Brenden James

First off, I love this little boy! He is just so dang cute! I took him to a play group this morning and the little girl he was playing with would throw a ball and Brenden would just giggle and laugh until he fell over. Hilarious! I love it! He has the most contagious belly laughs I have ever heard.

What Brenden can do at 17 months old:

He's starting to form 2-3 word sentences!
He can walk all over our apartment
He sleeps in a toddler bed
He is still taking 2 naps everyday
His motor skills are awesome
He loves to be outside
He continues to amaze us by using sign language on his own, even words we don't remember teaching him
He wants to go potty by himself, mommy wants him to walk first
Feeds himself with a spoon or fork
Tells mommy when he's all done eating
Helps mommy vacuum and do the laundry
Combs his own hair
Sits in his chair to read books
Learning to put toys away
Likes to help change his diaper
Knocks at his door after a nap telling us he is ready to play with us
Plays easily on his own
Shares well
Climbs on top of everything
Brushes his teeth all by himself
Throws balls to us
Can throw garbage away
Helps mommy and daddy undress him
Can open doors
Talks to himself and on the phone

In some way I just feel like Brenden is so advanced and can do anything he sets his mind to, I also feel like he is stubborn to doing things that I know that he can do, but refuses to do them. Like walking. He's had the skills to walk since he was about a year old and this week just starting to walk on his own. He is just s stubborn little boy sometimes. But putting words together to form sentences already, brushing his teeth all by himself, and taking his clothes off I feel he is so far ahead of the curve. He is such a smart little boy and I enjoy watching him grow and learn new things everyday.