You love your brother so much and always want to know where he is. You often copy what Nolan is saying or doing, but are also perfectly content doing your own thing. My favorite though is when Nolan is gone somewhere, even for just a few minutes, and comes back you always smile and excitedly say, "Nolan!!" and give him a big hug. My heart melts every.single.time.
You absolutely LOVE your daddy. Like, sometimes to my annoyance haha. In fact, right now you throw a ridiculous crying, screaming fit if I get you out of your car seat when daddy is an option. You're fine with me getting you out if I'm by myself, but if daddy is with us, daddy must get you out haha. And when you get hurt or sad, 95% of the time you want daddy to make it better. It makes me feel extra special when you do ask for me though ❤.
You love to wrestle, jump, fight with lightsabers or blasters, and flip through books. You're tough and don't take crap from anyone (like, you're not afraid to hit Nolan back), but also cry at the slightest things. Really I just think you're already smart enough to know that crying helps your cause and gets Nolan in trouble haha. Your head must be made of cement because I can't count how many times you've bonked your head HARD and you maybe cry for a second and then you bounce back as if nothing happened.
You have a super big heart. There have been a couple of times I've cried in front of you and you just have the sweetest look of concern on your face. I hope you are always so empathetic and kind to those in need of love and tenderness.
You are average size or even on the smaller side, but are very solid. You're also very athletic, but haven't quite figured out how to reign in the athleticism and often throw things you shouldn't and swing bats a little too recklessly. We're lucky you haven't broken something or someone yet! Also, Uncle Preston accurately pointed out that you run like a linebacker - shoulders up, head down, and weight forward. No wonder you fall so much, your body is going faster than those cute little legs!
Speaking of athletic, you are a climber. With Nolan we didn't anchor a single piece of furniture in our apartment, but pretty much the moment you started pulling yourself up on things we knew we had to anchor everything. And that was a good move because you love climbing on your dresser and jumping into your bed 😲. You can also climb out of your bed, but luckily don't very often (thank heavens).
You have the sweetest way of speaking where you pause a little between each word and emphasize them all, with your voice rising on the last word as if asking a question (even if you're not asking a question). I'm sure the cuteness isn't coming across in words, but believe me, it's stinkin' adorable! You've also started saying prayers and it's absolutely the sweetest.
You have a really disconcerting sneaky look. Kind of like an "I'm doing something naughty and I know it" look. And at the moment you are a terrible listener. We have to repeat ourselves several times then yell at you before you'll actually stop and listen. We can't tell if you're just in the zone of whatever you're doing and genuinely don't hear us or really are just ignoring us. Oey. You're such a stinker, but also super sweet. I'm not sure how you manage it, but you do. It's probably because you're so cute!
You love saying the BYU fight song and it's SO cute! Gooooo Cougars!
Right now there's no lag time between when Nolan grows out of clothes and when you fit into them. In fact, we took you guys to the doctor for your checkups and you're only 2 lbs lighter than your brother! You wear a size 6 shoe and it looks like you're going to be a righty.
My favorite thing you do is when I kiss one of your feet you smile real big and give me the other one to kiss! Then laugh and laugh :)
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For your birthday we took you to see Ralph Wrecks the Internet with Gm and Gp Bailey. We've taken you to a couple of movies now and you actually do pretty well!
We went to In 'n' Out for dinner and opened some presents from grandma and grandpa.
They got you a Ralph stuffy, a set of all the Land Before Time movies, and (your favorite) a Boba Fett action figure.
I can't stop staring at those cheeks when you're drinking out of a straw. I just want to squeeze them, and you!
We also celebrated both you and your brother's birthdays with family before Thanksgiving at Uncle Preston and Aunt Devin's house. You helped me make your cake! I love how much you love to help in the kitchen.
Your cousins gave you a Transformer for your birthday! ❤
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For your birthday we took you to see Ralph Wrecks the Internet with Gm and Gp Bailey. We've taken you to a couple of movies now and you actually do pretty well!
We went to In 'n' Out for dinner and opened some presents from grandma and grandpa.
They got you a Ralph stuffy, a set of all the Land Before Time movies, and (your favorite) a Boba Fett action figure.
Your grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins all told us what they love most about you and we wrote them on stars to put on your door. Nolan loved getting to stay up a little later to help get everything ready for your birthday! Oh and I took Nolan to the $1 store and let him pick something to give to you - he picked some crayons, a microphone, and a mini monster truck. He was so proud of his choices and was just sure you would love them (and you did!)
Since we'd already celebrated your birthday the night before we thought we'd just take you wherever you wanted to go for dinner. We asked you what you wanted and you of course chose McDonald's :)
I can't stop staring at those cheeks when you're drinking out of a straw. I just want to squeeze them, and you!
We also celebrated both you and your brother's birthdays with family before Thanksgiving at Uncle Preston and Aunt Devin's house. You helped me make your cake! I love how much you love to help in the kitchen.
Your cousins gave you a Transformer for your birthday! ❤
Happy Birthday my sweet, crazy, adorable, athletic Branson!
