Itty Bitty Brady

Here's an update on my favorite 10-month-old:

*He is still so big.  He is now out-growing his 18 months clothes, so we are buying 18-24 months size for him for the winter.  (Anderson is still pretty much in 18-24 months pants and 2T shirts.  The pants are border-line too short, but they fall off his little butt.)  So last week three different ladies stopped me to look at the "twins" in my stroller.  When I told them their ages, they looked a little surprised.  One lady said, "But he's big," pointing to Brady.  Yeah... we know.... Ha.  He still definitely looks like a baby, though, and they really don't look like twins.  Anderson is about a head taller (and maybe 3 pounds heavier.) Anderson hasn't noticed the size-gap decreasing, and he still often refers to "Itty Bitty Brady."  Ha!  He knows who the big brother is.

*Brady likes to move and wishes he could get up and run, already.  He has been doing a tummy/ jungle crawl for about a month now.  He can easily pop up on all fours, and he can crawl.  But pretty soon he's on his tummy scrambling across the room.  He gets where he wants to go, but it's not pretty.  ;)  Here Brady is showing off his crawling skills:

Cute little booty!

Annd back on his tummy

*Brady is "talking" quite a bit.  Still "Mama" "Dada" and "Ca" (car, we think.)  He gets excited and babbles and squeals a lot.

*Brady is an animal-lover and really loves crazy Sadie.  Such a sweet-natured boy.  Here he is LOVING a puppy smooch:

*Brady is more interested in books, lately.  He used to only want to chew on them, but now he happily looks at the pictures and even helps turn the pages.  Here is big brother Anderson showing Brady a book:

(Thank you, Janice McKee, for this Colors book!!)

*Now that he is more mobile and more interested in toys, he and Anderson have had to practice sharing more than ever.  Anderson is good at sharing more than not- also he has gotten quite a lot of "time out" practice.  Brady will hold his own, sometimes, too.  Tonight they were playing tug-of-war with a book, and Brady was just as determined as his brother to snatch it.

*Especially with the holidays coming up, Brady's first birthday will be here before we know it!  I know it will be a lot of fun to see him continue to grow and change, but I love this chubby, snugly, "itty bitty" Brady so much, and I hope time slows down a little this winter...