3 month old pics from Nov 19th through Dec 19th

playing shepherd with dad

 

thinks he's so big

taking pics with mommy

 riding mommy's shoulders

 facebook profile worthy?

 first time in his bumbo, just before Thanksgiving

I left Brady on the lovesac to go heat his bottle, a few minutes was all it took to come back to this!  He was so content too!  Did I mention this kid loves to chew on cloth of any kind?



A Post A Day To Try and Catch Up #3-A Name And A Blessing

Ok, this post is a little out of order, since I am catching up from most recent to least recent....but I was so excited to post it!

October 30, 2011... little boy, this is the second important date of your life (including your birthdate) that will be recorded in the books for eternity! :) 

Special Memories of this Day:

• Uncle Kalen got to be in the prayer circle.  This was his first time participating in a blessing and using his new Priesthood gift. :)
• Great Grandpa Brady was in the circle.  He had a stroke a few years ago and his left hand doesn't work like it used to, so Uncle Kalen helped him hold his left hand under you to support you in the circle.  More :)
• We used my blessing blanket to wrap you. I wish I thought to take a picture of you with it
• People in your circle (they will always be in your "circle" little man!): Colton Dye (Dad), Shane Brady (Grandpa), Lorain Brady (Great Grandpa), Jon Woodland (Uncle), Kalen Brady (Uncle), Kyle Dye (Great Uncle), Waye Holgreen (Great Uncle), Norville Glines (Great Uncle), Jayson Jones (Cousin), Dustin Glines (Cousin), Dave Ursem (Cousin)

A Post a Day to Try and Catch Up-Brady's 4 month old stats

Brady hit 4 months old on December19th.  I took him into the doctor to check a few things on the 15th but they wouldn't let us do his official 4 month checkup/immunizations a few days early.   We ended up having to schedule and re-schedule again so finally he got in yesterday(30th). Colton ended up taking him and forgot the pacifier and bottle but Brady did so well and only cried for a few seconds after his shots.  Lucky for daddy!

Yesterday:
Weight-15 Ibs. 11 oz. 50% (on the 15th, 4 days shy of 4 months he weighed 15 Ibs. on the $$$)
Length-26 1/4 in. 90%
Head Circumference-44.3 cm. 90%

His head circumference has earned him the nickname, "Chief Little Big Head." :)  And he is definitely the chief around here!

He also has several other nicknames...the child with many names:
-Dill Pickle (when he is ornery I ask him, "What's the deal, dill pickle?"
-Crabby Patty (also when he is pitchin' a fit)
-Chicken Nugget
-Baby Bird
-lil' muggle
and anything with "stink" attached to the end of it.  Heaven forbid we should call him Brady!

He is chattering, squeeling, smiling, using his fingers to grab things and pull them to his mouth, sits up with help but not alone quite yet, starts to arch his back when laying on the floor, and he used to roll from belly to back.  He did that at 9 weeks but he can't do it anymore.  My guess, his head is too big now! :)   He is so long (always 90th %) and flirts with the 70th percentile for weight...lot's of people have told me bigger babies sit up, roll over, crawl a little later since they have so much mass to try and move.  I love his little guts and keep begging him to stop getting so big, so I really am ok with his average development. It doesn't bother this momma in the slightest!

A Post a Day to Try 'n' Catch up-Brady's Christmas

Yes, we actually had a son. He really is here...you don't believe me?  I promise!  But wouldn't I post him on my blog if we really indeed had him???? hehehe...this little man is rockin' my world!  But he is getting better, thank goodness.  "They" always tell you it will get better, but you never believe them.  And then it does.

this round little head fits perfectly in this cute little hat! I love this round face!

another cute hat! our angry birdie!

This giraffe rattle is Brady's favorite toy.  Grandma called it his "raffy".  I think the name is sticking.  We bought him a play mat with toys hanging over head for Christmas, since just after Thanksgiving he figured out how to grab stuff.  The only problem is he can't pull the hanging toys to his mouth and they get stuck.  He gets mad and it is cute!  But his raffy he can suck on.  And boy does he knaw the nose of that raffy!  This boy LOVES to suck/chew/gum blankies, toys, burp rags, clothes, your shoulder, etc.

this is how Brady hangs out with dad and the uncles....gamin'!

uncle Kalen

uncle Kanden

and being so big with uncle Kaulan

This is our baby marshmellow.  Each year, our little family gets our hot chocolate on!  We take our warm beverage of choice, get bundled up, and go in search of a Christmas ornament that represents us/our year.  That way decades from now, our tree will tell our story.  We try to find someplace with lot's of lights and little shops and if we are lucky, Christmas music playing over some speakers.  This year we went to Gardner Village again.  Brady LOVED looking at the lights!  The Christmas Shoppe was open year round and had more ornaments than I have ever seen.  It was the best place to find an ornament, but it closed down :(.  We had fun though! It is such a neat place, I recommend you go there!

