Braska Bear

Miss PT left a fun toy with me last week. I didn't understand it at first, but it didn't take me long to get it. I can play all by myself now. Here's a little movie of Mommy trying to help me learn it. I was a bit more interested in something else this time. Then we tried again, and I started to get it. Check me out! I'll have to give it back to Miss PT soon, but maybe we'll find one so Mommy can buy it for me.

Hey, does anyone smell fried chicken????? The family came to our house this week for the Bears party since it was on Sunday night. I had lots of good times getting into things tonight! I wore my Bears outfit from last year. It has 3/6 months on the tag inside, but I can still wear it! Last year we thought it was funny that I could wear it because I was 9 months old. Now I can still wear it and I'm 22 months old!! I just had to have a t-shirt under it since my belly was showing! But I didn't want to wear the hat that goes with it. It covers my pretty bow!! And don't worry, Daddy says this is the ONLY time I'll get to wear words on my bottom. That's not allowed in Daddy's house! Remember last year?? Who is that tiny baby?? Miss Cheryl's cords were fun to tap with. Daddy practiced catching like the Bears guys do it, but he used me to throw and catch!! Grandma C has neat shoes that match my Bears outfit. And strings are the BEST!! Here's a movie of o...

Here's a little movie we made to show you some of my signs and talking. We forgot lots of them, but that's ok. We'll just do more movies soon! Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Mommy always tells me, "When you look good, you feel good!" It's so hard being so pretty!

I've been working alot on food and eating lately. I really like my new therapist, Miss OT, who has been letting me play with food alot. I like to put pudding in my hair and make it sticky. Miss OT came yesterday and we made cookies! She had mushy stuff and we pushed on it and the put these fun shapes on there to make a duck and a square and things. Then we played in the fluffy stuff that was left over. I ended up with it on my face, but I thought those shape things were really fun! Here's a movie of me doing one of my new things. We call it touch and taste. I'm still trying to get it right, but I'm getting better!

On most Sundays, we go to Grandma C's house to watch Da Bears play. They have special channels that we don't get. I have a cheerleader dress so that I can help them win! When I got hot in my cheer dress, I borrowed a shirt from Shaylin. Then I found Cooper's food and had a little fun. I also have been riding my horsey a little bit. I'm getting big enough to hold on!

Saturday night we went to see some friends that Mommy and Daddy have known for a long time but I had not met. They used to live where we did but now they live down here closer to our new place. Miss Sarah is a doctor for animals like my Uncle Jody and Mr. Jason used to work with Daddy a long time ago. They have two girls, Amber and Katelyn, that were fun to play with, and they have lots of toys!! Look at their fun basement! This was a big bouncy thing that we played in. It even blows itself up! Amber showed me how it works. Then Katelyn came in too. Here's some movie of me playing with the girls. I got sad face at the end so Daddy came to get me. Katelyn has a cool kitchen, and she makes some good stuff! Later we watched some movies and played with toys upstairs after dinner. It was a good time! Thanks Mr. Jason and Miss Sarah for having us over!

Last Sunday night, Daddy's side of the family came over for Family Football Sunday to watch Da Bears. I got to wear my new cheerleader dress. Shay brought a neat toy that I thought was really fun. It has a special marker that only writes on the special paper thing. Mommy and Daddy were pretty excited that I did my first drawing. Here's a little movie of me doing my drawing.

Thought it was about time for an update. Braska's sitting in the bathtub having a good ole' time and I sit next to her with the laptop catching up on some blogs and other online items. It's been a CRAZY week...how does that keep happening?!? Many of you have asked about Braska's therapy since we had a bit of a sad incident and misunderstanding with a couple of our therapists in July. The good news is, we LOVE our new therapists, she interacts with them very well and is not overwhelmed. This is VERY good. The PT has been impressed with how she's doing, and so have I. We've worked on many things in the little break we've had, but I always feel like I've not done enough. But Braska is just now starting to do some cruising along the bathtub and the couch, and she's picking it up quickly. She's still loving climbing on the couch, boxes, stairs (a little) and whatever else looks to her like the right size and shape to climb on. She loves to practice he...

Last weekend we went on a little trip. We went to see our friends who used to live where we used to live, but now none of us live there anymore. We had a good time, and I played with the boys pretty good. When I was a tiny baby, I used to get scared sometimes with other kids, but this time I just played with them and it was fun! Saturday morning we woke up and played after breakfast. Mr. Matt played songs, and I liked that ALOT. Connor played on his drums too, and Lucas just ran all over. He likes to go and go! Mr. Matt played lots of songs for me even when Connor got tired of playing drums, and I really liked his songs. They have alot of neat things in their backyard, so we went out to play some. There was a swing that looked like a car, and it was lots of fun! Here's some movie of me riding the car swing. Then I sat on Daddy and we got in the big-kid swing. We tried out this thing they call a slide too. I had never tried that before!! It was pretty fast! But Daddy didn't...

I found out today that Parenting.com liked one of my pictures and put it with a bunch of other ones for people all over to see! Check it out ! You can look at the other galleries of my friends here for Round 1 , and here for Round 2 .

Mommy and Daddy keep telling me someone's coming to live with us in a few months. I don't know about that, but they keep trying to get me to show it, like with my hands. I haven't been practicing much, so they were really surprised when someone said it the other day and I just showed them right away! So Mommy tried to get me to do it again, but I was tired of showing her. You might hear me tell her just HOW tired I am with my little complaint at the end. (It's kind of dark, so you have to look it just right to see me...sorry.) We're going to see some friends this weekend. And we are going to meet some new friends who have the "something extra" like I do, too. I've got to figure out what to wear!

Tonight we went to Miss Cindy's to meet up with our family and some new friends. Well, they are old friends of Grandma and Grandpa and Daddy and the uncles. Mommy knew them from when she was dating Daddy, but this was the first time I got to meet them. Mr. Jon and Miss Sharla are from Montana, that's how my family knows them, but now they live in Washington, DC, some of the time. He's called a Senator, and he works with some pretty important people. I thought it was pretty neat to get to meet them, though I was kind of shy tonight. I was afraid he was going to ask me who Mommy and Daddy were gonna vote for!! (Shhhhhh...I think we're on different teams. Don't tell! Its ok, let's just play cards instead!) We had a good time. They were all still playing cards when we left to come home. Miss Cindy's so nice to let us come to her house so much!! Here she is with Shay...they had some fun looking at the fish pond and blowing bubbles. Thanks for coming by to ...

This weekend was very busy even though Mommy said we were gonna relax some. Me and Daddy did some relaxing and we had some fun too. On Saturday Mommy went to Cousin Lindsay's wedding, and I stayed home with Daddy. We had a good time playing and watching movies, and he even did my night-nights with me since Mommy decided to stay the night. Mommy got back on Sunday morning and we all went to Miss Cindy's for a swimming day. Daddy wasn't feeling very good, and I hadn't had my nap, so we hid in the sun room and napped. After I woke up, I was ready for some splashing. I played with Grandma C, Cousin Shay, and Uncle Ethon. (Mommy note: You should really click on that last pic in the pool with Ethon. Check out Braska's bit o' attitude. Cracks me up.) After swimming, we went to Uncle Ethon's house to watch the Bears game that he saved for us. Me and Shay played in the kitchen. I think it'll be fun to have a cousin now! Monday was a no-work day for ...