"Mr. Attitude"

Well, nothing to exciting has been happening recently since my last post. Except Brandon has developed this "Mr. Attitude" thing where he always has to have the last say, he is always right and mom and dad don't know anything! (We are excited for the teenage years, when it is bound to get worse). You will try to discipline him and he will usually look at you with this very serious face and say "NO!" or "STOP!" This morning as I was trying to round both of them into the car as it was pouring down rain, Brandon started to jump in the puddles (of course) and when I asked him to stop he first pretended that he couldn't hear me with this mischievous smile on his face. So I asked again and the crinkled his face up and goes, " No mommy, I'm ok!"

Tonight we tried to work with him some more with potty training and he went twice in the big boy toilet and he even wanted to put the elmo underwear back on rather then the diaper. Which I thought was a good sign...but sadly elmo got dirtied! He is so proud of his elmo underpants (as he is modeling off here). He did get to put a couple stickers on his potty chart :) VERY EXCITING!!!

Jacob's crawling has become second nature to him now. If you set him on the floor now he usually takes right off! (It's hard to keep the toys placed nicely in there totes anymore). He has gotten very good at pulling himself up to his knees (as you can see below) and he loves to stand! He is still very much a daddy's boy! They love to cuddle together at night and take a nap together (I snapped a shot of it tonight) it really is very cute, they even snore in unison sometimes! :) Also, Jacob is becoming to really enjoy his blankie now (and I took a picture for you grandma). Well, I hope all is well with everyone!