home, sweet home!

we've been home for about a week now, and it's been so nice!!! bryce has been a lot better, and a lot of her fussiness has gone away! since being home, we've just been hanging out and trying to get back to 'normal' only to ruin everything when we leave for tulsa in a few weeks! ha! here are some pics of us hanging out!

this is our new game, get into the laundry basket and have mom or dad drag me around a thousand times in a row, she loves it!

having a blast!

here's an action shot!

do you think she likes it!!!

AHHHHHH!!! this face is a new one of hers, and i'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of it in years to come! we call it 'the look' in my family, and it looks like she's already mastered it!! she's giving us 'the look' b/c her food is taking a little too long for her liking, god forbid!!

'i'm hungry, NOW!!!'

oh, thank goodness, back to smiling!!!

bryce really missed her toys since we were gone, and has revisited a lot of the ones she quit playing with before we left. it's like christmas all over again!!!

got a little too close to the camera!!

the other night a group of moms got together for dinner, which was awesome, and brian took care of the lady. he took a few shots for me so i wouldn't feel like i missed out on anything. here he is giving her a bath, and yes, if you were wondering, she is still in her baby tub, in the sink!!!!!! one of these days, when she's ten, we'll make the transition to the big bathtub!! don't judge, it's just so much easier in the sink, in the baby tub!!!!!! ha!

here's our girl, after a nice long nap!! look at that crazy hair!!!

so happy to be home, but can't wait to see everyone in OK in a few weeks!!!!!!

pro-coverage...

SO, here we are again, out of town for two weeks for lovely pro-coverage! lets just say, it's been quite the adventure! all i have to say is, traveling with a 15 month old is for the birds! lord, bryce has been on fire since day TWO, we are now on day TEN and have a few more to go...i think this is the most she has cried her entire life!! our poor neighbors, i'm surprised we haven't been kicked out of our hotel yet or had social services knocking on our door wondering what we're doing to our poor child that she feels the need to cry 24/7!!! my patience and parenting skills have been put to the test!!

oh well, memories, right!! ha!

here are some pics of us killing time in charleston, south carolina...our first stop of the trip...

{please ignore the weird face i'm making, not sure what's up with that}

here's bryce giving an ornery smile as she's trying to climb out of her high chair, which is a new trick she has learned...so much fun, NOT!!!!

{and again, ignore me, just look at the baby!}
here we are at the beach, which OF COURSE, bryce hated!! i mean, why would she like the beach, that would just make everything too easy!!! she was not a fan of the sand or waves, i held her the entire time as she fussed as each wave came in!! if you're not laughing, you're crying, right!!! ha!

just relaxing!!

have i told you, that bryce is now obsessed with the Wiggles, yes, she is an insane fan! brian and i want to jump off a tall building and now know all the songs by heart, but you do what you got to do to keep the lady happy!!

gettin' a ride from daddy at the mall!

please take a moment and meet our future son-in-law!

bryce saw him from outside of the store, found her way in, and completely fell in love!!

it was the funniest thing i've ever seen! i seriously couldn't stop laughing!!

holding his hand!!

givin' him some lovin'!!

sweet hugs!!

still givin' the hugs!!

it's hard to tell, but in this pic she is patting his back!!! givin' him love taps!!

"i'm never leavin' him, NEVER!!!!"

got em' by the neck, he's not going anywhere! she's starting to get a little aggressive with her hugs here!!!!

sweet, young love!!

please wish us luck our last few days and then as we set forth to conquer the 10 hour ride home!!! i'm getting nightmares right now thinking about it!!

besties, the fridge and medusa!

as i've posted before, bryce is in love with rbi, which makes me happy b/c since having bryce the dog has really taken a back seat and moved way down on food chain. this makes me sad, b/c i said that would never be me, but here it is, and it's totally me. at least he can always count on bryce for a little tlc...whether he likes it or not!

so comfy, don't mind if i do!!

bryce is actually now saying 'dog'
she walks around all day, points at rbi and yells 'dog'
brian is really pleased about this b/c her only two real words are 'mama' and 'dog'...'daddy' will soon make its appearance, i promise, don't worry brian!! ha!

i love this picture and it also scares me at the same time! bryce is such a ham, which i think is great especially if she can learn to walk through life laughing, but this is also such a ornery smile and makes me worried for what lay ahead. we have been extremely whiny here lately, mostly in the morning, and we are also throwing fits...several times a day! she likes to throw stuff, hit the dog, throw herself on the ground and 'quite on life' as we call it, flare her arms and legs, and just cry! lots of fun around here, gotta tell ya!!! :) i guess it's as to be expected with a 14 month old!

