MMMMM.....new foods!!

Brayden started eating new foods this week!! We started him off with carrots and he loved them....he also made a huge mess!!! We were finally able to get our new boat out this weekend, it is a little to hard to go out during the week when we get home from work. Saturday was a beautiful day and we cruised the boat over to the Norfolk Zoo which is about an hour away via the boat. Brayden loved the boat and even stayed awake for most of the trip. I was able to take an old car seat and rig it to the bench seat in the boat so that he was securely fastened in and Susan didn't have to hold him the entire time. I think he like this better then being in the car because he was facing us and able to see where we were going. You'll see that he is really into blowing bubbles all the time, he thinks it the coolest thing and I especially love it when you are feeding him and he blows the food back at you! Everything is going well though, Susan is getting settle into her new role with Wachovia, and we are close to getting everything set up to open our salon later this year. We just signed our papers and hope to get our first location open by this summer...everyone keep your fingers crossed for us!!! Brayden has been getting adjusted to his nanny Jen quite well, she has been taking him to the neighborhood park on warm days and letting him swing. Sue and I took Brayden to the park this weekend and shot a home movie, I will post it on the blog as soon as I can figure out how to transfer the thing from disk to computer......I am not a computer savvy person.....keep your phone turned on Dad! Well, I hope you all enjoy the new pictures and I will post videos when I get a chance!

Jeremy, Susan, and Brayden!

I know its been a while!!!

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since I sent out new pictures but everything has been so hectic around here. Susan started back to work a few weeks ago and Brayden has been adjusting to his Nanny well. A few days this week the weather was near 75 degrees and Brayden was able to go on a few stroller rides around the neighborhood. Brayden is still growing like a weed and is probably weighing close to 16 or 17 pounds. He is a bottomless pit and loves to eat all the time. I am not sure where all that milk goes but it is constant and when he wants to eat he lets you know. Right now he is probably eating about 20 ounces a day, maybe even a little more!! What a little piggy he is!! Brayden started eating cereal last week and took to it very well, he didn't push the spoon out of his mouth but ate from it like he had been using a spoon the entire 4 months!! He is walking too.......no just kidding......wanted to see who was paying attention. We have started to work with Brayden on rolling over, he still cant do it completely by himself but is getting the hang of it. He has an easier time of going from his stomach to his back the vice-versa. He is funny to watch though because he wants to rollover and gets very frustrated because he cant quite figure it out! Brayden has started sitting in his bumbo seat and is pulling himself up without letting his head go out of control when you pick him up, it is so cool to watch him learn new things every week. If he lays on his stomach his does a nice job at propping himself up on his arms and holds his little head up. We have found out that if soccer, basketball, or Sports Center is on the TV he cant peel his eyes away from it no matter what you do. He LOVES basketball......he is gonna fit in real well around here, I now have an excuse for watching sports, just blame it on the baby!! You will see in some pictures how fascinated he is with basketball. Anyway....as for Sue and myself, we are finalizing the paperwork this week for our franchise endeavor and hope to have the first one open by this June. We purchased the Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake markets and have to open 3 stores over the next 3 years. I think we can get 7 stores in our territory so we'll see how it goes. Our boat finally arrived also, it took the electrician forever to get the lift hooked up but he finally did. Kendal and myself brought the boat across the 20 miles of Bay and River to get the boat home and we ended up having to leave the boat at the end of our street because we missed the tide and couldn't come up the canal. Typical boater luck! Brayden had his first boat ride last bight though and slept through the whole thing. Ok......I think I have filled everyone in on whats going on...enjoy the pictures!!!

Love,

Jeremy, Susan, and Brayden