Coming up on 2

Brayden's first "rock climb" from Megan Bishop on Vimeo.

I looked back and realize I haven't really given an update on Brayden since March. He's 22 months old now.

He can say 2-3 word phrases, but usually just with prompting. He's singing along more to songs. When I sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" to him, he sings the last word in each phrase- star, are, high, sky, etc. And with "Wheels on the Bus" he pipes in with town, "wah wah wah" and "shh shh shh." When we laugh and he doesn't really understand why, he has this fake laugh he does, and then he says "uh-huh funny." He also says "funny" when he makes us laugh. Oh, he finally started saying "grandma" this week. Up until now, he has just said "grandpa" and used the term for my mom and Adam's mom as well. I don't know what took him so long, but he says it now and my mom loves it.

We got him one of those little basketball hoops, and he really likes it. Toy Story (any of them) have taken over the top movie spot from Tangled. He's now obsessed with bugs- he is a boy after all. When we go on walks, it takes forever and we never get very far because he keeps stopping to look at bugs, rocks or flowers.

He doesn't like the stroller anymore. Or holding our hands. Or being held on walks. We usually go back and forth between letting him walk until he tries to run off, and then picking him up. It's very annoying, but I know it's a sign of independence and that's good. He's growing up, whether I want him to or not. Which reminds me, I'm freaking out realizing that the next update I give will probably be when he's 2.