Some fun notes on this past month.....
1) Braden still LOVES his little brother to pieces, however, we still have to frequently remind him to "be gentle" b.c he gets a little too excited with his hugs and with wanting to touch Brant. So we play referee A LOT these days! I think he really wants him to grow up so they can play. He constantly asks "Where did Baby Brant go?" if he is not within his viewing area. :)
2) More and more talking everyday. It is really out of control and we LOVE it!! I cannot believe the sentences that he can put together. It is so fun to talk to him, ask him about things, and just laugh about some of the super cute things that he comes up with. :) I love when I ask him who his teachers are and he says "Leslie Teacher", "Angie Teacher", and "Cristina Teacher". :)
3) He has a new obsession with flags. When we drive down the road he literally points out every single flag that he sees, and he counts them. Precious. We will be driving and he will scream out "two flags" or "three flags!!" and then he will show us his super cute surprised face. :)
4) I think we are in the full blown terrible twos at this point b.c he can be known to have a meltdown about the smallest things. Oh my!! I mean he might want something like his toothbrush, and if he does then he needs it that very second!! Or....there we go. :) Lots of crying and fun stuff like that. Honestly it is hard not to laugh b.c it really is so funny to us but I know that he takes it very seriously. ;)
5) We have had a few successes on his potty chair so that is exciting!! :) We were not expecting that so soon!
6) He loves to help with everything!!! From putting lotion on his body for us to taking out the trash with Chris. He is a huge helper! :)
7) I think he is still keeping his teachers in stiches at school b.c they always have a story about something funny that he did that day. When I go and pick him up he gets so excited to see us. Then he says to his friends "my mommy". HA!! Hilarious! :) As if one of them is going to snatch me up or something. :)
8) He LOVES to be out and about doing things. Loves it!! He takes in all of the world around him with this precious innocence that I just adore. I love going places with him b.c it is so fun to see it all through his eyes. :)
9) We still ask him a lot of questions, and he still answers them with such vigor. :) We start with the normal ones that we have been asking for months now like what is your first name, what is your last name, how old are you, how old is mama, how old is dada, how old is Brant, who are your cousins, where do you go to school, where do you live, etc. When you ask him where he lives now it is "Austin, TX"...not just "Austin". :) Now we can ask him where he goes to church and he will say "Grace". We can ask him when his birthday is and he will say "August". :)
10) He is still counting to 15 and doing pretty well on the months and the days of the week. If we work with him just a little bit he can fill in the blanks. :) And he is doing pretty good with his ABC's too. If I start singing them and all of a sudden I stop, he can usually tell me what the next letter is. ;) And he is still very good with "Excuse me" and "Bless You". And 75% of the time he will thank you and say please...so we are getting there. :)
11) He loves to dip his food in ANYTHING-ketchup, salsa, ranch, honey mustard, etc. He gets sooo excited! :)
12) Braden is very into "Cat In The Hat" right now...the show, the books, etc. Between that and "Seasame Street", I am not sure which one wins out. :)
13) We have been trying our best to find the form of discipline that works for him at this age. A time out chair was working well until he decided that it was fun to just sit in it, and it became more of a toy. So we decided to move onto the next tactic. :) When you are talking with him about something he that he has done wrong, he repeats absolutely everything you say. So you will tell him that what he is doing is not nice, and he will literally repeat it all back to you. We try to hold back our smiles sometimes b.c seriously-it is cute. :)
We are very proud of all that he is doing at such a young age. He is a total blast! :) We love you B! :)
Here is his birthday breakfast.. :)
Thinking hard about that breakfast. :) 
He has been trying out all of his new big boy cups that he got for his 20 month birthday! :) He needed an entire new collection of some of the 18+ month ones, and we needed to replace many of the soft spout cups that he had slowly started to chew through. Gotta love it!: ) 
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