Tea for Two
We can’t believe it–Braden is two years old! We took him and Kristin’s parents to the Nitty Gritty for lunch (he was the first name on the board), and the staff sang him “Happy Birthday.”
Afterward, we all went back to our house for vegan cupcakes that Brian found at the Willy Street Co-op. Braden loved the frosting! It’s obvious he has his mom’s sweet tooth.
Braden also celebrated his birthday, along with Chinese New Year, on Friday at Brian’s mom’s house. By the way, Friday the 11th marks his Chinese birthday (Brian’s is Thursday the 10th).
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Braden prefers to pick out his clothes in the morning. In fact, if we pick something else for him to wear, he gets upset. So far, he’s picked shirts and pants that match (fortunately).
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When Braden gets gassy, we take him to his own toilet, where he’ll sit down, read a book for a while then grab some toilet paper (too much) to “wipe.” He has yet to poop for us, though he has peed in his toilet.
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Brian read Braden a bedtime story the other night. On a page where Braden was “counting” the objects on the page by pointing to them, he got up to eight (Brian was counting outloud the whole time) and paused (so did Brian). Then Braden said “nine.” Brian couldn’t believe it, though it may have been a coincidence that he made a noise that sounded like “nine.”