Briggs man, you are almost 21 months old and just a few months shy of your 2nd birthday and I have decided that from this point forward I will no longer be feeding you. I have had such a great time watching you grow and learn, but now I'm ready for it all to stop. Seriously, this is all happening too fast and regardless of how much I've been warned this would happen, I cannot stand it.
One of your most recent vocabulary achievements perfectly sums up how I feel about all of this. You will drop your Woody doll in the car or cover daddy's face with a pillow and then say "Where'd he go?" Which is made all the more adorable by the cutest inquisitive face, a shoulder shrug, and two upright palms. It is absolute perfection and makes me ask just where did my Briggs baby go?
You are 100% boy. You are rough, prefer nakedness, and love everything daddy loves. Trucks, tractors, lawnmowers, baseball, football, swords, dogs and horses. You and daddy (although I think mostly daddy) have a slight obsession with monster trucks. Currently you have 12 trucks ... I believe it is one for each time daddy has taken you to Walmart ... and you can pick out each one by name. You are constantly asking to watch monster trucks on youtube and love pointing out all the big trucks on the road.
I still see glimpses of my sweet boy in there as you still love reading books and you have your moments where you enjoy cuddling. The other night you insisted on taking a little bunny and your beloved FredBird to bed with you and we enjoyed watching you on the monitor as you spent more than 20 minutes tucking them in, patting them on their butts, and telling them night-night. You've started giving real kisses, well, open mouthed kisses. But you are at least getting the idea! You are a pro at waving bye-bye and will now say hi too.
You are adding new words to your vocabulary daily and its so much fun figuring out just WHAT you're trying to say! In the car you LOVE to sing songs like "Wheels on the Bus", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "ABC's", and "Old McDonald". You do all the hand gestures for the first two and our favorite verse is when the mommy's go "shh, shh, shh" since that comes along with a sweet little finger to your lips. You are putting words together really well and are starting to speak sentences that are 3-4 words.
Recently you have found that there is not much time for sitting down to eat and you would prefer to just snack all day than to bother with a meal. Although you ate like a champ this past weekend for Granny Brenda making me look like a liar. You are a dipper ... you love any food that gives you the opportunity to dip into a sauce, especially ketchup! One food that you love that seems surprising to everyone is tomatoes, you gobble up just simple-chopped tomatoes. Today you tried and loved raisins which surprised me.
Your most recent obsession is Toy Story, but more specifically Woody. Aunt Krista gave you a big Woody doll for your first birthday and now that you have seen the movies you are extra fond of him. He had to ride to school with us this morning and I'm worried we are going to wear out the movies pretty quickly. This hasn't totally replaced your obsession for birds and poultry though! You love to check out the birds in the yard as well as those we see out driving. We have been out to feed the ducks at the Botanical Gardens on campus and a recent visit to see Nana also gave you an opportunity. You now know the difference between a chicken, rooster, duck and goose! Aunt Linda recently brought you the St Louis Cardinals mascot, FredBird, and you're pretty much in love with him too.
We have had a very busy past few months with visits to the zoo and children's museum, visits and even some pool-time with friends, visits with family, lots of time with horses and ducks, as well as your first boat ride. You have pee-peed on the potty once which was total luck on my part, but now you've lost interest in it again.
Now that you are saying SO much I am vowing to write a shorter blogs more often to keep up with your antics!
