Kiddos

Yep, another post about my little boys. They're changing so much all the time and I find that blogging is the best way for me to keep track of what they're doing. I love these two boys and they're both so much fun!

Brycen...

Whenever I change a diaper (whether it be his or Carter's) Brycen says, "Cuck! Cuck!" (yuck) We've decided to get him a little potty and start the potty training process. He's starting to show a little bit of interest so we're going to work on it at his pace. Any and all tips/comments on this subject will be greatly appreciated!

He says the word "hot" whenever he sees anything potentially hot. I'm so happy that he doesn't just dig in to stuff and he blows on things before eating it! Even if it isn't hot.

Brycen loves to help with the laundry. His favorite part is putting the clothes in the dryer. He also likes to help with the folding. 

Balloons. Or "bn", as Brycen says it. (That is seriously the best way I can describe how Brycen says the word "balloon". And it actually sounds more like an 'm' at the end instead of an 'n'.) Where do I start with balloons? Our families can attest to Brycen's love for balloons. We can't go to a store that sells balloons without a battle with Brycen. He'll want one and scream till he gets it. We used to just give in and buy him one when we went. But now we've decided not to let him get his way and we let him hold it through the store, taking it away right as we're paying. This results in one parent taking the now kicking and screaming toddler out to the van while the other stays with Carter and pays. No, I don't go grocery shopping with the kids without Tyson. EVER! I'm too scared. Brycen is too much of a wildcard. We have to laugh at Brycen whenever we go to these stores with balloons because he always manages to find one in the rafters. Even if the balloon is lodged way up high, he'll still manage to find it yelling, "Bn! Bn!" We'll have birthday parties with family and Brycen ends up taking a balloon home with him. Most recently he took two from the party we were at. And these balloons that come home with us always end up on the ceiling of the foyer in our house. The ceiling is super high and he always lets them go right there. We have a nice collection right now. I think there are three up there.

Other common words:

• "shook" (juice)
• "Carty" (Carter)
• "bit" (blanket)
• "mo" (more)
• "Oh wow! Cool!"
• "Cheese!" when taking pictures

We taught Brycen to say "please" when he asks for things. It started when he wanted some Crystal Lite. I said, "What do you say?" His response was, "Shook? Shook?" (He calls Crystal Lite and pretty much every other beverage juice.) I told him, "No, you say 'please'." He then said, "Peez?" Ever since then he'll ask for something and we'll say, "What do you say?" His response is, "Peez?" Sometimes he'll just walk into the pantry, point at something, and say, "Peez?"

With all of Brycen's new words he's saying, he's still very fluent in his jibberish. We have people ask us all the time if he's talking yet or if we can understand what he's saying. Our answer is always, "yes" and "yes". Well, we understand him MOST of the time. For example, the other day he was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and "Gooey" and "Don Cuck" were trapped on Mistletoe Mountain. It was snowy and all kinds of crazy. Brycen said, "Oh no! Gooey eh Don Cuck jargikmy fdisal;lskdjf cjfuekclwoom fjdiox!" In so many words, anyway! My response was, "Really! Goofy and Donald are stuck? Uh oh!" We use situations to help us know what he says. But a lot of the time he'll say something in his jibberish and we'll say, "Really?" or "Oh wow!" We're not at all worried with how he's talking, and honestly I'll be sad when the jibberish is gone. It's his trademark and you can't help but smile at him and laugh a little. 

Brycen shows his love with pats and tickles. He'll see someone he loves and he's excited to see, like an aunt or uncle, and he'll run to them and tickle them. He also pats people in greeting them. He gives really good hugs too.

His looks remind me of his cousin Bailey in a lot of ways, in the eyes and mouth especially.

Brycen is going through a horrible hitting phase. We're constantly and consistently putting him in a timeout chair where he kicks and screams till we let him out. We have to physically hold him there for the two minutes he's in timeout and brave the squirming, screaming, punching, and kicking. He'll hit us and get in trouble, laughing as we're getting mad at him. (He laughs a lot when he gets in trouble. He's just like I was when I was a kid. Great.) If he gets in trouble for something other than hitting, he'll hit us. He'll make a solid effort to walk across the room, crawl up on the couch, and hit whoever is there, just from feeling awkward. Sometimes he doesn't even have to get in trouble and he'll hit someone from feeling awkward. I'll tell him to be careful with his spoon at dinner and he'll climb out of his chair to go hit me. He also grabs things that he knows he's not supposed to touch and attempt to throw it. Or he'll hold it up like he's going to throw it, waiting for our reaction. And all of these things he does with an absolutely blank face and no talking. Gah!!

