Now he's 4!

Well, Braden has made it to 4 now!  He's now weighing in at 33 pounds, is 3 feet and 1/4 inch tall, has 20/32 vision (evidently that's as good as a picture vision test goes for his age?), he passed the lazy eye test, has a BP of 78/34, and needs go go back for a retest on hearing after a few weeks of allergy meds.  He's now up to a size 7.5-8 shoe, 2T-3T pants, & 3T shirts.

We had Braden's birthday party this past weekend.  Braden had a blast tossing pigs and angry birds around.  Gran came down to help celebrate.  Next year, we may just stick to a family party or may ask just a few of his friends over - that we know can make it.  (There were way too many conflicts this year!)

Braden is still as ambidextrous as ever.  He is favoring the left hand when he throws though!  He is now writing his name, with prompting.  He swaps back and forth between his left and right hand, depending on which side of the letter he's writing.  (^_^)

On March 25th, Braden actually winked at me!

Over the last several months we've been to Gran's several times.  Every time we've gone up we've visited Granland.  There are big things happening there!

Daniel is busy at work at Hawker Beechcraft still.  He's also busy with Lodge quite a bit - more now that he's not on a skydiving team this season.

I'm busy, as usual, working on 7th grade math and science.  I'm hoping that I'll have enough time this summer to get some work done at Granland.  I hope to not spend my whole summer working on math...

Bad Dream Remembered

For a while, Braden was waking up crying, and sometimes yelling/screaming.  He was inconsolable!  I'm not even sure he was truly awake.  His sleep/dream pattern has changed somewhat now.

This morning, after getting up and getting a Yoohoo and yogurt for breakfast, he told me he had a bad dream.  I asked him to tell me about it, so he did!

• B: It was SCARY!  The wind blow me like this - whooossssh (arm outstretched with hand flying overhead).
• H: Where did the wind blow you?
• B: It blow me in the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark.  (with each "dark" he crouched lower and lower)
• H: Oh, goodness!  I'm sorry it was dark.  What happened next?
• B: A bear in the street!  Big bear (standing with arms outstretched and on toes).  Him have big arms, and big eyes, and big hair, and big mouth, and big nose, and big neck, and big head, and big shoulders, and big tummy, and big legs, and big butt.  (he touched each part on himself as he named it)  Him chase me fast, fast, fast, fast, faster.  (arms pumping while saying fast)  Police car come to chase bear away.  Tie him up with rope (arm circling overhead like holding a lasso then wrapped imaginary rope around own arm) and take him away.  I safe now (hugged self).
• H: WOW!  That's quite a dream.  I'm so glad you're safe.
• B: Yes.  (off to play cars now...)

I couldn't believe how animated he was!  I like this kind of dream, even if it was scary, much better than the ones where he wakes up and is inconsolable.

Braden Favs 2012

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Braden Favs 2012

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