Bracken is my little pal! He's learning new things every day, I'm always finding new ways to make him laugh and smile, and he's doing the same for me. We love our little guy!
*When we give him kisses he grabs our face and pulls us to him and won't let go. And if you're not paying enough attention, he'll try to eat your nose.
*He grabs and plays with his toes now. I think that is adorable!
*I'll put the phone next to him so he can talk to his Grandma or Daddy, but as soon as he sees the phone he stops making any noises and tries to grab the phone and eat it.
*He rolled from his back to his tummy this week.
Swinging into my arms and on my head is one of his favorite things to do. Going on horse rides on my legs is his other favorite. And anything else that involves swinging or bouncing.
He is so much fun in the bath! He loves splashing. I comb his hair different ways and he laughs in between each one. So every time he takes a bath I comb his hair like Grandpa Rob, Grandpa Clay, Uncle Seth (when Seth was little he thought a G.Q. hairdo was the coolest), Daddy, and a mohawk. Then when he gets out he gets dried with my blow drier and rubbed down with lotion.
There are tons of tiny little frogs around here. Sunday evening we went on a walk and they were hopping all over the place. I got the camera out and Brian and I caught some frogs to show Bracken but he was completely oblivious. He just looked at me and smiled for the camera and never noticed the frogs. 
Bracken loves his bumbo chair. I think he just likes being upright so he can see what's going on. Right before I took this picture I sat him in his chair and gave him a toy, but he just dropped it and kept looking intently at all his other toys. So I handed him each of his toys one by one until he had all of his toys scattered around him. Then he was content and just played for a while, going from one toy to the next.
Brian's office won an incentive so we got to Pro Kart Racing last week. We had a blast! The carts went about 40 mph. It brought out the competitive side of me. I love the speed and the adrenalin rush that comes with racing. (It's a good thing our little car doesn't go very fast!) Anyway, we both had a great time and did pretty well in the races. I somehow got covered in some pretty good bruises while Brian came out unscathed. I didn't even get bumped that much, but my back, knees, and sides were black and blue. Oh well, it was worth it. Brian tells me they have indoor go-cart racing close to his family's home in Phoenix, so we'll have to go again sometime. (Don't you love our helmet hair in the above picture?) 
Bracken was squealing and hollering so much I had to get his binkie out. I have to hold it in his mouth because he won't suck on it himself. He's been really noisy lately, just discovering his voice and all the sounds he can make. He loves it when I hold him in front of the mirror and he'll bounce and "talk" to himself for fifteen minutes at a time. I think he's pretty cute and like hearing his noises, it just gets a little loud in church or when there's lots of other people around.
This is a long nosed saw shark. I'd never even heard of this shark before but I was facinated by it. The shark will swim into a big school of fish and thrash its head back and forth spearing the fish. Then it just catches and eats the injured, easy to catch fish. I got the following picture off the internet so you can see how long its nose is. Pretty impressive, huh?
Bracken and me checking out the horseshoe crabs. He liked that he could touch the water.
