Happy Birthday Brady!

On March 13th my little wild child turned one ! Given that title, its only fitting that I through him a wild "Jungle Party" for his big birthday. So we invited our USA family over to my parents for dinner (on his actual birthday) and as you can see he had lots of messy fun. Grandma's Lasagna was his favorite, but he was not to sure about cake at first. He wasn't fond of the whipped icing's texture, and kind of gagged on it, so freaked out a bit. But then when I helped him find the cake part, he was all over it








Since there are a bunch of little cousins running around these days we broke out a game of good ol' "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" for the kids. They had a good time laughing at the big kid (30 yr old cousin Jay) taking his turn. Brady certainly enjoyed the company of all his cousins, Aunts and Uncle's. And fortunately he's not a shy kid so warmed right up to them even though we don't get the opportunity to see them all that often.

So what is this little one year old up to? He's still cautiously walking along furniture and dares to take only a few steps without support. Back and forth from the chair - couch - coffee table is a fun little adventure. We just watch and hold our breath hoping that he'll stay on foot and not crash into the edge of the table too hard. Slowly but surely he's letting go and taking a few steps out into the openness of the living room…pauses…looks around… and says ah heck with it I'm faster crawling.

A few of his "tricks" include; clapping, signing milk & more, da da da da (just for the fun of it) and Mum Mumm Mum Mumm (when he needs something)~ gee he's already got this figured out. He likes to give kisses… if you say "give me kiss" and then pucker up, he opens wide and puts his mouth over yours. Some pretty wet kisses~ so hopefully he cleans that up before he goes after the ladies. He can answer a phone pretty good, "Ha" is how he answers, but he picks up the phone, holds it to his ear and even does the head tilt. The cutest one though is when you ask him "what does a lizard say" he pops his tongue in and out, in and out.

Some Favorites: Bathtime, carbs of all kinds, turning the pages of a book before you are ready, shaking and banging things, laughing with his big brothers, fishing around in the toilet bowl, chewing on shoes, riding his car, playing with the garbage can, opening kitchen cupboards, and standing up to the the big windows ~ just checking things out.

Some Dislikes: Being told No-No, having the bathroom door closed when someone is in there, being at ground level when the action is at counter height, and peas. No kidding… I'll sneak some peas in with a bite of corn or mashed potatoes and he spits out just the peas!