Brynn update!

Oct. 30

Brynn’s new words for this week are “up”, “neigh”, makes an owl noise, a “roar” like a lion and still continues to say “no” often (normally when she is not getting her way, does not want a food I’m giving her, or got hurt). She is at that age were she does something new or says a new word every day. She blows bubbles in her drinks, can drink from a straw, and climbs up the stairs quick as can be. She pulls off her bib at eating time. And, every time we turn around her drink is crashing to the floor. She loves to draw with a crayon, pencil, you name it and is doing the actions to Pat-a-cake, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Wheels on the bus. She took 7 or so steps Oct. 23 then she started officially walking across the room Sunday night at the church Halloween party Oct. 26th) and is becoming fast and steady so quickly. She loves to have a good time and have someone do silly things to make her laugh. After washing hands after meals she loves it when I cup some water from the sink in my hands and let her drink from it, then pat her mouth as she makes the “ahh” sound. She giggles and giggles. She is so ticklish and giggles anytime I say “I’m going to get you!” She is trying to do everything Bray does and at his preschool Halloween party today she would not settle down until she got a sucker, too. She tries to comb her hair, brush her teeth, put on her shoes, clean out her ears, you name it. She MUST feed herself her spooned food. We thought she was a messy eater before, you should see her now! Refried beans are the best for staying on the spoon and not flying across the room. She pats Brayden lovingly every day as to say, “Hi bro, how are you today? I love you!” She is very in to sitting alone looking through her books. She loves the park and tube slide rides on Mommies lap. She was really directing Nonnie to do something for her today. She points, looks and makes noises to get what she wants. She has always been a girl that knows just what she wants and will find every way to get it and keep it. She is a bit of a feisty one. She waves goodbye and often says “Hi” with her hello wave. She loves to make noises and flick her lips with her fingers. Brayden also taught her to raspberry her tongue. When you ask, “How big is Brynnie?” she opens her arms out wide and smiles. Then she will often clap for herself. She says "all done" and puts her arms out to the side in sign language when we ask her if her is done at the dinner table. She has always been a bit of a fussy one in the high chair. She has 8 teeth now.

We were at story time the other day and the books had a lot of animals. Whenever Brynn noticed an animal she knew she would chyme in with its noise and when the storyteller said they live on a farm and she sang, “EIEIO!” It was so cute. She loves story time and getting involved in the songs we sing there. She dances and coos. She is very social.

This is an old one that never got posted: Sept. 24rd - 9-10 months

We have so much to talk about. We’ll start with what the kids have been up to the last few weeks and back track so I have every bit of news documented for the future.

Brynn is growing up so fast. She has started saying some words other than “Mommy” and “Daddy.” Her word for this week is a sweet, innocent “NO!” Last week she said “Hi” and “Hello” as she pretends she is on the phone. She has been saying “Uh Oh” for a long time now and loves to play the dropsy game. Her complaining noise is “Nah, Nah!”  Brayden likes to copy all of her sounds and speak baby language with her and us. She seems to be whispering some words too, but it is hard to make out if they are real words or not. I’m sure she was playing with the word “Ouchy” for a while.

She has started the elephant noise, just like Brayden, with her arm up in the air. Her noise is more of a blowing through her lips. She seems to be trying other animal sounds, too, like Meow and Moo.

She turns pages of books very carefully
She loves shaking and banging on things
She is very good at ball games where she has to put a ball through the hole
She is drinking from a sippy cup - no more bottles of water
She initiated peek-a-boo around objects
She kisses babies in books and dolls and her reflection in the mirror

She has so many different looks. All her pictures look so different. I think they used to say that about Ben when he was growing up too.

She blows air out her wrinkled nose and smiles all the time. It is very funny!

She is considerably smaller than Bray at 9 months. She is just getting into 9 month clothes.

Her hair is wispy and curly at the bottom on humid days. Everyone calls her a strawberry blonde.

Four new teeth came in the first week of Oct. She is having a time cutting her next two. She has had a high temp for 3 days now. She will soon have four on top and four on bottom. She spent a lot of time with her tongue hanging out during this process.

She has a cute wiggle and head bob when she hears music. She loves to open these music cards that Jennifer gets us for special occations, and dance to the music.

She is standing on her own very steadily and starting to move from one place to another - like from the couch to the coffee table. She uses her walker toys to get around a bit and is keeping up with them, so they do not run away from her as much as they used to. She is even attempting a few steps here and there.

She gimp crawls most of the time. That means, on one foot and the other knee. I think it is to keep the pressure off her knees on the hard wood floor. She gets around pretty fast this way.

She loves finger food. Baby food is old news. Her favorite is dried peas, just like Brayden.

She is beginning to say words. She says “No” a lot and uses it appropriately. Sometimes she says apple and other words that sound very much like real words.

She loves to clap for herself and others. She waves “Hello” and “Goodbye” to everyone. She likes to put her hands in the air and yell, “Wow!” or “Whew!”

She enjoys taking time out every day to read quietly to herself. She takes books out of her basket and off shelves and looks through them for 10 minutes at a time. We are amazed how she even turns the pages on the paperbacks properly.

She still bangs things together to see what noise they make.