Philadelphia

Brandon, Stu, and I went to Philadelphia yesterday because Stu had an eye doctor appointment at Wills Eye. We planned on going to the Philadelphia Zoo but between the traffic to get there and the parking lot being closed because so many people were there we would have only had 45 minutes before we would have had to leave for Stu's appointment. We then decided to go to the Please Touch Museum since it was closer to the doctor but when we got there a sign on the door said the location moved. So we found a restaurant to eat lunch at and then Stu had to go to his appointment. The weather was beautiful (in the 70s) so I brought Brandon to a park where he ran around when Stu was at the eye doctor.

Outlet Shopping, Playing, and GI Specialist

I have been off this week for Spring break. Brandon and I spent the morning hanging out in the house. I put him down for an early nap since he had a GI specialist appointment at 1:20. Brandon's appointment with the GI specialist went well. He said to try to take him off of the prevacid again when he turns 2 in July and see how he does. He said we might need to just try him off of it every 6 months until he does okay off of it. He thinks eventually he will be able to come off. If not he will need to do a scope eventually. Brandon weighed 21 pounds, .9 ounces so at least he has stayed the same the past 3 weeks with his weight.

After his appointment we met my friend Nancy and her 7 month old son, Justin, at the outlets. It was the first nice day all week. The temperature was 60 and sunny. The past few days it has been raining like crazy so at least we finally got a nice day. It was nice to get out for some fresh air at the outlets.

Passover at Aunt Carolyn's and Uncle Charlie's

Last night we went to Stu's Aunt Carolyn's and Uncle Charlie's house for the first night of Passover. It was Brandon's first time going to their house. It took a little over 1 1/2 hours to get there and Brandon did really well in the car the whole ride. It helps that he watches Elmo's World on the car dvd player. Brandon had a lot of fun playing with Stu's cousins kids (Brandon's third cousins), Isadora, Avery, Rosalie, Caleb, Ali, and Matt. All of the kids loved him and couldn't get enough of him. It was nice having them play with Brandon because I was actually able to sit and eat without chasing after Brandon the whole time. He ate his dinner but was done a lot sooner than I was. Brandon especially loved Matt and kept giving him hugs. I thought for sure Brandon would sleep well last night because he was so tired from playing with the kids all night. He fell asleep in the car on the way home and slept for an hour but as soon as we got home and the car stopped moving he was up. And wide awake. The problem was it was 10:30. He didn't fall back asleep until midnight and then slept really badly. I find when Brandon has a hard time getting into a good sleep pattern it messes with his sleep the rest of the night. Hopefully he will take a long nap today and I will be able to lie down too.

Play Dates and Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

Brandon had a busy, fun weekend. Yesterday morning Heather and Jen came over for a playdate. I went to middle school and high school with Heather. Her daughter Jen was born 2 weeks after Brandon was due. Heather lives a few towns over from me now. Brandon went to Jen's first birthday party in October and this was the first time since we have seen them. Now that it is getting warmer out and there will be more to do outside we are going to try to get together more often.

Yesterday, late afternoon, Becky, Barry, and Logan came over. Brandon and Logan had a lot of fun playing together. They stayed for dinner and then the boys got in their matching pajamas after dinner.

This morning Brandon went to the breakfast with the Easter bunny at Stu's firehouse. Brandon liked seeing the Easter bunny and was smiling at him but as soon as I gave him to the Easter bunny so I could take a picture his smile went off of his face and he got a worried look on his face and tried to escape from the Easter bunny.

Future Computer Programmer?

Brandon loves the computer. Last night, shortly before bed time, he climbed onto the computer chair, and started using the mouse and keyboard the right way. It was too cute.

Brandon had speech yesterday and is doing great with his receptive language. He really understands almost everything now. He can point to me, Stu, and Hershey when we ask him where we are, he can point to parts of his body when asked where they are, he can point to pictures of things in books. He will also point to different kinds of food when you ask him where it is. When I tell him it is time for a bath he runs to the bathroom and when I tell him it is time for daddy to read books at night he will go and pick out a book and bring it to Stu to read.

First Day of Spring

Today is the first day of spring. The temperature was 72 degrees so after Brandon woke up from his nap he went outside to play for a little while. We also went to the outlets near us and then we went to meet Addison, our friends Bob and Sommer's baby, who was born 4 days ago. Brandon had fun playing with Addison's 2 1/2 year old sister Sydney. When I asked him where Sydney was he pointed right at her.

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Birthday Uncle Brian

We didn't do anything for St. Patrick's Day but I still had to dress Brandon in a St. Patrick's Day shirt. At least the kids at his babysitter saw it. Brandon was so happy when he woke up yesterday morning. He slept so much better the night before than he has in a long time. He was only up once during the night that I had to go in. He did try to get up at 5 am but I got him back to sleep and he slept until 7:15. Last night he actually finally slept through the night again for the first time in over a month. I feel like a new person today.

Happy Birthday Uncle Brian. We are looking forward to seeing you this weekend.