He is talking up a storm now, and he will repeat anything you say. One of my favorites is how he calls his corduroy pants his "cordurboys". When he sees his picture he says, "That's Brady boo momma!" (He got this nickname from his teacher.) He also calls Katelyn "Katey boo". He still LOVES his cozy coupe. He will go jump in and tell me, "I gotta go to work momma." He also likes to put his sippy cup and his cell phone in his car. He then tells me, "I gotta call daddy momma." He has his routine of waking up in the morning and coming downstairs to get in our bed, drink his milk, and watch TV (currently he is obsessed with "Elmo Christmas"- we may be watching this one all year). He wakes up before Katelyn, so when he hears her wake up he says, "Go get my baby momma." He loves his baby sister so much. He always wants to hold her, kiss her, play with her. It just makes my heart melt. There is the occasional snatching of a toy, or a little shove, but he is mostly sweet to her. He always uses my name in his sentences when he talks which is so cute, "No momma", "Please momma", "You take me to my school momma?" When we ask him what he did at school he says, "I play ALL day." There is a little girl in his class named Evie that must be his favorite, because he will tell me a lot, "I wanna play wif Evie momma."
He is doing really well with potty training. We finally got him to go #2 on the potty which he refers to as, "I did a big one." He still has the occasional accident, but he is doing great!
His memory is amazing. He does not forget a thing. He is still talking about how Ma-ma fixed his booboo (this happened several months ago).
He is VERY into doing things the same way everyday. Paul and I often wonder if he is OCD or just very Type A. He must come home from school and drink his milk in "momma's bed". I am not sure how this became the routine, and I really wish it was not, but he will have it no other way! He sleeps with several stuffed animals, his "hunny" (bunny), Elmo, giraffe, cow (which is actually a giraffe, but not to Brady), and his kitty cat. They must all be present for him to go to sleep, all in their particular spots, and I must kiss each of them before bed. I have to give him a "big kiss momma", and a "little kiss momma" then Paul has to be the one to cover him up. Since Riley would not participate in his bed time story like he wanted, we got his fake "Manny Dinkins" (this is what Brady calls Riley) to sit with him while he reads his book. Now his Manny Dinkins must sleep in his chair in his room every night. When he wakes up same thing: he likes to drink his milk in momma's bed. He still likes it heated up a little bit, and he MUST press the button on the microwave or else! Then, he likes to go take Riley outside, give him his treat when he comes in, and feed him his food.
He has hit the terrible twos a little bit and somedays I feel like I am going to be driven to insanity, but then he does something to just make me laugh or smile.
He loves to play in his playroom or outside. Cars are still his favorite thing. They are closely followed by choochoos and airplanes. He also loves to go to church. He tells me, "I needa go to church momma."
He still takes a 2-3 hour nap during the day, and for the most part he is great sleeper at night. A few nights he woke up randomly crying, and I had to go calm him down, but thankfully he went back to sleep. I don't DARE bring him to sleep in our bed because a) he would never go to sleep and b) he would get it in his head that this was his new routine. Don't think so bud, this momma needs her sleep! All the more reason why he is still in his crib. He is perfectly content in there and has not climbed out YET. There have been a couple of incidences where I swear he was going to do it, but then doesn't. I will move him in the near future to a big boy bed, but I don't see any rush. After all I have only been a getting a full nights sleep again for a couple of months!
He loves to try to help me. The other day I had a laundry basket of clean folded clothes sitting upstairs. I was changing Katelyn's diaper and turn around to find that Brady had attempted to shove all of the clothes into his drawer. They were all hanging out and now completely unfolded, but he sure is a good helper :). He loves to use his pretend Dyson vacuum that he got for Christmas (why don't they make those things functional??).
He has recently written his first song on his guitar and it goes as follows, "Dus-in build my trains, Dus-in build my trains, Dus-in build my trains".
I know I am slightly biased, but he is really is the sweetest little boy. People tell us this all the time. Even the director at his pre-school told me the other day that he was just the sweetest little boy she has ever met. He LOVES his family and his friends. He will tell me, "Momma I love you SOOOO much!" He truly cares about everybody. I love that he has such a warm heart.
This little boy lights up our world, and we are so thankful that he is ours.
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