Bryce & Brennon

Here are some cute pictures of you playing!  You play well by yourself as long as you've got some toys!

We are going to the lake this Sunday so I bought Bryce a life jacket but when we got home and I tried it on him it looked so hilarious.  He could hardly breathe in it!  It zipped all the way up to his neck and I was afraid it would squeeze his air pipe ( I'm a little paranoid...so what?!).  Anyway...I've seen the other blogs and seen that the babies are wearing life vests and I'm just wondering where you got them at.  Because this one is just not cutting it!

Standing up holding onto the tub is your new favorite place to be.  If I am taking a bath you will come in there and stand the whole time I am taking a bath.  Then, while I'm blow drying my hair or brushing my teeth...there you are at the tub.  You love it!  If I didn't shut the door to the bathroom you would be in there all the time I'm sure.  It's so funny now that you can crawl...you'll just follow me around.  I've caught myself patting my legs to get you to follow me as if you're a little puppy.  I don't mean it that way but I know that you like to follow us where we go so that's my way of showing you I'm leaving the room.  You're just so much fun my little one!  - I love you!

I CANNOT believe that you are 8 months old.  That just seems so big!  You're acting and looking so much like a toddler now.  Your personality is showing in full form.  I love it.  I love when you grab for me to pick you up...or how you crawl to me and look up and smile, then work your way up my leg until you're finally standing.  You have the sweetest little smile and you smile alot.  You definately recognize people now.  Not just your father and I but other family members and friends.  You love, love, love dogs.  Especially Hannah's dog Maverick.   You think you can walk but you can't....so your face has encountered the floor a couple of times.  You're a little too big for your britches...you think you're bigger than you actually are.  You love to swim and love your baths.  You are eating everything like you were last month except you have gone up to 7 oz. of formula instead of 6 oz.  And we have also started giving you snacks like fruit puffs and the variety of things your Daddy likes to feed you from the table.  You're still not a big napper but take at least a 30 minute nap a day.  You're not sleeping so well at night anymore but we are going to try to let you cry it out this week...we'll see how that goes!  You're such a little social bug.  We are starting to notice that you are getting attatched to me however.  You've never seemed to really prefer me over anyone else, but lately you've been reaching for me while other people are holding you.   Including your Daddy, which he's not so happy with.  But you really don't mind strangers holding you or playing with you...you just smile like you know them!  You pull up on everything including walls and glass doors.  You have climbed the stairs in our house a couple of times (there are just 3 of them, but still, that's pretty impressive).  You wave and say bye bye.  You also say Dada.  You like to watch Dora the Explorer and Baby Einstein.  I prefer that you watch Baby Einstein, but maybe you can learn a little Spanish from Dora.  I could go on and on about all the amazing things you are doing.  But I'll stop here.  I love you more everyday.  It's amazing having you as a son.  Love, Mommy

On Friday night we threw Nana a Surprise Birthday Party.  It was in Daisy, AR at Papa's barn. She had no clue and it was so much fun.  You and your Daddy have the same shirt so you both wore them and everyone thought it was so cute.  In most of the pictures you were not looking because there were 3 dogs there and you were too interested in them.  Happy Birthday Janice!

For such a young age you sure have been to alot of weddings.  On Saturday we drove up to Little Rock, AR for Scott and Sara Hickman's wedding.  It was gorgeous.  Your Daddy got to see alot of his fraternity brothers that he hadn't seen in a while and I saw a few people I knew too.  We had alot of fun.  You were so well behaved the whole time.  I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted at the reception because you were asleep most of the time which kept me at the table most of the night.  It was good seeing everyone and the wedding was beautiful.  But after such a busy weekend I sure am glad to be home!

You are such a happy baby!  I would have never imagined you would be this much fun!!!  I could just sit back and watch you... you're constant entertainment!  These are some pictures of our fun times!  There's one of you and your new puppy (it's not real of course) you love him.  You and your Daddy play alot too.  You guys are too cute!  And then there's TV...now that's something I'm probably going to have to stay on you about when you're older.  You LOVE watching tv!!  I don't know why but you love Dora the Explorer and you also love your Baby Einstein movies.  You will sit there and laugh..it's so adorable!  You just make my days so much better and I love you for it! - Love, Mommy

You started day school last week at the First Methodist Church Day School downtown.  It's such a great program!  I've started back to work about 3 days a week and wanted you to go somwhere that you could be stimulated as well as safe.  You seem to love it and your teachers are so amazing.  Right now there is only one other baby in your class until the full school term starts.  There will be more then.  You are having such a good time and I am doing better with you being there (I cried the second day, I guess that's when it really set in).  I love you so much! - Mommy

Today you said your fourth word.  It was Dada, then Bye-Bye, then Mama, now Duck!  You always play with your rubber ducky while we're in the bathroom..and sometimes you carry it around the house with you.  I always tell you that it's a duck.  This morning while I was getting ready in the bathroom you were grabbing for it in the tub, so I gave it to you.  You looked at it and said, "Ducccckkk". As plain as day.  You really pronounced the ck sound and drug it out for a long time.  It was so cute.  So of course I called your daddy and let him hear you say it.  I would say, "What is that Bryce?" and you would say "duck".  Just like you could say it all this time.  You kept saying it over and over.  I think you could tell how proud I was so you would say it and look at me to see if I heard you.  It was hillarious!  I love having this blog so that in 20 years I can go back and read little memories like this!  I love you - Mommy