Thursday, April 8, 2010

...And a Half

I cannot believe that today my baby is one and a half!! Where does the time go?Dallen has so much personality for an 18 month old. He is becoming so opinionated and is learning to communicate what he wants. I wanted to make a list of some of the cute things he does lately:

One of my favorite things he does is shake his head yes while asking for something he wants, its so cute and hard to resist!!

He sometimes says “excuse you” when he toots or burps BUT he also says it if you are in his way.

He says “bless you” whenever someone sneezes, even if it’s a stranger, so polite!!

He likes to have a certain sippie cup based on movie characters, they're mostly Finding Nemo but some have sharks and some have other characters and it matters!

Dallen yells “stuck” over and over again if he can’t get out of a position he got himself into, until someone helps him.

He loves to sword fight with anything that slightly resembles a sword: wrapping paper tubes, his horsey on a stick, baseball bats and lacrosse sticks, you get the idea.

He has become an extremely picky eater and instead loves to make a big mess on his high chair and announce “mess, mess”!!

Big D loves to be “outside, outside” and now wants to ride his new “bike”, always to the “pool, pool” (good thing summer is around the corner).

Dallen has this one blanket that his Grandma made that I once rolled him up in and said he was a burrito and now all the time he brings me that blanket, says "burrito" and expects to be rolled up. So cute!!

Dallen is such a big boy and I am so proud of the little man he is growing into. I am so grateful to spend ALL of my days with him, we have become the best of friends!! Happy HALF Birthday Dallen!!

Dallen Scott Bracken
25 and a half pounds
33 and a half inches

6 comments:

***LIZ*** said...

Happy half birthday big D! He is super cute!! So jealous that he gets to go to nursery, I am counting down the days for Drew.

Aubrey Messick said...

Hooray! It's your 1/2 birthday little buddy! Your Auntie Aubrey wishes she could be there to celebrate with you! I would definitely take you "outside, outside" on your "bike" to the "pool, pool." LOVE YOU DALLEN! No matter how big you get, you'll always be my Little D!!!

Connie said...

Happy half!!! Got your message...how about Saturday? xoxo

The Jessups said...

Too cute! Happy Half!

Kim Messick said...

Happy 1/2 of 3 Dallen!!! (Just had to put the math in there because he's such a smarty pants!)
I was just looking through all of the pictures on my camera today during my lunch break, and do you know that I have all of his pictures all the way back to his birth on my camera still!!! He is such a cutie pa-tootie! And I LOVE when he says "Hi! Mimi!" on the phone! Love you D!

Jessica Wells said...

Happy 1/2 Birthday Dallen! He is such a big boy and so cute that he's so polite with "excuse me" and "bless you". I love that picture of him with the balloons! Siena has been doing the stuck thing too and it is her favorite word this week...all lids that are on are stuck and anytime she's in her carseat/stroller she's stuck...they must have coordinated with this:)