The Dead Bunny Book

For any recent parents out there, you will remember the lovable and interactive children's book Pat the Bunny. Brady has really gotten into books lately. He will pull every book off the shelf until he finds the one he is looking for. He became very interested in Pat the Bunny when he discovered the little boy will play peek-a-boo with you. He will smile and laugh at the book until you get page where Janie lets you read her book with her which is a small little book within Pat the Bunny. He begins looking concerned as Pat eats his dinner because he knows what the next page will reveal. The page reads "Shhhhhh, the bunny is sleeping" and it shows a picture of the stuffed bunny lying on the floor. When Brady sees the lifeless bunny his bottom lip pokes out and he begins to wail. As much as I try to reassure him that the bunny is just sleeping, Brady still gets upset every time he sees it.

14 Months and Happy Easter!!!

Since it has been so long since the last post, I will only be able to give you a glimpse of all the cool things going on at the Smith household. I figure a good place to start would be the words in Brady's vocabulary that continues to grow daily. Here are the words Brady has learned since the last post:

Otter=Oscar the cat
bumba or boon =balloon

tortu=turtle

wadur=water

duice=juice

doggy=dog

deener=dinner

bas=bath

sh=shoe

nat nat=night night

book

cheese

beans!!!

yuck-eeeee

daw=doll

nos=nose

eye

tar=star

ham (with a British accent)

baby=any child, himself included

hano=hello

Bath time is learning time!

Brady has also increased his horse back riding skills. As the days are getting nicer, I will be trying to spend more time with Icy. Brady and I set out one afternoon to help her shed her winter coat. As you may remember Brady has been up on her before. But this day after we posed for pictures...I had Icy walk around slowly with mom walking right next to us. Brady loved every minute of it. He smiled and patted her as we cruised around the ring. However, every time we passed the gator he would point and say vroom vroom...which makes me think he will be more into motorized things rather than horses.

Rusty continues to hang with us. He recently turned 15 this past March. Other than still being deaf and blind he seems happy just chilling out. Brady thinks that "Rubby" is his best pal. Rusty may not agree, but he puts up with it for the most part.

HAPPY EASTER!!!!!

Today was such a fun day. Brady participated in his first egg hunt at Grammy and Grampa's house with cousins Anna and Kylie. Of course he thought he was going on a "ball" hunt. He found quite a few and soon realized what he was supposed to do with them. On his outing he also enjoyed his first glass of lemonade and experienced his first scraped knee.