Thursday, July 23rd, our little man turned two years old! I felt nostalgic but excited for him at the same time. I can't even begin to articulate the joy Braeden brings into our lives. He is a crack up yet also very tender, sweet and loving. Here is a list of our precious two-year-old's favorite things, stats and stories for those that haven't had the opportunity to get to know him:COLOR: Blue, Yellow ("yeh-yoh")
FOOD: Anything with cheese (or even resembles cheese, like white rice)
DRINK: Water, Water, Water... and chocolate milk
(which he calls, "juice")
TAG LINES: "I do it!", "Stop it!", "All doooone!", "Ssshhhh!", "Ooooooh, man!", "So sorry" (Ever since we taught him to say "sorry", he's always said it this way. We think it's adorable and hope he never stops!), "Mm-mm-mm!" (He does this while shaking his hips side to side, priceless!).
MOVIE: Hands down, Cars! He watches this daily and wakes up asking for it.
CARTOON: Word World, Super Why!, Spongebob
BOOK: This changes by the week. Last week it was Fox in Socks and this week it seems to be The Giving Tree.
TOYS: Cars, anything and everything Cars & his oversized, yellow tonka truck.
CARS CHARACTERS: Mater, Red and Tractor
FRUIT: Bananas and strawberries
VEGGIE: Peas
SNACK: GoGurt
HEIGHT: Approx 36 inches (3 ft)
WEIGHT: 27 lbs
GAME: Elefun
TEMPERAMENT: Sensitive, loving, very helpful, goofy.
NEW-FOUND LOVE: Jumping!!!
LEARNING: Can recognize some words, all letters (upper and most lower case), recognize most numbers and colors.
BEST FRIENDS: Lincoln, Grady, Nico
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:
Repeats the last word you say when conversing, speaks phrases and simple sentences, walks downstairs like a big boy.
FUNNY QUIRKS:
Flip flops the pronunciation of words (i.e., "Dirty" is "Deeter"), and for fun and laughs he goes around walking like an old man bent over!
PASTIME:
Scribbling on paper and telling Mommy what letter it most resembles, swimming or being in the water, water colors, plays and plays and plays with his Cars and trucks (lining them up, stuffing smaller cars into bigger trucks, rearranging them, etc.).
GUILTY PLEASURE:
Chapstick, a.k.a. "whips" (lips). He loves to hold it, turn it up, put it on his "whips", close the cap (notice how he doesn't turn it back down? This creates problems). He could do this all day. Speaking of lips, he likes to pick at the middle part of his upper lip until it bleeds. He knows he's not allowed to so he waits until he's in bed alone (I can catch him on the monitor) or he'll just hide behind a couch and pick, pick, pick. It's a terrible habit. He also love, love, loves to drink ice water from an adult glass. He spills one just about daily...
MOMMY'S FAVORITE MOMENTS:
In the beginning of the Cars movie, Lightening McQueen says "Ooooh, yeah!". I caught him saying it on queue before and it was priceless! Last night when he said his first prayer with Mommy's help. Hearing him go into a fit of laughter where he can't stop. He's most goofy just before bed and absolutely anything is funny to him. I love his laugh; it's so contagious. When he comes to me and just sits in my lap or lays down next to me to cuddle. Singing to him at night and getting him to sing the word "Beam!" to the primary song, "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". And kisses, Mommy loves her some Braeden kisses!
DADDY'S FAVORITE MOMENT:
When he went up to Daddy and for the first time ever said, "Hug?" while stretching out his arms. He's never asked for a hug before. He's always just done it or we've initiated it. It was so precious.
Repeats the last word you say when conversing, speaks phrases and simple sentences, walks downstairs like a big boy.
FUNNY QUIRKS:
Flip flops the pronunciation of words (i.e., "Dirty" is "Deeter"), and for fun and laughs he goes around walking like an old man bent over!
PASTIME:
Scribbling on paper and telling Mommy what letter it most resembles, swimming or being in the water, water colors, plays and plays and plays with his Cars and trucks (lining them up, stuffing smaller cars into bigger trucks, rearranging them, etc.).
GUILTY PLEASURE:
Chapstick, a.k.a. "whips" (lips). He loves to hold it, turn it up, put it on his "whips", close the cap (notice how he doesn't turn it back down? This creates problems). He could do this all day. Speaking of lips, he likes to pick at the middle part of his upper lip until it bleeds. He knows he's not allowed to so he waits until he's in bed alone (I can catch him on the monitor) or he'll just hide behind a couch and pick, pick, pick. It's a terrible habit. He also love, love, loves to drink ice water from an adult glass. He spills one just about daily...
MOMMY'S FAVORITE MOMENTS:
In the beginning of the Cars movie, Lightening McQueen says "Ooooh, yeah!". I caught him saying it on queue before and it was priceless! Last night when he said his first prayer with Mommy's help. Hearing him go into a fit of laughter where he can't stop. He's most goofy just before bed and absolutely anything is funny to him. I love his laugh; it's so contagious. When he comes to me and just sits in my lap or lays down next to me to cuddle. Singing to him at night and getting him to sing the word "Beam!" to the primary song, "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". And kisses, Mommy loves her some Braeden kisses!
DADDY'S FAVORITE MOMENT:
When he went up to Daddy and for the first time ever said, "Hug?" while stretching out his arms. He's never asked for a hug before. He's always just done it or we've initiated it. It was so precious.
Update from last blog... So I'm sure you all have been losing sleep over how Braeden has gone the last three months without a bath because of his paralyzing fear of poo poo living in the bathtub. Rest assured, Mommy found a way to ease him back into the process to a point where he now really enjoys his bath time again. All it took was explaining that it was impossible until I was blue in the face... eventually my explanation turned into a little song I created. The words go like this, "Poo poo in the potty! Bubbles in the bath!" (please appreciate the alliteration =). So I gave the boy bubbles, so many bubbles that there was no way he would noticed the tiniest speck on the floor of the tub and assume it was more poo poo! We have our set backs time and again; I'm always prepared for the sudden rush of fear of a slippery and wet little boy trying to make his way out of the tub asap! These days, he often jumps in the shower with either Mommy or Daddy. He likes to stay in there after we finish and just let the water run on his back.... but who doesn't?
Happy Birthday Braeden Lucas!
