The Incredible Sitting Baby

Look what I can do!!!!!!!
For some reason the screen is black. Just click on play to see the incredible sitting baby. :)

A lot of Posting

Ok, I know that I have not posted in a long time, so I hope that this makes up for it. There are about 3 to 4 posts on here from today. I hope that you enjoy them as much I enjoyed posting them.

Another First

Brody had his first sink bath this weekend. I can't believe that he is already big enough to have a sink bath.


I also wanted to post a picture of him eating his first real food. Of course it was sweet potatoes. :)

First Day at the Zoo

This weekend we went with my mom and dad to the zoo. Brody loved it. He loves to be outside, so he had a great time.

Brody with Mommy and Daddy getting ready to go in the zoo.


We had a picnic before going to see the animals. Brody thought he could have a PB&J. :)


He's ready isn't he?


Did you see that?



He loved looking at the Polar Bears. I wish I could have gotten the Polar Bears in the shot.


It got really hot, so Brody had he's first very small taste of lemonade. We then switched to ice water.


I think he liked it.

Happy Fourth

I hope that everyone had a great Fourth of July. We went to my mom and dad's for the fourth. We were able to see some good friends at a cookout and see some great fireworks.

Brody says, "Happy 4th"

First Attempt

Ok, so here is my first attempt at posting a video. I hope that it comes through ok. Bryan was making Brody smile. It was so cute. Have a great day.

Just a couple of pics

Hey Everyone,

I don't really have much to post. Brody is now 5 months old. I can't believe how much the time has flown by. He started to eat his toes last night. Too cute. He slept in his crib for the first time Saturday night. He did pretty well until his teeth started to bother him, and then he was up for three hours. Sunday night he slept through the night. Woo-hoo. Last night, he put himself to sleep. It only took him about 5 minutes, and he didn't even cry.

He also has started eating real food. He loves sweet potatoes. Tomorrow night we are trying carrots, so we will see how that goes.

I hope everyone has a great day.

Prayers for Brecken

I just wanted to ask for prayers for a little girl named Brecken. Brecken is due October 20th. The Hicks family lost a little girl in August, and now they are facing another challenge. Their little girl Brecken's kidney's are do not look good. Their dr. said that it could be one of three things, 1. her kidneys look weird and that is how they are supposed to look and she will be fine; 2. her kidneys will shut down and start to fail or 3. she has polycystic kidney disease. This is what their doctor stressed the most. They are supposed to go back in 8 weeks for another ultrasound to see what is going on. Please pray for a complete healing for Brecken. Thank you so much.

Happy Father's Day

I hope that you all had a great Father's Day. We had a great weekend. It all started on Saturday night with a little trip to K&N in Martin for some frosted mug root beer. Brody was stylin in his baseball gear.

We went to church and then to my in-laws for some wonderful steak and chicken. I realized at the end of the night that I forgot to take any of Bryan and his dad on Father's day. Here is a picture of Mr. Ken and Brody from when Brody was born.

The following are of Bryan and Brody and my dad.



While we were at Mr. Ken and Ms. Val's, Brody got in the pool for the first time. He didn't really know what to think of it at first, but once he was in his floaty, he loved it.

4 Month Old Update

I can not believe that Brody is already 4 months old. Can you believe it? It is crazy how time flies. He will be 19 weeks tomorrow. Some of the things that he is doing is rolling over (once); scooting (a little); loving his cereal (as you can tell from the picture). He loves to talk to you, and sit up. He is almost able to sit up on his own, and he loves to stand. He loves his jumperoo and sunglasses. I am trying to record all these wonderful memories, so that I won't forget them.



A couple of weeks ago, we went to Nashville for the day with my mom and dad. We went to the Loveless Cafe for Breakfast. As you can see from the pictures, Brody really enjoyed it. :)



We then went to Franklin. It is such a beautiful town. We had a great time walking around the town.

We then went to Leipers Fork. We loved it. There were motorcycles there and every time one would go by Brody would follow it with his eyes. As you can tell, the boys loved it Leipers Fork too. :)

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all of you moms out there had a wonderful mothers day. Sorry I am a little late in posting. I am so blessed to have wonderful examples of mothers in my life. My mama has always been a great strength and support to me. I am also grateful to have a great, caring mother-in-law. I had a great first mother's day. My mom and dad came up for the weekend. Bryan got me the sweetest card from him, and he also picked out one from Brody. They gave me a Lowes gift card. That is mine and Bryan's favorite store. We went to church that morning, and mom was able to see Brody in Sunday school. He loves Sunday school, until he is ready to eat. Fortunately the kids snack time are just about the same time Brody likes to eat. Here are a few pictures from Mother's Day.

Mama and me with Brody

Bryan with his mom, Ms. Val, his sisters Kara and Jen, Brody and Kenady and Baker

Baker eating at Jen's graduation reception. He loves strawberries.

Here are a few random shots of Brody:
"Step away from the bottle and no one gets hurt"

Reading his first novel:

He really gets into eating his cereal:


This is Brody's favorite toy. "Ah, I love my duck."

Catching Up

Woo, I have a lot to post. This is the first time in over a week that I have turned on my computer. Last week was crazy. I was sick; Brody was sick; and we had to go to Memphis for his post-op appointment. Dr. Williams said that he is healing great. You can't even really see the incision site. Brody did awesome after the surgery. He is a tough little guy, and very happy baby.


