21 Months-Brody

This past month has been very busy with winter vacation, Christmas, and New Years! We spent lots of time with family and enjoyed our time together. Brody and Nolan had a wonderful Christmas and got way too many toys! It was so much fun this year watching Brody's excitement as he opened his toys. He really enjoyed playing with his remote control cars, reading books, and eating chocolate!

At 21 months Brody..

• Weighs about 23.5 lbs
• Wears size 5 shoe and 18-24 month clothes
• STILL is in size 3 diapers
• Sleeps from 7:30p.m. to 6:30a.m. and takes a 2+ hour afternoon nap-he is such a good sleeper!
• LOVES to eat food-he will run to his highchair when it is time to eat. He will eat about anything and he loves to dip things in ketchup!
• Is learning new words and different sounds animals make. 
• Some words Brody can say- up, bye, down, hi, Mama, Dada, done, dog, more, p-ease for please. We are working on his name...he can say Bro and dy, but can't quite put it together.
• LOVES to read! He often will sit in his chair and just look at books.
• Has started sleeping with a blanket...he loves it!
• Continues to play well and can easily entertain himself
• Has started playing with puzzles and loves them.
• Loves to go "up and down" on the stairs
• Will run and sit in our seat when we get up-he giggles and thinks it's so funny!
• Loves music and loves to dance with us.
• When he wants our attention, he grabs our hands to take us where he wants us to go
• Continues to bring joy to our lives each day!

Brody-20 Months

This past month just flew by with fall fun and Thanksgiving! Brody and Nolan had a fun with their cousins from Texas (Jake, Ben, and Leighton)  and North Carolina- (Brian, Emma, Maddy, and Abby). We celebrated Leighton's baptism, went sledding, had a cousin sleep over complete with a bubble bath, and had fun sitting at the cousins table during Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for this year and can't believe that our little Brody is already 20 months!

At 20 months Brody...
*Height- ______  *Weight ______

*Wears size 3 diapers
*Wears size 12 -18 month clothes and size 5 shoe
*Takes an afternoon nap for 2-3 hours
*Loves to eat food-he tried lots of different foods at Thanksgiving. He also loves roast beef!
*Loves to walk up and down the stairs without help. He likes to hang onto the railing and does not want help.
*Is making some progress in the speech department-he is starting to repeat us and say a lot of beginning sounds of words.
*Continues to love music and loves to dance when it comes on.
*Loves stuffed animals-his favorites are his puppy and  Spot the dalmatian
*When he wants you for something he will come and grab your hand to take you where he wants you to go...it is so cute!
*Loves to run and hide. He wants you to find him and play hide and seek.
*Loves Nolan so much and gives him hugs and kisses all the time!
 *Continues to bring joy to our lives each day!

19 Months

Brody turned 19 months today and the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrated by beating Indiana! They are currently undefeated! Brody is full of energy these days and loves to play with Nolan. This past month they have enjoyed playing in the leaves, playing with their toy castle, and having races with their trikes.


At 19 months Brody...

*Weighs 22lbs
*Wears size 5 shoe and size 12 or 18 month clothes
*Wears size 3 diapers
*Loves food-he will eat anything and everything! (Such a change from Nolan.)
*Is really good at using a spoon and fork to eat his food.
*Loves to be outdoors.
*Enjoyed trick-or-treating by walking up to all the neighbors houses.
*Continues to identify all parts of his body and loves to show us his belly button
*Went to the pumpkin patch for the first time.
*Continues to be a great sleeper and sleeps from 7:30ish until 6:30a.m.
*Has a mouth full of teeth-almost all of them!
 *Makes animal noises for a dog, monkey, and lion
*Loves to read books and play with his racetrack.

Brody-18 Months

Brody is officially 1 1/2 years old. I can't believe how fast time goes and now Fall is here! Fall brings lots of fun things-football, leaves, pumpkins, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and smells of apple cider. Brody is a busy little boy and I can't wait to watch him pick out pumpkins, dress up for Halloween, and play in the leaves this year with Nolan

At 18 months Brody....

• Weighs about 22lbs and 33.5" (85% for height and 12% for weight to height ratio)
• Still wears size 3 diapers
• Wears mostly 12 month or 18 month clothes and size 5 shoe
• Loves milk just like his mom
• Uses a spoon and fork to feed himself
• Is a pretty good eater and will try most things.
• Has lots of teeth-too many to count
• Likes to run and hide 
• Enjoys riding on my playskool trike throughout the house
• Loves to take showers and fill up his cup of water.
• Loves to read books!
• Enjoys going for walks up and down the street
• Plays with his racetrack and car
• Likes to knock down towers we build
• Is obsessed with shutting all the doors in our house
• His favorite animal is a puppy-he likes to make the barking sounds
• Loves to play with his Leap Frog magnetic farm animal puzzle-he can make matches all on his own, but loves to mismatch and giggle.
• Enjoys dancing to music  
• Continues to bring joy to our lives each day!

17 months

Our little Brody is almost 1 1/2 years old! The time (and summer) has gone by too quickly. Everyday is a new adventure and he makes us all smile! School as started back up and Nolan begins preschool on Tuesday. Brody will get to experience what it is like to be an only child for half a day! =)

• Weighs 22 lbs
• Wears size 3 diapers, 12-18 month clothes and 4w shoes
• Lots of dark brown hair and eyes
• Will try any type of food we give him at least once
• Shakes his head no in the correct context.
• Loves to play with light up swords, remote control cars, and our race track.
• Likes to play hide and seek...aka run from us and try to get us to catch him
• Enjoys being outside-he loves to go for walks, swing, ride his trike.
• Loves to brush his hair with my brush
• Is starting to use forks and spoons independently
• LOVES to dance to music...by himself, or have us pick him up and dance.
• Understands everything we are telling him....he just chooses whether or not to listen.
• Had his first Iowa State Fair experience-he did little Hands on the Farm and saw the animals.
• Loves taking showers
• Continues to bring joy to our lives each day!