Exciting Things to Come!

Mr. Bradley will be a year old in 6 days!!!! It does not even feel like it's been a year since I was walking around, begging him to come out! It seems like 6 months, MAYBE. But in fact it is true, my baby will no longer be a baby in 6 days. It's an exciting time! Bradley is so, extremely close to walking as well. He has let go of the table and is standing freely when he chooses. He is also walking around very well with his walker. I think he is more than capable of walking now, he just doesn't know that yet. ;-) Once he figures that out, it's all over! Bradley has also discovered his personality. He's realizing what he has to do in order to get laughs, and that laughs get him attention. He's also learned how to answer questions... though every answer he gives is yes. You could ask him anything, anything at all, and he would nod his head yes and say "yeah". This is much better then everything being no, but it's still confusing. LOL

From July 2010

Brooke is coming up on some big changes as well. She's starting school on August 18th! She's so excited and can't wait! She'll be going to school 2 days a week, on Wednesday's and Friday's. I just know she's going to have so much fun. Last week she attended Vacation Bible School at her Papa and Bama's church. She LOVED it! She would come home every night singing the new songs she learned, and showing us her projects that she made. I love that she loves learning so much... I only hope this continues for years and years to come. Brooke completed her last week of TumbleTotz for the summer on Tuesday. I am amazed at how much she has learned and the things she can do! She does summersalts like nobody's business, she can walk a balance beam, and jump off of huge cliffs into piles of foam blocks with no fear whatsoever. The parents were able to go inside and watch on the last day, so I took as many pictures as I could. They are all posted on our Picasa web album posted below. Thanks to Brooke's Grandma Bonnie, she's going to be able to continue on with tumbling for the fall season. She'll continue to go once a week, on Thursdays at 3:30. Brooke is going to have a very busy schedule, packed full of fun! This also means a very busy schedule for Mommy and Bradley as well. =)

From July 2010

Daniel is now in his 6th week of Transition at Verizon and is spending more and more time on the phones, and though there are some bad calls, he is still enjoying his job. 6 more weeks and he'll be completely done with all training and his schedule will change. Hopefully he's able to get a good schedule, but we'll work with whatever he's given. He'll also have the opportunity to work overtime once he's out of transition. This will help us start to save up for a trip back home... though while we save, any and all are welcome to come and visit us. I know two little ones that absolutely LOVE visitors. =)

Woody 3 and 4th of July!

I've been trying to update all morning... and literally every time I sit down to start writing, something comes up. The phone will ring, someone will wake up, etc. etc. etc. Now then... June... where did you go? The month of June flew by and I'm not entirely sure why. All I know is that one month from today... my baby boy is going to be one. I don't know how that's possible. It really was just yesterday that I brought him home from the hospital. I swear. ;) Our plans for Bradley's one year birthday bash are still up in the air as of now. I know, I should have had this planned months ago. We're thinking that we'll probably have a small "cookout" style party. That's what these southerners call a BBQ. LOL Or maybe we just won't do anything at all... if we don't celebrate it, it just won't be true right? =)

The big event of June was of course... Toy Story 3! Brooke had been waiting to see it since I told her it was coming out way back when. She knew that it came out on June 18th... which was also her Auntie "Feather's" birthday. Also happening on June 18th, was Daniel graduating from his training class at Verizon. So due to the Graduation, we were unable to take the munchkin's to see Toy Story 3 on opening day... so June 18th, was actually on June 26th. Luckily she doesn't understand the concept of time yet. hehe. It was our first time taking Bradley to the movies... and probably the last for a while. He is waaaaay too active now to sit still for an entire movie. But Brooke... loved every second of it. She even got popcorn! The only problem.... she wants to go back again and again!

Brooke is still enjoying her Cheerleading every Tuesday. She goes and does her "exercises" with all of her "kids". She is now a champion jumper as well as being able to do all sorts of other things. Brooke is also all signed up for Mother's Day Out starting August 18th. She will be going two days a week on Wednesday's and Friday's from 9:30 - 1:30. She is so excited and so am I!!!! I will love to have some quality time with my Bradley bear. =) I know Brooke will love going to school, I think the only problem will be getting her to come home.

Yesterday was 4th of July and WOW... Alabama really knows how to celebrate! There were fireworks everywhere!!!! Not only were there 2 firework shows within about a mile of our house, but most fireworks are legal out here so people were shooting them off right and left! We spent the afternoon at Papa and Bama's where we BBQ'd and just hung out with family. We caught some of the firework shows on our drive home and Brooke loved them! I think if they weren't so loud, she'd love them even more... maybe next year. =)

Our place is pretty much up and running now, minus a few pictures and decorations here and there. There is a link below for our Picasa web album and it'll have tons of pictures!!! So enjoy y'all!