Waking Up

After today's nap I heard Brandon roaming around his room with his newfound freedom of getting in and out of bed on his own. Well I finally heard him start to play with the doorknob so I went to investigate. I listened at the door and finally decided to go in. Brandon was standing on the other side of the door and when he saw me he completely melted down. He ran back to bed (even though I told him it was ok that he was up) and told me to leave the room. That he "wanted to do it." So I left (and left the door open) and he got out of bed and closed the door again. I heard him in the room sniffling for a minute and went to sit on the sofa. A couple minutes later I heard the door open again and a very happy Brandon trotted over to me on the sofa and declared "Mommy! I woke up and found you!"

He was quite proud of himself.

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Another Conversation with Daddy

Somehow at dinner last night we began talking about Brandon's hair.

Joby: What color is your hair Brandon?
Brandon: My hair is brown Daddy.
Joby: Very good Brandon. What color is my hair?
Brandon: (thinks a few moments) Black!
Joby: Really?! What color is Mommy's hair?
Brandon: (looking at me and thinking hard again) Ofver (other)Black!
Joby: Wow! Brandon, what color is Alex's hair?
Brandon: (now with his hand on his head in a semblance of scratching while thinking) Silver!

So we had to explain dark brown and Alex's blond hair to Brandon. I just thought it was the cutest thing for him to fill in the blank with an appropriate-ish color for blond when he didn't know the word.

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A Big Boy Bed

 
We are traveling to Baltimore in about a month to visit my sister and her family and we decided that Brandon is too big to sleep in a pack-n-play anymore. This decision led us to transition Brandon from his crib to a toddler bed. The theory is that we'll have time to make him more comfortable before he has to sleep in a sleeping bag on an air mattress or something like that. We'll see if this theory is correct in a month. :)
 
We let Brandon help transform his crib and he was so excited to crawl up and down out of the bed himself. Afterwards, during dinner he kept asking "I go play in my bed now?" And I told him that his bed is for sleeping in, not for playing in. When Joby took him in for the night he let Bran crawl in by himself and so far, an hour later, we have not heard one peep out of him.
 
Tomorrow morning is the real test though. Will he get out of bed when he is ready or will he just sit in bed and call for us? I'm not sure which one I wish for. Most days I enjoy the last peaceful moments of the morning after I have showered but before I get the boys out of bed. But I also look forward to hearing the pitter patter of feet in to our room and hope he'll crawl in to bed with us every once in a while... before we inevitably hear "Good morning! Let's play train tracks!"
 

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A Conversation with Daddy

Joby: Brandon, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Brandon: I get a car!
Joby: What kind of car do you want to drive? A fire truck?
Brandon: Ahhh kayyy!
Joby: Or a big black truck like Grandpa Joe?
Brandon: Ahhh kayyy!
Joby: Or maybe a big black fire truck?
Brandon: ... I go racing! I need a helmet, put on my head!
Joby: What kind of helmet?
Brandon: I be a firemaaaaannnn!
Joby: You're going to be a fireman?
Brandon: I get my coat, ride fire truck!
Joby: A coat? What else will you need if you're a fireman?
Brandon: .... Shoes!
Joby: What kind of shoes?
Brandon: Red shoes!
Joby: And what kind of car will you drive when you grow up?
Brandon: I drive Mommy's car! Go real fast! Come on Daddy! (runs
to the front door and starts to turn the knob) Let's go find fire
truck!

(as a side note - Mommy does not drive that fast!)

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Love for a 2 year old

I asked Brandon, "Do you love Mommy as much as Mommy loves you?" Brandon replied, "I love ice cream. I love cupcakes. A really big piece."

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A Day out with Thomas

 

 

 

 

We took Brandon to meet Thomas the Train in Tavares, FL. It was so cute to see his face when a life size Thomas pull up with a bunch of coach cars behind it. We spent the day going through the hay maze, watching a magic show, riding on Thomas and then... eating ICE CREAM. We weren't sure what Brandon liked better, Thomas or the ice cream. The event was really nice, well put together, and everyone was so friendly to the kids. We, of course, spent another small fortune on Thomas merchandise, but whatever, it was a good day!

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Easter Eggs

 

 

 

 

This is the first year we dyed Easter Eggs with Brandon. It was a lot of fun. He wasn't quite sure why we had to be so careful with the eggs but he got the hang of the colors, etc. The next day we had a small Easter Egg hunt for him in our yard. He enjoyed that a lot!

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