Here's a little collage of Brennan's photos from BF Clyde's over the years. Gosh he's getting big!
And here's one comparing Brennan's first picture there with Bryce's.
Monday, October 14, 2013
My Lil Pumpkins
I took the boys to BF Clyde's Cider Mill this past week to try and get some pictures with the pumpkins there. We've done this every single year since Brennan was born. Unfortunately there were only about 15 pumpkins, but I took a few shots anyway.
Here's a little collage of Brennan's photos from BF Clyde's over the years. Gosh he's getting big!
And here's one comparing Brennan's first picture there with Bryce's.
Here's a little collage of Brennan's photos from BF Clyde's over the years. Gosh he's getting big!
And here's one comparing Brennan's first picture there with Bryce's.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
I Love You Too!
Brennan,
You're another month older today. I guess I'm not writing traditional "Dear Brennan" posts each month anymore, but I still like to document some of things you're doing. This will just be a short post about some of the funny and cute things you've said recently.
Just under a week before we left for our Florida trip, we were talking about it while I was giving you a bath. I asked you, "Are you excited about swimming in the pools when we go to Florida?" Your response was the best, "Yes, but I'm excited about church tomorrow too!" I'm so happy you love church. You love going to your 2s and 3s class on Sunday mornings. You're loving AWANA this year and are the cutest Cubbie ever and doing so great with learning your Bible verses. And you've also joined the Cherub Choir and will sing in the front of the congregation for the first time this Sunday!
One day while I was driving you to school you realized the sun and the moon were both in the sky. You said, "The moon and the sun are out. God was here today and put the moon and the sun in the sky." My heart just melts when you say sweet things like that!
You also say, "I love you too!" about 20 times a day. You always put the "too" on the end even when you say it first. My usually response is, "I love you too, baby", but now calling you "baby" is no loner acceptable. I have to say, "I love you too, big boy."
Most of the time you are such a sweet boy. You certainly have your cranky days, but there are many more sweet ones than crabby ones. You were so good on our trip to Florida. I know we aren't able to see our extended family much, but you love them so much anyways. You really loved your GaGa this trip and every time you see our family picture from vacation you say, "My favorite one in that picture is GaGa!"
You have made some gross motor improvements recently too. I know these shouldn't be a big deal for your age, but they are for you. You can now climb into your car seat by yourself. The fact that there's actually room between the driver's seat and your new seat now helped with that. You have started climbing up stairs without needing to hold onto to anything. That's huge for you! You are great at catching a ball and very close to being able to get your shoes on by yourself. School has helped you with becoming more independent with your pants and underpants when you go potty; you take them down and pull them up by yourself now.
I think this age is fun because you can do so many things by yourself, but you still let me snuggle you and want to be carried sometimes. You are such a sweetheart and I love you bunches and bunches!
Love,
Mommy
You're another month older today. I guess I'm not writing traditional "Dear Brennan" posts each month anymore, but I still like to document some of things you're doing. This will just be a short post about some of the funny and cute things you've said recently.
Just under a week before we left for our Florida trip, we were talking about it while I was giving you a bath. I asked you, "Are you excited about swimming in the pools when we go to Florida?" Your response was the best, "Yes, but I'm excited about church tomorrow too!" I'm so happy you love church. You love going to your 2s and 3s class on Sunday mornings. You're loving AWANA this year and are the cutest Cubbie ever and doing so great with learning your Bible verses. And you've also joined the Cherub Choir and will sing in the front of the congregation for the first time this Sunday!
One day while I was driving you to school you realized the sun and the moon were both in the sky. You said, "The moon and the sun are out. God was here today and put the moon and the sun in the sky." My heart just melts when you say sweet things like that!
You also say, "I love you too!" about 20 times a day. You always put the "too" on the end even when you say it first. My usually response is, "I love you too, baby", but now calling you "baby" is no loner acceptable. I have to say, "I love you too, big boy."
Most of the time you are such a sweet boy. You certainly have your cranky days, but there are many more sweet ones than crabby ones. You were so good on our trip to Florida. I know we aren't able to see our extended family much, but you love them so much anyways. You really loved your GaGa this trip and every time you see our family picture from vacation you say, "My favorite one in that picture is GaGa!"
