Nine Months

This is Brady at nine months old. He tried spaghetti for the first time and liked it.

This weekend we went camping at Pinehurst Lake Conservation area, Becky let us use her tent trailer. We chose somewhere close to home, just in case we forgot anything or needed to return home quickly. Luckily for us, my Mom babysat Brady on Friday night while Brad & I had a night to ourselves. Thanks again Mom, for watching Brady, I needed the break. The funny thing is that Brady slept the whole night for her...which he hasn't done for us in about a month & a half. I too got a good night sleep. On Saturday, we went to the Gore Family Picnic at Bingeman's. It was a little cool for the water park but we did attempt the splash pad and wave pool but Brady wasn't really into it. Then we took Brady to Pinehurst with us and the Smith's came for a visit. Our camping trip with Brady went great and we will definitely go again with him.

Of all things to play with at Bingeman's, Brady wanted to play with the bolt holding the rope!
Brady splashing in the pool at Bingeman's.


Paige relaxing in her lawn chair.
Daddy teasing Brady with his brown bottle!
Brent posing for a picture with Paige while sitting around the campfire.
The kids relaxing with their feet up after supper!



On Sunday, Wayne & Trish came over for a long over due visit and supper.

Happy Father's Day!

It's been a busy week. Starting last weekend, Brad & I tore down the fortress around our deck...that was the easy part! The hard part is yet to come...making sure all the screws are in below the surface, sanding the deck, staining it and putting up a new railing. In case you don't know our deck is 16 x 30 and the deck was fenced in so we've opened it up. This is not going to be a quick job but it will look great in the end and we will enjoy the deck much more when it is done. Plus, we can now see our backyard from inside the house so it will be great when Brady is big enough to play in the yard by himself. This is a picture of the deck currently.


On Thursday, Brad & I took Brady swimming at the Waterloo Rec Centre and he loved it. He is a little fish! On Friday, Brady & I went to the Gore Birthday Party BBQ and Brady enjoyed all of the attention that he got from everyone. He also enjoyed the cake that Debbie shared with him. On Saturday, we went back to the Brantford Zoo with Jen & Paige. Brady went for his first horsey ride and he loved it, Paige wouldn't go for a ride. Then we all went to the Paris Splashpad & Pool to cool off, where the kids enjoyed themselves and the Mommy's too!
Here Brady & Paige traded hats for a few minutes...I don't think Brad would appreciate his little boy in girls clothes!







Brad went to South Buxton Raceway on Saturday night and got to see his Uncle Joe win his second feature race. Joe took home a six foot trophy. Congratulations Joe!

This Sunday was of course, Father's Day. Brad got a new lawn chair and outdoor speakers which he has wanted since we bought our house. We traveled to London to meet my parents, my sister & Greg for a Father's Day lunch. Then we were going to play at a park near the restaurant but Brady fell asleep in the car on the way. When we got home we just relaxed and Brad got his favorite meal for supper...pizza & garlic bread. These are a couple of pictures of Brad & Brady horsing around on Father's Day.


By the way, Brady is taking after his father, he loves garlic bread. We've also tried some other new foods the last couple of weeks; some of the foods he likes - yogurt, bread, pizza crust, cucumbers and honeydew melon; some he didn't prefer - watermelon, cantaloupe, dill pickles or baby food with meat in it. Brady also likes to make faces or copy facial expressions.

New Baby Cousin

Congratulations to Uncle Pat & Aunt Jackie on the safe arrival of their baby Brianna Lynn. She was born on Monday June 4th at 2:09 pm weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. This picture is compliments of big sister Brittany.

Our Weekend

Brady likes to climb up &/or on anything he can. To the right, he has climbed into his old carseat to play with the straps...I think he likes that car seat more now that he doesn't have to be in it. Brady likes to climb up on Brad while he lays on the floor and then he can get on the couch. Below: Or he will climb into his rocker chair & stand up in it...he doesn't like to sit in it anymore.




We had a BBQ on Saturday and Brady got to see all of girlfriends...the Royce girls and Paige. Brady got to try his first cheesy and he loves them. Also, as you can tell he likes "brown bottles"....he definitely takes after his Dad.
Cheesy Face!


Left: Brady & Mommy on her birthday. Brad & Brady got me a coffee table that I wanted so I don't have to worry about Brady cracking his head open on the one we have...these are things that we didn't consider when we bought the coffee tables, nor were we thinking about babies then either! My parents came up that night and we all went out for dinner and ice cream. Unfortunately, Brady got some ice cream too and he didn't want to go to bed that night. We're not sure if it was actually the ice cream or the little catnap he had on the way home from Paris.