Brandon 2yr Stats

At 2 Brandon is:

24lbs-7th percentile
33"-22nd percentile

When he was born he was in the 20th percentile.  At a year he was in 13th percentile for weight (20lbs) and 14th (28") for height.

His vocabulary, at a guess is anywhere from 50-100 words and is speaking in sentences for the most part.  I am not even attempting potty training until late this summer at the earliest.  He has 3 of his 4 second year molars and is sleeping through the night in a twin bed.

Brandon's ear tubes are on their way out, almost completely sitting in the ear canal instead of in the ear drum.  Hopefully we won't have to have a second set.  They were only put in, in May 2010, so they didn't get us all the way through this winter but we are keeping our fingers crossed.

He is a picky eater when you put food on his plate, but will eat whatever we are eating is we allow him to sit on our laps and eat (horrible habit to start)  oh well.  He eats tons of fruit, but the only vegetable he will touch is broccoli (raw or cooked).  He prefers breakfast foods (bagels, pancakes, toast).

He is obsessed with everyones drink, most times having a meltdown because we won't let him have our glasses full of whatever we are drinking.

He still loves trucks.  He is taking a few mommy and me classes, we go to music class, gym classes and a local class called Giggletime at the library.

Mom Moment

I had a totally mommy brain moment about two weeks ago.  I am usually pretty good about keeping things together, but apparently not on this particular day.  I went to a different grocery store than I normally do because I needed a few things that are harder to find for the kids birthday party.  After spending longer than I usually do in the store, with the kids on edge, I unload my full cart onto the belt.  Everything was rung up and I pulled out my wallet to pay. 

Well, I went to pull out my wallet to pay, but it wasn't there.  I never take my wallet out without putting it back.....but on this day I left it on the front seat after I went through the Starbucks drive-thru.  Apparently I should have finished my coffee before I went into the grocery store and maybe prevented this.  I felt like a big idiot, but it all ended well.  Luckily no one was behind me in line so the cashier (and older woman who was very nice and not grumpy about the situation) turned off her light and waited for me to race out to the car and come back with my wallet.  She even offered to watch the kids for me!

I felt like such a moron, but luckily my car was close!

Shaving Already

Brandon loves it when Eric gets up late and he is able to get ready with him in the morning.  He stands with Eric and pretends to do everything that he does.  On his birthday, he got his first shaving kit.  It is perfect and couldn't come at a better time.  Doc even showed him how to use everything!

Imagine That

The beginning of January we went to a  museum called "Imagine That".  The concept is similar to "The Please Touch Museum" in Philly, but obviously much closer to home.  Brandon was thrilled because there were a few cars and trucks that he could climb in and even a small plane.  Brooke really enjoyed the puppet shows, and the indoor playground.  There was also a vet center set up and a grocery store that Brooke found entertaining.  We topped the morning off with a late lunch at Friendly's...Yum!

More Snow

Since December 15th, we have had snow on an average of every 4 days.  With that said, I took some pictures of Brooke playing in the snow with Kacee and her attempt to make a snowman with some very powdery snow.

Art Projects

We have had never ending snow here in NJ, so we have been keeping busy with all sorts of projects and crafts.  Even thought it was January, we got in the Valenties day spirit a little early this year.

Brandon Turns 2

Brandon's actual second birthday was your pretty average day.  Brooke had school, so we were following our normal routine for the most part.  While she was at school I took him to Walmart nearby because we were just wasting time before some snow was supposed to start.

I let him play up and down the toy isles for about an hour and a half before we left to pick up Brooke.  We made him home before any real snow accumulation, and we were stuck inside for the rest of the day.  His party was the weekend before (combined with Brooke) but we left him open a few gifts that we had gotten for him on his birthday and let him stay up a little bit later than normal after Brooke went to bed.  He is definitely turning into quite the little man!