A Little About Braxton

So I keep thinking I need to sit down and make up a huge post about all that Braxton is doing, but I keep forgetting. At this point I will just say what comes to mind as there are a few things I would like to tell about him. A few weeks ago he was crawling all over me and he kept poking me accidentally. I was getting frustrated with him and it hurt so I said Ouch very loud. Immediately he said to me in a very excited tone, "Got ouie?" it was so funny that I started faking ouie's just to get this response. In fact Kent has enjoyed it so much that he tells me he wants to put the words, "Got ouie?" on his window.

Another thing I thought was cute, the other day Kent was getting ready for church and put on his tie. Braxton decided that he wanted a tie also so Kent let Braxton pick out one of his ties and he wore it to church. We tried buying him a nice tie that fit him for the wedding, but Braxton wouldn't have it. So if you look at the pictures below you'll see his super long tie. Good thing you can't tell his tie is loud and has Bart Simpson on it.

Along those same lines Braxton doesn't like to wear different things for church. He got one outfit for church and that is the only one he will wear. He's actually quite particular about his clothes. He has things that he will wear and things he refuses to wear. Well apparently he thinks that I am supposed to wear the same thing to church as well. Last Sunday while I was getting ready for church he handed me a necklace to wear. Then when I put it on he handed me some bracelets. When I went into my room to put my church clothes on I grabbed the dress I wanted to wear and he told me no mommy. I picked up the skirt that I usually wear with the jewelry he had handed me and asked if he wanted me to wear that and he said, "Yeah!" So guess what I wore to church? I guess Kent's mom was right you do do funny things for your kids even if it is at church.

The last thing I would like to share is Braxton's speech development. I am not an oblivious mom. It came to my attention quite a while ago that Braxton's speech was behind. I didn't think there was anything we could do until he was 3 so I didn't worry too much. We got his speech tested and he is quite delayed, but of course insurance won't pay a penny of it. So we called the school district and started down that route and have been waiting to hear back from them and we now have a date scheduled for him to have a speech screening on Sept. 4th. I'm not sure what will happen but I think if he qualifies he may go to preschool for free. That of course would be great for the fact that it would help his speech, but I am having separation anxiety over the idea. I miss him just thinking about it. Either way I know that whatever happens is what will be best. I have faith that if he doesn't qualify that he will be OK anyway, but I really do hope he qualifies because I want him to be able to articulate his words so that people will see him as the bright boy that he is. I do worry that if the speech isn't developed that other kids will think that he is dumb and stop playing with him. No mom wants that for her child. Wish us luck!