Full day of Birthday Fun!

Brennan had a very active and full birthday on Thursday! It started with a play date in the park. He loved swinging and sliding and picking up sticks. Then we headed to McDonalds where we ate chicken nuggets. After his nap, Steven came home and we went to Monkey Joe's. He loved it! Then back home for pizza and cake and presents! It was a nice day to spend with my now 1 year old! I can't believe it! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I'll post some videos when I have more time. They seem to take forever to upload. We're excited about his birthday party tomorrow with all of our family!

Happy Birthday Brennan!!!

You will wake up this morning and not know it is your birthday...you won't remember today except for pictures you see...but I will always remember how blessed my life is because you are my son! I love you Brennan!

Brennan's Birthday Eve

I can't believe my baby is turning one tomorrow! I can remember one year ago (yesterday) when Steven and I packed up to go to the hospital because I was being induced in the morning. We talked about how crazy it was to think we would be bringing home our baby the next time we slept there. It was a very surreal evening. We knew our lives were going to change forever. I can't believe we actually slept that night...but we did. We were so thankful to God for allowing us to carry this baby and knew what a miracle it is to have a healthy pregnancy. We checked into the hospital at 7am and quickly got hooked up to all of the machines. I remember waiting and waiting and waiting some more. I was having contractions, but my doctor said, "no pain, no gain, no baby" and my contractions were not painful. So around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, the dr asked if I wanted to come back tomorrow and try again, or if I wanted her to break my water to help things along. I didn't think about that for one minute...I was not going home without my baby on the outside! So after a few painful contractions I quickly got my epidural and then waited, waited, and waited some more. Finally Brennan was born at 1:39am! Both of our parents and Steven's sister Lindsey held on strong to meet their new grandson and nephew. He was perfect! It was such an exciting moment! What a year it has been! I have loved every minute of being a mommy...even the hard ones! God truly blessed Steven and I with our son Brennan Waddell and we pray we have many more years and memories with him! I will post more tomorrow on his BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday Aunt Lindsey!

Happy Birthday Aunt Lindsey! We enjoyed celebrating last night with you! Have a fun weekend with your friends. Thanks for loving Brennan so well this past year!

Happy 30th Steven!

We celebrated Steven's 30th Birthday yesterday with our families. Brennan had a great time at Red Robin eating burgers and fries and his daddy's birthday cake. He can't wait till his own birthday cake! The best part of Brennan's night was when he got home and was playing with Steven's birthday balloons! See the video below!

Breezy in the Park

Brennan had a great time playing on a real playground for the first time last week. We met our friends Isaac and Katie and had a ball. Brennan was really interested in following the big kids around, but he also had fun climbing on the equipment. These are the only photos I took, because I was a bit nervous to get too far away because Brennan is fearless!!! He thinks he's 5!

Apples and Cooler weather!!! Hooray!!!

Every time I open the refrigerator Brennan will run towards it and tries to touch everything inside. You would think, after opening it at least 20 times a day that this would get old...but no, he still wants to run over there and check it out. Yesterday after we got home from the grocery store he found an apple in the drawer and started taking bites while I wasn't looking. I thought it was pretty cute.



We got to wear long sleeves today for the first time this fall! Brennan wasn't too sure about it this morning. He kept looking at his arms and biting his sleeves.

Friday Night Lights

Brennan went to his first South Point Football game on Friday night. He loved clapping and cheering with the crowd! He also loved playing in the grass and dropping daddy's phone through the bleachers!

Still Here

We are still here, I just can't figure out how to download my pictures onto my other computer...but here are a few of the recent ones...I'm using Steven's work computer. The good news is, we just took ours to get fixed. It should be done in about a week!

Brennan likes to do this about 3 times a day...fun times for mommy!

This was taken on Grandmom's special birthday! Brennan loves his Grandmom!

He still loves to put on a smile for the camera!

Walking Everywhere!

My sweet baby boy is turning into a toddler at 10 months! He took his first steps about two weeks ago and hasn't stopped since. I'm sorry I've been slack on the posting, but I've also been a single mom for the past three weeks. Thankfully, Steven is officially home from Spartanburg so I have some help around here. I can't believe that Brennan is walking and getting steadier every day. He also has developed an attitude. When he doesn't get what he wants he has started to whine and throw a bit of a tantrum. This is not so sweet. My personal computer has died, thus adding to the non posting, so, I will try to take some pictures and video to post, but I'm not sure how to use my work computer as well. I just wanted everyone to know we are still alive and kicking. More to come...