A Year-and-a-half

I'm totally late on Brady's 18-month post, but since I don't do any journal writing, I still want to remember what Brady is up to right now.
Just for the record--at his appointment his stats were:
Weight: 24 lbs, 8 oz.--30th percentile
Height: 32 1/2 inches--60th percentile

Brady is such a sweet little boy.  I'm so happy that he is in our family.  We've really been blessed to be parents of such a happy, healthy, adorable, curly haired boy.
-His hair gets comments everywhere we go.  It's so dang cute with all the curls.
-He does pretty well in nursery, although he cried most the time his first 2 weeks.  The comments we have gotten about him are that he likes to climb on tables and he likes to eat crayons.  Sounds about right.

-Brady loves being outside .  He is always picking up sticks, rocks, and pine cones.  He is constantly pointing to things and asking "Wass that?"
-He is obsessed with flags and can spot them anywhere.

-He likes to pretend to do things like talk on the phone, put shoes on, comb his hair, and he loves to buckle things.
-He still isn't talking a ton, but enough.  His favorite words are cracker and sssseess (cheese).
-He loves pointing to people he recognizes in pictures.  If we ask him where Heidi is, he will point to a picture of her.  I love it.
-He's figuring out how to play with other kids more and loves being around them.
-Brady loves water when it is in something small like a puddle or bath, but is kinda freaked out by  swimming pools and the splash pad.  His favorite place to play in the water is the Liberty Park streams.

 

-When he is eating, he wants his own fork or spoon to play with.  He hides it on the ledge on the back of his highchair and puts his hands up and asks "Whereis it?"  He thinks it's so funny when he shows you where he was hiding it.  This picture shows what he does with his hands whenever he asks a question.

-He likes to cuddle with any soft stuffed animal.  He still likes his blankie, but isn't as attached to it as he used to be.  He is able to nap with no binkie, but still wants it at night.

-He thinks he is so funny when you are trying to get him and he runs away.  He is faster than you think!
-Brady is really good at playing by himself.  If you give him toys in his crib, he will sit and play for up to an hour sometimes.  This is nice when I want to sleep a little bit more in the mornings!  His favorite toy right now is the roller coaster with the wires and beads.
-He loves circles and stars and is really good at pointing them out.
-He likes to put stickers on a piece of paper.  We have Sesame Street stickers right now that he loves!
-He loves drinking out of a cup or water bottle.

-He is more of a picky eater than he used to be.  He loves grapes, blackberries, blueberries, goldfish,  and cheese. We had to move the rug under our kitchen table to be just under Brady's chair because he throws lots of food and is getting a really good arm!
-Speaking of having a good arm, he often chucks his toys into the front seat while we are driving.  It could get a little dangerous so we try not to laugh, but it's hard!
-He throws little tantrums when you take away something he wants.  We just let him lay on the floor and throw his little fit.  He gets over them pretty quickly and is easy to distract.
-He is a great sleeper and he takes about 3 hour naps.  He goes down about 7:30 at night and usually wakes up between 7:00 and 7:30.

We love you Brady!

San Rafael Classic

Dave's triathlon was July 7 at Huntington State Park near Price.  The campground that weekend was just for people doing the race, so we got a free campsite.  We thought it was funny that they had it reserved for the "Cutes" family.  Do you agree with that name for us? 

The night before the race they had a pasta dinner.  Brady spilled almost an entire bottle of water on him, hence the no shirt.  He loved walking around and picking up sticks and throwing rocks into the water.

 

We had a pack and play that we put in the tent for Brady to sleep in.  We didn't put him down until about 9:00, since it was so light outside.  He went right down, but bright and early at 4:15, he was wide awake with no hope of going back to sleep!  We'll just say it wasn't a great night with Brady waking up so early and another little boy in the campground next to us crying for over an hour starting at about midnight.

The race started at 6:30 with a half mile swim.  Dave got a good luck high-five from Brady, which helped him to do MUCH better at the swim than his last race.  I always breathe a sigh of relief when I see him come out of the water!

Here is Dave in Transition area 1 drying off and getting his bike clothes on.

 

And here is him coming in from the bike (15 miles) and starting his 5K run (while showing a little chest hair).

He had a good time racing and is already talking about doing it next year.  If you think Dave is awesome like me and Brady, leave him a comment!  :)

We went back to our campsite and made bacon, eggs, and pancakes.  Brady was so tired from his late night and early morning.  We put him down for a nap in the tent at about 9:00 am, and this is how he looked just seconds from being put in his bed!  He took about a 2 hour nap, which was better than we hoped for.

  

While we were unloading our stuff, Brady was playing in the car.  We could hear him saying "MMmmmm, mmmmmm."  When we checked what he was doing, he had Dave's Sprite from lunch, just slurping it down and loving it!  Silly boy!

Canoe Trip

On Saturday, Dave and I dropped Brady off at my parents house and headed up to Pineview Reservoir to do a little canoeing.  We rarely get out with just the 2 of us anymore, and we had a great time together.  Part of the reason we went was so that Dave could practice his open water swimming for his triathlon on Saturday.  I followed behind him as close I could without running him over.

 

Dave brought his fishing pole, but when we got there he realized that the 2 halves he brought didn't fit together.  But, he still decided to try and fish with just half of a pole.  After a crappy 3 foot cast, he actually caught a pretty big fish!  We laughed so hard about and thought that fish probably felt like an idiot.

 

We also swam a little bit and totally almost tipped over when I turned around to talk to Dave.

 

My parents were nice and took us out to dinner that night.  We went to Union Grill in Ogden.  They have old trains that are huge and really cool to see.  Brady cared more about the rocks than the trains, but I'm sure he will love them before too long!

 

Here is Popcan and Brady with their matching crocs and khaki shorts.