You have made some gross motor improvements recently too. I know these shouldn't be a big deal for your age, but they are for you. You can now climb into your car seat by yourself. The fact that there's actually room between the driver's seat and your new seat now helped with that. You have started climbing up stairs without needing to hold onto to anything. That's huge for you! You are great at catching a ball and very close to being able to get your shoes on by yourself. School has helped you with becoming more independent with your pants and underpants when you go potty; you take them down and pull them up by yourself now.
I think this age is fun because you can do so many things by yourself, but you still let me snuggle you and want to be carried sometimes. You are such a sweetheart and I love you bunches and bunches!
Love,
Mommy
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Vacation Pictures
After each family vacation it's my job to create a Shutterfly book of the pictures. Check out this year's book!
Not sure it's actually going to work, but maybe it'll eventually load.
Not sure it's actually going to work, but maybe it'll eventually load.
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Turn your favorite photos into a photo book at Shutterfly.com.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Bath and Jammies
I have lots of pictures to share from our trip to Florida and some I took today at a local arboretum, but couldn't help but share these from tonight first.
Tonight Brennan begged to take a bath with Bryce. I was nervous that Bryce would be handful because he's so wild in his duck tub, but it worked out perfectly. I put Brennan in first and got him all washed, then popped Bryce in and washed him. He was much calmer in the big tub than in his duck tubby and just sat so nicely the whole time. Brennan had fun dumping water onto Bryce's back. Then I got Bryce out and got him dressed while Brennan finished playing in the tub a little bit (with Dad's supervision). This might be our new bath time routine. After both boys were out I dressed them in their new matching jammies we bought in Florida.
I love how both boys are using their cups so strategically with no posing from us!
So stinkin' cute!
Tonight Brennan begged to take a bath with Bryce. I was nervous that Bryce would be handful because he's so wild in his duck tub, but it worked out perfectly. I put Brennan in first and got him all washed, then popped Bryce in and washed him. He was much calmer in the big tub than in his duck tubby and just sat so nicely the whole time. Brennan had fun dumping water onto Bryce's back. Then I got Bryce out and got him dressed while Brennan finished playing in the tub a little bit (with Dad's supervision). This might be our new bath time routine. After both boys were out I dressed them in their new matching jammies we bought in Florida.
I love how both boys are using their cups so strategically with no posing from us!
So stinkin' cute!
Monday, October 7, 2013
Dear Bryce,
You're growing up my little Brycey. You are now 9 months old! I didn't get around to writing your update yesterday, so technically you're nine months and one day old. Momma is still trying to get back into the swing of things after a fantastic week in Florida with family. I miss having all those extra hands around to help! You'll see the doctor on Wednesday for your official stats, but I can tell you're still a little peanut. You're always on the move so my guess is that you'll stay thin. I did have to bust out the 12 months jammies once we got back home because the 9 month ones were just way too short. You are still wearing size 3 diapers.
Momma is one tired lady because you still aren't sleeping through the night. You had some pretty good nights right before we left for our trip and made it from 7pm-4:30 or 5:30am before waking to eat, but then sleeping in the room with us on vacation seemed to get you all out of sorts again. Since we've been back home you've been up twice each night. One day you'll sleep through the night, right?
You now have two teeth. They came in the day after you turned eight months. You are also pulling yourself to standing now and getting much faster at doing it. Just the other day you pulled yourself up on me while I was sitting on the floor, began climbing up me to get up onto the couch, pulled yourself to standing using Daddy who was sitting on the couch, then tried to climb over the back of the couch. You haven't pulled yourself up in your crib yet, so now worries about you climbing out of that yet thankfully. I saw a blog a few weeks ago about setting up a crawling obstacle course for a baby. You'd love something like that. You crawl over/into anything and everything. Once you get yourself to standing you have even cruised a few steps holding onto the table or the exersaucer. It's just so different from Brennan and neat to watch you do those things.
You have started using some sign language already. You can sign "more" and "all done", but don't do it super consistently. You have also learned to clap your hands on command or when someone says, "Yay!" I'd love to be inside that little head of yours because I can tell you are just learning so much at this age. You are babbling a lot more and putting some consonants and vowels together. I haven't heard any recognizable word, but I think you'll say your first word soon with all the "talking" you've been doing lately.
