New diets for all 3 of us

As some of you know once your baby turns 6 months you can now introduce solids to their diet...well as our last posts say we have started doing that. We took Brigham in to see his Dr. (for his flat head)exactly a week after his 6 month check and he had gained 9 oz!! Those solid foods are really getting to him!

Because of some comments from some people the last few weeks I have also started a "diet" It includes limiting my pop to only 1 a day and also limiting my candy intake. I have also tried to do 30 minutes on the eliptical and walk every night. I am doing pretty good so far, a little tired and have no energy, but thats from something else. The no pop and candy thing is killing me!

Mike has also started a new diet...he is trying to gain weight! Ya that's way fun to have in the house with me who's trying to lose weight! We will let you know how it all turns out.

We gave Brigham his first haircut on Thursday. His hair wasn't extremely long it was just longer in some spots and short in others so he kinda had a comb over. I was too nervous to cut it so I had Mike cut it. He looks like a little man now.

Before the haircut

Mom is freakin out!
SOOO CUTE!!

He's just showing off for the camera



His new trick has evolved into an all day thing!

Brigham's new trick

So Brigham has figured out a new trick...not so sure I'm excited about this one? Especially not this early

Lady Antebellum

So I guess I listened to Lady Antebellum a little too much while I was pregnant with Brigham (especially their song "Need You Now" Brigham absolutely loves them!! That one song especially!!! He will stop whatever he is doing and turn towards the tv when it comes on. I recorded it on our TV so whenever he gets fussy I turn it on and it saves me for a few minutes. I recorded him watching the whole song today and as soon as it finished he looked at me like "again mom?" Its too long of a video to post on here so you'll just have to take my word for it.

This isn't his favorite song he's listening to here but it's his favorite group!

I'm back!

We have had a crazy last 3 weeks! Brigham and I flew up to Utah by ourselves (he did great on the plane) We spent about 10 days there. While we were there it was Syracuse days and Brigham got to go to his first parade! I was so nervous he was going to freak out when the fire trucks came by with their sirens...but he did great! He just kept kicking his legs and talking. We also started feeding him baby food! He LOVES it! We had a great time in Utah! Then we met Mike at the SLC airport and he flew with us to Portland to visit his family. While we were there Steve and Joann received their mission call...to Nauvoo! So excited for them! They leave Aug. 2nd for a year. Also while we were there Brigham started his fake cough again! I think cuz of grandpa! :) He is doing it as I type! He also got to swim for the first time, not sure if he liked it, there were a bunch of kids screaming and splashing him and he didnt last too long. We went to the zoo and Brigham seemed to love it! I love the zoo and hadnt been in years! I just wish the animals were out where we could see more of them! But it was a great time! As much fun as we had I was so ready to get home!
We flew to Vegas where Mike left his car and drove back...I arrived to a surprise! We had decided to do a little project in our bedroom. We wanted to paint stripes and do a chair rail type thing, when I left to Utah Mike had finished painting one of the walls and that was it...well when we got back it was all done! There is a little bit of touch up work to do but I think it looks fantastic!
I also took Brigham to his 6 month appt yesterday and he is doing great! He weighs 20lbs 13 oz and is 28 inches long...he gained exactly 4 lbs and his head grew a ton I guess, they had to remeasure just to make sure :)

Right out of the bath, crazy hair and tired eyes!

Sitting up like a big boy


Ready for a swim

The twins!

Oh just blowin raspberries

Chubby legs are stuck

Happy boy!

This is his 2nd time eating applesauce

Two new things for Brig

Lindsey got some sunglasses for Brig while they were up in Salt Lake. He loves them and as you can see he is just relaxing. The sunglasses are great they have a strap that goes around his head so they stay on. I thought he would pull them off all the time but Lindsey says he doesn't and loves them.

We had Brig get into his basketball outfit the other day. I don't think he really liked having the tennys on but he looked great in his basketball shorts. If he keeps growing like he has so far he is going to be like 7 feet tall and about 220lbs.

What do you think?

Ok I want to know what everyone thinks...everybody has thought that Brigham looks like Grandpa Sorensen! I wanted to see for myself so I had Gram Sorensen email me some pics of Grampa when he was a baby and this is what she sent...

I can't believe how similar they look!! Now we know where Brigham gets his HUGE noggin!! :) We already knew he got Grampa's sweat genes!

I think Brigham is a good mixture of both me and Mike and is the cutest thing in the world!

Standing with no help!

He loves his teddy bear Grandma Woodruff gave him

Wasn't a huge fan of the high chair

Just relaxin