My Little Life.: September 2010

I have been being proactive and working with Brian on his ABC's and colors. He has been doing EXCELLENT! I swear my child amazes me every single day! I have an application on my phone that is from the Five Pumpkins! I highly recommend their applications because they are not only adorable but highly effective. I bought regular flash cards to help Brian learn his ABC's and colors, but they are a joke. Brian loves having my phone so when I saw the application I thought I would give it a try. I won't lie, I was very skeptical of it even being effective or teaching him anything. Within the first week of using the application Brian knew A, B, and C! He could not only say them, but can read them from the screen!!! Not even 2 weeks in Brian knows A, B, C, D, E, G, and H! We are still having problems with F, but he really can't pronounce anything that starts with F. Fishy is ishy, Fan is an, so I know I just need to work extra hard with him on F. We've been working on colors as well and so far he knows Red and Purple! I haven't had a chance to work with him yet on his shapes or numbers, but as effective as the ABC's and Colors applications are I'm sure he'll know numbers and shapes quick! If you would like to check out the applications for your self visit http://m.fivepumpkins .com/#top

This month has been full of FUN! Brian is growing right before my eyes! He's turning into a little man and it makes me bubble over with joy! We have had a blast this month! We went to Brian's first football game (GO REBELS!!!), we went to the Dallas Zoo with Aunt Brandy, Uncle Brian, and cousin Orlaith, We checked out some day cares for Brian since I'm in school full time, and we had a mommy and son day (which was a blast I have to say)! Brian's Halloween costume is bought and I have decided to co-coordinate my costume with his.

This is going to be a change for me so lets pray it looks good. Brian is going as a baby vampire and Im going as a mommy vampire. I went today and bought my corset and I will be dying my hair mid October. It's going to be black. Snuggle buddy is going to be dressing up with us! Brian and I went to Build-A-Bear Workshop and found this adorable costume for him to wear and it matches Brian's as far as colors and theme goes!

On September 3rd I took Brian to his first football game! He had a blast watching the game and just being goofy! I can't wait to be going to HIS football games and I know it won't be long until he's playing. We also went to the zoo with Brandy, Brian, and Orlaith the beginning of the month! Brian had a blast while we were there, but got real cranky (he didn't get enough sleep). We had a blast though! A few days later Brian was throwing tantrums about everything so I decided it was time to do a Mommy and Son day. We hadn't done one in a while so it was time anyways. We didn't do anything extravagant. We went to Babies "R" Us and traded in our umbrella stroller (the seams were busting) and bought a new better stroller that we both like! Brian got a hat while we were there and he loves that thing! I couldn't ever get him to wear a hat, but he loves this one! It's black with the skull and cross bone on the front. It's Amy Coe, whom I LOVE! Her stuff is just so adorable! After Babies "R" Us we went to Kid to Kid and looked around. I hadn't ever been in the one off of Bryant Irving Rd and I really didn't like that one. They didn't have any clothes that would fit Brian this fall. They had an abundance of baby clothes and clothing for older kids, but no 18 month to 2T stuff. I think we are just going to stick to the Kid to Kid's in Lake Worth and Watauga as they have the best selection. After leaving there I wanted to go to the mall and look around. We put our new stroller together in the parking lot and I have to say it was VERY easy to assemble which was a plus! I put him in and away we went. We went into Bath and Body Works and smelled the candles! That's the new thing I have taught him to do! If you tell him to smell something he gets close to it and will smell it! It's the cutest thing ever! We left Bath and Body Works and went to Build A Bear. I was going to let him make his own bear, but he didn't want to. We looked around and that's when I saw Snuggle buddy's costume! We bought it and left there. The mall has a small train right now and Brian was amazed by it! We rode the train and he loved it! After getting off the train I let him ride the little kiddie rides. I can't think of what they are called, but it's like the cars that go back and forth, like what they have at the stores. Anyways I had to pry him off when I was out of change! He would still be sitting there driving if I'd let him! He really drove the thing too! I never thought he would pay that much attention to me driving in the car, but I guess he does! He moved the steering wheel, honked the horn and laughed! After getting him off the car we rode the carousel and then did the photo booth! After that it was time to go home. Brian fell asleep in the car and slept about an hour. We ate dinner and watched Car's together then it was bed time. We had so much fun that day! Brian had also learned some new words so I wanted to add to the list that is already going. We can now add (and please excuse me if some are already on the list)

Milk

Apple

Moon

Nugget

Bite

Elmo

SpongeBob

Bird

Pee-pee

Diaper

Easy

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