant to get in until Mom gave him Mr Squirrel, then he did ok. He swung in the swing for a while watching people come and go and watching the big kids play basketball. While he doesn't quite fill out the swing seat he does look a little taller in the swing than last time lol.

We took advantage of the nice Friday afternoon weather and checked out the Botanical Gardens. Brady liked crawling around on the blanket, but didn't like touching the grass (still doesn't). He was hilarious crawling on hands and feet (vs knees). He did get to see some birds, turtles, and lots of pretty flowers. And we all managed not to get sunburned.

Every week his balance gets steadier, he can stand longer, and take more steps. With all this freedom his independence has grown. He now likes to feed himself his own bottle while he cruises around. This can be pretty messy. When Mom or Dad try to give him a bottle he may tolerate it for a few sips but then he wants to get back up and go. Think he now officially qualifies as a toddler, eek!

Mom broke down and bought him some 12-18 month clothes for spring/summer. She wishes she could spend $50 and get an entire spring wardrobe (or at least a pair of jeans). While the Texas weather has been 70-80 deg, the northeast has been getting snow. Here's sending some nice weather their way!