Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Boys and their toys




Mike was dropping off one of the young men after an activity, and his family was having a garage sale. They have two boys who are now significantly older than our boys, so they gave a bunch of stuff to Mike. The one thing Mike was most excited about was a monster tricycle. It has HUGE tires and is sturdy enough that Mike can ride it with Brayden--and he does! Brayden has to swivel his hips a little bit so that he can reach the pedals, but he does a really good job of pedaling. He fell a little bit, but he's pretty good at catching himself. So all in all it is a good toy. Brayden is quite agile. He is also getting pretty good at climbing the poles in our basement. It's really quite amazing. Caleb is working on his skills as well. All in one week he has mastered crawling, pulling up, babbling, etc. He's figured out how to turn the TV on and off and accidentally turns movies on and off. He's really starting to explore everything. One of the funniest things (I think) that he does is when he wants us, usually Brayden, he calls "Ah. Ah." He usually does it when I'm trying to put him down for a nap. He calls for Brayden and then Brayden comes in and gets Caleb laughing hysterically. I'm sure it does wonders to calm Caleb down right before going to sleep. Cute boys. Including Mike.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

It makes it all worth it . . .

Yesterday, while I was trying to get Brayden and Caleb down for a nap, I heard Brayden running all around my bedroom instead of lying in bed sleeping. The last week or so, he's been asserting his independence and trying to fight sleep. So I went upstairs to see what was up. He had pooped, not a big deal. So we went downstairs, changed his diaper, and then I went out to the dumpster to throw it away. When I came back in I was feeling kind of disgruntled that Brayden wasn't asleep and all too soon Caleb would be awake, but when I walked in the door Brayden said "I like you Mom. You're pretty." It made me laugh. It was nice to have a sweet little comment rather than tantrums about sleeping. And we walked right upstairs and he went right to sleep. Yeah for napping sweet little boys.