I'm Going to Be A Mommy Again!!....

Not like that.  Haha, sorry, it was just too good to pass up.  I mean I'll be finishing my last few days of intense rotations on Wednesday, and I'll have a lot more time to actually spend playing with and feeding my son.  So, I'll be a Mommy again in that sense....definitely not in the "I'm pregnant again" sense.  Not for another year or so, at least.  But definitely looking forward to seeing my son on a more regular basis for awhile.

Father's Day was fun, Braden bought two new Daddy-centered onesies to wear on Daddy's special day.  He didn't have a lot of time to be creative because he's been working so hard, but Braden definitely loves his Daddy!!  He also spent time with Grandpa and Uncle Petey (who knows, he may be a father, too....??).  And as the ultimate Father's Day gift, he actually took a couple of knees forward crawling!!  We were very excited, Daddy even got some video of it.  That was a week ago, and since then, Braden's learned to get around very well.  Not always actual crawling, but slithering, army-crawling, and lurching forward and hitting his head in the process, too.  So exciting =)

In other fun firsts, Braden went to his first wedding yesterday.  And let out a gigantic toot during the ceremony that everyone heard.  I thought it was a poop, but it was just a loud, stinky toot.  Hehe.  That's my boy....

Time Flies

Coming up on our first Father's Day tomorrow....Braden bought his Daddy some cute presents, he's excited to show them to him!  Pictures to follow.

Time has flown by these past few months since going back to work.  I've had intermittently really rough schedules, it's been exhausting.  I come home more tired than you could imagine, but I don't want to sleep because I want to be with Braden.  And of course Daddy's exhausted being a House Dad, so it's rough all around.  He's also training for the Vineman half-Ironman next month in Napa which is extra hard! 

For the past couple weeks, Braden has been entering his separation anxiety stage.  We leave the room, he cries.  We come back, he's all big smiles.  When it comes time to go to bed, it's torture for us because he just cries and cries, and sometimes it's damn near impossible to get him to sleep.  It's heart-wrenching, he feels like we're abandoning him!  Too bad there's no reasoning with a 5 month old....

I think he's also beginning to teethe.  The chewing on things has gotten out of control!

 Random flowers,

 His toys,

 Our bunny, Simon,

 And, of course, Mommy.

Everything but the nice, cold teething ring.  Drool is everywhere!  I think I'm going to cry when he actually does pop his first tooth.  Breastfeeding may be over forever....

Also, in exciting Braden news (really, is there anything else?), he's thisclose to crawling.  We're up on our hands and knees, rocking back and forth.  We can turn round and round, and sometimes we even move backward.  Video camera is poised and ready!!