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Brady Michael Novean
Born 5/5/2008 at 9:09 AM. 3 lb 9 oz and 16:1/2 inches.
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July 27 Pictures and Update
Loading up the Trash Truck
Brady had a good time taking the tissue paper and installing it into the back of his truck.
Beach Brady
You know what the benefit of this sand is versus the sand at home? Cats don't try to go pee and poop
in the beach sand (at least that we know of).
Brady with a beach stone. He had a very fun time at the beach and brought home lots of shells and other buried
treasures.
At the Beach with Kimmy
Brady with a good smile. He is always grinning when he is with Kippy (although he generally calls her Kimmy now).
I didn't post the facebook picture of the 2 of them looking out to sea. Instead this is the pair at the beach.
Like I said, Brady smiles less with mom and dad than with Kim.
Every so often Brady wants to "sleep in the big bed". So here he is passed out and sleeping sideways.
Sundae is looking over at him, wondering what he is doing on the bed (besides jumping on it) and why he is facing sideways.
She is supposed to be the only one who sleeps sideways and takes up half of the bed.
Click here to see Brady reading to Mommy.
Brady thought it was so funny for daddy to sleep in his bed while Brady climbed into the toy box to sleep with his animals.
Riding a Steam Train with Kim
We did the annual 4th of July train in Fillmore again. Kim came with us this time. Brady had a great time
riding on the train. What a difference a year made in terms of his attention span and sitting still.
Mike taught Brady to stick his fingers in his ears if things get too loud. Brady learned this at Sesame Street
Live and put it to good use again on the steam train. FWIW, the whistle wasn't really that loud where we were sitting.
Family in front of the Steam Train
Riding on the steam train was totally cool. The F&W railroad finally got it refurbished and we had a great
time riding on something that most people will not get a chance to do, riding on a 1913 Baldwin Steam Locomotive.
Brady really loves the little spray bottles. I mean, he is obsessed with them. So we let him play with them
outside. If it is really hot outside then we let him play with them in the shower. He better get used to spraying
the windows. I see that as a future chore.
Sorry again about the lack of updates. With Facebook it is so easy to post a picture or two
so the website gets neglected.
Brady finally hit something
of a growth spurt again. He jumped up to about 37.25 inches. I have not weighed him lately but I would classify
him as "heavy". Man, he is just densely built and deceptively heavy for a little boy. We have been working on potty training and it is finally starting to go well. Brady is pretty solid
at going peepee in the potty. He had an accident yesterday but generally gets it right all the time. Number 2
is a little bit of a challenge. The light finally clicked on pooping last week. He had a great day where I was
giving him a bath and he twice said he had to go poopoo and actually went both times. But: #1) he doesn't
like pooping in public places (who does?) and #2) when he says he has to go, that generally means he is about to
go and you have 5-10 seconds to get him on the toilet. It is a mad dash when Brady says he is ready and there is occasionally
a seat cleaning required afterwards. But it looks promising that he will figure things out and move up to the 3-year
old room at school this fall. one above.
September 11 Pictures and Update
Brady has a new friend at home. We lost our kitty Sundae last month and then added a new puppy, Penelope, just
over a week later. Brady is still warming to the dog. He likes her but is not a fan of her large size. She
has about doubled in size since this puppy photo was taken.
Say Cheese
Speaking of cheese, Brady has a very cheesy smile. Here he has climbed to the top of his Thomas bed to show off
his new haircut.
Brady's spiked up hair had its 15 minutes of fame and then went away.
Sorry again about the lack of updates. This has been a crazy couple of months. Sundae
got sick and finally her 9 lives ran out. Kidney failure got her a month ago.
About 9 days later, Cathy got Penny and that really has thrown our world into a new direction. Gone
are the days where you could spend 5 minutes feeding the cat, giving her fresh water, and changing the litter box. Penny
needs a lot more interaction. So between her and Brady, the website is suffering. Brady, BTW, does not like the
dog jumping on him but otherwise he seems to enjoy her a lot. We are trying to teach her who is the alpha dog and that
she needs to leave Brady alone unless we allow her to be near him. The
good news with Brady is potty traiing is finally done. He is in the 3's class at school and doing very well.
