I know it's been a while!!

Wow...how time flies!! I figured it was time to do an update since it has been since June. Things have been very hectic with opening of our Knockouts location in Virginia Beach. Knockouts is doing great though and we are having a lot of fun!!! Anyway....on to more important things...Obama or McCain???? Just kidding....Brayden is doing awesome and it is so much fun to see him grow up. I think the last time I updated the BLOG Brayden was trying to crawl. Oh how times have changed! He will be turning 1 on November 20th and Susan is planning his little Elmo b-day. Brayden started walking a little over a month ago and he is non-stop running around the house. He is not a wobbly baby....he literally runs around the house. As soon as he realized that he could walk it was no turning back and full steam ahead. He is a riot though...whether its chasing the dogs, pushing toys around, or even moving furniture...he is just on the go all the time. Brayden now has 8 teeth and is getting his 9th tooth right now. He has also started saying a bunch of words, his favorite is go. He watches football and says "go, go, go" and he come and gets me all the time and wants to go places.....if he is out back and sees the boat he immediately wants to go out on it, he loves the boat. He also says shoes, socks, lalas(one of the dogs), dog, turtle, tickle, and fish. He is a little chatter box during the day and is trying to say other words but just hasn't unjumbled them yet. We take Brayden to the park and on bike rides all the time and he really enjoys getting out and seeing other kids. When he is at the park he tries to tackle the other little kids so he can give them all hugs...he is a very loving little boy and loves to hug all the other kids. On Halloween he was helping hand out candy and wanted to hug the kids when they came to the door. Susan was able to snap some pictures of him tackling the kids at the door!!! The funny thing was that he wasn't scared of the scary costumes that night! Not to much else has been going on...both Susan and my jobs are going well and my health has been OK other then a bout with kidney stones about a month ago....that was a lot of fun!!! Anyway.....enjoy the pictures and I will try to be better at updating the BLOG now that I have a little more time!

Love,

Jeremy, Susan, and Brayden!

Brayden

Hope everyone is doing well!! Here are a few updated pictures of Brayden as well as a short video. Brayden now has three teeth and is crawling everywhere, it's almost like having a new puppy that follows you around on your heals! Brayden had his first plane ride two weeks ago and was an angel baby the entire round-trip! I will send out some more pictures and a video of Brayden crawling when I get a chance.

Finally some new pictures!!!

Hello everyone! I know it has been some time since I updated the BLOG so I figured I would send out some new pictures and updates on Brayden. Brayden went in for his 6 month check up last week and now weighs 18 pounds, he was also 27.5 inches long. Bryaden is getting a full head of red hair and he has two teeth coming in side by side on the bottom of his mouth! Breaking news.......Brayden slept through the night for the first time just last night!!!! For some reason he like to get up at least once a night, he likes to get up and have a little drink of milk.......like he is doing shots in the middle of the night. So there has been so many little things he is doing, he started waiving this past weekend to his Aunt Mel, he is trying to crawl by getting up on his hands and knees and rocking away, eating puffs, holding his own bottle, rolling over both ways, and sitting up. I guess once they learn new things they come in groups and really quick. Sue and I took Brayden to the Outer Banks for a few days over Memorial Day and he got in the swimming pool for the first time.....most importantly though....he got in the ocean with me and loved it!!!! I cant wait to get him out there on a surfboard! We bought this trailer for the bike and Brayden loves that as well, I think he just enjoys being outside doing anything! He also had his pictures done at Picture People last week. You can visit this link to view the pictures if you have not seen them yet. The link is http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/my/images?tk=6e9859a9-52ce-48cd-819b-ab1b22d9b3f8&CMPN=EmailAlbum. Check them out!!! Some of you knew that I went in for surgery about a month ago to remove a lump which was discovered at the doctors office, good news that it came back benign so I wont have another health issue to add to my list at this time!! Our salon is progressing, we are starting interviews this week and we are anticipating an opening date of July 4th. I am sure that with the way construction is done though that it will get pushed back again!! I will make sure everyone gets an invite to the grand opening! Anyway...hope you are all doing well, enjoy the pictures!

Love,

Jeremy, Sue, and Brayden!