Our Braden turned 2 on January 22nd. It's hard to believe it's been that long since he was born. He brings more and more joy to our lives with each passing month/year. We had a birthday party on Saturday the 22nd with family. We did a Thomas the Train theme with decorations and cupcakes from The Flying Cupcake (Yum!) He had a great time playing with his cousins and enjoying his Thomas cupcake. He got so many fun things- a new tractor to push, books, summer clothes, a big marble track, a "push button" toy and $ towards the Children's Museum and a Membership to the Zoo from Grandma, Grandpa, Conrad, Carrie and Ashton.
He continues to say more and more things. He's putting together words more everyday- saying complete sentences on a regular basis. One new thing he says (thanks to Daddy) when they are kicking the ball around is. "See that? Awesome!" He cracks us up daily. He also seems to have quite a skill for kicking a ball and has surprising accuracy even to kick the ball out of the air off a bounce. Curtis is impressed and secretly hoping he'll be a soccer star someday. :)
We've sorta started the potty training in that we're trying to establish a routine of sitting on the potty before getting dressed in the morning and before PJ's at night. He's successful often and is rewarded with marshmallows. We'll start incorporating more scheduled potty times soon. He also enjoys watching Elmo's Potty Time which helps to reinforce what we're teaching. I'm hoping to have him potty trained before the new baby comes, but we'll see......
Speaking of new baby......I'm now 16 weeks pregnant and have an obvious baby belly at this point. I recently officially switched over from "regular" clothes to maternity clothes. The regular clothes just weren't cutting it anymore. My seasons are switched from my pregnancy with Braden so a lot of my winter clothes from before are too big now. I've had to get a couple new shirts to get me through the winter.
I've recently started to feel baby moving which is so exciting and so affirming that everything is going OK. At my OB appointment yesterday she commented that my uterus is already up to my belly button and usually doesn't reach that point until 20 weeks. So that is good news that baby is growing well. We also heard the heartbeat- 154 bpm. Braden again heard the heart beat and said "Train!". :) Next month on March 1st we'll have our ultrasound to find out the gender of this baby. Everyone including Braden thinks this is a "baby sister". We'll see! And we're anxious to find out!
We are so blessed to have one beautiful boy and a perfect pregnancy....such a testimony of God's grace and goodness. Even during the stressful days as we're getting into the "terrible two's" when I'm constantly on Braden's case about obeying and having a happy heart.......we couldn't be more grateful.
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