He poops in the toilet almost all the time. He has more accidents with #1 than #2 now. I think it has clicked
that he usually gets a McDonalds happy meal if he poops at school so he seems to go there more and more now... We have
started to change his reward system to keep his Chicken Nuggets to once a week. He still loves to be read to and is
starting to learn how to spell some written words. He knows Brady. And he can spell Kimmy and Mommy to you verbally.
He also knows Fox and usually gets Box. So the reading continues to pay major dividends in the learning department. The last madness at the house is we redid Brady's bathroom. Actually we paid our friend Mark to
tile it. So that was another 3 weeks of craziness. The most interesting thing is Brady fell in love with taking
a shower. So now we have a new bath that has probably been used twice (vs 4 showers). But his bathroom is finally
out of the 80's. Like I said, it was a busy 6 or so weeks...
October 16 Pictures and Update
Brady's buddy "Uncle Mike" came for a visit. Brady, who hates hats and will not wear them ever, happily
sported a Syracuse hat. Probably because it is orange. Anyhow, we are now really concerned about Brady's sanity.
We signed Brady up for some 1-hour classes at the LA Zoo. This one was called Go Go Gorilla and he got to learn
all about Gorilla's. They have a bunch of books and toys out for you to play with while you wait for all of the
kids to arrive.
Brady is building a nest for his little gorilla friend.
Riding the little train with Mommy
Here is yet another Travel Town picture with Brady on the little train and a parent. He love love love love loves
that place. We finally applied as members at the $100 level. We'll probably go higher next year.
Brady on the PumpkinLiner
The Fillmore and Western Railroad had a very cool trip for October. Its the PumpkinLiner. You get to ride
on a train to the pumpkin patch, play there for an hour and a half, and take the train back. Each leg on the train is
about 30-35 minutes. It was awesome for Brady. And the trains are sweet too. The Baldwin steam engine takes
you there and a diesel engine brings you back. Brady had a great time!
The Slider
Here's Brady playing on one of the inflatables at the Pumpkin Patch. He enjoyed this and the carousel.
Brady and Daddy Blowing off some Steam
I had a cute picture of us inside the train but I liked this one because they have the boiler going building up pressure
for the 2 PM departure. I don't think we have many pictures of the steam engine going full blast.
Brady needs to hit a growth spurt. He seems pretty stuck at 37.25 inches. It gets kind
of old having him climbing up to reach the same old things when he is about 1/2 inch short. Hopefully he'll get
there soon. Potty training has been going great. We still have
the occasional accident (usually during naptime) but otherwise he has been doing great. #2 is pretty much 100% now.
The only bad thing about it is how huge and smelly Brady's poops can be. Seriously, where do these things come from?
Ha ha. Brady has finally gotten an interest in electronics.
I bought him a learning laptop several months ago and he never really had much interest until the past couple of weeks.
Now he likes playing on his laptop. I guess maybe it makes him feel like mommy or daddy. The laptop was a total
Slickdeal special ($6.66) for Fisher Price color flash laptop. Brady has been very advanced on his letters but sort
of lost interest. The laptop has rekindled his interest plus he is learning lowercase letters. It is great!
The funniest thing is there is a "its raining letters" game where you have to hit the button the letter that is
falling. Brady usually clears a few levels. But he gets soooooo mad when he loses. It will be days later
and he will mention something at dinner like "the T and the K fell down". He just hates to lose at the games.
Cathy gives me an angry look and I have to admit that he comes by that trait naturally.
November 27 Pictures and Update
Brady's petting a snake at the LA Zoo's Animals and Me exhibit.
Carving a Pumpkin with Mommy
This was a funny thing to witness. Brady was excited to carve the pumpkins but didn't like get pumpkin goo
on his hands. So he ended up not being a big fan of the pumpkin carving. Poor mommy had to do all of it by herself.
