Braden: The First Year

This is a photostream which represents important moments in Braden’s first year that I was lucky enough to capture.

(To see just a Month by Month Photostream, visit Braden: The First Year, by Month, at Sarcastic Mom.)

There were, of course, many achievements for Braden that are not represented here, because they took me by surprise, as they should.

There are quite a few pictures here… and I was being choosy!

This by NO means represents all the cute and wonderful pictures we got of him. But feel free to browse The Braden James Collection on my flickr account if you would like to see more of him. And you know you would.

[PS: I decided to stick in a couple of videos. Couldn't help myself.]

Braden James Carroll
The First Year of Life

First Family Photo
October 16, 2006 8:35pm

Being Monitored
October 16, 2006 10:30pm

All Cleaned Up
October 17, 2006 2:10am

First Full Day on the Outside
October 17, 2006

First Nap in His Crib
October 19, 2006

Meeting Himself
October 19, 2006

First Smile Captured
October 23, 2006

First Holiday – Halloween
October 31, 2006

First Sighting of His Bellybutton!
November 4, 2006

About One Month Old
November 15, 2006

The Day the BAD Colic Started
November 23, 2006
(Thanksgiving!)

First Social Smile Captured
December 12, 2006

About Two Months Old
December 17, 2006

Just a Few Days Into Formula Feeding
December 21st, 2006

First Christmas Eve
December 24, 2006

First Christmas
December 25, 2006

First Big Laugh Captured
December 29, 2006

First Well-Executed Thumb Suck
January 2, 2007

About Three Months Old
January 19, 2007

Standing in Chair… Barely Over 3 Months Old.
January 24, 2007

Pushing Up Well!
January 26, 2007

About Four Months Old
February 14, 2007

Rolling Over
February 24, 2007

Rolling Over – Moving Pictures!
February 25, 2006

Standing at the Coffee Table
March 1, 2007

First Cereal
March 8, 2007

First Time in a Pool
March 12, 2007

Sitting Up, Tripod Style
Five Months Old
March 16, 2006

First Solids After Cereal (Green Beans)
March 16, 2007

First St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2007

First Time in a High Chair
March 23, 2007

Sitting Up, One Hand
March 24, 2007

First Successful Sippy Cup Use
March 28, 2007

First Time at a Restaurant
April 2, 2007

First Use of His Beloved Jumperoo
April 4, 2007

First Easter
April 8, 2007

About Six Months Old
April 17, 2007

Devastation of Explosion on Both Ends
April 21, 2007

Getting So Good at Pushing All the Way Up!
May 4, 2007

First Mother’s Day
May 12, 2007

First Taste of Meat (Turkey)
He HATED It!
May 14, 2007

Up On All Fours Now… No More Belly Dragging!
About Seven Months Old
May 17, 2007

First Two Teeth
May 19, 2007

Cruising Well
May 28, 2007

Crawling!
June 7, 2007

First Father’s Day
June 17, 2007

First Popsicle
June 17, 2007

First Time in a Walker
(Supplied by Grossmutti)
June 20, 2007

First US Independence Day
July 4, 2007

Pulling Up in a Crib
July 4, 2007

First Time at the Beach
July 12, 2007

About Nine Months Old
Standing All the Time….
July 17, 2007

Teething Biscuit!
July 20, 2007

First Time Tasted by a Bear
July 25, 2007

Four Teeth Now
August 4, 2007

First Time Walking
August 13, 2007

Ten Months Old
August 16, 2007

First Time Picking Up “Smooshie” Things to Eat
August 29, 2007

The Toilet Paper Incident
September 1, 2007

About Eleven Months Old
September 17, 2007

About 2 Weeks from One Year
Running….
October 3, 2007

Always Pointing and Asking, “Wah-dat!?”
October 6, 2007

Exactly One Week from One Year
First Dandelion
October 9, 2007

The DayBefore One Year Old
October 15, 2007

What a wonderful year it has been. The greatest experience of my life.