Backyard Visitors

Since we've moved out to Queen Creek, we've seen all sorts of wildlife that we weren't exposed to when we were living in town.  There are lots of little ground squirrels, bunnies, hummingbirds, coyotes, roadrunners, a million other kinds of birds and the newest discovery tonight was a huge toad!!  Apparently toads are toxic to dogs, so Chad moved it out of the yard with a broom. 

Brynn said that the toad was dirty and yucky.  We asked her why and she said "Because he poops!" 

Here are a few of the pictures that Chad's taken since we've been out here. 

Abby Cadabby

Painting

Tom!

This is Tom.  He's Brynn's buddy from Chad's car club.  We had a bunch of people over on Saturday night and Brynn was hanging out with him pretty much the whole time they were here.  She was chasing him around with her stroller, they were playing with her dolls and she even let him hold her Abby Cadabby. 

Budding Photographer

Kangaroo Ride

Jetta-Jetta

Smelly Melly

Allie-Lallie

Luke Turned 3!!

We had a great Christmas this year. Chad and I bought ourselves our new camera and Brynn got a million new toys and clothes. We don't buy her toys very often throughout the year, so we tend to go a little crazy for her birthday and Christmas. Chad called me from the store one night asking if I thought Brynn was big enough for a bike... she's only two and a half!! He was really excited to make her Christmas special this year.

Santa brought Brynn her pack-pack, since she was such a good girl this year!! She opened a few of her presents and then we handed her one from Santa. She was SO EXCITED!! Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning:

Santa Cause

Brynn calls him "Santa" or "Santa Cause". This year, she kept telling us that she wanted a "pack-pack" (back pack) for Christmas, so we told her that if she wanted one, and if she was good (meaning that if she was nice and she listened to Mommy, Daddy and Brenda, at daycare), Santa might bring her one. She had to be the one to ask him for it though.

The first time we went to see Santa (at Bass Pro Shops!!), there was a three hour wait, so we left. The next weekend, we went to breakfast with GGMa and GGPa for GGPa's birthday. We invited them to come along with us to try to meet Santa again. We ended up getting to BPS about an hour and a half early, so we colored pictures and stood at the very front of the line while GGMa and GGPa did some shopping.

Brynn did a great job when she finally met him. She seemed a little scared at first, so I held her while she told Santa what she wanted, but I told her that he couldn't hear what she said, so she had to sit on his lap and tell him. She gave him a hug, told him "Merry Kissmas" and said "thanks".

Here are a few pictures that we took that day!!











Maybe next year we can get her to smile for the camera? :)

New Camera - Merry Christmas To Us!!

We bought a new camera tonight as a Christmas gift to ourselves. We've been wanting to get a digital SLR for a long time, so tonight I was really excited that we actually left a store with one. It's AMAZING.

Nikon D5000 with an 18-55 lens that came with the camera and then we also spent the extra money to get an additional lens that is a 55-200.

I am really happy with it. We haven't had much to take pictures of yet, but stay tuned. I swear, I'll be posting more!!

Oops!

She fell backwards into her "Pull-Pup" box!!

Fun September Pictures!!

Almost Two Years Later

October 2007




August 2009

Hyper Girl!!

I forgot to tell you, they were able to fix our camera and we got it back last week.

Here are some goofy pictures that Chad took of Brynn a few days ago, she was soooo hyper!!

Big Girl Bed

Over the weekend I found a smokin' deal on a toddler bed for Brynn on Craigslist.com. Her crib converts to a toddler bed but she didn't like that at all, so we decided to try out a toddler bed that looks completely different from her crib.

She saw it when I brought it home yesterday and was all excited. We left it in the garage last night and wanted her to get excited about it instead of trying to force it on her. Well, it worked.

We keep calling it her "big girl bed" or the "cool bed" and she just thinks it is the most awesome thing ever. We always walk out through the garage in the morning when we leave, so she saw it this morning and started freaking out and saying "my bed mommy, my bed!!" and then sat on it for a minute before we left for the day. Then after dinner, we were going on a walk to the mailbox and she got really excited again. She almost cried when we walked in the house because she couldn't see it anymore. So, we decided it was time.

She helped us clean it off and put all of her blankets (all 15,000 of them) on the bed, along with her pillow (she calls it a "poo-dough") and her bears. Then, she decided that she didn't want anything on the bed and threw all of it off. Then, she put everything back on... and took it back off... etc. Whatever, it kept her busy. :) Then, we told her to sit on the bed so we could take some pictures and she smacked her cheek on the side of it. She was a tough girl though, no tears were shed.

Here are some pictures of Brynn in her new "cool bed".

"Oh my gosh, this is SO COOL!!"



"I just totally whacked my cheek on my new bed but I'm a tough girl"



"I LOVE IT!!"

Car Show On The West Side

Yesterday while I was at the Wheel Of Fortune tryouts, Chad and Brynn went to a car show on the west side. He drove the bug there and SHE LOVED IT. Check out her hair:



After WOF, I met them at the show. Here are a few more fun pictures.