tulsa trip part 1...

here are some pics from our recent trip to tulsa...we had so many wonderful pics that i'm going to have to do this in parts, here's part 1...

this is a pic at the BEGINNING of our plane trip, hence the smiling faces...

someones getting a little restless, why don't they make more room on planes, just wondering!!

snack time!

we had a lay over in houston, and bryce made a couple of friends while waiting for our next flight...the mom and daughter next to her were so sweet and helped us entertain the lady...

'mama, i'm ready to go!'

we were doing anything we could to get bryce up and moving to try and use up some of her energy, so brian sat at the opposite end of our gate and i sat by the window and she would run back and forth OVER and OVER again!!

the lady decided to quit on life, she had had enough!!!

one of the nights we met a bunch of friends for dinner at the miller's, bryce loved the bouncy house and playing with new friends!

{i'm so upset b/c we didn't get any good pics of bryce and her buddy's from this night, so sad}

my best girlfriend, katie, came into town for a visit with her two kiddos and we had to make a run to the mall for a little play time...

she looks so grown up to me in this picture, my little toddler!!

miss maddy giving bryce some lovin'
{sorry luke, we didn't get a pic of you with bryce, but we still love you buddy!!}

what a pretty lady, here we are getting ready to go to our next party!!! i love bryce right after a bath, she's so clean and smells so good....doesn't she look like a different kid with her hair wet and no curls!!

admiring herself!!

this was such a great trip for all of us, so much fun!!! i have more pics to post tomorrow!!

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! :)