Brett's Birthday and Party!

May 2010

For Brett’s birthday on May 24th, he spent the day with his ladies (mommy and Bailey)! Brett got a new haircut and new Nikes that look just like Daddy’s. Every time we put them on, he says Daddy’s shoes. We went to have lunch at Brett’s favorite restaurant, The ChooChoo. Brett was sooo excited. Every time the train came by, he would yell and point Bailey’s head in the right direction and tell her to look. We have some wonderful pictures of a very happy boy from that morning. Brett ended the day with playing with Daddy, and opening up his first Thomas the Train set. It was a good day.
Brett’s Truck Bday party weekend was quite the success! He had lots of friends and family to share the day with him. He got so many new trucks that he actually has tried sharing them with Bailey. A great step, I think. The Wood family all made the trip and I know Brett and his mommy certainly appreciated and enjoyed their company. Brett can say all their names now so it was very sad when they left and he asked where EACH one of them went? Brett did a great job at his 2 year appt. The doctor was asking different developmental questions; can he name 8 body parts, is he putting 2-3 words together, etc. She asked if he could jump with both feet off the ground… Brett proceeded to jump off the stool. The doctor said, ‘that would be a yes’. Brett is measuring 35 inches tall and 27lbs. He jumped up to the 75% for height and just under 50% for weight. If anyone is keeping track, add 27 to Bailey’s 16, and you have me carrying 43 pounds of babies at some point during each day. Brett surprises me and makes me laugh with the new things that he is saying. Lately if he is making a sentence negative, he just throws a ‘no’ at the end. So yesterday he told me “Be-Ta (Brett) night night NO!” I was running around forgetting things left and right the other day, and Brett said “silly mommy”. He loves talking to his trucks and counts them and calls them by name and color. On the way to his bday festivities, we passed a Black Police SUV pulling over a Cement Mixer Truck. I think he yelled it 15 times! He’s also become pretty perceptive. The other morning Bailey started getting cranky and Brett said “Baby tired, night night”. I looked at the clock and he was right, it was time for her nap.
Bailey has turned a corner! She is such a happy, smiling baby now. I was a little worried for Brett’s birthday party that I would be stuck holding her the entire time, but I don’t think I had her at all. It was such a relief! She was passed around the whole day and was perfectly content. She took a little longer than Brett to roll over, but once she did it, she had it down. She rolls back and forth and is never in the same spot that I lay her anymore. We started cereal with her a week ago, she all the sudden seemed interested in grabbing our spoons and food so we thought it was time. She picked up on it rather quickly. The first feeding, she started fussing so I thought maybe she didn’t like it or was having a hard time, but then I realized I just wasn’t going fast enough for her!
Brett seems fascinated with Bailey’s development. He gets so excited for her to do new things. His new thing is to ‘carry her on his shoulders’ like Daddy does with him. She thinks it’s hilarious and he gets so proud of himself!

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