You guys are a great example! Happy 37th Anniversary!
Love you!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Oh Happy Day!
I did it! I finally got down to pre preggo weight! :D
EEE!!
Only like 20 more lbs to go to my ultimate goal!
Woot!
oh and the first pair of skinny jeans? I can get them up, zipped AND have a little room! Too bad the weight distribution on my body is vastly different than pre B. The muffin top prohibits my wearing them for a bit longer, but they FIT!
Now onto the next pair of skinni-er jeans! :)
It's a great day in this house. A great day indeed!
EEE!!
Only like 20 more lbs to go to my ultimate goal!
Woot!
oh and the first pair of skinny jeans? I can get them up, zipped AND have a little room! Too bad the weight distribution on my body is vastly different than pre B. The muffin top prohibits my wearing them for a bit longer, but they FIT!
Now onto the next pair of skinni-er jeans! :)
It's a great day in this house. A great day indeed!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mommy's Day to all my mama friends out there! Hope the kiddos and men in your life are pampering you today!
And to all those waiting to be mommies, I wish a day full of happiness. I continually pray that your journey brings you your dream!
And to all those waiting to be mommies, I wish a day full of happiness. I continually pray that your journey brings you your dream!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Our trip in pictures
I kept out the ones from Easter for another post, since B was so darn cute hunting for eggs, but thought I'd share our travels! Hope you enjoy. Oh and be warned, there are a lot ;-)
All packed and ready to go
Enjoying a quick treat at 'bucks before heading out on the road
Enjoying a meal at one of our favorite places: Acropolis!
Papa trying to steal a bite!
She thinks sticking her fingers up her nose is funny- her uncles' laughter didn't help matters
A trip to 'bucks with Yuko (she was a Japanese exchange student with my parents a few years ago- she loves my family so much that she comes back and visits from time to time- We LOVE her!! [oh and she just got done working at Disney World for the last 13 mos... JEALOUS!])
Lunch with Uncle Jeremy- we brought him Ezell's!
'bucks again- this time with Gigi! (She's my mom's mom)
Checking out the live crabs at the market- she was fascinated
She LOVES her reflection and the massive amounts of mirrors at David's Bridal made for great fun!
She also kept kissing herself in the mirrors
She loves my parent's dog Georgia and even says her name now! I guess Kino is chopped liver...
Sneaking Easter candy from her basket- this was funny because we have found she LOVES jelly beans- she even scavenged everyone's easter baskets for them.
View from the beach house
Feeding Papa
Enjoying some bubble gum ice cream in Ocean Shores
Just us
Saying "bye bye" to the beach house
Having a yummy dinner at OSF with (soon-to-be) Auntie Alicia
Brynna and Nana
Okay I think that about covers it ;-)
Friday, May 6, 2011
18 months!
Well we've hit the official year and half mark. It's hard to believe that we are now on the down slope towards 2! Oh my! I think time just keeps moving faster and faster! (Although NOT with the time left for Batman returning!)
We ended up seeing our "Seattle ped" while we were there since our normal ped wouldn't have seen us anyway. And well, we just LOVE Dr. Kilburn (if anyone ever moves to the Seattle/ Eastside are he is the BEST ped in the state!). He gave Brynna a very resounding "perfect toddler" award! I told him my concerns about her verbal skills (or lack thereof) and he laid my fears to rest. And her reminded me that just because she's not verbally getting her point across, doesn't mean she's not communicating, which is really what we should be looking at ;-)
So her stats:
Ht: 30 3/4 in (25%)
Wt: 23 lbs 3 oz (35%)
HC: 17 7/8 in (30%)
Still my petite little girl. I guess I didn't really realize just how petite until I was reading Mic's blog and saw little K's 9 mo stats (and NO I don't think K is gargantuan baby... just surprised me that they were nearly the same size, but separated by 9 months is all...)
Anywho...
She finally moved into size 4 'sposies, which we used while we were in Seattle (I was NOT about to try and CD on vacation). 12 month clothes still seem to fit her the best although some of the pants are too short. 18 mo stuff just drowns her or falls off, but the length is better although a bit too long. We still have a few 9 mo stuff hanging around in the closet too that still fits well- but all tshirts and onesies.
This month Brynna started saying more animal sounds! When asked what a sheep says she'll go "ba ba ba" and a cow she'll go "mmmmmmoo mmmmoo." She was already making a duck sound ("cack cack cack") and a dog ("wff wfff") sound so it was exciting to hear the other 2 coming out too. She now says hi pretty consistently although she whispers it, which is kind of funny. She says banana "neh neh" and please "pee" although she signs that one most often. Oh and she LOVES saying Papa... or maybe she was just enamored with him ;-) And Mommy seems to be her FAVORITE word these days. Melts my heart!
She is RUNNING everywhere! It's hard to keep up with her and most days I fall into bed exhausted. Unfortunately this hasn't equated into any extra weight loss for me :P She is constantly on the go!
Her naps have become a bit longer (Hooray!) and are usually 2-3 hours vs the 1-2 that we were having. It's a little bit of heaven for this mama as it allows for more time to blog and work out and craft ;-) (speaking of, I need to post about that. I've got some fun stuff to show off and I'm thinking about giving some of it away if anyone is interested?)
We have unofficially started the potty training process. And I do mean VERY UNOFFICIALLY. Dr K suggested that we put a potty for her in the bathroom she most uses (for baths) and get her acquainted with what it's for. So in light of that, we brought out the potty chair my IL gave us a few months ago (BTW it makes a little chiming sound when you go potty on it so B LOVES sticking her hand in the bucket to make it sound off... lovely) and stuck in the bathroom. I've had her sit on it a couple times right before her bath. And that's about as far as we will go for a while. She's SO not ready. In fact the kid is content to sit in a poopy diaper for who knows how long. Apparently she's her mother's daughter, as I was the same way.