He's also going through a phase where he holds spit in his mouth. I know. So gross. He'll hold a mouth full of spit and end up drizzling it out as he's actively playing. We'll constantly tell him to swallow and he won't do it. We offer him food and drink (which he takes) but he just walks around with it and continues to hold the spit. We eventually started picking him up, holding him over the sink, and telling him to spit it out. He spits it out in the sink and goes on with his day.

We go through bananas like crazy because Brycen loves them. He'll ask for one and we'll open it for him, then he'll take a bite and set it on the counter to continue working on it as he goes throughout his day. I was shocked when one of our bananas went bad last week. It's been a long time since we've had bananas around long enough to go bad.

He loves eating cereal bars like Nutrigrain bars for breakfast. He'd prefer that over anything else. He doesn't like cereal yet so we find ourselves giving him these cereal bars. Sometimes he'll eat dry cereal with a glass of milk, but never the two together.

He's starting to want to take his "bit" everywhere we go now. Whenever we go in the car the bit has to go too. We draw the line at taking it inside though. He's gotten better about letting Carter lie down on it, or touch it, for that matter. But he's still very protective of it. He wakes up in the morning (whether he knocks on the door to come out or comes in our room to get me, depending on how early), he'll want to be picked up, and then he'll point to his room and say, "Bit. Bit." He'll point and say that till we get to it and pick it up. He watches TV with it, takes naps/goes to bed with it...I will cry if we ever forget to bring it with us when we go out of town. Not that Brycen would ever allow that to happen, he's attached to that thing. And yes, I'm still referring to the Stacy Pasley blanket. He wants nothing to do with his other blankets.

He's getting so good with prayer time. He folds his arms and lasts almost the entire way through a prayer that way. Sometimes he'll pick up his food with his arms half folded and eyes have closed, but he never bites till the prayer is done. The other night we made dinner and sat down. Tyson and I were ready to dig in when Brycen folded his arms and just looked at us. We looked at each other and smiled.

Brycen recently developed a love for candy corn. We have a pumpkin jar with candy corn sitting on the counter top and he'll come up to it, point to it, and say, "Peez? Peez? Peez?" over and over again. Tonight I told him to say "candy corn" so now he goes up to it and says, "Corn? Corn?" I'll say, "What do you say?" and he says, "Peez?" 

One of his new favorite shows is "Imagination Movers". It's a show on Disney Junior that is similar to The Wiggles: four singing and dancing men. However, these men are American and they all wear matching coveralls. I wasn't sure if I'd like this show because I've always thought The Wiggles were a little weird. But this show is pretty cute and they solve all kinds of problems. Brycen likes the songs and he does the actions as well.

Other favorite shows:

• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Charlie and Lola
• Octonauts
• Timmy Time
• Special Agent Oso
• Small Potatoes (short 2-minute song between two shows on Disney Junior)

 Carter...

Carter has started smiling a lot more. He has started smiling after others smile at him first and it's so fun. The picture above was taken last Sunday and it was so fun getting him to smile so much.

He still has reflux issues but he's doing SO much better than he was when he was smaller. He used to cry a lot and we'd just have to love up on him and hold him close to try to help him feel semi-comfortable. Now he has a normal day if we give him his medicine in the morning like we should. He gets his dose every morning 30 minutes to an hour before he has a bottle. We're not supposed to give it to him with food but it tastes so awful. I give it to him as he's drinking his bottle then I take both away and give him his binky. Then he usually sits in his lamb chair or sleeps in it till it's time to have the rest of his bottle. It has worked really well. We've forgotten a couple of times and we could definitely tell. Poor kid! It makes me so sad that he ends up being in so much pain with this reflux. But we can tell he's slowly growing out of it and hopefully he'll be over it in the next couple of months or so.

In the NICU the nurses told us we could keep my milk I pumped frozen and try giving some to him again when he's about three months old. He had to stop drinking it in the NICU because it was so hard on his tummy with the reflux and we wanted him to be able to come home. They put him on formula and it was a night and day difference. It was amazing how much better he did. I decided to put a little milk in his bottle a couple of weeks ago and see how he did. He had the bottle then later he started crying and kept crying a lot. I gave him milk in his bottles for a couple of days and he cried and cried for those two days non-stop. Once I took him off of it he started doing really well again and didn't cry. Apparently the milk is still too hard on his tummy. I thought about waiting till the reflux was gone (most likely at around six months old), but by that time the milk would be bad and we wouldn't be able to use it. I ended up throwing two bags full of frozen milk away. And I didn't even care that I spent hours pumping all of it. It felt good to just be rid of it since Carter couldn't even drink it. It's too bad I couldn't donate it.

