Where to begin?

I can't believe that it's been since March that I've blogged on Brennan's blog.   He has grown up so much since then and has changed in so many ways I'm not even sure where to begin.  He is still as demanding, feisty, and daring as ever though, that much has not changed.

April and May were kind of a blur because we were selling our old house.  In May we went to visit Nanna and I blogged about most of that on the Yodame blog.  Brennan particularly loved riding his Harley Trike while we were at Nanna's.  It's probably just easier to say read the Yodame blog to see what we did in May and June and I'll pick up here again with July.

Grandpa Glade came to visit for a week.  The kids had fun hanging out with him and he took them on walks and to ride their bikes multiple times a day which made them very happy!  They were really sad when he left. 

July is Brennan's big month because it's his birthday, on July 25th he turned 2!!  We have been through so much with him that I patted myself on the back for keeping him alive this long.  It was a fun day and we had a combined cousins party, for Sophie and Malina too, at our new house .   The kids all ran round and played hide-and-go-seek and had a big dance party.   Lots of Aunts and Uncles came and Grandparents too.

Brennan went around and gave hugs to everyone for his presents

He looked cute in his little turtle Hawaiian shirt.

There was a candle for each kid on the cake.  Brennan is actually afraid of fire (which make sense after you fall into a fire pit I suppose) so sister blew it out for him.

Then everyone ate cake, this was the kids table...

And the adults table...

For Brennan's birthday, Sara wanted to do her favorite thing that she does on her birthday, going to Jumping Jacks.  She thinks that's how birthdays should be spent.  I figured why not, so we drove up to Lindon in the morning and I was pleasantly surprised that for the first half hour we were the only people there, we had the place to ourselves, then after that, there were only a hand full of kids.  Brennan did have fun and he went nuts, his favorite thing was the biggest slide in the place, the tall 2 story slide, the did it over and over and over.  He ended up with burns on his elbows from it he did it so many times.  He's a thrill seeker.  Here he is going down the big slide with Sister. 


In other news, Brennan has been riding his balance bike for about two weeks and is already a little pro at it.  When he got it for Christmas last year his feet didn't even touch the ground but his legs have grown a bit now.  So we just decided to try it again now that everything is out of storage.

Brennan talks non-stop about bikes and has since he learned to talk.  He spots bikes in the neighborhood anywhere and everywhere, and anything anyone says anything to him he usually just replies "bike".  That about sums it up.  He's obsessed with bikes, even before he'd ever ridden one.  It's a good thing I got him a helmet already because when we tried his balance bike again this time, he was ready and he took off.  It took him 2 days to learn to balance and to stop falling over and then he was unstoppable.  By the end of the week he was balancing on it and could cruise 30 feet down a hill without putting his feet down. 

Here's a video I got of him, it's not the best but it shows what he can do.
He might even be mountain biking by the time he's 5, who knows.  I'm excited to see what the future holds. 

Overall, Brennan has done a ton of growing up this summer.  He's still our cute little guy.