Mistreated

So, lately Brody has been disturbed by a few objects in his environment. A usually pleasant ride on a Jeep seemed too much to bear. Plus, a lovely shopping trip to every kids dream place (aka ToysRus) was VERY frightening. Brody discovered a cool dinosaur at the toy mecca, but much to his dismay, it was interactive. The dinosaur, named Spike, said hello by ROAAARRRRING in Brody's face. This sent Brody retreating and in hysterics while Daddy laughed and mommy came running down the isles to his rescue. Ahhh the drama. My sweet baby. I love you, Broderick Eugene!

Brody Stew Anyone?

During the daily rearranging of the cabinets, Brody finds that it is fun to put himself in the pot. He walked around the house holding the pot and it is quite heavy.

Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy's birthday was this week. Brody was quite happy to help mama make daddy his favorite cake...cherries cheese cake! Brody was of course the taste tester and clean up crew. Brody made his first birthday card for daddy. He scribbled him a great picture! Our little man is really growing up.

And the Pattern of OCD continues....

For the last two days, Brody has methodically rearranged the cabinets. It is amazing how much time and concentration he spends pulling the items out and putting them back. He is quite careful to set each item upright (usually). He does get frustrated and push them away at times too. His mama and dada are a bit OCD about certain things too. Poor kid. :0)

Happy 18 months to you, my sweet man!

On November 6th, Brody turned 18 months. Can you believe it? He is now walking a lot more and his vocabulary is amazing. He can say two word sentences and HE SINGS! Every morning Brody grabs his "B" (baby glow worm) and squeezes the belly and a lullaby starts to play. Brody sings me the song by saying Dooo do da do da do do do. It is just the cutest thing. His daddy says he sounds "special". Brody had his 18 month well check. The doctor said he is doing great. His weight was 31 pounds and his height was 35 1/2 (but the height seems to fluctuate depending on who is measuring). Brody received two shots and this time daddy was there and got to be the bad guy. :0)

Piggy Flu...times 2

It has been a typical couple weeks around the Sample house...busy, busy, busy! The week of Halloween, Daddy got the piggy flu. We banished him from most of the fun and he seemed to recover quickly. Brody had an exciting weekend full of Halloween fun. We went trick or treating, had a party, went to the zoo, and attended the Edwardsville Halloween Parade. That Sunday, we had family pictures at SIUE Gardens. The weather was beautiful, but Brody was a little out of character and didn't want to participate in the pictures. Then on Monday, we found out that Brody had piggy flu too. Not to diminish the seriousness of the flu, but I'd take it over an ear infection any day. Brody had a temp only one day and seemed well very quickly. We stayed in social isolation for week and celebrated our freedom with a little garage sale shopping.