Happy Birthday Briggs!

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Today Briggs turns two - in about 10 minutes in fact. Briggs is a wonderful kid, and I'm looking forward to seeing so much more of his personality. A few examples of what we've seen so far -

  • When Briggs is happy he tells and signs to you that he's "so escited." 
  • When Briggs is mad he screams - loud. He also can get pretty angry and hit, including himself. He's stopped hitting his head against the ground or walls, but his hands sure can get rough.
  • Briggs loves to eat. He loves fruit snacks, meat (of any kind - bologna, pepperroni, salami, ground beef, chicken, etc), crackers (graham and goldfish are favorites), and is trying to enjoy fruit. The other day he actually finished an entire strawberry after 5 minutes of tasting it. 
  • Briggs' vocabulary is increasing. The words he says are more understandable and we can generally decipher what he needs. 
  • He loves his brothers. Myles lets him be the shadow often, and when he doesn't Briggs can play on his own well or find Noah and ask to "hold it" or talk about how 'tute' Noah is. (cute)
  • Briggs is very attached to me at this stage, but can be distracted with fruit snacks, Word World, Frozen, or 101 Dalmations. 
  • Briggs can sing many songs, including Let it Go, Frozen's ice song, Cruella DeVille, and Be a Man from Mulan. He's often found playing around the house singing Cruella. I think for now that's his favorite. 
  • Briggs' favorite book for the last month or so has been, "Steam Train, Dream Train" and we read it all the time. He loves trains and fire trucks. If he hires a siren or a train horn he will run to the nearest window. (This is really only a problem when he's already in bed, tucked in and resting.) 

Briggs, I love you. Happy Birthday! You bring great joy and laughter into our family. I love seeing your personality bloom. You are a courageous, adventurous, and fun-loving kid. Love you!

- Mom


So little then

Moving around

Peaceful sleeping

Space Racers "Body Sticker" aka Temp Tatoo

A finger painting adventure

Shadow. 

Smiles

Breakfast brothers. If anyone eats at the table, B will be right there with you. 


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