please take a moment and meet our daughter, medusa!! lord, her hair gets so out of control at times! this was one of those days!! i really hope she keeps her curls when she gets older though, i love them!

her favorite place to play! please don't judge me on how bare and pathetic our fridge is! ha! i swear we are able to feed our child, not ourselves, but yes, our child gets fed!!! HA! :)

sleeping beauty and tinkerbell...

here are some pics we took yesterday of bryce during her nap...she was out cold and lovin' her some minnie! i love these pictures!

here's bryce's new chair! my grandma has one at her house and a few of our friends have it for their kids and every time bryce sees a chair like this she won't get out of it. so, we decided it was time for her to have her own. brian put a few different choices on the floor for her to pick from and she kept going to tinkerbell, so she was the lucky winner. she loves it! :)

ps...see how she's holding her baby in the picture? well, if you can't tell, she's holding her by the neck. this is how she holds all her babies and this is how she tries to hug other kids...by the neck, with two hands and she also usually comes up behind them! let's just say, other children aren't too receptive to her advances! i'm not sure where this comes from! ha! :)

14 months..

bryce turned 14 months on may 22nd, so this post is a little late, sorry! these days, she is really becoming such a big lady and a complete toddler. brian and i are having so much fun with her. i say this all the time, but ever since she started walking our life has changed so much...in a good way! it is so much fun going to the park, swimming in our little kiddie pool and just everyday little things have become so much easier now that she can follow us with ease. very thankful the lady is a walker now!

her hair is getting so long that a bow is necessary to keep it out of her face! i can't wait to put it in pig tails! although, she probably won't let me take the time i need to fix it since each day she puts up a huge struggle just for me to brush it! it amazes me that each day she continues to fight it, when will she just get used to it and give in!

the stroller and minnie are favorites around here! a huge shout out to granny, gg and gg aunt sondra! both were b-day gifts and she plays with them always!!

she has especially grown fond of minnie! she carries her around all day and treats her like her very own baby. minnie sits in the high chair with bryce, bryce feeds her food and gives her a drink from her sippy cup, she puts her on her shoulder and pats her back and minnie's also become a must at naps and bedtime. it's really fun to watch her playing, she's such a little mama in training!

and here she is using the stroller for no good. a fun game she likes to play, is chase rbi with the stroller and scare him by clipping his heels. it's awful, poor rbi. she absolutely loves it though. she thinks it's the most hilarious thing ever. here she is chasing him! sorry rbi!

what else she's up to these days...

*pretty good eater, still a little weary about certain veggies, but green beans and broccoli are favorites. loves all fruit, especially grapes, blueberries, strawberries and bananas

*answers no to EVERYTHING you ask her!

*points and grunts/whines at whatever she is wanting you to get for her!! she is definitely communicating more, which is nice, but we look forward to the day when she can talk

*loves to dance and sing...her favorite song is 'bah, bah, bah'...she just says it over and over and moves from side to side...loves dancing to the 'hot dog dance' each morning on mickey mouse club house

*obsessed with her pool, and is actually pretty brave in there

*loves the park

*very social, loves trying to hang with the big kids

*gives kisses and hugs, will lay her head on our shoulder and pat our backs, love this

*absolutely hates getting her teeth brushed...shakes her head no, pushes our hands away, throws herself back, cries...i'm sure her teeth will be rotted by the time she's three! ha!

*wears 18 to 24 month clothes, size 4 diapers

*still hates getting her diaper changed, fights us every time!

*makes funny expressions constantly, loves to laugh at herself after doing em'

*still loves rbi, she pats him and gives him hugs and puts everything in his mouth...i have to go chasing after him bringing back my Tupperware, cups, her toys...he's definitely a huge fan of her too, which is really sweet

*holds our hand when we walk places, love those little fingers

splish splash!!

on mother's day, we went and bought bryce a little pool from wal-mart. she loves it! she cries each time we have to take her out and go inside. she likes to splash and put her face in the water, which is very surprising considering she screams bloody murder when you get a drip on her face during the bath! who knows! and she loves to get up and walk around, but we've had a few spills from this! the pool is a great way to pass the day, especially here in florida where it is already so hot and humid!! plus, mama gets her tan on!!! i think this is the whitest i've ever been!! i'm transparent! ha!