We have to keep mittens on Carter's hands so he doesn't scratch his face up. We keep his nails cut but he gets so mad so fast that he just starts clawing at his face. For now we'll keep the mittens on until he can stop scratching!

Carter loves to be held. And every now and then he'll fall asleep on us in that cute newborn scrunched up position and it's wonderful. He did that tonight right before his bath and I didn't want to move him.

He's wearing size 1 diapers and they're starting to get a little snug. I'm so happy that Carter is filling out so well!

He drinks 5 ounces of formula every 3-4 hours. He mostly wakes up once in the middle of the night to eat and falls back to sleep well.

Carter has the cutest little pouty lip when he gets sad. His mouth makes a perfect frown and it's so cute. I hate to see him sad, but it's hard not to smile a little when you see something that cute. He also has a super cute cry. He sounds like a little puppy dog, and sometimes like a sad cat. Brycen had a cute little cry too. We've been lucky so far with cute criers!

He started wearing 3-6 month clothes yesterday. I put a sock monkey jammy on him that my mom gave him and they fit great. It makes me sad to see my baby getting so big! I'm just glad we've been able to enjoy him being so small. I love having a baby around.

His first trip to Idaho was August 10th for the Murri family reunion, and his first time sleeping through the night was September 8th. He slept from 11:30 - 7:30 and it was amazing! He's only done that once more since and it was the next night.

Carter is the opposite of Brycen was when he was a baby in so many ways!

• Carter doesn't like the swing and Brycen loved it. I think Carter has used the swing once and he didn't last long.
• If Carter gets woken up he is Mr. Grumpy Pants. When Brycen was a baby he was so happy when he woke up, even if we had to go in and wake him up. (Things have clearly changed for him since then!!)
• So far Carter is keeping a binky longer than Brycen did. I know, right? He's almost four months old, but Brycen was three months when he ditched his binky. And we did just find without it. One less thing to ween!  
• Carter loves listening to music to soothe him. Music never did much for Brycen. Carter does really well going to sleep when we have his music playing. He mostly listens to classical from his pack 'n play, and as soon as I find the CD player I'm going to start playing the Primary Children's Songbook music for him. 

How Do I Pick Just One?

Yesterday I decided to actually read my last blog post and wow, were there a lot of typos! That seems to be how blogging is for me these days. I don't have time to proofread so I publish what I have. I thought about going in and editing, but seeing as how this is how life is these days I thought I'd just leave it. Hopefully I'll be more aware this time around!

When Brycen was born I decided to take a picture each month to show how much he changes. He's only in a diaper in these pictures and almost all are taken in our checkered chair. I started doing the same thing with Carter after he was born. He turned 3 months old on September 2nd and just got to taking his pictures yesterday. When Carter was born eight weeks early the doctors told us to expect him to start doing things a lot slower than the average baby. This included smiling. The average baby smiles between six and eight weeks. We were thrilled when he smiled at us for the first time on August 18th-age 2 1/2 months. He smiled at Tyson while he was holding him, then he smiled at me the next day. It was wonderful and it melted my heart! He slowly started smiling more, then yesterday he went full throttle. I propped him up on the chair, put my camera to my eye, smiled at him, and this happened:

It was the best!! Can't help but smile at this, right? Just when I thought I'd gotten THE picture, all of this happened:

Talk about make me cry! It was such a fun moment. And now, here I am wondering what picture I should choose to represent Carter at three months old in his book. I looked at the folder of Brycen when I did his three-month pictures and I took 47 before getting one where he somewhat smiled. And just for fun, here is one of Brycen at three months old:

My sweet babes! Recently I was looking through the book Dustin and Erika made for Tyson's mom for Mother's Day and saw a picture of his sister, Tacie, that I think looks a lot like Carter. Here's a side-by-side shot of the two of them. This picture of her solved the mystery of where he got the big eyes, I think! He looks a lot like her. Even their chins are the same!

