Hi Everyone!

Yea, the Deem family finally has a blog!

We are doing well. Braden is the highlight of our lives.. duh.. he makes B.J. and I laugh every day. I just took him to his 9 month Dr's appointment yesterday - he's 18lbs and 28in... which is 50th percentile for height and 10th percentile in weight! He's a little guy. The doc's not worried about his weight because just sitting in the dr's office, he could see how active Braden is... jumping, crawling, kicking, squirming (sp?). He is crawling EVERYWHERE and uses his push toy to try to walk. He is famous for his growling techniques. It is so funny to hear. He uses growling to communicate - gimme that, I'm hungry, I'm tired, I want to play, etc. - so we're starting to teach him sign language to take place of the growls.

He LOVES to get into the dog and cat food bowls. He knocks them over and makes big messes for Mom to clean up... then smiles. One of his favorite chew toys are the door stoppers on the wall. He's taught himself how to unscrew them from the wall and chew on them. He's also figured out how the door stoppers work. He pushes the door against the stopper and watches it bounce back. He's a very smart little bugger. He's the funnest and hardest thing to take care of and we just love him!

B.J. is busy with 10 credit hours of school and working full time - oh and his church calling of Bulletin Board Specialist. :) That's actually both of our callings - we're co-Bulletin Board Specialists. It's the greatest calling ever! Anyway, so we hardly ever see each other except for the weekends. Braden keeps me busy most of the day, except for 4 hours in the afternoon when I go to work. Most days I'd rather be home with him, but there are the few days when I'm a little happy to have a break and go to work. :)

Well we're excited for Halloween (and I'm already getting excited for Christmas!). Hope to see you all soon!