Quack! Quack! Quack!

We went to the park last week while Brian was in Nebraska. Brylon loved playing in the sand and throwing the sand and rocks back in the water. It was a little cool that day, but the weather did not stop her from wanting to go "wimmin". I had a hard time convincing her to stay out of the water.

Oma (Annette) sings a "little duck" song with her and her favorite part is the quacking part of the song. When she heard the ducks quacking she got excited and wanted to go see the "quack, quack, quack".

She thought it was pretty cool when they all started coming to her.

WHOA! Getting a little close!

"Whereday go????"

This poor duck was hurt. I was a little nervous letting her get so close, but of course she had to-you guessed it-kiss the duck.

Just a few snapshots.

OH! Did I say she is becoming little miss independent?

"I doit"

Found the water puddles. And LOVED them!
She found my goggles in my gym bag.

MOVE OVER MICHAEL PHELPS!!!

She is talking more & more every day. My favorite is when she holds her hands up to you and says "hold you?". Some of her toys, especially the ones that make annoying noises, have suddenly become "boke". She holds them up to us and the "boke" gets louder every time she says it as if the increasing volume in her voice will somehow "unboke" the toy.

Unfortunately, the most frequent phrase we are hearing lately is "make mess". One of my favorite stories is one morning Brian was making breakfast (like he does every morning--how awesome is that!!!) and Brylon accidently pulled over the whole carton of eggs. The look on her face was priceless and a very dramatic "OHHHHHNOOOO" was hilarious! No Steve, they didn't fall on her head, so she didn't have shiny hair that day! (inside joke)

She enjoys the football games. She is always starving for attention at the games--HA!

Vicki made her cheerleading outfit. Thanks Vicki!

Kissing Elli "Goooo Mocus!!!!"

Where has time gone?

WOW! I can't believe it has been so long since I have updated this website. So much has happened this summer, it is hard to believe that the summer is over.

Let's see, where do I start? Brylon had some pretty big milestones this summer. When she turned 18 months, she went from her crib to her toddler bed. I explained that girls who sleep in toddler beds shouldn't be sleeping with a pacifier. OK. No big deal. She never missed a beat and never asked for one again. Wow, can potty training be this easy?

Brylon in her toddler bed

She still sleeps with her blanket and now her baby must go "night-night" when Brylon goes "night-night".

We had a great time this summer with our new-used boat and riding horses. Brylon loves the water and has absolutely no fear. The first time I tried to pull her out of the water, she wiggled right out of my hands yelling BATH. Anyway, she came up laughing and never slowed down. She did not much like the rocking motion of the boat at first, but nothing seems to bother her now. She did get to ride on the tube with Mommy at Lake Brownwood-of course we did not have the camera on the boat with us-but she had a blast. She waved and yelled Hi at all the other boats.

A friend of ours had a pool party, but it rained that afternoon and it was too cold to get in the water. So, Brylon and the other kids played in the hot tub. The hot tub had a small water spout you could turn on/off that Brylon loved to play in.

Waiting for the water!

Here it comes!

Aftermath!

We had a few opportunities this summer to utilize our arena Brian worked so hard to build. Brylon loves the horses and has a blast anytime we get to rope. First, she plays in the dirt and the water (that means mudd), then there is time to ride-by herself, doesn't want anyone else crowding her in that saddle-when Daddy is resting. Of course the fight is on when it is time for Daddy to rope again. She usually gets to ride back to the barn after the roping is complete.

Kissing the animals again!

She still thinks her Daddy hung the moon!

Another part of the roping session she enjoys is our neighbor, Kadden, comes over and spoils her rotten. (along with his Mom & Dad).

Kadden reading to Brylon before bedtime.

She is still a "girly-girl". Britni makes sure her toes get painted and she has plenty of beads to wear. Vicki made her a special cheerleading dress to wear to the games this fall, so she could be like "mimi" (that's Brylon for Britni).

Daddy says I can never go to New Orleans.

Not sure what he is talking about.

I finished my first triathlon this weekend. Didn't say it was pretty, but I did finish! Brian & Brylon, and our friends, Gary & Christy were there to cheer me through the finish line.

Brylon and Christy waiting for Mommy

Brylon gets to go across the finish line with Mommy

AHH! Need some hydration after all that work!