 

The Boys

This is us these days. Brycen seems to be fighting us in one way or the other, whether it be to get out of the cart at the grocery store or because he doesn't want his picture taken. (Clearly.) Carter doesn't really know what to think when these things happen and most of the time ends up crying from all the noise. Tyson and I, though totally exhausted due to the chaos and lack of sleep, can't help but laugh at how dramatically our lives changed by adding another child to the family. And we're so incredibly happy about it. We love our two boys and life is just one crazy adventure right now!


About our boys...

Brycen

Brycen has recently decided that he doesn't like hotdogs anymore. No matter how we prepare them (grilled, microwaved, corn dog, etc.) he still doesn't like them. He used to love them so it's been really weird that he won't eat them all of a sudden!

He is a smart kid when he wants to be. He'll watch shows like "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and he'll interact with them. He'll answer Mickey's questions, way what they ask the audience to say, etc. But when we tell him to do something, it's like he has no idea what we're saying. I was watching the show with him today and I was amazed at how well he was doing. The part that amazed me the most was when Mickey said to yell "Duck! Duck!" to Donald because a bouncy ball was about to hit him. Brycen started yelling "Cuck, Don! Cuck!" I just started laughing and told him he was a smart little turkey. He just laughed at me.

If Brycen wants you to go away or go somewhere he'll just say, "Go go go." The other day I came into the bedroom while he was lying down watching a show. I lied down next to him on the bed and he said, "Go!" Apparently he didn't want me there!

He HATES "3rd and Bird." Whenever that show comes on he cries and wants the channel changed. I don't blame him, that show bugs me. He loves pretty much everything else on Disney Junior Channel.

He watched "AFV" Sunday night for the first time and laughed and laughed. It was fun watching him enjoy it so much.

He loves to go outside and throws a huge tantrum when he has to come inside. That's all that needs so about that one.

He shows his love by tickling. He gives hugs as well, but mostly he'll come up and just start tickling. He tickles Carter right on the feet.

Brycen's newest words:

• bawnaw (baby)
• bot (blanket)
• bawnot (pillow)
• Mama (Grandma)
• out (ouch) 
• peez (please)
• cocoa 
• boat
• Carter (Obviously he doesn't say it that clearly, but there's no way for me to write how he says it on here! ha ha)

Carter

Carter is 12lbs 6oz and in the 34th percentile for weight. He went to 2% to 34% in a month and gained 5lbs. He's definitely my kid if he can gain 5lbs in a month!

He started smiling at us for the first time a couple of weeks ago. He smiled at Tyson while he was holding him and he smiled at me two days later. It was wonderful!

He has the cutest little cry. It's different than Brycen's was as an infant, but still just as cute. We lucked out with having cute criers so far!

Carter is SO impatient when it comes to eating. Apparently I was the same way as a baby. He'll start crying and I'll know to go make him a bottle. He then goes from 0 to 60 in an instant with his cry. You would think someone was over there giving him an Indian burn on his arm or something! It's out of control and totally sad. Especially when I'm home alone and he does it. I have to run over, pick him up, and attempt to make him a bottle with one hand (something I have yet to master).

Last week Carter started wearing 0-3 month clothes. I decided to squeeze him into one of my favorite newborn jammies and take one last picture.

 Brycen loves to lie on the floor when Carter is lying on the floor. Cute boys!

 This week there were two days where Brycen didn't take a nap. Usually this results in the above image where he falls asleep in his high chair during dinner. Speaking of which, it's looking to be time to retire the high chair for a while! This kid is getting so big! He loves sitting up to the island, but he also still really likes his high chair.

 Carter really likes his boppy. I'll set him in it while I'm on the computer in the office and he just sits there contently. 

Carter had shots at his appointment on August 28th. These were his 2-month shots so the first ones I had to bring him in for. He's almost 3 months old so the office is a bit backed up. He had three shots in one thigh and then had an oral vaccine. He was mad but calmed down pretty quickly. He was rockin' those neon orange band-aids on his nearly-chubby thighs.

 Brycen likes coming outside to help me spot water. He likes to plug up the hole on the sprinkler head. The other day I didn't realize he was putting his finger in there and I turned it on. He was one made kid!

 Carter loves sleeping on Tyson's fancy down pillow. It's a comfy pillow! He'll sleep on our bed with the cool air going and listen to his soft tunes. That little music maker is from the pack 'n play. He loves to listen to music. Brycen wasn't like that at all. We find ourselves playing music for Carter a lot lately. It's one of the things that can calm him down when he's sad. 

