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!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Crawlin' the Ground and Tumblin' Around
My original plan for once a week updates seem to have turned into once a month updates.... but I am still updating so that's the important part! I never thought that staying home with my little ones would end up being so much work! As you all know Brooke is very personable so she loves to talk... and talk... and talk. Lately her vocabulary has jumped through the roof! She's been saying words like exquisite and spectacular on a regular basis. Too regular if you ask me. LOL I'm not quite sure where she's been learning these words but I love that she's learning! I'd like to think I have a fairly decent vocabulary, but I don't usually walk around saying exquisite on a daily basis. I had hoped that we would have been able to get Brooke into a good preschool by now, but sadly, it's not looking like it's going to happen as soon as we'd hoped. Who knew you'd need to be on a 3 year waiting list to get your toddler into a public preschool? There are of course private preschool's...but they require a pretty penny that we just don't have. If any of you do have this penny... and would like to share.... we'd be MORE than grateful. =) Though preschool is sort of out of the question for moment, we did sign Brooke up for a tumbling class at TumbleBeez. She had her first class this morning and is now officially a TumbleTot! In the class there are 4 little girls (ages 3-4) and one little boy. The teacher teaches them how to stretch properly, go through obstical courses, summersalts, and jump on the trampolines. Brooke LOVED this. She had such a great time and cannot wait to go back next week. Bradley and I were able to watch through the windows and hang out with the other mama's and baby's. I was able to get a few pictures, though they are not the best quality since we had to take them through a window.
Bradley is now crawling.... fast! Full on belly off the ground crawling. He zooms all over the place!!! I cannot believe that my baby is already 10 months and before I know it, he'll be a year old. We plan to have a small party for him, hopefully at his Papa's and Bama's house with their new pool. =) And for those of you who would like to send gifts to the birthday boy... I have an idea to try and save you all from post office lines, and the cost of shipping as well. If you tell me a specific item that you would like to purchase for our handsome son, send me the money for the item... I will go out and buy it, wrap it, and have it ready for him to open at his party. I'll even take lots of pictures and video of him opening the gifts and send them to you, so you can fell as if you were there. This way you don't have to pay the crazy shipping fees, worry about it being damaged or delivered on time. I'm also thinking about registering at Target so you can have some ideas as to what he (or we) would like. So if this sounds like something that would work for you... shoot me a text, email, phone call, facebook message, etc., and I'll get it done. =)
I have been working hard to get our house into shape. I've put lots of decorations up in the kiddos rooms and now am working on framing, and hanging pictures up in the rest of the house. As soon as I am satisfied with the way the place looks, I'll take some more pictures and post for you all to see. Daniel is in his 5th week of training at Verizon now. He's got 2 more weeks until he enters his "transition" phase where he will be taking live phone calls on a regular basis. He's already started taking phone calls and even got surveyed on his first day! The result... a perfect ten survey and an award to go with. We are so very proud!
Picture time!!!!!
Brooke wanted a picture of her hair before she messed it all up tumblin' around.
Bradley is now crawling.... fast! Full on belly off the ground crawling. He zooms all over the place!!! I cannot believe that my baby is already 10 months and before I know it, he'll be a year old. We plan to have a small party for him, hopefully at his Papa's and Bama's house with their new pool. =) And for those of you who would like to send gifts to the birthday boy... I have an idea to try and save you all from post office lines, and the cost of shipping as well. If you tell me a specific item that you would like to purchase for our handsome son, send me the money for the item... I will go out and buy it, wrap it, and have it ready for him to open at his party. I'll even take lots of pictures and video of him opening the gifts and send them to you, so you can fell as if you were there. This way you don't have to pay the crazy shipping fees, worry about it being damaged or delivered on time. I'm also thinking about registering at Target so you can have some ideas as to what he (or we) would like. So if this sounds like something that would work for you... shoot me a text, email, phone call, facebook message, etc., and I'll get it done. =)
I have been working hard to get our house into shape. I've put lots of decorations up in the kiddos rooms and now am working on framing, and hanging pictures up in the rest of the house. As soon as I am satisfied with the way the place looks, I'll take some more pictures and post for you all to see. Daniel is in his 5th week of training at Verizon now. He's got 2 more weeks until he enters his "transition" phase where he will be taking live phone calls on a regular basis. He's already started taking phone calls and even got surveyed on his first day! The result... a perfect ten survey and an award to go with. We are so very proud!
Picture time!!!!!
....and if I can get it figured out.... a Bonus VIDEO of our Mr. Bradley Ryan zooming across the room!
Brooke wanted a picture of her hair before she messed it all up tumblin' around.
As always, I have tons more pictures on my Facebook page. =)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
I know! I know!
