Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Sure sign it's fall



Playing in the leaves. What fun that used to be and I just found out it still is a lot of fun. We don't have many trees in our yard but tend to have a lot of leaves. The other day I decided they needed to be raked so Jason got right on it and we decided to make it play time for Brady too. He's getting so big and interested in everything we knew he would love this. Jason raked a big pile and Brady got right in. We had such a great day picking up leaves and watching Brady play in the yard. Those days are soon to be over as the cold has already come in so it's great to get out when we can.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Feeding himself

We went to Kansas City this weekend to see my college roommate Kara. We went out to eat and first thing Brady grabbed was my lemon. He LOVES them. He has been eating them for a long time. He pretty much eats the entire lemon peel and all.

When we got home Saturday night Brady needed to eat so I sat him down in his chair and he acted like he wanted to feed himself. So I figured, no big deal, he needs to learn to use the spoon sometime. We ended up with peas everywhere and mom had to finish feeding him because not many peas ended up in his mouth.

Then Sunday when we sat down for supper he wanted to feed himself again. This time I thought, this will be nice, he will keep himself busy while I eat, and sure enough he did. Picture number 3 and 4 show the mess that he made while trying to feed himself. He finally let me help some but really wanted to do it himself. There was not a clean spot on his tray or him. He went straight to the bath since he had peas in his hair, on his face and on his hands. So so much fun to watch.

It's amazing how quickly they grow up. He wants to do everything we do. He trys to drink out of a normal cup, though it ends up all over him, eats lemons and now feeds himself. I'm not sure what he needs us for. :)

While we were in KC, we went to Kara's parents house. Her mom got out a Noah's arc play set and let Brady play. He had all the animals laying out and then started handing them to people one at a time but would give the pair before picking a new animal. If we told him one to get and bring to someone he would pick up the one we wanted and walk it over to whoever asked for it. It blew my mind. He doesn't have an elephant or aligator toy here but after being told once what they all were, he remembered and took them in pairs. I was so amazed with him.



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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Happy Halloween

Brady's 2nd Halloween but 1st Trick-or-Treat!! We had a really good time. Brady was getting sick and it was pretty cold out so we only went to a couple houses but it was so much fun watching him. He really didn't get the concept but he LOVED the lights and all the decorations. You could tell when he was getting cold and wanted to be done because after someone opened the door instead of getting candy he started to crawl into their house. He got plenty of candy, and when I say he I really mean mom and dad got plenty of candy. :) Maybe it was a good thing he didn't feel well. Sure helps keep us from outgrowing our pants.


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