Sir Branson - 6 Months!

6 months - 19lbs - 26 inches

Feeding - You continue to breastfeed 5-6 times a day and remain to be a good little eater, although the older you get the more distracted you get while feeding.  A few days ago we started you on "solid" food!  You have been ready for awhile and were pretty excited to eat like a big boy.  So far you have tried rice cereal and bananas - once you got use to the texture you loved it!

Sleeping - You are napping really well with 2-3 naps a day depending on the length and time of them.  Your nighttime sleep has regressed over the past month.  We have had some rough nights.  I don't know if it's because of all our traveling, the heat, teething, sickness etc but I'm hoping it ends soon and you figure out how to sleep through the night :)

Milestones - You are rolling and shimming all over the place.  You have occasionally got up on your knee and rocked back and forth.  You have no trouble getting where you need to be.  You are getting stronger at sitting up and love to be upright whenever possible - you spend a lot of time in your exersauser and jolly jumper.  You have also cut your first little tooth!  Your front, bottom, left tooth is poking through!

Likes - water, exersaucer, crinckly toys, Sully

Dislikes - being too hot, sickness, being hungry

Funtimes - Your celebrated your first Canada Day complete with a fireworks show that you slept through.  You went on your first airplane ride to the prairies to visit the Kaminski side of the family.  You were a pretty great little traveler!  While we were in Lloyd we formally dedicated you to the Lord surrounded by your  extended family - it was a special time!

Happy 1/2 birthday little man - we LOVE you!

Branson's First Solid Food!

Branson has been patiently waiting to starting eating real food.  For the past month he has been eyeing up our food and making chewing motions with his mouth whenever we were eating.  I was holding out on him as it is so much easier to travel with a baby that only needs milk, but the time has come - here is his first experience of the real deal...

after he got over the texture issue he was pumped!  and now two days into eating he is LOVING it!

we had to pull out the old baby chair - we are now a party of 4 at the dinner table

so cute - such a big boy!

Lloydminster Summer Fun!

We spent last week in Lloydminster with the Kaminski side of the family!

We found some great deals and were able to fly home - Sully was pumped to get to go on the airplane!

This was Branson's first flight and he did GREAT!  Flirted with the fellow passengers and then fell asleep:)

Dan & Hailey were able to come down for the weekend so that we could all be together!

We enjoyed some delicious family time - always amazing food to be had with this crew!

We spent a lot of time in mom and dad's beautiful backyard...

pool time!

As you can imagine the garage was also a big hangout location

4 generations working hard on a new sandbox!

playing in the sand with Gramps

playing at the park

we were blessed to have Great Papa come and visit as well!

a little after dinner concert one night - Papa has some awesome accordion playing skills!

a definite highlight of the trip was getting to spend time with George - Sully is slightly obsessed with this cat!

and I'm sure Branson will be too!

we had a little BBQ with friends while we were home - it was so fun to see everyone and share a meal and time of fellowship together!

Branson got some good snuggle time!

we visited Bud Miller park one afternoon - the spray park

followed by a picnic and playground time

one afternoon Matt and I snuck away for a mid day date - thanks Grams and Gramps for babysitting :)

Sully cooking with Grams

watching the garbage truck with Gramps

scrabble time!

the scrabble tradition continues with this guy

playing a little street ball one night

Matt's still got it :)

Sully and Grams did a little painting one morning

the prairies are beautiful this time of the year - we enjoyed the scenery on our way back to Edmonton

we flew out early on Sunday morning so had to get a hotel in Edmonton the night before...hotels are so bitter sweet.  I remember as a kid I loved them - such a treat to get to sleep in big beds, swim in the pool, all stay in one room.  Now as a parent the idea of ALL of us sleeping in one room is a little bit like a nightmare.  The boys went to bed well and slept through the night well - they just wanted to be awake at 5:30-6...I'm going to remember this when they are teenagers!!!

It was so great to have time away with our little family visiting our extended family.  Thanks mom and dad for loving on us so well!  What a treat family is - oh summer vacation we love you!!!