Brekan Randall - March 2, 2012
Brekan Randall - March 2, 2013
*make the sound/motion for a/an: elephant, fish, horse, bunny, car/tractor
*touch his nose when you ask him to
*knows the signs for: more, stop, done, please, and milk
*has words/can say: mama, dada, doggy, duck, down, done, banana, stop nigh nigh (night night)
Some other neat things he's been doing -
*officially took 2 steps on Feb. 16 and has been getting faster and more efficient by the day. In just this past week he has officially decided that he would rather walk everywhere than crawl - we are very busy around here! With all the new walking that's been going on I decided that Brekan needed to start wearing shoes. I couldn't figure out why Coleman's shoes from when he was 1 weren't fitting Brekan. Coleman was a size 3 wide when he was 1. I took Brekan in to be sized and he's a size 5 EXTRA WIDE! YIKES - no wonder the shoes didn't fit.
sporting size 5 extra wide shoes - happy walker!
*Brekan loves to blow on a toy pinwheel that we have in our basement. If you hold it up to him, he blows on it - it's super cute
*Justin taught Brekan that if you say "blah or yuck" he will spit - this is helpful when he puts everything/anything in his mouth!
*He officially learned how to go feet first down the stairs - HURRAY!
*We started a new game with Brekan in the car where we play with the pacis taking them in and out of his mouth saying "BLAH!" really loud. Every time we get in the car now he starts playing the game and laughing. Have I mentioned that Brekan is a GREAT car rider? I'm so lucky!
*Got his first haircut! He was such a champ and looked like a big boy. Thankfully - he still has his adorable signature spikey hair!
*Brekan has learned how to sign/say "stop". It sounds more like "dah" but he puts his hands together and does it when we tell him to stop. It's quite cute - the word 'no' wasn't working for us, so I started using stop and that seems to be the trick for him.
*Our wonderful babysitter took the boys outside last week to play in the snow. I hadn't taken Brekan out to play in the snow but a handful of times, and he just sat in the stroller and watched. Had I known how much fun he was going to have I would have taken him out of the stroller much sooner. He LOVED it apparently - so the next day I took the boys out myself just to see and this little dude has so much fun crawling around and walking in the snow. I'm glad he got to "experience" the snow before next winter when he's almost 2!
*Brekan likes to climb on EVERYTHING! I think he is going to be my child who gets injured more often/or more severely than his brother.
*He can put himself to sleep for all his naps and bedtime. I love telling him it's time for "nigh nigh" and he repeats me, then nuzzles into my shoulder when I turn the sound machine on for a quick snuggle. Then I lay him down and he goes to sleep (most of the time, sometimes we have to go back in because he's playing and needs to be put back down) but I'm so thankful he puts himself to sleep!
We just adore this little guys personality. He is so happy and content. He makes us laugh everyday. We love how he is catching on to everything these days, he's constantly showing us new words and tricks he has learned. He is discovering his voice for talking and for volume the last few days which has been fun (lol). Because of this he is learning how to say "shhhh" and put his finger over his mouth.
Today he mastered a new trick of blowing a kiss - see the link below for how adorable this is!
BLOW A KISS!
Brekan - I love you more than you will ever know. I'm so blessed you are my second baby. You help me to see the good in each day and you make me laugh and smile! You'll always be my little B.
We had some wonderful 1 year photos taken of Brekan (and some of him and Coleman) Here are 3 of my favorites! Check out our wonderful photographer!
