15 months!!

So I feel like I just updated the blog for 14 months! Where does time go?!

We are loving life down here in Georgia and Brayden is providing more and more entertainment for us! He had his checkup today and he is 25 lbs, 3 ounces (73rd percentile), 33 inches tall (90th percentile) and his head circumference is in the 98th percentile! He is still filling out the 18-24 month clothing! There is typically only one nap during the day which ranges from about 1-2 hours. He now has 9 teeth (5 on the bottom and 4 on the top). He got his 3rd haircut this month also!

He loves going to the park, hanging out with his friends in playgroup and playing with Lucy! Every night is like a romper room with Brayden and Lucy chasing each other around!

Being the Speech Pathologist that I am, I've taught Brayden some sign language and he has really caught on in the past month. He now signs for "more", "all done", "help", "milk", "ball" and "please" on a regular basis.

He is really trying so hard to talk to us. When we put him to bed at night, he says "night night" and waves goodbye to us. He has about 10 words that he uses consistently and talks his own little language all day long! I love when he makes animal sounds. He now says "roar" and makes a monkey sound. He finally said "woof woof" instead of just panting like a dog! :) He also can identify his feet, toes, fingers, mouth, eyes and teeth.

Brayden now is able to help me around the house! I showed him how to put his diaper in the trash and how to put laundry in the hamper. He even wipes off tables and loves to use the Swiffer. Wonder what else I could teach him :)

It is so much fun to watch him learn! Our whole family is coming down next week for Thanksgiving and I can't wait for them to see what a big boy he has become!!

It's about that time!

Now that I've seen all of the Christmas decorations up in the stores, I guess it's time to start thinking about Christmas cards! This is probably one of my favorite things about this time of year because I love seeing updated pictures of families and staying in contact with old friends. Although we do have the luxury of Facebook now for keeping in touch, everyone still loves getting mail, right?!

Thanks, once again to Shutterfly, because my Christmas cards will be a little easier! I've used Shutterfly before to create photobooks to give as gifts and plan to use it again soon for some Christmas gifts. I've also had my photos printed and shipped to me so that I can put them in my scrapbooks.

Here's the design that I've decided on.

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Charleston, SC!

We knew that living in Augusta would place us only a short distance from some of the greatest Southern cities to visit! Charleston was definitely on the top of our list! This past Friday morning, we drove about 2 1/2 hours so that we could do a quick trip and see what Charleston had to offer. We started out by going to lunch at Hominy Grill, which was amazing, then we did some shopping on Market St.. The Battery was so neat to see and I would love to live in one of those houses some day! :) Brayden enjoyed running around the park there! That night we went to a seafood place called Bowen's Island Restaurant. It was actually a little scary driving there because it looked like a shack on the end of a narrow dirt road. Thank you to our Garmin GPS! Jeff had to go downstairs to the "oyster man" to pick up his platter. We've never had such fresh seafood! I had platter full of fish, crabcakes, fried shrimp, hushpuppies and fries. I'm really not a huge seafood fan (except for crab legs), but this stuff was good!! Brayden had his first oyster and he actually signed for "more" and ate 2 more pieces!

The next day, we headed to Fort Sumter. It was really nice to learn about all of the history there. It was amazing to see the weapons that they used back then! Jeff visited there when we was little and we were able to take a picture of Brayden in the same place that Jeff got his picture taken years and years ago. We finished up our trip to Charleston with lunch at Hyman Seafood downtown. It seemed like a big tourist spot so I was a little worried about the quality of the food, but it was great! Jeff had a shrimp po' boy and I had a crabcake sandwich. All in all it was a great trip to Charleston and I'm sure that we'll make a trip there again soon!!