A few pictures from this week

Our beautiful little girl LOVES the camera. As soon as she sees a camera she smiles and says "cheese"
Lately feeding Brinley has been such a chore. She doesn't want anything unless she can feed it to herself. This particular day she wouldn't eat at all unless she could have "that" (her bunny)

Too smart for her own good

The other night Dustin was having a conversation with Brinley about how we needed to go to the store to get her some diapers. She would shake her head NO and say, “hut-uh” so Dustin said, “We have to, you’re not potty trained” Her response was, “choo-choo.” She may not know what potty trained means, but she heard the work “train” and she knows that a train goes, “choo-choo”

Life at our house

Most people spend their Saturday nights going to dinner or... going somewhere. We spent out Saturday night playing in a fort. We kept Brinley up an hour past bedtime so we could have a circus and hide from the Indians. There wasn't anywhere else in the would I would rather be.

She's finally a big girl

The Dr. told us not to take Brinley out of her infant car seat until she was 20 lbs. She was outgrowing it, but she didn't weight enough to take her out. We put her in this seat about a month ago because she just didn't fit in her old one anymore. She loves it! She loves being able to look out the windows. Sundays are long days for Brinley, she usually doesn't get a nap. She might be big enough for this seat, but apparently she isn't big enough to miss nap time. As soon as we buckled her, her eyes were closed.

How does it happen so fast?

I recently came to the realization that I don’t have a baby anymore. People say this all the time, but it’s true. I think it really does happen overnight. I swear, yesterday I had a baby and today I have a toddler with an attitude. It really does happen that fast. Now I know why people have WAY too many kids. What does this mean? It means that I want more. Don’t worry, it will be years before we have more kids UNLESS I can find someone kind enough to GIVE me their baby. Like I said, it will be years. I just honestly can’t believe how fast they grow. I’m not lying when I say Brinley is doing something new EVERYDAY! We took her to the Dr on Monday for her 15 month checkup. She weighs a whopping 21 pounds, but she is not in the 25% range. Developmentally her Dr. said she is “perfect” I thought her development was normal, but when the Dr. asked if she could say at least 3 words I was thinking more like 30. Yesterday I took her shopping with me. Everyone seemed to be amazed that such big words were coming out of such a little girl. In one store I got at least 5 comments from 5 different people about how well she talked. Being a mom is SO MUCH FUN! I love, Love, LOVE it!

The Junction

Thanks Mom for watching Brinley so I could go on a date with my husband. We went to the Junction this weekend. I really think Logan should get a theatre that you can eat dinner in. Are we the only ones who sneak complete meals into the movie theatre? Good thing I have lots of big bags and purses!

I love being a mom...Yes even today!

Usually I feel like I’m a pretty good mom. I love Brinley as much as humanly possible, I read to her 20 minutes a day, we go on walks, we run, we go on bike rides, I take her to the park and I go down the slide with her, we sing, we dance around the living room, we play with toys, I don’t loose my patients with her, sometimes I even wake her up at night just because I miss her and I want to play with her or hold her AND then there are the days that I question why God trusted me with this beautiful child. It doesn’t happen often, but today was one of those days.

Brinley always takes a morning nap. I use that time to get ready for work. Today she was peacefully sleeping (or so I thought) and then she woke up (or so I thought) so when I went to get her out of her crib the first thing I noticed was her cute, little, naked butt…WHAT? BRINLEY…and then I noticed the art work she had created using nothing but her very own Number 2. She had taken her diaper off (that is the part that makes me feel like a bad mom) Why did I put her to sleep in just a diaper?????? She held her disgusting arms up and wanted me to pick her up. I’m sure she didn’t understand why I was holding her as far away from my body as possible or why she got her second bath for the day or why I couldn’t quit gagging. I have never used so much Lysol and disinfectant in my entire life. It was EVERYWHERE! I even questioned if she ate some. I won’t go into anymore detail, but like I said, I don’t know why God trusted me with her, but I’m glad he did. YES, even today.

A guy's opinion

I had an appointment to get my hair done last Saturday and then we were going to spend the rest of the weekend in Wyoming. I think Dustin was a little irritated that he had to wait around for me to get my hair done, but I knew if I rescheduled she wouldn’t be able to get me in for another few weeks. I couldn’t decided what to do to my hair so I asked for Dustin’s opinion. This was his advice, “Whatever is the fastest.” Humm, I’m just wondering how that would have turned out.

My favorite thing in the whole wide world

I can't believe my little baby is growing up so fast! Her latest thing is giving hugs. I live for her hugs, they are the best thing in the whole world! She is so funny! She makes us laugh every single day of our lives. The other night Dustin and I were sitting on the couch watching the Olympics at about 9:00 and we heard a loud scream come from Brinley's room followed by some laughing (her bedtime is 7:00) This made me miss her so I went and got her our of bed so we could play. Dustin reminded me that this could cause problems and I would be the one to deal with it, but I didn't care so we ate raspberries and played until about 10:00.

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