Gardner Village, lightin', lookin', ornament huntin', hot cocoain' :)

Brady's first tree and our first tree in our first owned home! Pretty special! My dad cut this down and brought this to us over Thanksgiving Break. He came to visit us all by himself, so he could visit Brady and have him all to himself and not have to share him with anyone! That ol' man is getting softer and softer!

Brady really started giggling and squealing on a consistant basis during my dad's visit.  This picture melts my heart.

who needs presents under the tree?

Dear Brady,

This Christmas rocked!  I have never enjoyed a Christmas so much as I have this year. It is more special with you here. Your dad and I just spent evenings playing with you, giving you baths, cuddling you to sleep, and then we would watch sappy Hallmark videos with pillows and blankets on the floor while you were upstairs sleeping.  We kept saying how we can't wait until you are a few years older and can watch them with us, all cuddled up next to us.  It will be a family sleepover holiday tradition for sure!  Having you as my baby helped me understand the story of the Nativity in a whole new way! Ahhhh man! Christmas is so much more fun with a kid!  I can't wait until you know and understand what all this fuss is about!  Next year, baby son, next year!

Spinal Muscular Atrophy-Colton's cousin baby Noah

Family and Friends...we have a cousin on Colton's side who's little boy has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Their little man just turned age 1 and must have a wheel chair in order to get around. He is the cutest thing and we love him to death! His first chair costs around $3000 or $4000 and then he will need a different one at age 2 that will cost roughly $35,000! Please donate to our little Noah. Any amount helps! To read more about their journey, see their blog http://oursmajourney.blogspot.com/. It also has a new video of Noah in his demo chair. They have to send back the demo in two weeks, so lets help get this little guy a permanent chair!  The donation site is http://www.everribbon.com/ribbon/view/1880

to read more about SMA, visit http://www.smafoundation.org/about-sma

This is Noah! I hope his mummy & daddy don't mind me stealing a picture of their cutie to share with all of you.


Cute Noah at the hospital for his surgery to have a feeding tube put in. :(

Correction on the slideshow!

So  the password is 0819bradydye on bellababyphotography.com .  I put 0809 in the last post...which is my birthday not his! Silly me!  But in my  defense, here is what our Augusts now look like...

3rd-day we met AND day Colton proposed (a year later mind you!)
6th-our anniversary (again, another year after the proposal, just to clarify)
9th-my birthday
19th-our son's birthday
24th-my parent's anniversary
25th-my brother's birthday

!!!!!!

WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY! BRADY LEE DYE

Pictures are comin!  Until then, go to bellababyphotography.com and enter 0809bradydye as the password.  This is a SWEET little slideshow/photoshoot put to music at the hospital to debut this little guy! Hurry fast, it’s only up for 10 more days!  A BIG shoot out THANK YOU to Megan and Colten Bracken for the Utes blanket!  It came two days before the pictures and was the most perfect prop for our Utah Man sir!

Our lil' man was born on Friday, August 19, 2011! What an awesome day! He weighed 7 Ibs. 8 oz. and was 20.5 inches long (just like his mom on height, I think lol). I was started on pitocin at 12:20 and my water was broken around 1:00 pm. The contractions hit hard and fast, coming about every 1 1/2 minutes. By the time I requested my epidural, I was on a waiting list behind several other laboring mothers. The ode to mother nature was not fun! An hour and a half later I finally got some relief. Then I was stuck dilated at 9 1/2 cm for about 4 hours and that was the pits! I started pushing around 9:20 pm and had him at 11:21 pm.  I started to fatigue toward the end of pushing and my pushes were getting weaker and weaker.  I was severely swollen from all the pushing and had to have an episiotomy but that hasn't been too bad.  It was such a weird feeling when he came out!  Like he just suddenly slid out all slippery and was here! Lil' man hardly cried and was very alert and looking around at everyone right after his birth and for a long time! I've never seen his daddy look happier. :)

UTAH FIGHT SONG! for our sweet lil' Utah Man!
VERSE
I am a Utah man, sir, and I live across the green.
Our gang, it is the jolliest that you have ever seen.
Our coeds are the fairest and each one's a shining star.
Our yell, you hear it ringing through the mountains near and far.
CHORUS
Who am I, sir? A Utah man am I A Utah man, sir, and will be till I die; Ki!Yi!
We're up to snuff; we never bluff,
We're game for any fuss,
No other gang of college men
dare meet us in the muss.
So fill your lungs and sing it out and
shout it to the sky,
We'll fight for dear old Crimson,
for a Utah man am I.
VERSE
And when we prom the avenue, all lined up in a row,
And arm in arm and step in time as down the street we go.
No matter if a freshman green, or in a senior's gown,
The people all admit we are the warmest gang in town.
CHORUS
VERSE
We may not live forever on this jolly good old sphere,
But while we do we'll live a life of merriment and cheer,
And when our college days are o'er and night is drawing nigh,
With parting breath we'll sing that song:
"A Utah Man Am I".