Meet the new Brayden. Just a little over a year and a half ago, he weighed less than ten pounds. He couldn’t hold his own head up. His stomach was the size of a marble. He wore clothes that looked like they would fit on a doll. He didn’t say much. . . the only word he knew was “cry”. He slept all nuzzled in my arms and I rocked him to sleep.

Today, he weighs twenty-five pounds. He already runs like a little athlete. His stomach can hold rather LARGE amounts of food (takes after his daddy) 🙂 He wears clothes that look like little man clothes. He’s a chatterbox now, pointing out things and asking for things. His favorite activity is playing with “choo-choos” (and anything that has to do with them). Rocking him to sleep is a thing of the past, and it’s very sad. But I’m so happy to meet my toddler, and to show him our world little by little.