Adventures with Briggs 6,7&8 Months

Thanks to mostly iPhone videos, I was able to compile what Briggs has been up to these last few months. As you can see this kid is never happy :)

These past few months:

• He celebrated his half birthday with friends and family
• He goes to the park (a lot)
• He went on some overnight trips with mom and dad to the JW downtown for mom's birthday and to Chicago for Sadie's wedding
• He still loves music and loves to dance
• He loves discovering new things to play with
• He is quickly trying all sorts of new foods. His favorites are bananas and sweet potato puffs.
• By 7 months he was finally able to sit up on his own without toppling over
• He can't crawl yet (but he can lean with it and rock with it)
• He is finally getting a tooth!

This guy is too fun. Enjoy!

After All

Sadie's wedding this passed weekend was one of the most beautiful I had EVER witnessed. It was SO Sadie. It was so nice seeing my friends in Chicago and getting to spend the weekend with our whole family.

Funny story about the weekend- Ryan and I were so paranoid leading up to the trip because of the sleeping situation. My mom, dad, sister and her husband Ryan all shared a room with Ryan, Briggs and I. Since Briggs has not been sleeping through the night, we were worried about what kind of disturbance he would be and whether or not we would have to spend our night in the lobby with a wakeful baby.

It turns out, we didn't need to worry. Briggs did have his moments, but his Uncle Ryan snored so loud that he won the loud boy prize. So thanks for taking the pressure off, Uncle Ryan!

sweet, sweet chicago

the most handsome guy on the block

our family

On the actual wedding day Sadie, Austin and the rest of the bridal party traveled via trolley and went to at least 7 locations around Chicago for pictures. I honestly got a tour of Chicago and saw places that I had never seen before. They will have the most stunning pictures I'm sure. Hopefully she will let me post a few once she gets them back.

I think my favorite moment of the day is when Sadie walked down the aisle. She traveled down to the alter during the bridge to the most beautiful David Crowder Band song "After All (Holy)" I had never heard it but now... I. CAN'T.STOP.LISTENING.

Enjoy.

One of Us

If you know anything about my taste in music, you know that I am a huge fan of the singer/songwriter genre. Dave Barnes fits into this category and is probably one of my favorites of all time. In fact, we are going to see him in concert this Saturday (my first night out since baby). His music has served as therapy to my heart and soul over the years and he continues to do so with his newest album, "Stories to Tell."

As Briggs and I were taking a walk, I was listening to his new album that came out yesterday. Then Dave's song, "One of Us" started to play. I immediately began crying as soon as I heard the first few lines. While staring at my baby and listening to this love-letter-of-a-song, I couldn't help to just stand in awe of God's grace. Welcome to being "one of us," my baby boy.

Another blessing is that I was able to catch multiple smiles of our boy today! Here is the progression of smirks to a giant baby grin! I'm SO in love with this boy: