Brandon is Two!

Our little guy is getting so big! He is always trying to keep up with his big brother, and often succeeds.  It's been so fun to watch him grow from baby to toddler, and a real playmate to Andrew.

Brandon's vocabulary is really starting to grow.  He's started to put two- and three-word sentences together and it's really exciting to have some more communication with him.  He can identify nearly all of his uppercase and lowercase letters and can count to "tooteen" (haha, that's thirteen, by the way), which are both super impressive for his age.  His favorite songs to sing are "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive."

He is a very determined little kid.  Brandon (much like his brother) has a tendency to decide that it's time to do a certain thing or clean up the toys, whether everyone else is ready or not.  He knows where something "should" go and will get quite upset if you try to put it somewhere else.  Likewise, he believes he has sole ownership over many things in our house (nearly all are not actually his alone) and it's not pretty when Andrew (or anyone else) wants to use it too.  But his determination is also so cute and has helped him become really good at puzzles and figuring out how to get things that are just out of reach.

We also moved Brandon out of his crib just a couple of days before his birthday.  He's done pretty well so far, though we regularly find him sleeping on the floor next to his bed when we check on him before we go to bed.  Once he's gotten the hang of the big boy bed it will be time to work on eliminating the pacifier!

We sure love this little guy and are really excited to see him keep growing!