Brynna got to go to the beach for the first time ever and had a GREAT TIME! Here are some of the highlights:
We ended up seeing our "Seattle ped" while we were there since our normal ped wouldn't have seen us anyway. And well, we just LOVE Dr. Kilburn (if anyone ever moves to the Seattle/ Eastside are he is the BEST ped in the state!). He gave Brynna a very resounding "perfect toddler" award! I told him my concerns about her verbal skills (or lack thereof) and he laid my fears to rest. And her reminded me that just because she's not verbally getting her point across, doesn't mean she's not communicating, which is really what we should be looking at ;-)
So her stats:
Ht: 30 3/4 in (25%)
Wt: 23 lbs 3 oz (35%)
HC: 17 7/8 in (30%)
Still my petite little girl. I guess I didn't really realize just how petite until I was reading Mic's blog and saw little K's 9 mo stats (and NO I don't think K is gargantuan baby... just surprised me that they were nearly the same size, but separated by 9 months is all...)
Anywho...
She finally moved into size 4 'sposies, which we used while we were in Seattle (I was NOT about to try and CD on vacation). 12 month clothes still seem to fit her the best although some of the pants are too short. 18 mo stuff just drowns her or falls off, but the length is better although a bit too long. We still have a few 9 mo stuff hanging around in the closet too that still fits well- but all tshirts and onesies.
This month Brynna started saying more animal sounds! When asked what a sheep says she'll go "ba ba ba" and a cow she'll go "mmmmmmoo mmmmoo." She was already making a duck sound ("cack cack cack") and a dog ("wff wfff") sound so it was exciting to hear the other 2 coming out too. She now says hi pretty consistently although she whispers it, which is kind of funny. She says banana "neh neh" and please "pee" although she signs that one most often. Oh and she LOVES saying Papa... or maybe she was just enamored with him ;-) And Mommy seems to be her FAVORITE word these days. Melts my heart!
She is RUNNING everywhere! It's hard to keep up with her and most days I fall into bed exhausted. Unfortunately this hasn't equated into any extra weight loss for me :P She is constantly on the go!
Her naps have become a bit longer (Hooray!) and are usually 2-3 hours vs the 1-2 that we were having. It's a little bit of heaven for this mama as it allows for more time to blog and work out and craft ;-) (speaking of, I need to post about that. I've got some fun stuff to show off and I'm thinking about giving some of it away if anyone is interested?)
We have unofficially started the potty training process. And I do mean VERY UNOFFICIALLY. Dr K suggested that we put a potty for her in the bathroom she most uses (for baths) and get her acquainted with what it's for. So in light of that, we brought out the potty chair my IL gave us a few months ago (BTW it makes a little chiming sound when you go potty on it so B LOVES sticking her hand in the bucket to make it sound off... lovely) and stuck in the bathroom. I've had her sit on it a couple times right before her bath. And that's about as far as we will go for a while. She's SO not ready. In fact the kid is content to sit in a poopy diaper for who knows how long. Apparently she's her mother's daughter, as I was the same way.
Brynna got to go to the beach for the first time ever and had a GREAT TIME! Here are some of the highlights:
(PS We made a collage of these pics at Wal.greens today for FREE! Through tomorrow use the promo code FREECOLLAGE and get a free 8x10 collage! EE! [and no I was not compensated in anyway for telling you this, I just thought it was a good deal])
She's started humming along with the alphabet song! We have this little fridge toy and as much as I HATE hearing it, I think it's actually doing some good because B knows the letter B! I can ask her where is the B and and she will either grab it or point to it.
Whew! That's all I can think of for now.
We have lots of pics to share from our trip, but that will be in another post... this one is long enough ;-)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Happy Birthday
Today Batman turns 32!
Happy Birthday my love! We miss you and can't wait to see you soon!
<3
T
Happy Birthday my love! We miss you and can't wait to see you soon!
<3
T
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Home at last!
We finally made it home late Sunday night/ Monday morning. We had a great time up in Seattle, making new memories with Nana and Papa, Uncle Jeremy, soon-to-be Auntie Alicia, Auntie Ashley, Uncle Zac, Gigi and countless friends!
And then Monday came and I came down with the flu (so did my sister, who had to drive back all day with my brother... poor girl had to resort to zo.fran to keep from vomiting the whole way... and it only sort of worked!) and was puking my GUTS. OUT. ALL. DAY. LONG. Thankfully, my IL came to the rescue right as Brynna was waking up from her {extended} nap [hallelujah], took her to their house for a few hours, then brought her back and put her to bed for me. They are amazing, I tell you ;-)
I was still feeling pretty yucky yesterday, so we laid low and didn't do much.
Today is a new day, I'm feeling good and the sun is shining!
Which means all my fun updates will have to wait until later... it's too beautiful outside to sit in front of the computer! ;-)
And then Monday came and I came down with the flu (so did my sister, who had to drive back all day with my brother... poor girl had to resort to zo.fran to keep from vomiting the whole way... and it only sort of worked!) and was puking my GUTS. OUT. ALL. DAY. LONG. Thankfully, my IL came to the rescue right as Brynna was waking up from her {extended} nap [hallelujah], took her to their house for a few hours, then brought her back and put her to bed for me. They are amazing, I tell you ;-)
I was still feeling pretty yucky yesterday, so we laid low and didn't do much.
Today is a new day, I'm feeling good and the sun is shining!
Which means all my fun updates will have to wait until later... it's too beautiful outside to sit in front of the computer! ;-)
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