Thursday, March 29, 2012

14 Months!

Our little girl just gets cuter and cuter and sweeter and sweeter!  Brinley's favorite thing to do is be outside.  She loves to go for bike rides, loves to go out and pet our neighbor's concrete bunny, play in her water table, and pick flowers.  Brinley is 14 months now, and here are a few of our favorite pictures with our little one. 

Sorry for the blurry pic--just wanted to show off how long
Brinley's hair is getting!  It's a similar color to Emily's; and
it's very straight.

Happy St. Patrick's day!  Brinley enjoyed a green meal of pickles,
pureed broccoli, green eggs, kiwi, spinach, and brown rice (that
had green food coloring in it, but it didn't mix as well).  She
loved all of it....except the egg--I think she thought it was a little
weird.

Now that the weather is warmer, we tried to put Brinley to sleep
without her fleece sleep sack--it lasted about 3 hours, and then
couldn't get her back to sleep until she put it on--oh well,
we'll just have to turn the air conditioning on :).

Brinley is really good at drinking out of straws now.
Also, I made this hat!  It's still a little big for her, but I guess that's
good that she can grow into it.

14 Month Picture

We have been doing some practice egg hunts around the house. 
Brinley is really good, and seems to have a fun time.  The last time
Brinley collected all the eggs, she took them out of her
basket and opened each one to see if there was anything
on the inside.  Who told her there was supposed to be
something on the inside?

My favorite shopping buddy--she's always ready!

Eating lunch on the couch--Brinley thought it was silly
to eat on the couch and not in her chair.

Spring is here!  Not sure why this bush (azalea) decided
to come back from the dead, but Karl and I are glad that it did :).

Brinley's new water table--thanks Mimi and Dow!  Brinley LOVES it!

Trying to drink the water

We bought a pacifier for the first time!  When Brinley was about
4 weeks old, we decided to sooth her with a "paci..." and looked
in the closet to see what people had given us.  We had 2 "nuk" brand
paci's.  Well, Brinley liked them...and we've somehow managed to hold
onto those 2 paci's for 14 months now.  However, I happened to look
at one the other day and it looked like it had mold growing around
the edges (yes, we clean them quite often, but the moisture
must have built up around the edge).  Anyway, it was gross, so I bought
2 new ones at Food Lion today.  Brinley was happy to welcome the new
"ba" (her word for paci) into her life and is currently napping with it.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Oma comes to Visit!

Oma came to visit again last week!  We had a FANTASTIC time, and we look forward to having her here again soon!  Miss you Oma!

Oma and Brinley

Enjoying a day at the park

Loving the warm weather!


Playing Peek-a-boo

Belle came to visit too--needlesstosay, there
were a whole lotta "woof" faces coming
from Brinley.  She LOVED having a dog stay
in her own home!

Sweet Belle!

Pig tails--can't believe my big girl has pig tails!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

a visit from Laura, Jackson, and Anna!

Brinley, Karl and I had a fantastic time visiting with cousins Jackson and Anna and Aunt Lala!  Thanks for coming to play with us!
Matching coats!

Two, sweet little penguins!

Jackson and Emily

Did I mention that we went to the MOST AMAZING
WATERPARK EVER?!  Yes, this is "Wilderness in the Smokies"
and it was an absolute amazing time--for EVERYONE!
Thanks again Mimi and Dow, it was super awesome!

Dow and Brinley

Getting ready to have some fun!

Emily and Brinley getting ready to go down
a water slide!

Jackson and Laura in the wave pool

Wave pool!

Brinley and Aunt Lala

At the children's museum...apparently
I've learned that slides scare me

Jackson and Brinley

Anna giving a sweet hug

At Grandmother's house--trying a popcicle for the first time!

Brinley liked the dirt better
Shot with Great Grandmother!

Uncle Karl and Jackson and Anna

Getting a kiss

Auntie Em with Jackson (and Burgandy)

Aunt Lala with mommy and Brinley

Fun on the deck!


Anna let me play with her hair--thanks Anna!

Karl and Anna


Such an awesome visit!  Thanks guys for coming to TN for a bit :).  Love you and Miss you!