Wow – I can’t believe a year ago this Thursday Brenden was born! It seems like just yesterday he looked like this:
Day 1
And now, check him out!
In honor of his birthday, here’s twelve new observations from the past few weeks.
1. He’s walking around like a pro – almost running. It’s so funny to watch him “toddle” around.
2. The fun new game is to climb on everything – the couch, the toybox, the chairs, etc. You’ve got to watch him carefully, because getting down seems to done by going face first off of whatever he’s on top of.
3. This week he’s started “talking” – jabbering at me about anything and everything. There’s not many real words in it, so who knows what I’m agreeing to. Every once in a while I’ll understand what he’s trying to say, but for the most part, I just nod and say “uh huh” a lot.
4. He and Holly have reached a new level of friendship. He’s figured out that she likes goldfish crackers and she figured out he’s the source of the stuff dropping from the sky, so Holly now follows him around licking his hands.
5. He’s got a pretty good throwing arm. Lots of balls go flying around my living room.
6. I think that if you hand any little boy of any age a stick like thing, they will immediately try to whack something with it. Instinct, I guess.
7. He’s starting to throw fits when he doesn’t get his way. Big pouting lip, big tears, lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth. So far I’ve avoided one in public, but I think that’s coming.
8. We had our first actual health scare. Andy was spending the day with B, so he made them both breakfast: scrambled eggs and biscuits. After Brenden ate, we noticed he was sneezing like crazy and his eyes were all bloodshot. After a does of benedryl and a nap, it cleared up. We’re thinking he has an egg allergy, and we’ll have him checked out at his appt on the 3rd. Until then, we’re avoiding all egg foods and watching him closely. Anyone have any experience with an egg allergy?
9. We’re trying to wean him from the bottle, but so far we’re not having much luck. He’s not one of those kiddos who is attached to the bottle as a comfort item, but he’s not really interested in switching to sippy cups at all. We made the mistake of letting him drink water from sippy cups all this time, so he thinks that’s the only thing that should go in them. We haven’t been consistent at all about using the cups, so starting tomorrow, the lunch milk is only going in a cup. End of story. We’ll get the hang of it eventually!
10. He’s starting to develop a sense of humor. He’ll hide under something and sit there until you say “where’s Brenden?” and then he’ll jump out giggling.
11. We’ve started going to parks and splash parks to play – he loves the water. He’ll run through the sprinklers and get soaking wet and just laugh at all of it. And slides and swings at regular parks are his favorite.
12. Books are still a treat – his favorite one right now is “follow the fire truck”, but I think it’s because it’s a pop up book. He loves those. Grammy has one called “Get off my tail little whale” and all you have to do is say that phrase and he’s looking for the book. We’ve gone to the library a few times and he was in heaven.
So happy birthday to you, Brenden! You’ve brought so much joy and laughter to our lives and we can’t wait to see what the next year brings!
