Sam's new calling and Brendan's teeth and tricks

Sam very recently got called to the high council. He is very nervous and overwhelmed about it, but also very excited. I am so proud of him and call myself lucky for having found such an amazing man to be my husband.

Brendan is so blessed to have a daddy that will be such a great example for him. He will do such a great job and will learn so much!

Brendan's second tooth has come in. It is the other bottom tooth. They are both sticking out quite a ways now. I can't believe how quickly they have grown.

Monday is his 6 month doctor's appointment. On one hand I am excited to see how he is "measuring up" on the other I am having a hard time believing he is 6 months old already.

Brendan has been scooting around all the time. He thinks it is the funniest thing to have us tell him to "scoot scoot." He will get a huge grin on his face, start to giggle and arch his back. Then he will either scoot around or he will roll back and forth. It is to the point that I think any day now he will roll from his back to his belly. Here is some cute footage of him scooting on our new mattress (!!!) last Saturday.

Cute recent pictures. We had to take more with his cute Utes hat since he has almost grown out of it.

A rare picture of Brendan and Mom.

April in a nutshell

It has been a big month. Brendan has had his first cold and at the same time got his first tooth!

Both him and I have had a head cold for the last week. Luckily it hasn't been too hard on him. He is still the same smiling happy baby, just a little more tired than normal. He had a few tough nights, but other than a running nose he seems too be over it.

Yesterday his first tooth showed it's little head. It's the bottom right center tooth. You can't see anything more than a little slit in the gum, but you can feel the little point of the tooth.

On the 7th of this month Sam and I took Brendan to feed the ducks and play at the playground. We had a lot of fun in the new spring weather.

For Easter this year we were with family all weekend. Friday night we spent at the Grandma and Grandpa Brito's for the big Maxfield party. We had dinner and then went Easter egg hunting very quickly before the rain came.

Saturday we spent the afternoon at Great-Grandma (Farmor) William's house. We had dinner and searched for eggs and enjoyed spending time with the family.

Sunday after church we went to Great-Grandma (Abuela) Brito's house. Where (again) we had dinner and searched for Easter eggs. It was nice to finally have some sunshine at the party.

Brendan has been eating baby food so well. He eats breakfast and dinner and eats a ton at each meal. So far he is eating cereal, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, bananas, and pears. And soon we will start squash. As you can see in the pictures he didn't like potatoes too much to start with, but since has grown to ...well tolerate them. He is growing up so quickly. We can't believe he will be celebrating his half birthday in a week and a half.

Brendan's newest trick is arching his back and scooting across the floor or bed or anywhere he happens to be. It's made it so we have to be very aware of where we put him.

It's been a fun month and we can't wait for all the months to come!

Opening day and recent pictures

Today is the baseball season's opening day. According to Sam it is a national holiday. He tried to get Brendan in the spirit, but Brendan wasn't too happy about it.

Brendan has discovered his toes. He will use one arm to grab his thigh and pull his leg toward him and use the other hand to try to grab his toes. He isn't quite flexible enough though so he never can get a hold of them.

This past Tuesday Brendan and I babysat Lindsey. Lindsey wanted to play with Brendan, but when she would touch him he would scream. So they played near each other, not with each other.

He didn't mind them touching toes though.

Brendan is sitting so well on his own now. He still tips over when he reaches too far for a toy, or when his back gets tired after sitting for awhile, otherwise he sits great!

Brendan loves playing in our bed in the morning. He plays peek-a-boo with us in the sheets.

Big weekend!

This weekend we started Brendan on Multi Grain Cereal mush. He loved it! He reached right for it and kept the majority of it in his mouth. He especially likes it when he can help hold the spoon and when he "helps" eat it with his fingers. Here is the video from his first meal on Saturday as well as some of the best faces he made while eating.

He also got more practice with his sippy cup. He really likes to hold it by himself, but doesn't understand that he has to tilt it to get anything. So he holds, we tip. We are going to keep practicing and hope that between cereal and the sippy cup he can eat if I am away from him for more than 2 hours at a time.
Saturday was also the first day Brendan sat by himself for a good amount of time. By Sunday he was sitting for 5 minutes with no problems. We are "convinced" that the cereal made his bottom heavier and helped balance out that head of his! He is growing up so fast!

Last week we gave Brendan a bubble bath. Immediately after getting in he tried to eat the bubbles.

Sam made a fun hat for Brendan. He seems to like it.