1-year Pictures

Last weekend we took a family outing to Topeka, KS to have family pictures made and also to have Braxton's one year pictures made! We took Braxton's individual pictures first, and he was a pro! He was all smiles the whole time! His photographer, Cassie, couldn't believe how full of smiles he was at 9 am in the morning! Braxton even came up with a few of his own poses! Following his shots, we took a few family pictures as well! They turned out great too and we were so pleased with how well Braxton did. After pictures, we spent the rest of the morning in the mall and Braxton took his hour and a half nap in his stroller while Dave and I shopped around in the mall. To end out outing we stopped at a favorite restaurant, Red Robin, for lunch. This was Braxton's first time eating there and he didn't waste anytime in letting us know that he loved the restaurant too! He devoured his "kiddy" meal of mac-n-cheese, mandarian oranges, and even had several fries with mom and dad! Oh, what a great weekend with our family of three!

First Haircut

Braxton had his first haircut a few weeks ago! It was long overdue! Dave and I took him to his first barber! He enjoyed having his haircut, although he didn't want anything to do with the cape they tried to put on him. His barber, Richard, didn't waste anytime in taking the cape off of him once he saw he didn't like it. He was so quick in taking it off, I didn't even have time to snap a picture...darn, I did like the bright yellow ducky cape, maybe next time! Braxton sat in Dave's lap and was well behaved for his first haircut. He just sat their and sucked on his thumb...I'm thinking the thumb sucking was a nervous habit maybe because he'd already been fed and he'd already had his nap (those tend to be the only times he sucks on his thumb). We did manage to snap a few pictures without the thumb in the mouth! Richard even made sure we had a small baggy with his first few snips of his hair and they are already in Braxton's baby book!