The Life We Lead
The other day Lacie said that it seems as though it is only when I am watching Braedon that he does his best work (read most destructive or random). I tried to refute her statement but to little avail as she pointed out the beer bottle and marker incidents which were blogged about previously. About 30 minutes later she left to the gym while I was finishing getting ready and this is what I came out to:
(I had to play with the pictures in a random way…just for fun)
I have been waiting for the day when Braedon would want to work out with me. He has been pretty interested in my weights and tries to lug them around. When he almost dropped an 8 lb weight on his toe, Derek and I decided it was time to introduce Braedon to his very first pair of weights..that were a little lighter.
We picked out these 1 pounders today and he loves them. He spent the majority of the afternoon carrying them around wherever he went. I now have a weightlifting buddy!
Braedon is also getting into yoga.
He did some yoga with me this morning and was rubbing in the fact that he is much more flexible than me.
Isn’t that the best downward dog you have ever seen?
Yoga seemed to be too easy for him, so he moved on to tumbling.
I’ll give you an 8.5 for that one, Braedon.
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! We had a very nice Thanksgiving here at home with another couple and their little girl. I have also decided that I have a love/hate relationship with Thanksgiving. I just love watching the Macy’s Parade, listening to Christmas music and the smell of turkey in the oven. I love eating all the goodness that comes with Thanksgiving dinner but I hate how full it makes you feel! I feel like a blimp as I type. But a very happy blimp. I didn’t get any pictures of Thanksgiving but I do have some random pictures that I have taken over the course of the week.
Braedon has discovered light switches. Well, Derek helped him discover them and now he wants to turn them on and off. A couple of days ago Braedon decided to push a kitchen chair down the hallway and into our bedroom to do this.
Lights on.
Lights off. Over and over again.
He has also been helping dad with his emails.
He now knows how to open Derek’s laptop by himself, so the minute we leave the room Braedon is very quick to get over to Derek’s computer, open it up, and beat away on the keyboard.
He also knows he isn’t supposed to and when he sees that I see what he is doing, he will now shut it really quick.
Busted.
Or as Braedon would say…
Yeeeaaahh
One of Braedon’s favorite places to sit is here…
in the kitchen on the heater. Don’t worry, that heater doesn’t turn on and Braedon would be the first to let you know if it was, “ot.”
Braedon has also been loving cereal with banana for breakfast lately. Specifically Frosted Mini Wheats.
He apparently thinks he is a chipmunk. He will keep shoving mini wheats until he can’t possibly get anymore in his mouth, and then he will try to shove one more.
Braedon also likes to help around the house. Last Friday, which is laundry day, he pushed all the laundry baskets from the bedrooms to the door in the living room for me.
Now only if he would willingly put his blanket that he drags ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE and ends up in places that would make you cringe into the laundry basket without throwing a screaming fit.
There is something about Derek’s closet that draws Braedon’s attention. He is always getting into it and dragging stuff out. The other day he drug out a duffle bag and it all started by seeing if he would fit in the duffle bag. It went from that to this.
Derek spun him around in circles, which Braedon loves. He will randomly just start spinning in the middle of room until he gets so dizzy he falls over. It is actually pretty funny watching him try to walk. It reminds me of when I used to spin my cat around when I was little and then I would put her on the floor to watch her try to walk. Wait, did I just say that? Kids, don’t try this at home.
I think he wants another ride. Too bad dad is too dizzy and mom would throw up if she tried.
So I get home from doing laundry on Friday and the first thing Derek said to me was, “look at the camera.” Oh no, last time I came home and he said that Braedon was having a field day with empty beer bottles. What did he get into this time?
Markers. That would be our bedroom floor. Now these aren’t just any markers, these are fabric markers. I don’t know if he colored all over his new clothes before or after he decided to practice his skills on the floor. Derek was able to to get the marker off the floor just fine, but Braedon’s clothes no longer look new.
Does this look like the face of trouble or what?
We sure do love him though!
The last few days have been very nice here in Ithaca with pretty warm temperatures considering the time of year. Although there won’t be much that I will miss about living in Ithaca as far as what Ithaca has to offer, I will miss the fall here. They are so pretty and the weather isn’t too bad either.
We spent some time playing at a couple different parks.
We spent some time up on campus just walking around and exploring.
Braedon just loves being outside!
We walked around Cornell’s oldest library, which is pretty cool.
Do you see everyone looking at Braedon? Yes, the library is still used and people do actually study there…and no, Braedon does not have an indoor voice.
Some more walking on campus.
