Here is a picture of my little man at 18 months!
This past month seem to just fly by. I guess it was because it was a busy month for us.
Here is what my little man has been up to this past month. I am going to warn you this is a LONG post.
**We had a birthday party at our house for my moms birthday and we all had a blast. Of course, Brayden had to be the center of attention and steal the show.
Grammie and her little sunshine!
Helping Grammie open her gifts
We had dinner and cake and then we let my mom open her gifts, well Brayden opened them for her and then we played Just Dance on the Wii. Brayden even got in on the action. Check out this video of him dancing with us as we played the Wii.
He is talking all time time and I still cannot understand everything he says but it is so fun to listen to him tell his stories. I can only imagine what he will be like when he can finally talk and tell his stories where we can understand him. HA!
Here is a list of the words that Brayden can say to date: (I am sure that I have missed a few)
-Mommy
-Daddy
-Papaw
-Wow
-Bubby
-Hot
-I'm Good
-Baby
-Good Boy
-Okay
-I do it
-Boo
-Bobbi (Paci)
-Hi
-Bye
-LuLu (my moms dog)
-High Five
-Get her Get her
-Get it
-Yeah
-No No No
-Oh Boy
-Bad Bad Bad
-Ball
-Yay
-Thank you
-Uh oh
-Bite
-I see
-Cookie
-Bird
-Hidey (new this month)
-Sit ( new this month)
-onkey (means Monkey, new this month)
**Last month, I mentioned that he was not liking bathtime at the moment. Well the next week changed and he loves it again. He will laugh and squeal the entire time again, just like he use to. I do not know what happened or maybe it was just a short little phase but I am glad he is enjoying bathtime again.
**Brayden loves to wash his hands and brush his teeth. You can ask him if he wants to wash his hands and he will take off running to the bathroom and the same thing goes for brushing his teeth. I am so glad that he enjoys it and it is not a fight to get these little things done.
**He loves to play with his little cars and his choo choo train. When you ask him what does a car sound like he will make the noise "vroom" and when you ask him what a choo choo train sounds like he will say "chugga chugga" It is the cutest thing EVER!
**For a while now, he has shown interest in the potty. He loves to go with us into the bathroom and loves to watch the toilet flush. The last time he went for a check up the doctor said not to worry with potty training or anything at that time which was at his 15 month check up so I will see what he says at this next check up.
**My child would LIVE outside if I let him. He loves to play outside, go to the zoo, or just go for a walk. As long as he is outside he is satisfied!
He loves his new water table
SO HAPPY!
He was not so sure about the sand at first
But he LOVES it!
Watching the water drain out.
and trying to catch the water....
**We made our first of MANY trips to the zoo this month. Brayden had a blast and he felt like such a big boy because he was able to get out of the stroller and walk around the zoo all by himself. He was Mr. Independent and really did not want to hold our hands at all.
Ready to go
He was amazed by the monkeys!
Where do we go now?
Such a big boy!
**He loves to go bye bye. He will coming running if you ask him and he will automatically go and sit on the stairs and put his little feet out waiting to put his little shoes on.
**Brayden's shoes that he plays outside in are Velcro and the other day I was putting them on him and he would Velcro them himself. He has done this several times and I was impressed!
**He also still loves nap time and continues to sleep through the night without a peep until about 7:15 in the morning, sometimes earlier but not often. When he is ready to take a nap he will let you know. You ask him, " Brayden, do you want to go nite nite?" and he takes off for his crib. Couldn't ask for a better child!
**BraydenLOL He thinks he is helping his mommy! :)
**Brayden is really good at following commands. If you tell him to put something down and bring it to you he will usually right away. He also minds really well but we still have those terrible two meltdowns every once in a while.
**He loves the song "Dirt Road Anthem" by Jason Aldean. And when I say love I mean he LOVES it. The world stops when this song comes on and if we are in the car and he gets fussy all I have to do is turn it on and he starts smiling and bouncing his little foot and waving his hands. But when the song is over he will fuss and I will have to play it again, and again and again. HA! Good thing that is one of mommy's favorite songs.
**Brayden has had the TV remotes figured out for months now, but now when we are watching something on the DVR and it stops he comes to get the remote to start it again. If I am not around he will get the remote and bring it to me to restart it. He is too funny!
**He has learned to tell his monkey to sit. He will say "Sit onkey!" and point his little finger. It is the cutest thing! LOL He really gets into it.
**He loves to play ball and does a really good job throwing the ball around. He surprised me at how well he throws the ball overhand. Maybe he will grow up and play for the Cardinals one day! :)
**He LOVES to play "Ring around the Rosie" and LOVES to make himself dizzy. He is thinks it is hilarious. I have to stop him sometimes because I am afraid he will do it so much he will make himself sick. LOL I wish I had just 1/2 his energy!
Running in circles....
and more circles.....
until he falls down! :)
I guess I will add Braydens Easter pictures in with this post since I never got around to making a post for Easter.
We had a great Easter, despite the RAIN. Brayden was so enthused with his Easter basket. When he seen it he immediately started checking out all of his goodies that the Easter bunny brought! Then we traveled to Madisonville to see my family on Sunday. We enjoyed dinner and visiting together and we were still able to hunt Easter eggs on my moms covered deck.
Braydens goodies from the Easter Bunny
Checking out his goodies!
All dressed up for Easter
Daddy and Brayden
Mommy and Brayden
My Little Man!
Hunting Easter Eggs!
Brayden had a big time and really enjoyed playing with my moms dog Lucy. Here is a video of Brayden chasing Lucy around. He got so tickled. I think this video is adorable.
I guess that is all for now. Brayden goes to the doctor for his 18 month check up next week so I will be sure to post an update after his appointment. I cannot wait to see how much he has grown! For now, I will leave you with a few more pictures of my little man!
Daddy dressed me for the day (notice the Illinois on the jacket instead of UK) Mommy would have NEVER done that! :)
But he sure does look cute!
Being a BIG boy in Toys R Us. He was amazed!
Riding his tractor
Playing outside!
Such a sweet little face!
Normal morning, eating Apple Jacks and watching Team Umizoomi
Reading a book with his Papaw Mikey!
Brayden and his Papaw Townsend.
Daddy and Brayden
Mommy and her little man!
Have a great week!
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