Getting Dressed

Brayden's new favorite thing to do is get a pair of shorts and have me hold them open, so he can step into them himself. And sometimes he doesn't like to just put on one pair of pants, but several pair at one time. Infact, he will layer shorts on top of pants and then follow that up with a swimsuit if he is able to coax me into it. He also enjoys taking off the pair of shorts he has on and then having me hold them open, so he can step into them and we repeat this about 20 times. He used to try to put his shorts on his head, so I guess this is better - ha! :)

The other day I was putting up laundry in his room right after he woke up, so he was able to get on 4 different layers. Pajama bottoms, pair of pants, another pair of pajama bottoms and then jean shorts. And then he REFUSED to take them off, so he waddled around for half the day like that. I say waddled, because with that many layers on and a diaper he was having a hard time getting around...haha! :)

I wish you could see more than just 2 layers...

Giving him a bottle of water keeps him sitting still for at least 5 minutes ;)

On Thursday we went back to Galveston and had a great time. Well, except for bedtime- sleeping in a hotel with an 18 month old who thinks EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY is a jungle gym is NOT fun. We tossed the idea of staying the night again on Friday before bedtime and about midnight when Brayden was crawling on top of our heads we both agreed that going home Friday would be best- ha! :) We went to the beach on Thursday and then went down to the strand for dinner, ice cream and fudge- yum! Friday we got up and drove around for a bit, so B would actually take a nap and then we went back to the beach for the afternoon. We got him to start saying beach, but it sounds more like profanity than beach- so we will work on that one a little bit later! :)

Speaking of words though he is now saying 'please' ... well 'peeease' really. I of course have to prompt him to say it, but it is precious. His vocabulary is improving so much and he is saying a lot now. He also LOVES to give kisses especially to his baby cousin, Molly. He walks up to her and says 'baby' then kisses her....such a sweet boy! He even gives Elmo, Nemo and his car kisses too- haha!

Kelsey moved to Germany last week and we went to her farewell dinner at Chuy's and Brayden was a mess- oh my! We will not be taking him out to eat anytime soon because it def was not the most enjoyable experience for us! Anyway, we got a web cam so we can skype with Kelsey and B loved it. Well he liked climbing on the desk, pushing random buttons and hanging up on Kelsey!

So now I am in love with skype and I made my parents get an account this evening, so we were able to talk/see each other. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner-love it!!

Well, I only have 2 more weeks left to spend with Brayden before I go back to work and I sure have enjoyed chasing him around this summer....he is a mess, but I love him!