New Room, Rose, and Grandmom and Pop Pop's house

Abraham had a pretty exciting week.  He was able to spend Monday with Caitlyn.  Tuesday, we met Grandmom and Pop Pop at Arby's for lunch.  Caitlyn went home with Grandmom and Pop Pop.  Brahm was sad to see Caitlyn go, but SUPER excited to meet his grandparents for lunch. 

Wednesday was a big day for Abraham.  It was the day we planned on moving him out of the nursery and into his Big Boy room and toddler bed full time.  He was napping in his Noah's Ark bed for several weeks.  Jeremy was confident that Brahm would be just fine at night.  I was pretty worried that the transition would not be as easy for Brahm as Jeremy thought.  Brahm has a habit of talking himself to sleep..for up to 1 hour (or more).  In the crib, it was no big deal, however, in a toddler bed, there is much more freedom to get in/out and play.  I'm happy to report that Jeremy was right.  Brahm is doing really well sleeping in his toddler bed.  His imaginary friend who visits him at night "the Yellow Man" also moved to his new room with him.  He mentions going back into his crib once in awhile, but we remind him he's too big, and it will be Anna's soon.

Thursday morning I had an eye doctor's appointment, so Jeremy took Brahm on one of his favorite activities: a backpack ride!  It ended up raining a little, but Brahm didn't seem to mind.  Jeremy has been walking to the park so Brahm can play a little.  Jeremy gets a lot of exercise since they usually leave after breakfast and don't come back until lunch.  The first time they went all the way to the park, I was trying to figure out how long they could be gone before I could start to worry. 

Here is a picture of Brahm playing on the dragon at the Toddler play area:

On Friday our friends Heather and Justin came up with their daughter Rose.  The plan was to go to Knoebels.  For most of the week, the weather looked beautiful, but it turned out to be rainy and wet.  Instead, we made lunch and Brahm practiced sharing his toys.  Rose liked to dump puzzles and toys, and Brahm liked to clean them up.  They were a good team.  With Brahm's enthusiasm for cleaning, sometimes I think I'm raising a little Danny Tanner.

  When Brahm woke up from his nap, he told me "Had a good a day with Rose."  Hopefully next time the weather will cooperate for a trip to Knoebel's.  Brahm keeps talking about all the rides Rose didn't get to ride on because it was too wet. 

It's good that we have our own ball pit to play on in the basement!

Saturday we went to Grandmom and Pop Pop's farm for a family picnic.  Brahm always likes to visit Grandmom and Pop Pop to play with Cole, Cameron, and the APPLES!  The apples didn't get much attention from Brahm this time because we were outside most of the day.  Brahm was able to spend a lot of time with Cole and his other younger cousin Kyle.  Brahm really likes to talk about Uncle Steve and Jessica and Baby Kyle. 

Brahm had a lot of fun and we thought he would be worn out from the day.  He made it to the top of the turnpike until he finally succumbed to sleep.  Luckily, his evening nap didn't mess up bedtime, because he fell asleep and slept in until 9!  Jeremy and I were also lucky enough to sleep in until 8.