November pictures

Just realized I never posted our pictures from Brins 6 month “photo shoot”. Here are some of the good ones. Thanks to Liz @ Eddies photography!

Not sure where 8 months have gone!

Brin was 8 months old on January 20th. I am just amazed by the speed at which this is all going…TOO FAST! I always thought it was going to go fast, and expected it to, but really not THIS FAST! I know she is just a baby still, but really…8 months already? Soon it’s going to be Kindergarten, then 5th grade, then going to High School and off to College…pause, pause, pause!! PLEASE,PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!

At 8 months Brin is doing so many things:

She is starting to eat solid type foods, so far we have just given her the baby puffs…she is liking them.

She is sitting up in the bath tub…no more sink

She is laughing at herself

Making lots of sounds when she talks: particularly Dadada, GGGGG and every so often Mamama. She still hasn’t put the word with the person yet, so it is really just a sound. We are trying to teach her DOG because she has all the sounds for it and I think that she is recognizing the word with the animal…

Crawling everywhere

LOVES music

Loves to snuggle into Daddy and read books

Has really been snuggling in to Mommy’s shoulder and just chilling.

Putting toys in buckets and out of buckets

HATES to have her face touched!

Loves her back and arm to be tickled…but will move your hand away when she has had enough.

Sleeps with her hands under her belly and butt in the air. (I LOVE IT!)

Sleeps with her monkey under her arm!

Beginning to pull her self up to her knees

Doesn’t sit still for very long…taking monthly pictures is getting harder…

Her 1st birthday is going to be here before we know it! As sad as I am that time is passing so fast, I am so excited for what is to come in our family…Great things with a GREAT little girl! We definitely won the LOTTERY!

Crawling EVERYWHERE!!!

Brin has definitely mastered the whole crawling thing. She has just figured out how to crawl on the wood floors. When she wants to back up and turn around on the wood floors, she lays flat on her belly and pushes with her hands, sliding the rest of her body around…it is really funny to watch!

On this particular day, she backed herself under the chair and then was mad when she couldn’t get out. :)

Wii for 8 month olds!

Brin is definitely taking a liking to the Wii and all that is on the Sofa table. The first time she noticed the Wii she was all about it!

Umm…Welcome to our world!?!

Nick is home with Brin on Thursdays and is really enjoying his time with her. This past Thursday he was a little tired when I got home from work, as he only had about 4 hours of sleep the night before. So, as I cleaned Brins room, Nick climbed into her big comfy chair and fell asleep. I finished cleaning and Brin and I left Nick to sleep. About 25 minutes later, I hear a big crash and go in to find this… I then told him, “Don’t move, I’m taking a picture”.

All you can do is LAUGH!!!!

I LOVE THIS!

Brin is now sleeping like this and I just can’t get enough of it! It is SOO stinking CUTE!

Thank you to JuJu for the super adorable overall jumper!

6 teeth and a toothbrush…

Thank You Grandma Pam & Papa Wally!

Brin got an AWESOME gift from Pam and Wally today. She is LOVING her new horse ride toy!! She was at 1st all about the boxes but when the horse was done…she   L O V E D it! She sat on the horse and jumped up and down! Too CUTE!!She sat “IN” the box and “drummed” on it for 10 min.Watching Daddy put it together!Checking out her new horse for the 1st time

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Grandma Pam & Papa Wally! I LOVE YOU!!!

She’s on the MOVE!

Brin has just figured out how to crawl across the wood floor. She has now been able to get into her bedroom, hallway, and kitchen. Tonight she crawled into the kitchen, saw her reflection in the stove and began laughing at her self! It was CUTE!

It’s Official Official!!!! :)

When we returned from the museum today, we had an envelope in the mail from our lawyer…

Inside the envelope was Brins’ birth certificate! Insert BIG HUGE CHEESEY SMILE!!!!!! We are beyond thrilled! Everything was official on November 23, 2010 but we still had to wait to get the certificate. Now that we have that, we feel a BIG relief…We are OVERJOYED! It feels official official!

Museum of Science and Industry

Today we met The Saubers at the museum for some fun. We got there (late..surprise, surprise!)about 10 am and started our day out in the YOU exhibit. What a GREAT exhibit…not to mention that Dan is one of the people who is featured in the exhibit…kind of cool! We had lots of fun there learning all kinds of things, like, how much serving sizes have changed since 1975 (HOLY CRAP!), that Nick can kick my butt in memory ball ( I am not able to relax enough to win), that my resting heart rate was 60…we had a great time there. We then went on to see Science Storms. That was very cool. We saw a vortex, an avalanche, stood in an 80 mile an hour wind tunnel and much more. It was a TON of fun. After those things we headed to the cafeteria for lunch. The kids were ready for a recharge and then we headed to the Idea Factory kids area. After a 1/2 hour, all were ready for a car ride home and nap. Thank You Sauber’s for a FUN day!

Just getting the day started!Nathan had lots of fun playing with the balls and air pressure. It was really cool to see how he processes the information at 3 years old.Brin liked watching the balls move on the Newton's Pendulum Uncle Dan had such nice things to say about me! The KIDSBrin and Morgan playing on the Teeter tauterBrin love water!I think the kaleidoscope was her favorite!MorganAnd this is what a FUN day she had! (She was WIDE awake about .5 seconds before this picture!)