NOLAN
- Nolan is pretty incredible with what he picks up from our conversations and the questions he asks. Once for some reason Justin made the comment that there are some "bad adults" out there. So in the car one night Nolan started asking me some questions. He asked why there are bad adults. Did Heavenly Father make them bad? Were they born bad? Are they going to go to heaven? etc. I tried to just explain that HF didn't make them bad, but they made bad choice, either because they were not taught by their parents or because they were taught and chose bad things anyway, etc. haha. I'm in trouble with this one. I'm sure his questions will only get harder!
- Nolan is obsessed with bad guys and sometimes worries me (only slightly) with his evil laugh and sometimes naughty treatment of his brother so when he does something nice I always try to praise him for it. More than once when I tell Nolan how proud I am that he did something so kind or thoughtful he'll think for a moment and then say something like, "Well..I'm still a bad guy, so...."
- At a play place I heard Nolan say to another kid, "This is Branson, he's my brother. And I'm Nolan, I'm his brother." SO sweet to hear him tell another child that they are brothers. It's only been lately that they've really started to play well together...sometimes.
- He loves to play a Star Wars game that we made up. Basically you give 2-3 clues about a character and everyone else in the car tries to guess. It's pretty incredible how much he knows about Star Wars for his age! These are examples of ones that he knew!
- Who lives on Dathomir and is a kind of mother to Darth Maul? Mother Talzen
- Who is a separatist leader and a cyborg? General Grievous
- Who is a Mandalorian and had the dark saber before it was taken from him? Pre Visla
- Who tried to destroy Mace Windu when he was a kid? Boba Fett (for this one he said "too easy!" after giving the answer😊).
He even tried to throw in some characters that he made up and when we couldn't get the answers just said they were too hard haha.
BRANSON - He says his name, "Behsen"
- Whenever you ask a question (who wants to go to the park? who wants to get in the bath?) he'll enthusiastically say, "Meeeee!" and puts his hand on his tummy/chest.
- My favorite thing he does right now is he'll grab your hand and say "Come on!" and lead you somewhere. It's so sweet and adorable and no matter how tired I am I just can't say no!
- When I kiss one of his feet he smiles and gives me the other foot to kiss.
- I don't know!
- loves shoes
- More than one person has commented that Branson runs like a linebacker with his shoulders hunched, head down, and body a little more forward than his feet (which is probably why he falls so often!).
- He is very stubborn and very opinionated.
- He loves sugar.
- He follows everything his brother does (if Nolan says jump, B says how high) he copies his words
- He loves to wrestle and will barrel across the room and tackle you without slowing down
- He loves when we laugh and when he figures out whatever he did that was funny he'll laugh and try to do it again (like burping)
- He's a bulldozer, but a sweet one. He seems to have a lot of empathy and doesn't like it when others are hurt or in time out. More than once Nolan has been put in time out for hitting Branson and B will go sit with him in time out! And if I ever cry in front of him he stops what he's doing and looks at me with the sweetest "what's wrong?" look and will sometimes give me a hug. I hope my boys can be tough, but also sensitive.
- He's saying a ton of words right now and is putting 2-4 words together. He's well on his way to full sentences!
- We're really proud of how well he's doing with his manners. Often without prompting he'll say, "Tank you mommy."
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Branson fell on his wooden stacker toy and gave himself this nice gouge on his face. We were a little afraid to go in public.
I love that cheesy smile. Plus he'd climbed up on the chair and helped himself to some Goldfish crackers to he was pretty proud of himself.
Attempting to give B a haircut. He looks so calm and I look so in control right? Well, right after this picture was taken I completely lost my marbles because he was making it so dang hard with all his squirming and whining! Ugh!! I'm not proud to admit it but there was crying and yelling and slamming door haha.
We went to the park to test out our new stomp rocket and had a blast! Although I was a little disappointed that I specifically bought one that was about $5 more expensive than one we'd seen at our cousins house, assuming it must be better since it's more expensive. Total backfire. I 100% prefer the cheaper one! Oh well, you live and you learn 😊.
A beautiful sunset at our softball game.
Walking in Sugar House to get an ice cream after dinner for family night.
I'm sure this will forever be one of my all time favorite pictures of Nolan. When he came in the room dressed like this I just had to take a picture. It's SO him!
Playing at the splashpad near Gm and Gp Bailey's house (and it's a good thing we went because it was the last day it was open for the season!).
Nolan getting his eyes checked. He has always been so good at these appointments.
We were a little desperate for someone to watch the boys at softball one night and my friend (and Nolan's Sunbeam teacher) Shannon totally came through for us! She is the sweetest and best! All the kids loved her.
Aunt Mallory came in town so we took her to Scheels and Leatherby's for lunch. It was sure fun having her here!
Not sure how this is comfortable haha.
I just can't handle the cuteness on Sunday's when these handsome boys dress up for church. And on the way out today Nolan grabbed Branson's hand 😍💕
Our favorite part of the day...morning snuggles!
At Mountcrest Park in Midvale
Nolan was crazy and decided to run in the water even though it was WAY too cold for it! Luckily we had a towel in the trunk. To be honest I was actually kind of proud of him because that isn't the kind of thing he would normally do.
Nolan is my best kitchen helper. Here he is helping me get the gunk out of a zucchini.
I have the best friends! Shannon Watson, Sara Thomas, and Lis Thomas ❤
On a walk with Gp Bailey.