You were such a good boy on our trip to Florida. You did great on the plane and loved meeting your GeGe and GaGa for the first time. You're a Momma's boy for sure, but it was sweet to see you reach out to be held by them. You loved playing on the beach and crawling in the sand. You still mainly use an army crawl to get around, but every once in a while you'll get up on all fours and move a little that way. You still love to be in the Ergo and I use it often when we're out and about. I played mini golf several times in Florida with you strapped to my chest and you never made a peep.
Those blue eyes of yours still get comments every single time we are out. You are such a sweet natured baby when we are out and you're very photogenic. At home you can get a little cranky. You are usually good about playing with toys in the living room as long as I'm in the room too. But if Momma walks away you're not happy at all. You just cry and crawl until you can find me.
You still nurse four times during the day and then once or twice at night. You love pureed fruits, but don't really like veggies. You would feed yourself Puffs and Cheerios all day long if I'd let you. You love chewing on things like straws, soda bottles, and your little squishy baby toothbrush. No sense in buying you actual toys, you just like the things already laying around the house.
You certainly aren't the world's easiest baby, but I think you just might be the cutest. I am loving this age and seeing your little personality start to develop. I love that you and Brennan have started playing (wrestling) together some and can't wait to see that friendship grow. I love you so very very much and can't believe that in just three short months we will be celebrating your first birthday!
Love,
Mommy
Bryce back at 8 months
Momma is one tired lady because you still aren't sleeping through the night. You had some pretty good nights right before we left for our trip and made it from 7pm-4:30 or 5:30am before waking to eat, but then sleeping in the room with us on vacation seemed to get you all out of sorts again. Since we've been back home you've been up twice each night. One day you'll sleep through the night, right?
You now have two teeth. They came in the day after you turned eight months. You are also pulling yourself to standing now and getting much faster at doing it. Just the other day you pulled yourself up on me while I was sitting on the floor, began climbing up me to get up onto the couch, pulled yourself to standing using Daddy who was sitting on the couch, then tried to climb over the back of the couch. You haven't pulled yourself up in your crib yet, so now worries about you climbing out of that yet thankfully. I saw a blog a few weeks ago about setting up a crawling obstacle course for a baby. You'd love something like that. You crawl over/into anything and everything. Once you get yourself to standing you have even cruised a few steps holding onto the table or the exersaucer. It's just so different from Brennan and neat to watch you do those things.
You have started using some sign language already. You can sign "more" and "all done", but don't do it super consistently. You have also learned to clap your hands on command or when someone says, "Yay!" I'd love to be inside that little head of yours because I can tell you are just learning so much at this age. You are babbling a lot more and putting some consonants and vowels together. I haven't heard any recognizable word, but I think you'll say your first word soon with all the "talking" you've been doing lately.
You were such a good boy on our trip to Florida. You did great on the plane and loved meeting your GeGe and GaGa for the first time. You're a Momma's boy for sure, but it was sweet to see you reach out to be held by them. You loved playing on the beach and crawling in the sand. You still mainly use an army crawl to get around, but every once in a while you'll get up on all fours and move a little that way. You still love to be in the Ergo and I use it often when we're out and about. I played mini golf several times in Florida with you strapped to my chest and you never made a peep.
Those blue eyes of yours still get comments every single time we are out. You are such a sweet natured baby when we are out and you're very photogenic. At home you can get a little cranky. You are usually good about playing with toys in the living room as long as I'm in the room too. But if Momma walks away you're not happy at all. You just cry and crawl until you can find me.
You still nurse four times during the day and then once or twice at night. You love pureed fruits, but don't really like veggies. You would feed yourself Puffs and Cheerios all day long if I'd let you. You love chewing on things like straws, soda bottles, and your little squishy baby toothbrush. No sense in buying you actual toys, you just like the things already laying around the house.
You certainly aren't the world's easiest baby, but I think you just might be the cutest. I am loving this age and seeing your little personality start to develop. I love that you and Brennan have started playing (wrestling) together some and can't wait to see that friendship grow. I love you so very very much and can't believe that in just three short months we will be celebrating your first birthday!
Love,
Mommy
Bryce back at 8 months
Bryce today at 9 months and one day old. I mean he seriously makes getting these pictures the easiest thing in the world. And I think he looks so big in this one!
Sunday, October 6, 2013
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