Nick and Amy plus TWO!: Brayden Hunter is ONE YEAR OLD!!!

My sweet baby boy is ONE year old!!! Where in the world did this year go?? This past year flew right by us, but left with us with lots of priceless and precious memories! I look forward to making lots more of precious memories in the years ahead! I am going to warn you...this post is FULL of pictures!

Before I go any further I will share a few of Brayden's 12 month photos.

This past month has been so busy! Here is what Brayden has been up to this past month!

**Brayden took his first step on October 29! He stood by himself when I let go of him and he took his first step. When he gets up the courage to let go and take off...watch out!

**Brayden is wearing size 12-18 months clothes. Although some of his 12-18 months clothing is a little big on him but he will grow into them this winter.

**Brayden went to the doctor on Tuesday. He weighs 25 pounds and 9 ounces and is 29 1/2 inches long. The doctor said that he doing great. He has only gained about a pound in 3 months and it must be because he is on the go ALL the time! He had to get 3 shots during this visit but he did great with them! He of course cried when they gave them to him, but when we got home he ate and played and then took a short nap and was a bundle of joy the rest of the day and night. I only gave him one dose of Tylenol. He never ran a fever or even acted like he felt bad at all. We went over his development and Dr. Voyles said that he is right on target! Just a perfect little boy! I am so thankful that Brayden has been so healthy and happy! I am blessed!

My little man before heading out to see the doctor!

**At 12 months Brayden has 10 TEETH!! I noticed that he was getting two more teeth the week of his birthday! Such a big boy! The doctor said that he really started getting his teeth pretty early but so did I when I was a baby. So far he has taken this teething phase like a champ. He gets fussy every once in a while when they really bother him. He has not had a runny nose or an ear infection at all. In fact, the doctor checked his ears and said they looked perfect. Thank goodness!!

**He LOVES to eat and he LOVES his juice! He loves every kind of juice out there and he loves water as well! As far as food, we feed him a lot of table food now. He gets almost anything we eat (just cut in small pieces) unless it is spicy. The doctor told us on Tuesday that we can be done with the baby food and feed him table food now. He said that we could try things such as Mexican or Chinese and not to worry about the spices unless he lets you know otherwise. I am sure he will be like me and LOVE every bit of it. I love anything spicy and I LOVE Chinese. As far a table food, he loves potatoes, carrots, green beans, grilled chicken, corn, mac and cheese, spaghetti, etc. There is nothing this child will not eat. He takes after his mommy for sure. And anytime he sees you eating ,he thinks he needs to eat too, even if he just ate. :)

Silly Boy!

Ready to eat!

Here is a video of Brayden enjoying his dinner one day....he says "mmmm...." while he eats. He must really enjoy his food! :)

**Brayden jabbers ALL the time!! He gets to jabbering and then starts using his hands like he is really telling you all about something. He sure seems to know what he is saying. It is too cute! And he has SUCH a personality. I LOVE it! I think that I am going to have a talker on my hands! :)

-At 12 months, here are some of the things Brayden can say:
: mama
: dada
: bye-bye
: hi
: no-no
: ya-ya (This is yes-yes. He says this when I tell him no-no)
: papaw (We all swore that he was saying papaw the night of his birthday)
: thank you (He has said this a couple of times after I say thank you. It is the cutest thing)
: uh-oh (He drops things on purpose just to say uh-oh)

: YAY (He will clap his hands and say yay)

Another thing that he has started doing is when you take a drink he will look at you smack his lips and say "AAAHHHHH" His daddy taught him that one. It is so cute!

Here is a video we took of Brayden saying bye-bye...

**Brayden gives the biggest and best hugs. (The highlight of each day!) He will crawl over to you and hug you if your sitting in the floor with him. He wraps his little arms around your neck and when he hugs you now he says "awwwww......" He has picked this up because I always say "awww" when I hug him and tell him that I love him. This is also how he started to say "thank you" because I would tell him thank you after he hugs or kisses me.

**He loves on all his stuff animals as well. He will hug and kiss them and love on them. He really is such a loving baby.

