Brandon Nicholas Messer: Colleen's Blog: Brandon's First Birthday

A List of Firsts...

• 6/5/07 - First time being sick (mild roto virus)
• 5/12/07 - Signs "Up!"
• 5/10/07 - Signs "Thank you"
• 4/15/07 - Signs "All Done"
• 4/15/07 - Signs "Eat"
• 4/10/07 - Signs "Book"
• 4/8/07 - Signs "Ball"
• 4/2/07 - Signs "Drink"
• 4/1/07 - Three molars break through - no joke.
• 3/26/07 - Signs "Please"
• 3/9/07 - Signs "More"
• 3/2/07 - Blows Kisses
• 2/17/07 - First molar tooth breaks through!
• 2/8/07 - Used a fork to feed himself peaches
• 2/6/07 - Brandon colors!
• 12/30/06 Decides to walk during his first birthday party!
• 11/27/06 Says "Dadda" and means Joby!
• 11/1/06 Says "Duck"
• 10/30/06 First Halloween - Dressed up as a monkey
• 10/21/06 Moved in to our new house!
• 10/9/06 Waves "bye-bye"
• 10/7/06 Says "Uh-oh!"
• 10/6/06 First time on airplane to see all the family in Baltimore!
• 9/8/06 - Eats finger foods
• August 2006 - General Update: Sleeping much better at night. Goes to bed between 8:30-9:30pm and will sleep until around 6:00am. Amazing!
• 8/7/06 Stands in crib
• 8/2/06 - Crawls! (He was doing a sort of swimming butterfly stroke/creeping until now)
• July 2006 - General Update: Brandon doesn't scream during car rides anymore. We bought him a new car seat. He loves Baby Einstein DVDs and will sit for 20-30 minutes to watch them. He generally likes to play on the floor with toys now too.
• 7/29/06 Pulls self up to standing
• 7/24/06 Second tooth
• 7/22/06 Actively searches for us when we play peek a boo (from behind the sofa or blankets). He started clinging to us when he gets excited and loves to bounce.
• 7/18/06 Played in a Jumping Johnny swing. Loves to bounce.
• 7/15/06 Reponds to name
• 7/11/06 First tooth!
• 6/19/06 Begins to creep
• 6/14/06 Sits alone
• 6/11/06 Brandon is baptized
• 6/10/06 First trip to the Jacksonville Zoo!
• 6/4/06 Aunt Sharon, Uncle Chris, Patrick and Grace visit from Baltimore!
• 6/4/06 Holds Spoon (Grandpa Joe taught him to bang a spoon on the table)
• May 2006 - General Update: Starts to look at books, loves them
• 5/27/06 Rolls from Back to Tummy
• 5/26/06 Passes toys from one hand to the other
• 5/21/06 Giggled when we tickled his belly
• 5/20/06 Started sweet potatoes at lunch, Yummy!
• 5/15/06 First solid food - rice cereal
• 5/10/06 Shakes Rattle
• 5/6/06 Slept from 9:15pm - 7:00am
• 4/24/06 Drinks from a cup (sipped water from Daddy's cup, and loved it)
• 4/14/06 Laughed at Mommy when she shook her hair at him
• 4/12/06 First time the play mat entertained him & he could bat the toys and turn the music on
• 4/9/06 First "belly laugh" at Grammy Raine
• 4/4/06 Started sucking his thumb (that didn't last long)
• 2/28/06 Finds Hands
• 2/22/06 Aunt Diane & Uncle Mike visit from Niagara Falls
• 2/18/06 Laughs at Daddy
• 3/9/06 First night in a hotel, slept 5 hours straight! (10:30pm-2:30am, then 3am-6:30am)
• 3/9/06 First trip to Disney World!
• 3/5/06 First trip to Sonny's BBQ
• 3/4/06 First trip to a restaurant
• 3/4/06 Aunt Molly, Uncle Erick, Abby & Conor visit
• 3/3/06 First trip out our the house to shop!
• 3/2/06 First immunizations
• 2/27/06 Rolls from Tummy to Back
• 2/22/06 Talks & Coos more. Kicks his arms & legs when we talk to him.
• 2/20/06 Grasps our shirts when we hold him
• 2/17/06 Great-Grandma (GiGi) Godlewski visits
• 2/14/06 Holds up Head
• 2/9/06 Took a 30 min nap in his room
• 2/8/06 Sits Supported by Sofa
• 1/31/06 Smiles at Mommy
• 1/30/06 Smiles at Daddy
• 1/12/06 First Sitter (Grammy Raine)
• 1/7/06 First Bottle
• 1/6/06 Raises from Tummy to Forearms
• 1/5/06 First Doctor's Appt
• 1/4/06 First Bath at home
• 1/4/06 First walk in stroller

What Brandon Said

• Baaaa (sheep)
• Pig
• Beer (Bear)
• Chick-Chick (chicken)
• Tuck (Truck)
• Ow! (for hurt)
• Boosh (Brush)
• Hat
• Bird
• Lowly (from his most favorite book)
• Bib
• Booo (Moo for Cow)
• Ooh ooh ahh ahh (Monkey)
• Ah-Dah (All Done with sign)
• Moa (More with sign)
• Big Ball
• Shoes
• Boom
• Daw (Draw)
• Hoo Hoo (owl)
• Ee Ah Oh (E-I-E-I-O)
• Nack (snack)
• Knock Knock (with sign)
• Ah-poo (Elmo)
• Dah (down with sign for up)
• Shish (fish)
• Mm-na (banana)
• Me (knee with point)
• Peep-Eye (Peek-a-Boo)
• Happy!
• Yee Haw (She'll be coming round the mountain)
• Bye Bye (with wave)
• Juice (milk)
• Dah (Door)
• Ba (bath with sign)
• Dink (Drink with sign)
• Pah (up! with sign)
• Table
• Eye (with point)
• Elbow (with point)
• Eat (with sign)
• Baba (Grandpa)
• Mama
• Apple
• Book (with sign)
• Ball (with sign)
• Bubbles
• Go Ga (Go Gators)
• Baby
• Dare it is! (There it is)
• ah (one), two, tee, da (four), daaaa (fiiive)
• Achoo! (pretend sneezing)
• Bess-ou (Bless You)
• Tank-ou or too choo (Thank you with sign)
• Diddy (Kitty)
• Hi
• Tick-Tock
• Dadda/Daddy
• Dis! (This)
• Duck
• Uh-Oh!

Instead of retyping everything I had written in my blog over to Brandon's blog, I will just link you over!
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