Where do I begin with what we have been up to over the past month. I guess I will start with Halloween. We totally thought that Brayden was going to dress up as a dinosaur for Halloween. The reason behind it is that when we want a really good hug from him we tell him we want a dinosaur hug and he gives us the biggest hug and also roars like a dinosaur, so we thought perfect he will be great at this. Not so much. We went to the costume store and he absolutely freaked out when I tried to put him in a costume, so we had to retool our Halloween costume to something that he was more familiar with. But of course a Hockey player. We just got him a jersey and he carried his hockey stick around, boy did he love it!! He told everyone he was a hockey player, it was cute. We had been prepping him the couple of days prior to trick or treating on what he was going to be doing. He would tell us trick or treat and we would give him a small piece of candy. We were in for it to find out that he LOVES trick or treating. He would ring the door bell, say his trick or treat, followed politely by "sank um" (aka thank you), then ask for more!! It was so cute, of course who could resist a little kid asking for more candy, so he usually got it. His bucket was full of candy when we were done. He definitely found out that he loves to trick or treat and for about a week after Halloween asked us if he could go trick or treating.
We had a great Mickey Mouse celebration at our house to help celebrate Brayden turning 2. It was a ton of fun with great friends and family there to help celebrate. He was going around the house all day saying, " Happy Birthday Brayden!!" at the top of his lungs. He got so many toys he kept opening them saying "oh my gosh", it was adorable. Though his favorite gift came from his friend Zach, hockey goals and sticks. He asks us to play hockey with him everynight!! I will have to try and sneak a video of him playing, it is hilarious. When he gets it into the net, he screams, "GOAL" and then runs around the place.
Some of Brayden's favorite things at 2:
- He loves anything that has to do with hockey
- His favorite cartoon is Mickey Mouse
- His favorite foods are french fries, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, and peaches
- He loves his milk (though I have more to tell you on this in a minute)
- He loves to dance and listen to music
- He is a big reader and knows most of the books in our house by heart
- Sleeps all through the night in his big boy bed
- Hates to change his clothes in the morning, we have to bribe him
- He has the biggest sweet tooth and loves candy or as he calls them gummies
We have also been spending a lot of time with grandma and grandpa lately. Jon's mom was going on 5 1/2 years breast cancer free, when she got the awful diagnosis again that she has breast cancer. We have already made several trips up there to help brighten her day up with Brayden. After a few minutes with him he will cheer you right up. So please say a prayer for her and the entire family as we journey along with her as she beats the cancer!!
Since my last post we also switched daycares for Brayden too. We were just having too many problems with our old daycare actually offering Brayden scrambled eggs and whole milk. Great two things that he is severely allergic too. The best and worst part about it is that the teachers did it in front of Jon or I, so at least we could stop them, but who knows what he got when we were not there to tell them he was really allergic to them. They just had so much turnover that no one knew what his allergies where. So needless to say we wanted to find him a safer environment where we knew they were not offering him things he was not supposed to have. Well I am really glad that we switched because he LOVES his new school!!! In the few weeks that he has been there he "graduated" to the toddler room and is now with a lot older kids. He absolutely loves them and he is learning so much. He comes home with flash cards in his bag of the signs in sign language that he is learning. Jon and I have to look them up on the internet because he knows much more than we do at this point. Back to my milk story, so the two big changes that happen when you go to the toddler room is one you drink out an open cup and two everytime you get your diaper changed you have to sit on the toliet. We thought, no problem. Brayden loves his milk, he will ask for milk all day long and drink it if you give it to him. Well not so much when it comes out of an open cup. We are now going on probably 5 days now that he has not drank any milk. He absolutely refuses to drink it out of an open cup. Funniest thing about it though is that he will chug water out of open cup, just not milk. Funny kid, not sure what he is thinking, but he just won't do it. Poor thing has eaten so much the past few days to make up for not drinking milk at all!! I sure hope that changes soon. Also I got word today when I picked him up that he went potty on the toliet for the first time!!!! Yeah!!! I'm so excited, we have been very casual about the potty and not forcing it at all, but it really helps that daycare is reinforcing it. I guess we need to buckle down and get this kid potty trained before the next kid arrives!!!
Finally we got to see my side of the family this past weekend as I was honored to be chosen as the godmother of my niece Callie. Somehow when I uploaded the photos this one came up first and it should be last, so sorry about that.
Callie and I. She was hilarious during the church service, she was screeching and yelling the whole time, very cute!! Since these pictures are out of order you might not notice, but I completely chopped all my hair off this past week too and donated it to Locks of Love in honor of my mother in law.
Enjoying one last swing in early November.
Building sandcastles with Uncle Josh.
Brayden showing off all of his pumpkins.
Helping carve the pumpkin with daddy.
Ready for trick or treating as a hockey player
It got a bit cold right before we went out so we had to bundle up a little. Notice that cheesy smile, if you look closely most of the pictures he has this same funny smile.
Aunt Jamie, Maddie, and Brayden at B's birthday party.
Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Josh, and Brayden screaming at the top of his lungs Happy Birthday
Taking a sneak peak and lick of the Mickey Mouse cake
Family photo (there is that smile again)
and again
Grandpa and the grandkids
Brayden got some awesome Mickey pajamas that he asks to wear everynight
Brayden and Callie