The weekend can’t be all fun and games. Braedon and Derek spent some time catching up on emails Sunday night.
Another great weekend spent with my boys.
For those that weren’t aware, Movember takes place during the month of November and is a moustache growing charity event that raises funds and awareness towards men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. The rules state that you start clean shaven on November 1 and then you don’t shave until December 1. Cornell is actually having a moustache contest at the end of the month. This year Derek has decided to take part in this event. I’m happy that he is doing it as it is for a good cause, but on the other hand I am anxiously waiting for the month to be over. Why, might you ask?
Ewww.
This is what he looked like when he came out of the bathroom this morning. Today was the first day that he actually shaved his growing beard into a moustache, if that’s what you want to call what he has on his face. I said, no way dude and told him to go back to the bathroom.
Second attempt.
Oh hell no.
Once again he was sent to the bathroom and returned looking pretty similar, except he shaved the horizontal lines that line his jaw bone. I can’t look at him with a straight face.
He better raise a butt load of money.
To donate to the cause (it is funneled to a couple of organizations like The LiveStrong Foundation) go to: http://us.movember.com/mospace/816988/
Braedon’s new thing that he loves to do is pull ups. He will point to the pull up bar and make his little grunting sound that he makes when he wants something.
He’s been putting those new muscles to use already.
Anybody need their furniture rearranged?
This is what happens when Derek is in the shower and I am at the gym.
Braedon decided he was going to have a solo beer tasting that consisted of pumpkin beer, pumpkin beer, pumpkin beer, and more pumpkin beer.
If we forget to lock the patio door, Braedon will open it and help himself into our recycling. He must have brought one empty bottle in at a time and then decided to line them up on the coffee table.
Braedon turned 18 months on the 6th and yesterday was his 18th month check up. I think this is the first time I have posted his stats since he was born, and I wish I had done this every few months or so. If you haven’t already noticed, this blog has kind of turned into an electronic journal for Baeo. Anyway, here are his stats:
Weight: 25 pounds
Height: 33 1/3 inches
He has about 10 teeth now and they have all started coming in at once. This makes for a very cranky toddler at times and I feel so bad. Although sucking on ice seems to numb the pain. He will suck down ice cubes until they are gone.
He is only saying three words so far which consist of hot, daddy, and mommy. Other than that he still just makes the squeaky “yah” sound to everything. The doctor isn’t worried though because boys are usually a little behind when it comes to talking.
He has also started to hide behind and under things when he is going to the bathroom. The doctor said that is a good sign and I can even start putting him on the toilet. We’ll see!
Uh Braedon, what are you doing? He’s embarrassed…I don’t think he realizes we can smell him after he has done it though because once he comes out of hiding he goes right back to what he was doing. Sorry Braedon but you can’t sneak that one by us.
Yesterday we decided to drive two hours up to Rochester and visit the Imagine Children’s Museum of Play. That is an awesome place! It had all kinds of things to interact and play with. We spent a good three hours there and Braedon loved every second of it.
The minute we walked in the door the big aquariums caught his eye. (This is one of the smaller acquariums that also captured his attention.)
We could have probably walked off and he wouldn’t even have noticed. He was very into watching the fish. Maybe the YMCA daycare should get an aquarium…
Oh man…the thought of triplets…
Braedon went from racing little cars to racing the big ones.
He doesn’t mess around folks. That driving thing is serious stuff.
We walked around Sesame Street…
Braedon tried to sell us hotdogs and hamburgers. (And tried to eat one of the hotdogs that are made of rubber.)
Then he went shopping at Wegmans.
That’s my boy…he went right for the veggies. (At one point he had 5 bananas, 1 head of cabbage and 1 lettuce, 1 lime, 1 tomato, and 1 orange)
Mmmmm bread! (He also liked the bread as he picked up 5 loafs.)
Then he decided to take a walk through the newscast station while the weather girl was doing her thing.
After we were done shopping Braedon and dad went on a little train ride.
After flying a plane…
it was time for a much needed break.
Then it was time to do some more flying
and riding
and digging.
Man, I was exhausted. Braedon wasn’t too tired to show a little affection though.
The Bernstein Bears!!
I loved them when I was younger. I think Braedon had a liking to them as well. After he was done making out with Sister bear we moved on.
and did some sliding.
After the Bernstein Bears we had pretty much done it all (including sanitizing our hands every 5 minutes because his hands kept going into his mouth due to some new teeth coming in) and decided we were tired and ready to head home. Not before stopping at Chipotle though. Oh Chipotle, we have missed you!
Oh, I probably shared half of what he did there! So much stuff to do!!
