Alright! It's been a busy couple of months! I've added more photos to the Month 11 album and added the Month 12 album to Picasa. If you have more pics to contribute, please do so by uploading them to Picasa or sending them to me to upload.

Month 11

Braden Cai - Month 11

Month 12

Braden Cai - Month 12

Other updates:
On March 22nd, one of Braden's buddies at school decided he might taste good and bit his left shoulder...

Braden seems to like sour foods - lemons and pickles in particular.

Braden's first birthday party was a success - balloons, bubbles, chalk, tears and all.

Braden seems to like his new forward-facing car seat. He actually stays awake for most of the time he's in the car now! I'm not sure if that means he can't sleep because he's afraid of how I drive, or that he's just taking in the scenery. *Grin*

The weekend after his birthday, Braden and I joined most of the family in Temple for a birthday party/reunion. Braden had an accident with a faucet and got a gash on his forehead. He does now have a small scar from that and a small scar from picking at the bandaid with, evidently, razor-sharp fingernails...

The weekend of the 15th of May, Braden hit his head on the entertainment center and got another gash next to his left eye. I think he's trying to see how much blood it will take to make Mommy completly freak out!!!

Hopefully, the remainder of the school year goes smoothly and summer school starts without too many hiccups.

Month 11 photos

New pics for month 11 added!

Braden Cai - Month 11

We're getting ready for a few visitors for Easter and then many more for Braden's 1st Birthday!
Let us know if you're going to be here for either.

Braden's Walking!!!

Braden took off at daycare today! The ladies couldn't get the camera fast enough...

We were sure to get video once we got home though! Here is the proof:
(those of you getting this via e-mail - you'll have to go to the blog to see the videos)
http://carroll-family-blog.blogspot.com

Walking Video #1

Walking Video #2

Walking Video #3

Walking Video #4

Updates!

First - the pictures! I've added some pics to previous months so I've included all updated albums here:

Braden Cai - Month 8

Braden Cai - Month 9

Braden Cai - Month 10

Braden Cai - Month 11

Braden sure has been keeping us on our toes lately! He is very good at creeping around on whatever he can grab onto. He's also now mastered crawling and he sure is fast! Braden still loves to hold onto a couple of fingers and take off, but now he sometimes ventures a few steps with only one finger to hold onto...

He can now stand unsupported for up to 20 seconds. He can even squat down and stand back up while unsupported occasionally - if he's not paying attention to the fact that he's unsupported that is.

We're now up to between 3 and 5 hours at night with Braden sleeping in HIS bed.

Braden really enjoys working on the computer like Mommy and Daddy! Hopefully we'll get some pics posted soon of him working hard on his computer!

The ladies at daycare told me that he was using a walker today (push toy) and figured out that when he got stuck that he could back up to get unstuck.

Braden has been working very hard at saying "ma" and "meh" lately. The ladies at daycare said that all this week everything has been "ma-ma" or "ma-meh" or "meh-meh". Sometimes he'll throw even throw in a "ba" or "da" when he's at home.

I'm sure there's a ton more, but I just can't think of it right now.

If anyone wants to come visit, let us know and I'm sure we can make room for a few people at a time for a few days at a time.