**For some time now when I go to change his clothes he will actually help me by raising his little arm and pushing his arms through his shirt or pulling the shirt over his head or

if he is standing at the tub waiting for a bath I will take his pants off and he will lift each leg as I take them off each leg. It is like he knows what he is suppose to do. I will also get out the wipes to wipe off his hands and as soon as he sees the package he automatically holds out his hand. So smart!

**Brayden's hair was getting so long in the back that it really needed a trim. I decided to cut it myself. I put Brayden in the sink in the bathroom so he couldn't get away and trimmed his hair. Here are some photos from Brayden's first haircut.

**Brayden got his first boo-boo this month. I laid my hand held video camera (which is the size of my iPhone) on the end table and it caught Brayden's eye, literally. He was looking up at it and decided to pull it off and it hit him just right under his eye.

Poor thing. :(

**Brayden loves to play with mommy and daddy. I will actually get on my hands and knees and chase after him and he LOVES it. He crawls faster and faster if he knows someone is after him and he giggles the whole time! I love hearing those little giggles. Such a happy little boy!

**Brayden LOVES to play with all of his toys. He loves his playroom and could play in there for hours. Sometimes you might even find him like this from playing so hard :)

Here is Brayden having some fun in the laundry basket. I love his little laugh!!

**We took Brayden to Boo at the Zoo this year and we had a lot of fun! Everyone absolutely LOVED Brayden's costume and one of the zoo workers even took his picture to put in their newsletter. We kept getting compliments about him. Here are some photos from Boo at the Zoo.

All dressed up and ready to go!

Ready to go to the zoo!

So sweet!

Little Stinker!

Daddy and Brayden

Mommy and Brayden looking at the ducks

Mommy and Brayden

**Nick and I took Brayden to a pumpkin patch this past month. We went to one in Henderson and we had a blast. Brayden loved the animals that were there and I painted a little pumpkin for him. We even enjoyed a hayride together. It was a lot of fun and cannot wait to make this a tradition each year! :)

On the hayride

Checking out the animals!

Painting Brayden's pumpkin

Mommy and Brayden

Feeding one of the animals

** For Halloween this year we went around to some see some family. We did not actually "trick or treat" because he is still way to little for that! We all had a great time on Halloween!! Here are some pictures from Brayden's First Halloween!

Mommy's Little Stinker

So Cute!

Brayden and his Great- Granny T.

Brayden checking out his Mickey Mouse Grammie bought him

All of his Halloween goodies!

** We took Brayden to Build a Bear for the first time on his birthday. He loved looking at all the stuffed animals and I had fun picking out all the stuff for his bear. :)

Brayden's puppy from Build a Bear! I thought this little guy was adorable! :)

Brayden with his first birthday card he got in the mail from Ailise.

**Brayden had a big birthday that lasted all week long it seemed! His daddy took a day off work just to spend the day with him. Like I said we went to Build a Bear for the first time and we just made the whole day all about Brayden. Later that afternoon, my mom and my stepdad Mike, my dad and his fiance Karen came to celebrate Brayden's birthday and watch him eat his 1st birthday cake and open a few gifts. We had a great time! Here are some pictures from his actual birthday!

His smash cake!

Waiting on his cake! :)

YUM!!

Brayden shared his cake with mommy

His gifts!

Time to open gifts!

**Brayden had BIG 1st birthday party the Sunday after his birthday! It was a great time and the turn out was great! Brayden had a crowd of family there to celebrate his 1st birthday. Brayden really enjoyed his day and recieved lots of gifts for his birthday! I had a blast planning his party and making his cake! Here are some pictures from his 1st birthday party!

Mommy and her birthday boy!

The dessert table

Brayden and his Aunt Lacey

Time for cake!

Our little family :)

Enjoying his cake!

Playing with his blocks from his Aunt Lacey

All of his presents he recieved for his birthday! Not spoiled at all :)

I guess that is all for now! I am going to continue to blog so be sure to check back often for updates on our family. I will try and blog more about our little family or the new things that Brayden is up to! Before I go, I will leave you with just a few more pictures! (I warned you that this blog was full of pictures!!

This past year has been such a blessing and fun of memories and I cannot wait to make many more!!

Brayden and his Papaw