Gotta Love this Little Guy!!

 Not sure where he comes up with things, but they come out of no where. This week we were buying a present for a friend and I asked him what he wanted to get her. The little girl was just about 3 months older than him, and he told me a "Race Car", I told him that girls don't like race cars, and he said "It can  be PINK"!! I guess he knows that girls like pink!! We bought her a pink car!! Poor little girl!!

Brayden and his match box cars, he loves them, he can't get enough and he remembers how many he brings with him,  because he doesn't leave the house without them, and hhas to make sure he comes home with the same amount. He got 15 new ones last week and I am positive he will be counting higher soon to count them all and make sure he has them all!! He washes them, they bathe with him, he would sleep with them if I didn't think one would fall out of his crib and he would wake up looking for it  mad because he didn't know where it was!! We have been able to avoid it so far at least!!

Brayden can now reach the light switches, so he is not yelling at us to turn on the lights anymore!! Yeah a little more independence he thinks, but now we are following him and turning off lights!!

Brayden stayed at grandma's one day this week during the day and was such a good boy. She said he woke up from his nap and told her he dreamed about cookies and candy!! Oh they must of been good dreams!! He came home that night with tons of energy and a very happy baby!! So glad he loves grandmas and she loves to have him!! They are a pair!!

He continues to be a busy little guy, but communicates what he wants and needs  so well!! He has started liking pizza again, so he is telling us what he wants for dinner now too, oh goodness!! We have been working on him asking for help instead of getting mad, and he is catching on with that quickly!!!

I am telling you, you gotta love this little guy!!! You never know what you are going to get!!!!

 I put him in underwear, and he thought it was cool, but peed in them and didn't care, so potty training will be waiting a little while I think!!

 A new love of chasing his shadown, it is so funny!!

 First time he rode in a ride and liked it, I guess we will be going to the carnival this weekend!!

 New favorite thing, is to carry a back pack!! He feels cool. Also crossing his arms, his newest cool thing!!

See ya in the morning...

Brayden is repeating things that we say to him, in an appropriate way, and I love it. I put him to bed and ofcourse he doesn't want me to hold him, just place him in his bed and say "See ya in the morning, and I love you"! Now when he shifts to go into his bed he says it to me, he makes sure that he gets it out before I do!! They can pick up anything!!  The good news is he slept all night last night, only the second time in almost 2 weeks!

Oh yeah, and how at 2 do they have such a good memory? He remembers toys at a store that he played with 2 weeks ago, he remembers that the car cart is yellow at Menards, he remembers there is a cardboard bus at walmart and exactly where it was. Too bad he can't remember where I put things, unless it is a snack food ofcourse, he does remember those.

I have been trying to get him ready to potty train, and he is not really into right now. I am on vacation in September for 2 weeks and I was going to keep him home from day care and potty train but thos plans might be changed because I don't want to fight him. He loves M&M's and I bought them only for using the potty, but he just decides he will have a different snack. Little stinker!!!

He is learning from his parents, and loves to shop!! He picks up a basket and walks around with it, he even puts stuff in it then struggles to carry it!!

Monkey See, Monkey Do...

My little monkey will now copy anything you do. He thinks it is funny to fall over laughing and roll around on the ground after seeing daddy do it once. Now we see him do every chance he gets!! He makes funny faces back at us now, well, he pretty much does anything he sees someone else do. His new favorite toys are little match box cars and everytime he goes to Aunt Karshawn's house he steals one from the boys to increase him collection. Yesterday he stole a race car and wanted to sleep with it!! This kid was probably afraid he wouldn't find it tomorrow in his mess of toys!!! When he woke up in the morning he told me he wanted his new race car, and then played with it for an hour!!
He is starting to get his colors right every time. We are asking him the colors of things when he asks about them and he tells us annoyed like "come on I know this already".
He hasn't been sleeping very well, he is waking up in the middle of night crying for us and then staying awake till it is really time to wake up. We feel so bad because we are sure crying will make him cough so we don't let him cry!! We are getting ourselves in trouble for sure. But he is such a happy baby most of the time I don't like to hear him upset or sad and definately don't want him to start coughing from the allergies. They seem to be doing better with just the Zyrtec, so hopefully we can buy ourselves a little more time with that!! He grew out of his milk allergy and we are hoping he grows out of this one too.

Bowling is one of his new favorite games, he throws the ball from 2 inches from the pins so maybe we are not  quite ready for real bowling...

Playing in the RAIN

This week we finally had a rain that was just a peaceful sprinkle, no fierce winds or down pour and Brayden went outside and played in it!! He loved it, it took us a while to get him inside!! He was eating a cookie and running through the back yard!! It amazes me that playing in the rain, and all those other things that are not toys but he finds to be fun!! He loves toys don't get me wrong, but he likes anything new and they could entertain him for hours too!!

This week Donny and I started taking Brayden on walks regularly without a stroller, and he is doing pretty good. He loves to hold the dogs leash and tell Moe what to do!! It is funny, he can't hold the leash all by himself since Moe is 100 pounds and pulls frequently, but he thinks he can hold it by himself!!

As far as new things that he has said this week he now tells me when I put him down in his bed at night "see ya in the morning mom", he also said to me this week "u beauttiful mommy"!! That was one of the sweetest things in the whole world!! He is also getting really good at recognizing animals and making their noises!! He knows way more than I thought!! He also knows more body parts that I knew he had picked up on like cheeks, teeth, tongue, knees, elbows, belly button, he can pretty much tell you anything!!

He stopped and got mommy a cupcake so we could eat them after a long day at work!! Yummy, I love these cupcakes, and lucky for me so does Brayden (and he ate half my frosting)

He loves going under water even in the bathtub, we gave him a mohawk!!

He was wearing Daddy's baseball shirt, it was as big as him but he loved it!!

We wanted to get Brayden one of these for his birthday but was not sure how he would like, he loved it and loved playing with his best friend Dessa (according to her) Soooo Sweet!!!

It's been a while...

Well, it has been a while since I have posted. It has been a busy week to say the least. Brayden was cleared last week about his elbow cellulitis and then come early Monday morning we had to take Brayden to the ER because he couldn't get his breath with a croup episode!! After a few hours in the ER he was back to his normal self!! Thank goodness he is doing better now. We are heading to the doctor this am to discuss why he is getting croup in the middle of summer!! Guessing it is allergies!! I am having a really hard time with Brayden being sick so often. This is the third Wednesday  we have spent at the doctors office in a row!! I feel like we live there!! Some day soon he will be better!!!

Enough about that!! Brayden got his final tooth over the last week!! We will have no more teething for a long time!! YEAH!! Brayden is becoming very polite, he says "please", "thank you", "sorry"  and "scuse me" all the time. Including this am while we were cuddling he said "scuse me" and pushed me away so he could cartoons in peace!! Silly boy!! We currently have no living room furntiture for a few weeks and Brayden is loving having a huge playroom, he e is definately not going to be a fan of the new furniture after this. It was funny though, Donny and I loaded the furniture in his truck on Sunday and took it to its new home and Brayden spent all afternoon looking for it in Donny's truck!!

Brayden has always been a sweet cuddly little guy, but he is finally saying I LOVE YOU regularly!! It is one of the best things in the whole world to hear!! We love him too!!!

Brayden's new favorite thing is swimming, he can't get enough of the water, he wakes up asking to swim and is doing great going under the water, kicking his feet, splashing and jumping into the water!! We will be doing swim lessons in the fall to keep up his love for the water!! Our goal is to  keep him from developing another fear of the water!!

He did it!! Ha, ha!!

His new favorite way to watch TV

He found a frog and chased it!!

PAPA's car!!