And finally, this little number. Yes, that's blood all over him. I thought I'd spare you and not post the pictures before he got in the tub. We had an incident a few weeks ago where Tyson came home from work for lunch and Brycen got mad when he left. He threw himself on the floor by the garage door and cried. I told him we could go in the back and I started walking to the back door. When I noticed he wasn't following me, I turned around to see him lying on his stomach still by the door and he wasn't moving. I walked over and he looked up at me. His entire bottom half of his face was covered in blood. He had hit his nose on the floor just right and had a massive nose bleed. And it was bleeding like I've never seen. He didn't know what to think and started rubbing it like he had a snotty nose. When he got a taste of he started to cry. I grabbed a paper towel and held it over his nose. Before I could even think the towel was soaked with blood and I had to get a new one. He was bleeding SO badly. It was coming down his shirt like the movie "Carrie". It was horrifying and I was worrying about how much blood he was losing. It was dripping all over the floor and I was trying to guide him through the kitchen and away from the carpet in the dining, as we had just moved into the house the week before. He was screaming and I knew I needed help. I had blood all over me and it was shooting out. My phone was across the room so I ran and grabbed it. I called Tyson and he immediately came back. Thankfully his work is only about 3 minutes away. He walked into the kitchen to find what looked like a murder scene. There was blood everywhere and a trail leading right to us. We took his blood-soaked shirt off and tried to get the bleeding to stop. After a lot of screaming and trying to force Brycen to the ground to lie down, I decided to hold him against me on the floor. We tried to calm him and keep his nose pinched and eventually he fell asleep on me. He woke up as we were bringing him upstairs for a bath. The sick part is that the pictures we took were taken after we wiped up most of the blood. He was just covered. Poor kid! It was horrible.

So You Didn't Want It Washed?

Something funny happened this morning that I wanted to write down so I'll never forget!

This morning started off like any other: Carter asleep on the bed while Brycen and I watch Disney Junior, breakfast soon after, blog updating...After all of that was done I was out in the kitchen when Brycen came in with his blanket. He had a big smile on his face and pointed to the pantry while talking his regular jibberish. I could tell he was talking about his blanket, but I wasn't sure what he wanted. I followed him into the pantry where the washer and dryer are also. He pointed to the washer and held up his blanket.

I asked, "Do you want your blanket washed?"

He kept pointing and talking about his blanket, then he lifted his arms like he wanted me to pick him up. I picked him up and he reached down to lift up the lid on the washer. I was a little leery of what was going on because he hates it when his blanket gets washed. Needless to say, I was scared of the outcome. I pulled the lid up and he proceeded to put his blanket in. I helped him out and kept asking him with a bit of concern, "Do you want your blanket washed?"

Then he pointed to the Tide pods. I opened the container, picked one up to show it to him, asking again if he wanted his blanket washed, and he pointed to the washer (again with a smile). So in the pod went.

At this point the water would come on. I hesitated to do anything more and was ready to pull the blanket and pod out when Brycen pointed to the knob to turn on the washer. I said, "Are you sure you want your blanket washed?" And in fluent jibberish I'm pretty sure he told me to turn on the washer. He pointed and pointed, all the while with a smile. So I turned on the water and closed the lid. He clapped and I was happy. Great! He wants to wash his blanket! That means I don't have to hurry and do it sometime while he's not looking.

I put him down and started walking out of the pantry. That's when the meltdown of the century happened. Brycen started screaming and screaming, begging for his blanket. I told him I thought he wanted it washed, but that didn't matter one bit. He wanted that blanket back and he wanted it now. I picked him up, opened the lid, and we watched as his beloved blanket was getting soaked by water. He cried and cried. Then he hit me. And cried. Then hit me. Then cried. (He's in quite the hitting phase.)

I tried to explain that his blanket was getting a bath like he gets a bath. That didn't work at all. I had nothing. 

In the meantime, Carter woke up crying and needed changed and fed. Brycen cried the entire time I changed Carter, still lovingly lying next to him petting his head like usual. He followed me out of the bedroom crying and continued to cry as I gave Carter a bottle. At one point he walked up to me in anger and put his hand out like he was going to hit the baby. He took that raised hand and, changing his mind, gently set it on Carter's head, then pet his hair softly. Right after that, he smacked me right in the face. I couldn't help but laugh at the drama.

After the blanket was done washing I had to run in and put it in the dryer. He followed me, saw his blanket come out, went to hug it, then in shock started crying because it was wet. I tried to explain that it was time for the blanket to dry, but that didn't matter. Thankfully, the dryer worked at super speed and the blanket was dry really fast. Brycen is now happy and watching a show with his blanket and "Melmo". Talk about drama!!

