Memorial Day 2011

A BIG Thank You to all the men and women who have served and are serving our country! Because of you I get to spend every day with this girl!

We usually go racing over the Memorial Day weekend, but we stayed home this time...and spent the day at the park! Brinley loved it!

She loved to climb the stairs and go down the open slide.

Daddy helped her hang on the monkey bars.

 Playing in the sand was her most second favorite thing!

She had the most fun going down the covered slide by herself!

She giggled the whole way down!

Then she would turn around and climb back up just to do it all over again!

Sorry about the redness in the slide pictures. They were very hard to take. The slide was red and I was having a hard time getting them to come out, but these will have to do.

Victoria's Dance Recital 2011

I absolutely love to watch my sister dance! This is what she works for all year long!!!! She is so good at it and I am so proud of her for sticking with it. She is involved in so much and dance is definitely her busiest extra-curricular activity.

She plays softball and cheers through her high school and then dances through Dance Works of Enid! She has a dance class almost every night of the week! She is so dedicated and only a freshman in high school!!

During the school year she doesn't have a night off. When she isn't dancing she is either cheering at a basketball game or playing in a softball game!

The black costume was her last dance of the evening Lost Souls. My favorite!!! B wasn't quite sure what to think of Aunt Tori at first, but she quickly warmed up!

Tori was in 7 different dances (I think), including ballet, jazz/hip-hip, point ballet and I don't even know what else! She did an amazing job! My favorite was the point ballet with the boys. She was lifted into the air, spun around, all the cool things you see on TV! I loved it! I couldn't get any photos because there is no flash photography during the recital. These pictures were taken at rehearsal and in the studio! 

Tori,

I hope you know that you are an amazing dancer! I absolutely love to watch you dance. It is very obvious that you love doing it! It shows in your movements and your gracefulness on the stage! I hope that one day Brinley can follow in your footsteps (we might have to persuade her dad to pay for classes though, I think he would prefer her to be a basketball player, HA). I hope that you continue to dance because I would love to have  get to fly to New York and watch you perform for the American Ballet Company!
DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING!!!
Love you,
Becky

Brinley's First Ouchy

Brinley got her first ouchy today!! :(

I took her to Gma Jane's because I had a meeting to go to. When we got there I got Brinley out of the Tahoe and stood her up so she could walk in. On her way in she tripped in the driveway and scraped up her knee. She didn't cry at first, she just looked at me for a few seconds and then the tears came. As soon as I got her inside and wiped away the blood, she looked at me, then brushed it off herself and off she went.

I took this picture after we got back home because I didn't have my camera with me and as you can see she is very proud of her boo-boo now!

She is such a tough girl!

Thankful Thursday

This Thursday I am so thankful that I have a loving and caring family. And that I have this beautiful, fun loving little girl!

In light of all the devestation that has happened in our state, I am even more gratful that my family is still here with me today! I a praying for those families affected by the recent tornado outbreaks!

Happy 13 months Brinley

I am a few days late on this post but I have debated whether or not I wanted to continue to do a monthly post for Brinley. I think I have decided to, but they get harder and harder every month.

Brinley is now 13 months old. How is it possible that Greg and I have a daughter that is over a year old?! She is growing way to fast! I am so excited that it is now my summer break and I get to spend all day with her. We are going to have so much fun!

Brinley no longer wants to sit in a chair! She is on the move all the time! She is starting to do a "cheese face" every time she sees my camera! I LOVE IT!!

What is Brinley up to?!

• She is FINALLY walking!!!!
• Words Brinley says: momma, dada, baby, papa (she will only whisper this word), ba (bath and bottle), toto (Coco), and she babbles a lot! I just love to listen to her talk yell at Coco!
• She is eating all table food!
• She is off of formula, drinking whole milk in the am, at afternoon nap, and before bedtime
• Her schedule: wakes up at 7am, 8 oz of milk and a breakfast bar, nap around 10am, lunch around 12pm, 6 oz bottle and nap around 230pm, dinner 6pm, bath around 745pm, bottle and bedtime 8pm. She snacks all day long!

• She drink milk, water, and juice, but loves water the most.
• She wants to eat anything you are eating!
• She sleeps about 11 hrs at night.
• She has 8 teeth, I think one more might be coming in.
• She is in size 3 diapers
• She is wearing 12 month and 12-18 month clothing
• She is wearing a size 3 shoe

• She is still having separation issues from mom and dad, but more so from mom. It kills me to leave her when she is crying.
• She is loving Coco more and more. She gives her hugs and kisses, she pets her, and loves to play with her.
• She goes to the door when she wants to go bye-bye or play outside!
• She waves hi and bye.
• She gives everyone open mouth kisses.
• She has started to smile using her top lip to cover her front teeth! It is so cute!

• She loves to open and close doors.
• She claps for herself when we say "Good job B!"
• She loves to take trash to the trash can, especially her diapers!
• She makes a smacking sound with her lips if she wants a kiss from you.
• She shakes her head no when we say no-no.
• She pretends to sing to music, no noise comes out of her mouth but she moves her lips.
• She dances anytime she hears music.
• She "cheeses" evertime she sees my camera.

• She loves other kids. watching them, touching them, playing with them, laughing at them, it doesn't matter!
• She loves to read books and have books read to her.
• She grabs her toes when I say "This little piggy..."
• She loves to be outside swinging, riding in her wagon, walking around, playing in the dirt, anything.
• She loves to help daddy on his racecar. If she is in the shop she will go get a wrench out of the drawer and start banging it around on the rim of the tire.
• She loves to drive her cozy coupe!

Brinley,

I am so thankful that God chose me to be your mommy. You bring me more joy and love than I knew was possible for anyone to feel. You are such a happy baby toddler and we get so many compliments on your behavior. It makes me feel like I am teaching you the right things! At least I hope I am. You are growing way to fast and I wish I could just freeze everything and keep you in this stage of life for every. It is so much fun. But I know that's not possible and you will grow up to be a beautiful young lady, I am just not ready for that! I love you more than words can express!

Love,

Momma

Tornado Weather May 2011

The last two days have been days filled with bad weather. I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life and have seen many tornado's but the older I get the more scared worried I get! When I was young I didn't have to worry about things but now that I am a wife and a mother I have responsibilities and it scares me to know that my family and things could be wiped away in an instant!

Monday (5-23-11) I got home from my last day of work and was just cleaning the house when I got a text from my niece that they were going to come over. It was down pouring and I knew the weather was getting bad, but I wasn't ready to head down to the cellar! About that time I heard the tornado sirens go off. There wasn't ever a tornado, just high winds and heavy rain. Thank goodness! Jessy, Ryan, and Reese stayed for a little while and then headed home. All was clear for the evening.

Reese on Brinley's Zebra

He was showing her how to ride it!

Tuesday (5-24-11) was another day of bad weather. We didnt' get anything here, just a little rain. But Piedmont was hit hard! I am praying for the families affected by the storms!

Surprise Baby Shower for Roxi

Monday 5-23-11
I have been so sneaky lately! I have been planning a surprise Baby Shower for a friend/co-worker for a few weeks! It has been so much fun. I have known Roxi for most of my life and she is expecting in September. We work toghether as teachers and she is leaving our school next year for bigger and better opportunities. I will definatley miss her. Kim and I wanted to throw her a shower because I knew she wasn't expecting on from the staff at our school. It was so hard not to tell her. But it was so fun to surprise her.

The cake was awesome!
Thanks to Kim's Cakes for doing exactly what I was looking for!!

Kim, Roxi (the momma-to-be), and Myself

 

It was a great shower and I was so happy that Roxi was completely surprised and had a great time!