Ok - So I'm a month behind. But let me tell you... a lot has happened this month. So the last I posted Daniel was up for a job... well, he GOT IT! He started his first day at Verizon Wireless on April 29th, 2010. This is THE job to have out here. He's only been there a week, but so far he is loving it. This job offers a lot of room for advancement which is going to be great for Daniel. And the benefits just go on and on and on. To name a few, 50% off Verizon Wireless services (so I expect we'll be switching very soon lol), a gym on site, a COLLEGE on site (with tuition PAID and books reembursed.), great medical & dental benefits for the whole family from day 1, and so so much more! Oh,and the pay's not bad either. ;) We are all so excited that he got this job!
Next up... we MOVED! We are now in our own beautiful apartment! We were so blessed to have my wonderful in-laws to stay with when we first moved but we could only share a room with Brooke for so long. LOL Our apartment is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom and 1275 sq/ft and it's only 7 minutes from Daniel's work. There is a beautiful pond (with ducks!) right downstairs that we can see from our rooms and balcony. The kids each have their own bedroom and Brooke even has her very own bathroom! She is so gracious and even shares it with her little brother when he needs to take a bath. Brooke has also graduated from her toddler bed and now sleeps in a big girl bed. She's done very well with all of the change that's occurred in the last few months... both of our kids have. They're troopers. =)
Bradley now has 4, count them, 1, 2, 3, 4 teeth! Newest location is the other bottom middle tooth. poor guy, as soon as one tooth gets situated he pops out another. At this rate he'll have a full set of teeth by his first birthday. Which is Aug 5th for those of you who like to shop early. ;)
We are searching for a Pre-School for Brookie right now. Another one of the benefits of Daniel working for Verizon is discounts on Pre Schools. We went and looked at one on Tue and it was really nice, but a bit out of our price range... even with the discount. We have a few more to check out and hopefully we'll find the perfect one... for the perfect price. =) We are also on a search for a good church, hopefully one close to our new home. We've checked out a few that we really liked but they're a tad far from where we are now. Brooke loves meeting all of the new kiddos every week.
Alright well, I think that's about it for now. I've got lots of unpacking to do and now that we have internet, I PROMISE I'll update more. =) Now for what you've all been waiting for... pictures.
Pantry!
Next up... we MOVED! We are now in our own beautiful apartment! We were so blessed to have my wonderful in-laws to stay with when we first moved but we could only share a room with Brooke for so long. LOL Our apartment is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom and 1275 sq/ft and it's only 7 minutes from Daniel's work. There is a beautiful pond (with ducks!) right downstairs that we can see from our rooms and balcony. The kids each have their own bedroom and Brooke even has her very own bathroom! She is so gracious and even shares it with her little brother when he needs to take a bath. Brooke has also graduated from her toddler bed and now sleeps in a big girl bed. She's done very well with all of the change that's occurred in the last few months... both of our kids have. They're troopers. =)
Bradley now has 4, count them, 1, 2, 3, 4 teeth! Newest location is the other bottom middle tooth. poor guy, as soon as one tooth gets situated he pops out another. At this rate he'll have a full set of teeth by his first birthday. Which is Aug 5th for those of you who like to shop early. ;)
We are searching for a Pre-School for Brookie right now. Another one of the benefits of Daniel working for Verizon is discounts on Pre Schools. We went and looked at one on Tue and it was really nice, but a bit out of our price range... even with the discount. We have a few more to check out and hopefully we'll find the perfect one... for the perfect price. =) We are also on a search for a good church, hopefully one close to our new home. We've checked out a few that we really liked but they're a tad far from where we are now. Brooke loves meeting all of the new kiddos every week.
Alright well, I think that's about it for now. I've got lots of unpacking to do and now that we have internet, I PROMISE I'll update more. =) Now for what you've all been waiting for... pictures.
Pantry!
The other side of the pantry which has our washer/dryer hook ups. Oh, did I mention that we need a new dryer? Turns out Alabama doesn't use gas... for anything. Fail!
Brooke's room and her new big girl bed. =) The door on the left is her bathroom.
Brooke's room again... and her window where she watches the Ducks swim in the pond.
Brooke's closet... big right?
Living room and dining area.
Kitchen and door to pantry/laundry room. The cabinets aren't pink either... I don't know why they look like they are. LOL
Brooke's closet... big right?
Living room and dining area.
Kitchen and door to pantry/laundry room. The cabinets aren't pink either... I don't know why they look like they are. LOL
Living room from the dining area. Door straight back leads to patio. On the right is to our bedroom, on the left is to Brooke's.
Bradley's room... with Daddy and Bradley playing. =)
That's all the photos I have for now. Apparently I forgot to take any pictures of our bedroom/bathroom. Oops. Well, now I have another reason to update. Oh yeah, here's one more... just because.
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