How do you use this thing again?

Here's Bradley trying to figure out how to use that fork :) I love the furrowed eyebrows and the look of sheer concentration. He was having the most luck squishing the food and then getting it to his mouth, so now he does that with his finger too - squishes it instead of just pinching it to pick it up... silly boy :)

Hanging out with the puppies

Which brings me to Mr B's second word - no - not "dog". It was "stay!" I guess I never realized how much we have to tell the dogs to stay on their rug... it must be a lot to be his second word :) He even points his little finger and says it with such authority! It's so funny :)
Here's a lazy version :) usually it sounds a little more like "stay" and the finger is pointing. (Carmel just looks thrilled huh? :) )

First word

Mr Bradley officially said his first word (other than dada and Bradley-made-up words) on January 24th when we went over to Mindy's house to play Wii. And - what do you know? He said "cat" - what a surprise! :) They had a magnet with a picture of a cat on it and he would say it over and over. It's his favorite thing to say and he sure loves his cats. The other day I was working on the computer and he was sleeping - or at least I thought he was - but then all the sudden I hear "cat! cat!", so I got up and went to his room and sure enough, Angel went into his room and he was standing in his crib pointing and saying "cat!" - it was pretty darn cute :)

Here's some pictures of that fun day :) He carried that cat magnet everywhere he went and kept showing it to everyone!

Favorite things...

So the most inexpensive toy that I have ever gotten for Bradley was this $.25 worm - and of course it's been his favorite from the beginning.

The bat is quickly approaching this status...

He carries it around with him all the time!

Why walk...

When you can crawl THIS FAST?

No...

Here's Bradley doing something he knows he's not supposed to do - suck on the window opener. It's so hard to say 'no' to such an adorable face - I'm in trouble!

Crinkling of the nose :)

One of my personal favorites :)