The Toddler

This is the latest on what our little Brycen man is doing these days!

Brycen still loves walking around the apartment with his shorts off. I think the only time he ever has pants on is if we have company over or if we're going out. He also really likes putting Tyson's shoes and flip flops on and attempting to walk around. It makes things extra difficult when he gets them on the wrong feet!

I like to give him milk with his breakfast. Every now and then I put a little Quik in his milk for a little flavor. Oftentimes he wants more, so I get the milk back out and pour more milk in his cup. He freaks out every time and starts pointing at the Quik. I have to explain to him that he's drinking milk and that the Quik is what makes the milk taste yummy. As I'm pouring the milk he screams and screams till he sees the brown or pink powder of the Quik (depending on the flavor) and laughs when he sees me put it in the milk.

He loves his little brother, but he gets really jealous when Tyson is holding him. At first it was jealousy whenever either of us held Carter, but now it's just Tyson. Brycen has gotten a lot louder since Carter came home. He doesn't necessarily yell, he just talks a lot more loudly and says "hi" a lot. We can tell he's just trying to get attention. But we're trying our best to give him that attention that he's seeking. He knows things are different and doesn't like it.

He'll go in our bedroom where Carter sleeps and watch him. He'll whisper and say, "Shhh" to me, then he'll just start yelling. I'll ask him why he's yelling if he's the one who said to be quiet. Then he just yells some more. That's the point where we leave the room and let Carter sleep. Thankfully Carter is used to sleeping in loud surroundings because of his NICU stay. All those crying babies, loud beeps, and chatty parents and nurses sure helped us all out! It's amazing what he can sleep through.

Lately we've been letting Brycen out of the cart to walk around the store with us. Last night we were at Hobby Lobby and he and I were walking together. He realized Tyson had gone a different direction. He looked at me, put his hands up and asked, "A Daddy?" Then he scratched his head, put his hand on his hip, and started looking around the corners. We walked around for a minute or two looking for Tyson and I just laughed and laughed watching Brycen scratch his head and put his hands on his hips.

Yesterday I was feeding Carter and Brycen was sitting next to me. I started quizzing him on parts of the body and he was getting them all right. Right now he can point out hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, belly button, hands, feet, and toes. I knew we were done when I asked, "Where's your elbow?" He put his hands up in the air and looked around like he was searching for something. He got off the couch and went to his room, then came back with his little stuffed Elmo. With a big grin on his face he said, "Melmo!"

Brycen really likes to watch when Carter is getting dressed or getting his diaper changed. I'll put Carter up on the changing table and Brycen will want me to pick him up. I'll tell him if he wants to watch to go grab a blanket and put it on the floor so we can put Carter on it. He usually grabs his Stacy Pasley blanket and places it on the floor. Then he grabs the travel changing mat and we put Carter on top of it. He also has to make sure we have everything out on the floor with us: a diaper, the wipes, and an extra outfit. While I'm changing Carter, Brycen will lie on the floor with his head next to his and kiss him. He'll also pet his head and talk to him. It's pretty cute.

Newest words:

• "mote" (remote)
• "cuck" (duck)
• "cuck" (yuck) This gets a little confusing sometimes!
• "cack" (quack)
• "Gooey" (Goofy)
• "bana" (baby)
• "bana" (blanket) Another confusing one.
• "Octnot" (Octonauts) 
• "Melmo" (Elmo) 
• "boakt" (broke)
• juice
• cheese

Brothers

Things have been a little stressful at the Miller household lately, to say the least! After Carter coming home from the hospital, we're now on to packing up our apartment for moving next week. With everything going on, I completely forgot to let Brycen have a chance to hold Carter and get a picture of it. I happened to think about it today and Tyson was home from work for Pioneer Day. We put Brycen on our bed and the fun began! (And yes, Carter's hair is looking red these days! Brycen's looked just like this when he was this age.)

 Brycen was so excited to hold Carter!

 He sure loves his little brother.

 He loves giving Carter kisses on the head.

 Holding him got old and he pushed him away. It reminded me of stories my mom has told us of when my brother Aaron would hold us as babies. When he was done he would just push us right off his lap ha ha.

 Tyson asked, "Where's Carter's nose?"

 Brycen likes to pet Carter's head.

Brycen discovered that he can put his finger in Carter's binky.

By the time we took Carter off the bed and moved on with the day, Brycen was so sad! He cried and wanted us to put Carter back on the bed. He loves his little brother!