Happy 19th Month Birthday, B!

Happy 19th month birthday, B Ball (a couple of days late)!  This month we’ve had so many fun adventures.  First, we went to the San De Lame-o Zoo, which was anything but lame.  I think it may have been the best day of your life so far.  You loved the monkeys (even fed one of them a bite of chicken finger), the hippos, giraffes, zebras, koala bears, and especially the lions!  Oh my gosh did you love the lions.  After that trip you finally started to roar like a lion.  You did not like the elephants.  When we tried to watch them you shook your head and said, “Go go!”.  You wanted nothing to do with the elephants.  But, everything else mesmerized you.  You even started saying koala after our visit.  Then we just took a long trip to Surprise, Arizona to Surprise your Uncle Kyle.  You did so well on the ride.  Slept almost the whole way there!  I love staying in hotels and having you in our bed because you wake us up with lots of “Hi!”s in the morning.  Not a bad way to wake up!  Then you did extremely well on the long  5 1/2 hour ride home.  It was a very fun weekend!  Here are some other fun facts about you this past month:

-  Your favorite number is 9.  You point it out whenever you see it.  I think 9 will be your soccer number.

-  Instead of saying “Buh bye” you just now say “Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”.

-  You are the best smoochie and hug giver ever!  My favorite is when you get both me and Daddy in a headlock and we give you smoochies at the same time and you laugh and laugh!

-  You love watching UCLA football and can even put your arms up when we say “Touchdown!”.

-  When I ask you how old you are you say one and sometimes even put up one finger.  I don’t know if it’s coincidence or not, but it’s super cute.

-  You’ve learned so many new words this month, but some of my favorites are “twist”, “Mamaw”, “pool” and you’ve added sheep and horse sounds to your list of animal sounds.  You are repeating more and more of what we say so we need to start being very careful about what we say in front of you!

- You only want Mama to put your to bed now, which I love, but it’s been harder and harder for me to get any work done!

-  You can climb out of your crib  You only do it when you’re angry, but that’s no bueno!

-  You know where your eyes, ears, nose, head, hair, toes, and belly are.

-  You got your first haircut and DID NOT enjoy it.  I’m dreading the next one!

And even though you still won’t say Mama I love you very, very much!  Most especially I love our afternoon dances in the kitchen, I love playing hide and go seek, and I love tickling you!  Thank you for being my baby, but also my little bud.  I love you Brayden B!

Love, 

Mommy