Here are a few things Braylen is doing at 18 months.
Talking like crazy, his favorite words are, puppy, num num, baball, mommy, daddy, nana, papa, cacker, gee ha (thank you and please), boon (balloon), ball, kitty, bee, book, cheese, banana, mami (Mandi), ecka (Jessica), getchy (Gretchen), ecki (Lexi), no, yeah, good girl, Rirey, Molly, Elllllla, night night, more, mulmul (milk), wawa (water), three go (1,2,3 go), pretty, baby, bubble, bath time, tee (tree) and luv luv (love you)...that's about all I can think of now
Running, I don't think Braylen walks anywhere
He knows where his head, hair, fingers, toes, feet, tummy, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, tongue, nose are.
He's got animal sounds down, elephant, lion, monkey, dinosaur, cat, dog, rooster, cow, sheep, duck, chick, bird, pig, fish are some he's mastered.
Braylen can spin, smile, hum, dance, wink, show his strength, sing his ABCs and skinymarinkydinkydoo(kinda), get in somersault stance, throw the ball, throw trash in the garbage, "water" my plants, help me clean up spilled messed and roll over on command, when he's in the mood.
When reading, still a favorite activity, he can point out or find things in a book like hats, animals, sesame street characters, body parts, certain toys, balls, balloons, flowers, baby, food, trees and can also find Nana and Papa and Jessica and Mandi in pictures. We're working on everyone else!!
He helps me yell for the dogs when they're not listening to come inside, helps me feed the puppies, also assists me in putting them in their cage.
He likes to hold my hand when I go somewhere, unless he insists on me holding him.
He still does point and grunt, A LOT, making it still difficult to understand exactly what he wants.
His favorite past time is playing outside (lately), playing with bowls and spoons, eating, watching basketball with daddy and reading and cuddling with mommy.
He has really got the throwing things, unfortunately it's not limited to balls, he throws his cup, spoon, fork and sometimes plate when he's done. Will throw a book, toy, what ever's in his hand, if I'm not doing what he wants. And is really great at throwing tantrums, nothing extreme, but they occur often at our house.
He is still the cutest little guy (sorry, I'm totally biased) with big blue eyes and sandy blond, and rather long hair at the moment. He seems to have the Fluhr boy build, AKA baseball player build.
Loves his mommy and daddy, but favors his mommy 90% of the time(sorry daddy), unless Nana's around. He's shy around strangers, especially in a strange setting, but will smile and wave to people while we shop, as long as they don't come up to us.
Can be a bit of a bully at daycare, but is also bullied around a bit too.
Is a great hugger and kisser and still loves to be hugged and cuddled, not sure I ever want that to end!
We have loved every second of every day with Bugmonster so far (even the hard ones) and can't wait to see what changes occur by his second birthday! XOXOXO Braylen!
