Brennen 21 Months Old

I feel like this month has been a big month of change for Brennen. He seems so much older and is understanding everything.  As long as we explain things to him, he is usually very well behaved and happy!  He is such a smart boy and he blows us away with the things he remembers.  I can't believe in 3 short months he will be 2 years old!! Crazy how time flies! I am just trying to take in every second of him and remember all the small things.

Some of the things I want to remember about this time are:

- You love to put puzzles together and play with your new kitchen. You will make us coffee and pour it in our cups.   

- Grandma taught you all of our names this month. You know Mommy’s, Daddy’s, Grandma’s, Grandpa’s, Nana’s and Papa’s.
- When we ask you what your name is you say “Brennen Scott Robie”. It is adorable!

- You love playing with your “choo, choos”. You got a train table from Grandma & Grandpa for Christmas and you can’t get enough of it!
- You had some sort of stomach bug this month and have not been eating much at all, but your appetite seems to be coming back!
- You were definitely a mama’s boy when you were sick. You just wanted me to hold you and sit and watch Mickey.

- You are still talking all the time and you get this high pitched, squeaky voice every now and then that just makes me laugh.

- You like to do things on your own, especially feed yourself.
- You can officially count to 10 and say a lot of your ABC’s.  You just start randomly counting things. (You occasionally skip 3 and after 10 you say 12, 18. We’re not sure where this came from?)

- You still love reading books and now you will lay on your tummy to read and point to letters and say some of your ABC’s. You aren’t saying the right letters or anything, but it is still so cute!
- You LOVE to talk on the phone!  Whenever the phone rings you say “talk, talk”. You will say “hi mommy” or whoever you are talking to, then tell us what you are doing, then say “love you, bye”.  And you don’t put up a fight to give up the phone which is wonderful!

- You love driving by the trains on the way to Grandma’s house and you always say if they are moving or not and you say “Brian”. Grandma always tells you that Uncle Brian works with the trains so you always remember that.

- You insist on eating all of your snacks out of a bowl. Even if I give you a cookie, you will ask for a bowl to put it in.

- You still take one nap a day, usually around 1.5-2 hours.  You sleep great through the night and average about 11 hours (8:30pm-7:30am).

- You have quickly grown out of your 18 month shirts and we have started putting you in 24 month shirts.  You are still in 18 month pants because you are so skinny.  24 month pants are huge on you. I weighed you at Grandma’s the other day and you were 23 lbs. You are still in size 4 diapers and size 6 shoes.

I think we are entering another phase of the tantrums and throwing fits.  The last few days you have been fighting us during diaper changes and getting dressed and you are becoming much more ornery. I hope this is a very short phase and you are back to your normal, sweet self soon!

I love you so much my sweet boy and I look forward to watching you grow and change each day.  You amaze me everyday with how much you are learning!  You are my everything!

Love, 

Mommy