"hey guys....big party last night.....so what if I'm still in my PJs!"
"Happy Birthday to Brady!"
Brady Turns 2....May 26, 2013
Brady’s current obsessions: Bubble Guppies (or “Bubbies” as
he likes to call it), his Bia (binky), Juice and Bars (Nutrigrain Bars). He
also LOVES the movie Despicable Me and laughs hysterically throughout it.
As soon as he wakes up in the morning he starts yelling
“Bia”….”Bia”….then starts “Mamma”….”Mamma”…..”MAMMA”…..then “Da Dee”? Once you
get in his room and turn on the light he instantly starts pointing across the
room to where we keep his extras binkys yelling “Bia” with a sense of pure
desperation. As you walk him over to grab them he giggles with glee at the
thought of getting it in his mouth. Once you let him down he will race over to
pull his crib out and see if there are anymore lingering on the floor….which
usually there is at least one from the night before. He grunts as he “helps” us
push the crib out and then (again, with glee) searches the floor for a
long lost bia. He is truly obsessed!
Once all of the bias have been found, he races to his
bookshelf, pulls as many books off as he can, and then, as he is sitting in a
pile of books, starts flipping through them. At some point he yells out for his
juice and a “bar” (Nutrigrain Bars). His favorite books are without a doubt the
Llama Llama Books, but he also enjoys “No David” (probably because it resonates
so much with himJ) and “Dinosaurs
Love Underpants”. He’s not much for variation in the book reading department,
he has his favorites and he wants to read them over, and over, and over again.
Brady’s favorite food is fruit….he LOVES blueberries
(“booberries”) and strawberries….but honestly I don’t think there is any fruit
he won’t eat. He loves applesauce out of the squeeze tube and eats pasta
(especially macaroni and cheese) and rice with reckless abandonment (full fists
in the mouth….using utensils takes way too much time). Dinnertime is
interesting with Brady, from the time he walks in the door he is hungry. Ryan
and I are insistent that we try to eat dinner as a family every night, and that
we all eat the same thing, so from the minute we get home we are scurrying to
prepare dinner and usually let Brady have a head start because he can hardly
contain his hunger. This results in Brady being finished with his dinner quite a
bit before the rest of us….but I’ll take five good minutes of family dinner time
over none any dayJ
Brady has just figured out how to jump and he does it
constantly….when he is happy, and when is throwing a fit. The other day we
could hear the pitter patter of his feet as he ran around the house taking a few
steps, then pausing, then a big JUMP! Then a few steps, a pause, and a JUMP!
He did this for a while and Ryan and I just sat listening and laughing. The
other thing Brady does that is sort of his “trademark” is the way he winds up
for something he is about to do. He doesn’t physically wind up, its vocal, and
its hilarious. When he’s getting ready to do something, whether it be jump,
fall down on the bed (his new favorite thing to do), or scare us, he will say
“duh, duh, duh…BOOM” (the BOOM being whatever it is we are building up to). He
starts soft and then gets louder. He thinks it’s the funniest thing in the
world and hardly makes it to the last “duh” before he’s cracking himself up.
When Brady runs, or gets excited, or really just anytime he
is up and moving about, he flaps one of his arms like a chicken….seriously. And
when he’s doing it he clearly thinks he’s cool because he has a bit of swagger
in his step while he’s flapping away. Ethan only moved one arm when he ran at 2
years old and Brady flaps one arm like a chicken…..oh well, they are unique and
that’s why we love them!
Brady’s favorite toys are (well, really anything other than
toys)….the vacuum cleaner, the lawn mower, the grocery cart, brooms, and mops.
Anything he can push around the house making noise makes him happy. Like father
like son!
We love Brady with all of our heart….he is our spunky,
somewhat out of control, wet kissing, huge hearted 2 year old and we wouldn’t
trade him for the world.
