Updates

Whew! We've been MIA for the last several days enjoying some time away from work, computers, Blackberries, etc. It was fun, for the most part, but now it's time for mom to dig out from the pile of work that greeted her this morning!

I'll be posting lots of pictures this week, but here's a synopsis of the last few days. We had a great 4th of July. Brian and I watched fireworks on July 3rd at the Royals game (which was great, except for the actual game). Got to see more fireworks on July 4th and Brady slept right through those, which isn't all bad since it was past his bedtime. On Monday morning, July 6th, Brady had a fever of 102 and was really, really fussy. So, we took him to an urgent care clinic and he was diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease because he had blisters in his mouth. I honestly thought only animals carried that disease, so I learned something new. So, we had to scrap our plans to visit the Hairstons in Columbia since it's a contagious virus. Brady had a couple of rough nights without much sleep, but his fever broke Wednesday morning and then we went back to normal. We took him to our normal doctor on Thursday because he's still small. They ran a whole bunch of tests and drew some blood, but everything came back normal. He's just small. And that's what we thought that whole time--it's not like we have any huge grandparents or siblings!

Still no crawling on hands and knees, but the kid army crawls like crazy. He moves wherever he wants. And he's doing lots of babbling. And of course, his favorite babbling is dadadadadada. I don't think it counts as the first word yet, but I'm sure Dada will be word #1 in a couple of months. He's drooling all over the place, but no teeth yet. I think that's only a matter of time as well, but who knows.

Okay, pictures to come later!

Father's Day

Well, we celebrated the first Father's Day yesterday. I couldn't help but show off Brady's outfit - who doesn't love Daddy? So cute!

7 months old

7 months old already! Can't believe the little tyke is more than halfway to being one-year old. We've mastered green and orange vegetables and over the weekend we added mixed vegetables to the diet. Whooooo, peas and carrots and potatoes all in one.
Such a happy, smiling boy.

Sitting like a big boy next to Pooh Bear.

Trying to eat Pooh's hand. Like everything else, he grabs it and it goes straight to the mouth these days.

Green Vegetables are Good

Big news to report!! We have overcome another hurdle and officially added green vegetables to the diet. Both green beans and peas. Can't say that Brady loves them, but he will eat the entire container without making too many faces. Now that he can tolerate the green stuff, perhaps his nose will go back to being a normal color!

Toes are yummy.

Brady can now eat his toes. And good thing, since he hates peas! He's discovered his feet in the past few weeks and really enjoys trying to put his entire foot into his mouth. It's been amusing. Here he is just hanging out while Dad tickles him. Now this is good - I can almost fit all of my toes into my mouth.

Just trying and trying to get those toes in there.

Peas. Here's What I Think of Peas.

So, we tried peas for the first time last night. Those were not nearly as successful as previous foods. Then again, both Mom and Dad strongly dislike that vegetable, so he really doesn't stand much of a chance. I couldn't help but laugh whenever he made a face - too funny! This picture was the most common reaction we got.

Enjoy the video. And really, peas are gross.

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We love to sing!

I've been such a blog slacker! I have no excuse, other than summer has officially begun at the Smoller house and we're finding all kinds of things to keep us busy.
Baseball season is over for the Cats, but our team had such a great year. Can't wait to see what the future brings for our Bat Cats.

Brady is doing good. His ear infection is completely gone and he's just his usual, cheerful self. We tried adding squash to the diet about a week ago and we'll hold off on more of that for a little bit. The darn vegetable makes the kid a farting machine. He was just all sorts of gassy from it, so we'll leave it out for awhile.

We're starting to introduce some green veggies, but it's been carrots and sweet potatoes. Because of that, his little nose is yellow in the pictures. The doctor says that's normal. There's a fancy name for the condition, but it's due to all the orange pigment in his food.


These a are a few pictures hanging out at home this week. Brian was singing the K-State Fight Song to Brady and he just looooooves it when we sing. We've added the clapping motion lately and that's a big hit, as you can tell.