The Long Awaited Costume has ARRIVED.....

I have said for about the last 10 months that Brayden would be BAM BAM for Halloween this year! I ordered the costume and it has finally arrived!! He is going to be so cute, I can't wait to see it. I haven't tried it on him yet, but can't wait to!!

Brayden did not get to excited about the costume, he really had/has no idea what or why I bought it. He acutally had more fun with the box than the costume....

Playing at the Park..................

As everyone knows our little guy loves to be outside every minute he can. He will do anything to go outside and bang on the windows if we won't take him. Since we have had such beautiful weather this week on my days off I decided to take him to the park both days and he is getting really good at running around the equiptment. He is also getting more daring by the minute. He will try anything but the swings, whatever you do don't put him in a swing!!!

Here are some pictures that I got:

Another new toy, he could get use to this.....

Brayden got some new Mega Blocks this week from his Aunt Karshawn, and she couldn't of found a better gift. He loves to build them, watch us build tall towers and help ofcourse, and really LOVES to knock them down!! They have given him hours of play already!!! He does such a good job building things, it has really impressed us.

Brayden is FAST, and is a kid that knows what he wants, when he wants it!! Everyone tells me that I should be on top of this now before it gets out of control. He frustrates me sometimes, and then I pick him up and I just want to kiss those cheeks, I can't help it, he is just so dang cute!! It is easy for everyone to tell me to put him in time out, or hold to my word, but I can't get over all of his cuteness.

Brayden is back on a not sleeping kick. We thought it was because of his late afternoon nap, but with that gone we are still having the same problem. He wakes up mad, won't settle down for a little while, which in turn means that he is missing out on some valuable sleep time, and so are mommy and daddy!! We have no idea what could be causing it this time, we will just have to wait and see and hope it turns around soon. Otherwise we might have the only 3 year old that refuses to sleep through the night. You never know it could happen!! 

Well this week has been interesting and caused me to be done listening to whines and grunts for Brayden to get what he wants. The kid can talk when he wants to so this week we started learning words for things he wants, and I have said that word multiple times till he picked up on it and started saying it when he wants it. We learned "UP", "DOWN", "MORE", "THANK YOU", "PLEASE", "OUTSIDE", "INSIDE", "SNACK" and I think that is all. Not only does he know these words but he knows what they mean to!! I thought it was pretty good for a few days!! I have been hearing alot less crying these days and alot more talking.

Brayden is now a champ at taking off his own diaper too, we must put pants on him right away or he will have no diaper on before we know it. Silly boy!!

We have finally elimated his late afternoon/evening nap and have him on one nap per day just after lunch. It is a hard time sometimes but it has been working out ok. He is also doing really well with putting himself to sleep and not getting so grouchy!! He just falls asleep on his blanket and then we put him in his bed!

He is getting so big so fast, I can't get over it. He can reach the counters easily, and we often find him with things we wouldn't expect like a package of buns, bananas, and whatever else we leave on the island!! We are learning!!

Row, Row, Row your Boat

Oh my goodnes!! I might be crazy but Brayden picks up on things so quick. Today he sat down in the living room with a toy that sings songs when you flip to the page and Row, Row, Row your Boat was on, he shut the book, it stopped singing and he started singing ROW ROW ROW your BOAT!! Donny didn't believe me and then heard it for himself and was also very impressed. I can't believe how much like a sponge he really is!! He is 16 months going on 5 years I feel like!

We have almost got the evening nap eliminated completely. Only 1 time in the last week he has slept after his normal nap time at daycare!! YEAH!! He has also been sleeping a ton better at night so 15 grouchy minutes are worth it. It is so sweet because he likes to have a few minutes of quiet cuddle time with mommy which I absolutely love ofcourse!!!

His new love is kisses, well blowing kisses, and bubbles!! He loves his time in the bath tub because we let him have bubbles in the bathtub and he also has a toy that blows bubbles for him and they land on him and is able to pop them! He thinks that is the coolest thing ever!! 

Here are a few random pictures from the past few days!!

Brayden spent the night at Grandma Pam's last night with her and Trevor. He seemed to do really well and it was easier of me this time too!! Donny and I went out to dinner for our Anniversary and it was great to have a night out. Pam sent us pictures throughout the night and Brayden was his usual busy body self. He wore Trevor out pretty quick, and Trevor fell asleep before Brayden. Brayden sure does like to be with Trevor, he even started saying Trevor's name yesterday which Trevor loved.
I took Brayden to a soccer game yesterday and after the game he had a soccer ball and kicked it all the way to the car. He was doing really well, we were all impressed.
This week Brayden started taking off his own diapers, taking off his shoes, and repeating everything. The hardest part with that is sometimes he doesn't say it to me right away so when he starts saying it I can't tell what work it is suppose to be exactly!! I am sure we will figure it out soon enough.
Donny and I figured out that when he wakes up at night he does not want us to pick him up unless he is standing in his bed, if he is still laying down he is trying to find his pacifier and goes back to sleep pretty quick. When he stands up that means that he wants to be picked up and he will not be falling back to sleep on his own easily. This has made our nights much easier lately, and our sleep quality is getting better by the minute!!  Yeah!!!!!