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.