Last Monday, I started cereal at night. He kept waking up in the middle of the night with his little tummy just growling. Needless to say he loved it.



After Brody's appointment on Thursday, we went to see my mom at work. I think that Brody thinks Mema works too hard.

We spent that night at my mom and dad's house. We going to come back to McKenzie on Friday afternoon, but that is when the storms and tornando warnings hit. From this picture you can see that we were ready. The only space for us to get was in the bathtub. Notice the fudge brownies on the sink.


Saturday, we went to see our Jen Jen graduate from Lipscomb University with a BS in Nursing. We are so proud of her. She will leaving in Nashville and working at the Nashville fertility clinic. Brody did not make the trip. His Mema and Poppy kept him.

Surgery is Over

I just wanted to say thank you so much for praying for Brody. His surgery went very well. It took about 1 hour and 15 minutes to perform the surgery. He was away from us for about 3 hours though. That was the longest 3 hours of my life. His doctors and nurses were wonderful. We only has a couple of scares with his blood pressure going up really high and he kept throwing up. He got over the bp issue pretty quickly, and the next day he started keeping food down. I have a very tough little boy. On Tuesday, we didn't know if we were going to be able to go home because he wasn't eating and when he ate would not keep it down. Well, about 1:30 he was laying on the bed and started to cry a little. My mom picked him up and bounced him to sleep. A little while after that his IV started to beep. The nurse came in and checked it, and she said that she was going to have to redo something. I told that he had kept two bottles down, so she called the doctor to see if Brody still needed the IV. She came back and not only did Brody not need the IV she had discharge orders. She came back in about an hour later to take out the IV. She looked at it and said, "I have never seen this before. He took out his own IV." We couldn't believe it. There wasn't even any blood. We wondered why he cried a little. Now we know. He just wanted to go home. Thank you again for your prayers.

Mommy and Brody hunkered down for the night. I am very relieved in this picture that his blood pressure is down.


This is pic is really funny because he is asleep, but keeping one eye on us. I guess he was making sure that we didn't let them do anything else to him.

The sweetest sound

The sweetest sound I have ever heard is my baby laughing. He laughed for the first time today. He has this giarffe toy that he simply loves. You put balls in it and the giarffe laughs. I didn't even catch that he was laughing at first, but then he chuckled. I mean he chuckled. It was so awesome. He also sat up for about 2 to 3 seconds. He is getting so strong. I just had to post this. I am going to try and capture it on video as soon as I can. I am going to try and figure out how to post videos on here. We will see how that one works out. :)

Two Month Check-Up

Today was Brody's two month check-up. He will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. I can not believe it. These last 10 weeks have flown by. I didn't realize just how much fun I was going to have. He does something new every day. I wanted to write some things down that he is doing, so that I don't forget them.
He is holding his head up pretty much all the time now. He does not like tummy time, so he lifts his head up pretty quickly so that I will roll him to his back. He is cooing and smiling all the time. He wakes up smiling. He loves to look at himself in the mirror. I bathe him in his tub at the kitchen sink, and he loves to look at his reflection in the window. This may not be a good thing as he gets older.:) He loves loves loves his bath time. I leave him in the bath as long as I can. He is purposefully reaching out for objects. He is almost about to laugh. Sometimes, the only way to calm him down is with the vacuum or hair dryer. He is not fussy much, but when he is this helps to calm him if he is not hungry or needs to be changed. It doesn't take a long time to calm either. He is sleeping through the night from about 9:30 to 6:30 which is amazing. He loves to ride in the car, and he loves his giraffe toy. I know that there is much more that he is doing, but I can't think of them right now.
He had a great two month check-up. Dr. Smith said that he is doing great. She also said that in her 20 years of being a peditrician, she has never had a patient with a patent urachus. I told her that we just like to be special. :) She kept laughing at Brody during the exam because he just kept looking up at her and smiling. He is a little flirt. He weighed 12lbs 12ozs (75th%); is 23 3/6" long (75th%); and his head circum. is 41 1/2cm (75th-90th%). She said that he is going to be tall.
When the nurse gave him his first shot, he looked over at me a furrowed his eyebrows. If he could talk, I think he would have said, "What are you letting this woman do to me?" He then had a delayed whimper. Second shot, he didn't cry at all, but the third shot he screamed. But, he only cried for a few seconds, and then he was over it. He has done really well tonight.
I hope that all of you have a great week.

Ethan Update

Please pray for Ben and Becky Powell. Ethan passed away at 11:37am. Please pray God's comfort on this sweet family, and for a cure to be found.

Ethan Powell

Please pray for Ethan. He really needs our prayers now more than ever. They almost lost him a couple of times today. Please check his website for more information. www.ethanpowell.com
By His Grace,
Sarah

Surgery date set

Hello all. The surgery date has been set for April 21st. They will keep in overnight just to make sure that he does ok with the anethesia. Thank you again for your prayers.

We finally got to meet Hudson Green. His daddy Kelly and Bryan went to FHU together. We were able to go over to Kelly and Karie's today and see them. Hudson was born two weeks after Brody.

This is a picture of cousin Baker holding Brody for the first time. He is so sweet with him. Kenady brought Brody some very cute flip flops for the summer.