Smiling Baby!

Man, does this kid smile at us these days. I have to say, it makes parenting loads more fun. It was fine before but there's just something about a kid waking up in your arms and giving you a HUGE hello grin that makes it amazing.

A little blurry, but you get the gist.

And I had to include this one because it's just too cute. He doesn't play with his toys yet, but it's not for lack of trying on my part!

Wedding!

He's been a busy guy this last week, went to a wedding last week and went on a first date with his future wife. Here's a picture!

Baby girl Schneekloth and Bradley! Can't wait to meet you in October, baby girl!

He was such a good baby, he must love weddings because he didn't cry at all during the ceremony!

Or maybe he was just too happy all cuddled up next to his daddy

  

And the obligatory family photo. Obligatory because I made it so.

Family photo time!

Isn't Bradley's little sweater vest outfit adorable? Funny story, Bradley had his first fashion emergency the day before the wedding. We had gone out and purchased a few dress up outfits for him a few weeks prior but then I tried them on the day before the wedding and nothing fit! I was upset about this and so was Bradley, it is the only explanation for why he would be crying as I kept stripping him down and trying on different outfits over the course of about 5-10 min ...

So we had to rush over to Baby's R Us and fortunately they had the outfit pictured above. It fit him perfectly at the wedding so he may have grown out of it already, 6 days later. Totally worth it though!

Birthday Party

However, we went to a birthday party the day after the wedding which I decided was a wonderful opportunity for a little man to dress up again.

Looking so studly!

 I also decided that it was an excellent opportunity for additional photo ops with his loving parents.

This was a very fun birthday party and Bradley was thrilled to be the only little boy in attendance. In Nathan's words "he had a three to one ratio, go playa!"

Redfern Family Time

He had a wonderful time hanging out with his uncle Daniel and Stephanie, notice who we decided was the more trustworthy baby holder.

Grandma and Grandpa Redfern were also there. This was after the birthday party, I swear I've put him in clothes besides the sweater vest outfit this past week.

What is this, another opportunity for a family photo? Done and done!

The Baby Sleeps!

 Also, we may have given birth to a little boy but I think he may have a bit of princess in him a la The Princess and the Pea. He had been horrible at his daytime naps this past week and would wake up and cry until I would come hold him. But he slept really well at night. Aha, turns out our little pack n play mattress that I like to use for his naps during the day wasn't soft enough for our delicate little guy. In his defense, I actually had a good feel of the padding after we discovered this and I don't really blame the kid, it is a pretty thin pad. Too bad the giant already outgrew the cute bassinet attachment that was loaded with padding. Now I get to schlep him up and down the stairs for naps. But it's okay because he's magically a fantastic napper once more!

During the only sleeping on mommy phase, the cats had to do some serious work to get any attention at all.

Hey look, it's Bradley Crockett!

Daddy kindly stepped in to assist with baby naps when he came home from work. What a champion.

And now this WONDERFUL child occasionally sleeps through the night. Nathan did the last official feed at 11:30 last night and Bradley didn't wake up and demand food until 5:15am. What an angelic child.