Brady has stopped caring about carving pumpkins and is now eating a pina colada slurpee.
Dinosaur Costume
We got Brady a Thomas costume, with candy catcher, but it seemed too flimsy to survive the day at school (they had a
costume parade). So we also got him this budget priced dinosaur to wear to school. It was cute but it was no dragon
costume. That one was the best.
Here is Brady is his official candy-getting costume.
Trick or Treating with Kim
Brady at Auntie Kimmy's place. He went out with her because her neighborhood is crazy good for Halloween.
Cathy took Brady to the Long Beach aquarium for Veteran's Day.
Checking out the Cool Fish
This trip was better than the one in late 2010. Brady seems more mature and more patient in terms of looking at
the fish. We'll be back again in a month since Boeing is a big contributor to the aquarium so we will get it in
for a steep discount.
Brady hit the growth spurt. He is around 37.5+ inches lying down. Standing up he is
just around 36". That is a function of his wonky back keeping him shorter when he is standing.
The new issue on the home front is sleeping. Brady wants to sleep in the big
bed every day. Which is actually sweet and cute. Except for the fact that he likes to sleep sideways and kick
everybody in the head. The main downside is that he just cries and cries and cries when you try to get him to sleep
in his own bed. So we are hoping this is just a phase and he gets back to liking his own bed again. He really,
really does not like it right now. Boo hoo. The zoo
classes are going great though. Brady continues to really enjoy them. This month's was "Big Cats"
and December will be "Flamingos".
December 30 Pictures and Update
They Never Let Poor Brady
play in any reindeer games. Here he is eating a candy cane (which he generally is not a huge fan of...) and getting
his face and hands dirty before the annual holiday photo. It is like he knows we are going to take an important picture
so he goes and finds a way to get dirty.
Santa Train with Mom and Kim
The 4th quarter of the year is a real winner for Brady. He gets the pumpkin liner and then the Santa liner 2 months
later!
This is what happens when you get sunglasses from women.
In the cab of the Steam Engine
If this was a week earlier, it would have been our annual Christmas card picture. Here we are in the working cab of
a steam engine. True story, Brady reached for one of the handles and the guy inside jumped like you wouldn't believe
to prevent something from happening. The guy also said the handles are very hot but Brady said he didn't burn his
hand. I figure Brady thought this was one of the Travel town steam engines where you get to turn the knobs and move
all the handles. Oops!
Brady is checking out the clownfish at the Long Beach aquarium. It was a free Boeing weekend so Mike and Cathy
got in for free.
Crabs are Cool
Brady is rather fascinated by them.
Brady got big trains (G gauge?) and Daddy got little trains (HO gauge). It was a very train Christmas in the Novean
household.
Little Drummer Boy
Brady got a little drum set for Christmas. Daddy thought it was cool. Most other people think it was a bad
idea.
Christmas 2011 after all the gifts were opened.
Brady now weighs 36 lb. We know because they weighed him at the pediatrician when he was
sick last week. They didn't measure him but he is around 37.75 inches laying and 37 standing. We've got
an appointment at Cedars in January with his metatropic doctors so we should get some status on how Brady is growing and how
his back is doing. That is on Jan 9 (ortho) and 10 (geneticist). We're a little bit on edge about what we
could hear.
Brady continues to mostly sleep in
our bed. He's even taking to calling mom and dad's room as "our room". Uh oh. We figure
it is still a phase that he will grow out of. We had a good Christmas. One of Cathy's presents was tickets
to see Bob Seger. We listened to the CD in the car to get ready for the show. Brady is now a big Bob Seger fan.
Its pretty funny. December overall was a fun month. We had Flamingo class at the zoo, 2 birthday parties which
were just great, and the train ride to go along with our usual train visits at Travel town. The only downside is Brady's
3-year old attitude has really come into full effect. Sometimes we have to ask him why he is yelling. The boy
just gets all fired up. Here's to a happy 2012.
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