I drew a hopscotch board on the driveway the other day and Bryce loves it.
This is his "running fast" pose.
Bryce's hair had gotten very long and out of control so Kelly gave it a trim today. I think it looks so good. When I got to her house today and saw him, I thought he looked just like Jason. I think that was the first time I really saw the resemblance between the two.
Sitting on the bench and opening the mail while he waited for Dada to get home.
We had a fun filled morning today. We started the day off at the park. Bryce enjoyed climbing, sliding, and swinging. We ran a couple of errands after the park and then we headed to Barnes and Noble to play with the trains and read some books.
We finished off the morning with a visit to the doctor for Bryce's 18 month checkup. He was a fantastic patient this time. He screamed the entire time we were in the office at 15 months. Today he was calm, compliant, and he impressed with his skills. The doctor was impressed with Bryce's vocabulary and he was blown away when he could spell his name! Bryce weighed in at 22.5 pounds. He only gained .3 pounds in 3 months and he is in the 10th percentile for weight. He grew an inch an a half so he is 31.5 inches and that puts him in the 25th percentile for height.
Bryce has moved from repeating words and using 2 word phrases to almost talking in complete sentences. He says things like "open the door" and "watch me mama". He can tell you what he wants and what he doesn't want. He has definitely learned the word "no". I'm not particularly fond of the word because he doesn't always use it as an answer to a yes or no question, but we are working on it. The other day he asked for a banana so I got him one. When I gave it to him, he said "no, mama, other one". There were some very ripe bananas on the counter that he "thought" he wanted.
He has had square and circle down for a while, but now he recognizes triangle and I get the biggest chuckle every time he says it because it comes out triangagle. He has a great memory. He can answer questions about his day and past events. Sometimes he requires a good amount of "think time", but he usually gets it every time. Sometimes at night when he is laying in bed, we hear him talking out the events of his day. It's so cute! He has recently started putting his shoes on by himself (mostly his crocs which are easy for him to slip on). We're working on right and left and he gets them on the correct feet most of the time.
Bryce has had a bit of a fever since Monday evening. I took this picture of Bryce and Macy relaxing in Jason's recliner Tuesday morning. They were just too cute. He seems to be better today.
Jason put a baseball tattoo on Bryce's arm while we were at the game. 
We had a great night!
VOILA!
I think he likes it. Now we just need matching chairs for us!
Bryce loves the lawnmower (when it's in the garage). He always wants to sit on it and drive it. Tonight he was watching Jason cut the grass so Jason took him for a spin. It took him a few minutes to calm down, but Jason made him suffer through and he actually really enjoyed it.
We have an ABC book with a picture of a watering can for W. Bryce knows this one really well. He found the watering can at Nana's today so they watered the flowers outside. Such a big helper.
This morning we went to a local mall and played on the playground. Bryce had a ball. Here is Jason teaching Bryce to go the "wrong" way down the slide. Some teacher is going to be telling him not to do that on the playground at school one day and saying how I should have know better than to teach him that, ha!
He was honestly moving at a snails pace!
We had a great visit and we got home in time to do a few things around the house this afternoon. What a great weekend and we still have Sunday!
Bryce looking through the fence at the horses.
I tried to get his picture in front of the waterfall, but he wasn't interested in looking at me.
Seeing the pigs, rabbits, chickens, sheep, goats, donkey, horses, bears, hawks, owls, eagle, fox, and deer wore this little boy out.
He was willing to wake up for our picnic lunch, though!
Boy I'm going to miss these summer days and this sweet boy!
We built a "tunnel" for Bryce to go under.
Looking out the ship window.
Bryce actually climbed up the stairs and into the tunnel all by himself. He didn't need any coaxing or help from me this time.
He even went down the slide on his own!
When we were finished playing, I took him into the art studio for a little project. They seemed to only have paper and markers the last time we were there. This time we found glue and pieces of fabric. Bryce enjoyed painting the glue onto the paper and patting the fabric down. Notice he is using his left hand.
Showing off his masterpiece outside of the museum. He really wanted to pull the fabric off.
Just had to add this picture. I asked him to smile and hold up his picture. He he!
Strolling around the driveway in the boat.
My parents came across this old table of mine while they were moving. I brought it home and put it in the kitchen for Bryce. He enjoys eating snacks and lunch at it.
Bryce got a sprinkle donut the size of his head. He was afraid to use his hands at first.
Then he dug right in!
The ice cream truck rode by our condo a few times everyday. Bryce and Chase loved listening to the music and talking about it. One night MeMaw was lucky enough to be out with the boys at the right time and they were able to get Tweety Bird popsicles. It looks more like an alien to me, but it was still delicious!
We are quite a rough looking group, ha!
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