Sunday, February 26, 2012

Look Who's Walking!!

Well, as the title gave away, Bryant has finally decided to start trying to walk!  He is still by no means a pro at it though.  He likes to walk along the walls and furniture, and will walk from one piece of furniture to another.  He will also just let go of an item and start walking, but usually ends up falling after a little bit.  The furthest he has walked is from our tv stand to the front door...which is probably about 20 feet.  Now that he is at this point though, I figure it is just a matter of days or a week before he is walking even better!  It is SO cute watching him get excited about walking!!  Sam is not too sure he is going to like it. :)  Anyway, the other day we had some friends over and decided to see if we could capture Bryant walking on camera.  Of course he had shown them how well he was walking, but once we got the phone out to record it, he stopped.  Anyway, below are several videos showing our attempt and final success in getting him to walk for the camera.  Each clip is only about 10 seconds, and they are SO cute! :)

TAKE 1:

TAKE 2:

TAKE 3:

Isn't he SOOOO adorable!!!  Below is one more video from the next morning of him walking.  As you can tell, I am trying to capture this moment! :)


Besides watching our little man learn to walk, we have also had the chance to enjoy the GORGEOUS weather we are having.  It has been sunny and decently warm here in Birmingham, and I am loving it!  Yesterday we took Bryant to the park, and he had so much fun!  Below are some pictures from our park trip.








One more picture I want to share is of Bryant and his friend Jacob.  We were keeping Jacob last night while his parents went to a wedding, and we decided to take them on a wagon ride.  How cute are they...??


Until next time...

Heather

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Pops Birthday in Opelika!

We just got back from a very fun trip to Opelika!  Tuesday was my dad's (Bryant's Pops) 59th birthday!!  My sister Hillary and I decided we would go down and have a birthday lunch (because that is what worked with schedules) for him on Wednesday.  So Josh, Bryant, Sam, and I loaded up and headed to Opelika Tuesday afternoon.  Tuesday night we ate at Jim Bob's (one of mine and Josh's favorites!) and hung out with dad.  Then Wednesday, Hillary and Evan came over and we all hung out.  At lunchtime dad came home for about 3 hours, and my grandmother came over too.  We did a lunch celebration and then went to the park.  Once dad went back to work everyone else, besides us, left too.  We then stayed and just hung out and spent some more time with my dad Wednesday night.  We headed back to Birmingham this morning!  It was lots of fun!!  I always love having the opportunity to hang out with the fam!  I am sad that my mom wasn't there, but I'm sure she is having lots of fun in NC with Tyler and Addie!  Below are some pictures from our trip!

 Birthday setup
 Cupcakes I made!

The DELICIOUS lunch Hillary made!
 Birthday hats are fun!!
 The Birthday Boy!!
 This picture was cute to me :)
 Bryant isn't looking at the camera, but he is waving!
 Pops is so funny!
 Bryant and Gran
Evan was hiding Bryant's toy, and he kept trying to open his hands.
 Not sure where dad is looking...
 Me and Hillary with Gran!
The Whole Fam! (decent picture except the angle)
 Loved peaking out the windows!
 Having SO much fun with Aunt Hillary!
Fun Times!!

Until next time...

Heather

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Our Valentine's Date!


Above is an extremely delicious cookie cake that I bought Josh and wrote on for Valentine's Day.  He loves cookie cake!  However, don't bother asking Josh if it was good because I ended up eating about 4/5 of it!!  Oh well, it was the thought that counts...right?  So on Valentine's Day Josh told me the following: "I went to Jared!" Well, knowing myself and my husband I was confused...  There was no way he had actually bought me jewelry, and I was right.  He then said "I went to Jared Mattioli!".  He thought he was so cute, and it kind of was.  So, Jared Mattioli and his wife Liz are good friends of ours, and they kept Bryant on Wednesday (the day after Valentine's) so that Josh and I could go on a date!  It was SO fun!!  For our date we went bowling and ate Mexican!  Two things that I enjoy, but Josh does not!  So he was so sweet to take me to do those things!  We had a great time!  Below are a few pictures from the bowling part of our date!

 Rocking the bowling shoes!
Awesome form! ;)
Yeah...he beat me!  I'm actually not very good, but I do think it's fun!

Other than our date, we have been pretty low key.  Bryant started not feeling well AGAIN on Thursday.  I think he had a stomach bug because he was having some yucky stuff from both ends!  It wasn't constant, but it definitely wasn't normal and you could tell he didn't feel good.  Then I woke up to the sound of Josh sick in the middle of the night Friday!!  So, I definitely think it was some contagious stomach thing.  I am lucky and haven't thrown up, but I have felt extremely nauseated all day...  Hopefully that will be the extent of it for me though!  Anyway, because everyone has been sick again we have once again been hanging out at the house.  I hope tomorrow we all feel good, and we can go to the park!!  Or at least get out of the house somewhere!!!  However, I of course do still have some new pictures of the little man.  He is super cute in them, as always!  Enjoy!

 PRECIOUS!!  I love when he smiles behind his paci!
 Getting in to something!

 He likes his Rody horse now!

 Apparently cars taste yummy!
 And so does Rody's ear!!
Mouth full of cracker!!!

One last thing I wanted to share.  As my last post shared, my sister had her little girl on Tuesday.  Well, as a lot of you know, Addie had some heart problems in utero, so she was in the cardiology pediatric ICU at Duke Medical Center after she was born.  Well, PRAISE THE LORD, her heart is working great!!  In fact, everything could not have been/gone better, and she actually gets to go home tomorrow!!  YAY!!!!  So, I decided I'd share another precious picture of Addie!

Can't wait to snuggle this girl!!

Until next time...

Heather




Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Bryant has a new cousin!!

I am SO excited because my sister Shelley had her baby girl today!  Adelynn Grace Spears was born today at 3:16 pm.  She weighed in at 7 lbs even!  How precious is she!! (Sorry the pictures are kind of small and fuzzy, but they were emailed from my mom, and making them a little larger made them fuzzy...)

Adelynn Grace
I love her already!! :)

I told Bryant about his new baby cousin and he was super excited! ;)  Hopefully we will be able to get up there to meet her really soon!  That is the most interesting thing going on with us...  We have all been sick for about a week, and I can not wait to feel better!!  Therefore we have just been doing a lot of hanging out around the house.  Nothing too exciting, but I have gotten some precious new pictures of Bryant.  By the way, I don't think I have shared the fact that I got a new camera!!  I took money I got at Christmas and my birthday and bought myself the Nikon D3100, and I LOVE it!  The pictures I get of Bryant are so much better than with my old camera.  I know I am going to enjoy it for years to come.  Definitely worth the investment!!  Anyway, below I'll share the awesome pictures! :)


 My new favorite picture!
 Loves his car!
 Riding with his puppy :)
 Watching golf with his golf hat on!
 "Daddy...that's my hat!"

 I don't know why he always puts his face in Sam's fur...
 Let me out!!!
 Stir Fry!
 He LOVED it!
"Handsome is an Understatement"...DEFINITELY!

Well, that's all for now!  Hopefully we will all be well soon and actually get out and do more!!

Until next time...

Heather