Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Happy Memorial Day from the Beach!

I hope all of you had a great Memorial Day weekend.  We have had a fabulous one!  As I mentioned in my previous post, we are at the beach.  We got here Saturday afternoon, and it has been nonstop fun.  We have swum in the pool, played on the beach, walked to the park, and played in the house.  It has been great.  We do wish Josh was here, but that's life.  I'm so glad he has a great job.  Anyway, about our trip so far.  Bryant is having so much fun.  He loves both of his cousins.  He keeps trying to grab and kiss on Addie.  He will say "baby" and point at Addie.  It is super cute.  But we have to be careful with her because she is so little, and he doesn't realize that.  He tries to pounce on her like he does Tyler.  As for Tyler, Bryant adores him.  He is having a blast playing with him.  He follows him everywhere, and continuously tries to wrestle with him.  It is super cute.  He is also having fun with all of his aunts and uncles, and of course Jojo and Pops.  Bryant is LOVING the ocean.  He is my fearless little boy.  He will just run out into the ocean the second he sets foot on the sand.  He has probably drank 5 gallons of sea water already! :)  He also loves the pool.  He would play in it for hours on end if I had the energy.  I am also having tons of fun.  I finally got to meet and hold sweet Addie.  And of course I love my family, so it is so great getting to all be together.  I'm also loving watching how much fun Bryant is having.  It is so precious.  We are going to be here until Saturday, so I'm sure I will have even more pictures to share, but below are some from the first part of the week.  There are a lot, but this is nothing compared to how many I have actually taken! :)
Our home for a week!
So Nice!
 Seeing the ocean for the first time this trip!
 Meeting cousin Addie!
 Having fun at our pool
 Swimming with mommy :)

 Hard to believe Bryant was ever that small.  So precious. :)
 His favorite part of the house...unfortunately
 Fun at the park with Aunt Hillary
 Loves his Pops shoulders!




 "Hurry up mom, I'm ready to swim!"

 Cousins :)
 Water in the face!  Thanks Uncle Evan. ;)
 Sweet Addie sleeping on the beach
 Me and my twin!
 Grace is the baby whisperer
 Love my sweet boy!
 They are both loving each other!
 Playing
 The Whole Fam! (minus Josh)
 Playing putt putt.  He is going to be a natural golfer!



 Haha...Hillary kept putting her hat on him!
Jojo and Pops with their Grands!
Pops with the boys!
Bryant was dragging the paper towels all over the house.
BUSTED!!
Mom and the sisters! (please excuse how rough my hair looks)

That's it for now!  I'm sure there will be more to show and tell later! :)

Until next time...

Heather

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Our Week!

As you can tell from the title, not too much exciting information to share with you guys.  It has been a pretty regular week.  This past weekend we hung out with friends, and Bryant played in his pool a lot.  Our sweet neighbors gave us their little tikes slide that they never used anymore.  So, Josh decided to make the pool even more fun by adding it in.  Bryant loved climbing up the stairs and sliding.  I of course did not catch his picture, but I did get a few pictures of him playing.

 Now he has TWO slides!

He LOVES his pool.  He tries to play in it every time we walk outside.  Even if we are just going to the car.  It's funny/frustrating. :)

This week we have gone on lots of "walks" outside, been to several different parks, and gone to the library.  Fun times!  I had not taken Bryant to the library in a long time. I just kind of forgot about it.  However, I wanted to get some books for the beach, so we went.  He had such a fun time.  We will definitely be participating in some of the summer events they have!  Below are some pictures of him at the library.



 He loved playing with this table…and pushing it around
 Reading out loud.  He didn't realize that you are suppose to read quietly at the library. :)
This kid loves some books!

A couple of new things with Bryant.  First, his vocabulary is expanding all the time.  He loves to try and repeat everything you say.  His newest words are "baby" and "cow".  I am loving him becoming more verbal…and by verbal, I mean English, not his foreign jibberish he talks. :)  Also, although we have had fun this week, Bryant has definitely been a little more fussy than usual.  The culprit: his two bottom molars are both coming in.  Not fun!  And last, I am attempting to try and teach him how to eat off of a spoon.  He is only semi-interested, so it has not been very successful.  However, at least I can say I am trying.  The way I figure it, I know he won't still be eating with his hands when he is grown, so I'm not going to stress over it.  It will happen eventually!  Well, I think that's about it…  Oh, except for one very important thing…we leave for the beach tomorrow!  YAY!!!  My ENTIRE family (minus Josh) is going to be spending the next week at the beach.  I literally have not been this excited in a long time.  It is going to be so much fun!  Plus, I will finally get to meet my sweet little niece Addie!  She is over 3 months old already, but better late than never. ;)  Anyway, below are some more pictures of Bryant from this past week.  Enjoy!

Chilling in his chair...
 Time to get up, I already sat for a whole 5 seconds! ;)

 He loves to stand at the top of this…it makes me nervous.  What happened next you ask, well he proceeded to slide down with his clothes on, and yes, there was a little water left in the pool. :)
 This is what he looked like after trying to feed himself yogurt.
 He absolutely loves the geese and ducks at this park.  He is just like his momma, an animal lover!

Until next time…

Heather