Happy 2nd Birthday Bryson

Yesterday was Bryson's official 2nd Birthday. While we were hoping to celebrate it from a hospital bed, or with a new baby in our arms, that didn't happen. So we enjoyed riding the Folsom Valley Railway and a fun lunch at Red Robins. It was a great day!



I was hoping being squished on that tiny train seat would set off some contractions.



Bryson loves the "Little Red Caboose". He has me read it to him all the time.



Mmm, vanilla milkshake.



Opening a few presents we had saved.




Loves his "cars"!



Brett and I sang happy birthday to him that morning and after we finished, he blew out his pretend birthday candles. It had us laughing. He is so cute and brings us such joy each and every day.

Some things he can now do:

-Count to ten. Now we're working on up to twenty.

-Knows and identifies most letters and numbers everywhere we go. Now we're trying to learn the alphabet song.

-Blows bubbles in the water.

-Swims confidently in the pool and kicks himself where he needs to go (wearing floaties of course).

-Uses real utensils (most of the time).

-No longer needs a bottle to soothe himself.

-Can speak in small sentences. "Momma play?", "Puffs please", "daddy home?", "Aww Bunny"....

-Does well in church nursery (a lot of kids still have separation anxiety). Plays and does what they ask for the 2 hours he's in there.

-Throws away his own trash.

-Does what mommy and daddy asks..."hand me that toy", or "pick up your blanket and put it here".

-Cleans up his toys when asked.

-Brushes his teeth (after I've done the initial cleaning).

-Gets his own water out of the fridge door dispenser (not always a good thing).

-Loves setting up and taking apart his choo choo tracks.

-Knows where we're going when we visit Papa and Nana's house or Nana and T's house. He really pays attention to the road. I didn't do that until I was 16.

We still can't get him to say his own name, but he says everyone else's names. He also won't say "milk" or "blanket". He signs those. Old habits die hard.