Memorial Weekend in St. Louis

Daddy had been working long days and had to work the whole weekend before Memorial weekend so he took the Friday off before Memorial weekend and we got out of town for 4 days! We left Thursday night after he got off work, which worked GREAT! The boys stayed awake until Kansas City where we had dinner and then they slept from then until we arrived at our hotel in St. Louis. It was SUCH a great drive there:) We will always try to drive at night now with our littles!!!

I had never been to St. Louis so I wasn't sure what to expect, the town had alot to offer for kiddos and we had a blast. City Museum, the Arch, Magic House, the zoo and Grant's farm were the sites we checked out with the kiddos. They loved them all and we loved watching them enjoy themselves so much! Each night we would swim in the pool at the hotel, we had some very happy, tired boys every evening:) Love getting away and spending quality time as a family!

2, 3, 5, 2

Breck you now "count" for your brother when he isn't being nice to you! (I have a habit of counting to 5 if brother isn't listening or is being unkind to you, he has a count of 5 to change his behavior or he goes to time out). It is HILARIOUS!!! Makes me smile everytime. You can be SO frustrated w/ him and you hold it together enough to give him "a count". LOVE it. You are such an amazing little brother and SO tolerant of big brother!!

18 months...

Well I'm finally writing your 18 month post and you just turned 19 months! Sorry baby boy!

At 18 months....
*you can sleep thru the night in your crib when you want to:)
*you usually take one nap but sometimes take a morning one too.
*love love love to read books!
*love playing outside all the time.
*love bathtime but don't love getting your hair washed.
*starting to get really interested in bugs like your big brother!
*say lots of things, my favorite saying you have right now is: "i don't know" you say it with the same little facial expression and intonation everytime you say it and I LOVE it! I get you to say it over and over sometimes by asking you questions just so I can hear it. "where is the blue ball?" "I don't know":) so adorable!!
*Call brother "tayden"
*Count with alot of authority by saying "2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5" :)
*know lots of animals names and sounds, starting to learn colors and letters (knows B for Brecken:)
*love patty-cake, happy and you know it, wheels on the bus and itsy bitsy spider. sometimes you'll wake up in the morning and the first thing you'll ask for is "spider" and you start doing the hand movements.
*you are full of smiles, laughter and dance moves!

Breck you are so adorable, your smile makes my heart flutter whenever I see it. I love your sweet kisses and your tight hugs. You are a dream come true baby boy and I am so very blessed that I am the one you say "mama" to! LOVE you forever baby boy to the moon and back a million times!