softball. and coming full-circle.

i spent my first summer as a new baby at the ball parks, watching my dad play softball.  brady has spent his first summer the same way (from 5 days old!).  i love the warm summer evenings, the sound of a ball bat, the cheering, the pride when his daddy makes a good catch or smacks a triple.

i love taking him along to the ball park on sunday nights, it just seems like life full-circle.

froggy bellies in the morning.

please don't ever stop being this cute.  i can't even stand it when you make pirate faces at me in the morning! it's the best thing ever!!

i love how your belly looks like a froggy after you eat.  you're just full to the brim!

better bathing these days.

bradykins doesn't mind his baths these days.  he sure hated them at first, when he was on the sponge bather thing on the counter.  now that he's immersed in soapy warm water he just LOVES it.  even if he's been fussy he settles right down when i put him in the water & looks around calmly.  i think he'd stay in there forever if i'd let him!

baby in a hooded towel = pretty dang cute.  especially when it's a brady-baby.

what a big boy!

you wore your first polo shirt today, little man.

and i don't think you've ever been more handsome!! 

we all giggled at how cute you looked, and how much older you looked.

to celebrate, we took you out for mexican food after church :)

mmm, mexican milk is gooooood.

bunching up.

i never want to forget how tiny our little peanut is, or how he bunches his legs up when i hold him like this.

LOVE IT.

smiley mornings.

since first learning how to smile, little man has been working hard on this new trick every day!  i love it & am not afraid to act like a complete idiot to get him to do it, again and again.

he is smiliest in the mornings, after our first daylight feed - and i soak up this time with him so much.  once the day gets started, busyness & distraction & errands take over.  but first thing in the morning is mama & b time and i really cherish it.  him, and the coffee.

night-time snuggles.

at the end of the day, nothing beats a snuggly warm baby on my chest.

i have always loved it, but it's a thousand times better when that baby is mine.

my heart overflows.

grandparents visit {price side}.

over the fourth of july week, my parents came out to see little man (my mom came out earlier, just after brady was two weeks old).  it was my dad's first time meeting brady - and his first time visiting us in colorado!  in fact, he'd never been west of the kansas city area so it was really fun to show him the mountains!!  i think he really loved the few days they spent out here and i know for a fact he was totally smitten with little man.  it's his first grandson & my pops has said a million times how much he can't wait to teach him how to be a wild man.  i know he will do just that!  can't wait to watch their relationship unfold.  every little boy needs an awesome grandpa & i'm so lucky my dad is that to him already.

talking about life. or maybe just the weather.  either way, it's easy to see they're bonding :)

of course he got some good grammy time in too - i would say my mom is pretty sweet on him.  brady will fit in well with the price herd...can't wait to take him home to missouri this summer to meet his cousins & extended family.

thanks for coming to visit us, grammy & papa!

changing. it's for the birds!

two weeks old vs. five weeks old.

he changes so fast!!

first smile.

on july 5, at just over five weeks old, brady smiled intentionally for the first time.  people, this is big news.

i was getting ready to get in the shower that morning and he was being entertained by his rainforest bouncer. i noticed that he was watching me move around the bathroom, and was making great eye contact.  i squatted down next to him and said "hiiiiiii bubba!" and he grinned really big!!!  i about died, and in fact started crying it was so sweet.  of course then i had to grab my phone and see if he'd do it again for me so i could share it with his daddy who was at work (well, and the rest of the world too if i'm being honest - i think i sent out 100 texts announcing this world feat).  i made a complete idiot of myself cooing and squeaking to him and smiling so big my face was about to crack - and he gave me a less radiant second smile (picture two below) but i'll take it.  what a sweet moment with my little buster!!  he's getting big so fast!

back to being mister serious :)