Sunday, July 4, 2010

Brylee's first Independence Day!

Oh boy, we've had a lot of fun the past few days! Deryk and Jojo had their baby! Seth Joel Barrett is so cute! We got to spend a little time with them.



I can't believe how tiny he is! I thought Brylee was small..... I WAS WRONG!

Braden's parents came down and we had lots of fun with them. Grandma Sue bought Brylee this ADORABLE outfit! She loves to snuggle with her Grandpa! Although, I'm not sure which one of them drank the bottle...

AND It was Brylee's first 4th of July and we hit all the highlights! We are so lucky to live in this amazing nation of ours and I am so proud to be an American!

On Friday morning, we decided to hike up to the wind caves with some friends... but we didn't get out of bed in time to meet them so we went by ourselves! :) It was actually fun... just the two of us out in that gorgeous canyon. Here we are at the top. She had so much fun on the way up. She was laughing and reaching for every tree, weed, flower or anything else the whole way. It was really fun, but man she's heavy to carry up a hill strapped to your belly! How did I carry her there for 9 months?!?!

Tiny baby in a BIG cave!

In the two seconds I took to take that last picture, she grabbed a big handful of dirt and shoved it in her mouth. So silly!

That's the cave up at the top. This picture was taken about halfway up the trail.

She was excited on the way up... and slept the whole way down!


Logan lights off the fireworks on the 2nd so we went to that! They light them from the football stadium so we parked ourselves right across the street. We rode our bikes so we could beat the traffic on the way home and let me tell you, we were right! We were flying by cars and it's all downhill home so we were cruisin!

Family photo!

We were twinners! Only opposite :)

She was so fascinated by the fireworks! I thought she's go crazy staying up late and hearing loud noises, but she watched like a hawk!

We watched them with some friends: Dallin and Patty and their little girls Zeeley and Emma Joe.

Then we went to the "parade" yesterday. It was... interesting. It's called "the cruise-in" and it's just a bunch of old classic cars that drive up and down main street. It was pretty cool, just very different than I'd seen (or even heard of) before.

Brylee had lots of fun...

Right up until she fell asleep... again.

Then we came home and had a little weinie roast on our patio. We made smores, sat around the fire and just had a great time together. It was really fun.

And Daddy helped Brylee roast her first marshmallow!
It was a wonderful week. Happy 4th everyone!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

CRAWLING!!!

Yay! Baby crawled! She's been so close for like 3 weeks, and she's finally got it down! 7 and a 1/2 months old and growing fast! I'm so proud of my little Beba!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Baby's new room decor!

Brylee got new decor for her room thanks to Brooklyn's new vinyl business. It is so cute!

Thanks Brooklyn!

Brylee got shots yesterday and was so sleepy when we got home... She fell asleep with her face smashed into her bumpers.



Such a cute silly little girl. :)

Sunday, June 6, 2010

St. George Memorial Day

So we went back to St. George for Memorial Day this year. It was so fun to be with all my sibs and their fams and my parents. Here are some pix of our fun trip!


Brylee was Queen of the pool realxing in her floaty toy with her sweet shades and bink. Just loungin back playin with her toes! Or is she asleep?

Now she's definitely asleep... And on dry land but still curled up in her floaty toy!

She didn't like Penny's floaty as much. But it was super cute!

Family photo up at the hike in Leeds.

Daddy and Brylee up on the top of the Dixie!

Touching her first turtle!

MMMMMMM. Sticking my tongue out at all of you!

Piano

Yay! So we bought our piano a few weeks ago, but the stops on the strings were off or something so it sounded like the pedal was on all the time and all the notes would jumble together. It was super annoying and I couldn't stand to play it so it's just been sitting here making se sad. BUT, today, Grandma and Grandpa Astle came over today and were looking into it and found a way to open the pedal box and Braden fixed it! Yay! Oh and we figured out it was made in 1895! Pretty cool. Anyway, it still needs a new finish or stain on it, but here is a pic of my beautiful piano! :)


It has the most beautiful carvings in the case. Oh I love it! Yay for cheap, old pianos!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

New things, new age, new tricks!

So Brylee is getting bigger and bigger all the time! She sits up pretty much by herself now and is on the verge of crawling! She used to do the motor lips noise all the time but doesn't do it anymore. I never got a very good video of that :( But here's a few updates for you to see.

Here she is showing off her great sitting up and smiling skills!


We went for a bike ride the other day and she got to ride in her Cadillac...

And she got a little tired along the way. :)

We bought a piano (that obviously needs some work) the other day and Brylee had her first lesson! She loves music!

She LOVES to stand up ALL THE TIME. She and her Daddy were just looking out the window the other day together. She loves her Daddy!

She is also a big star with sweet shades and an even cooler hat :)

And this is a cute tutu Aunt Amy made for her for Christmas. She's finally big enough to wear it without drowning! She's going to be a great dancer someday.

Here's a good effort at the motor lips... she mostly just slobbers though!

And here's a trick that she and her Daddy like to do.

And here is her current progress on crawling. So close, and yet so far!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Nice camera

Whenever we see Tarl, we always get some good pictures with his super nice camera... here are a few of the cutest pictures ever! :)


My beautiful girlie!

Beba loves to be upside down


I absolutely love this picture! She's laughing and squinting all at the same time. Look at those dimples! :)


Flying again!

Sticking my tongue out!


Thursday, April 22, 2010

Twin cousins

Cousin Penny and me playing over Easter weekend. I love you cuz!


Beach babes!


Penny really liked my swim suit. I liked yours too Penny!


Don't know what I think of the floating swim suit idea...


What? You thought Penny was the only one with fat rolls? These are MY chubby legs and I'm proud of 'em!


Hey, I'm supposed to win! Just cuz you're bigger!


Ya, that's right!


Staring contest!


Ok here's the plan, Penny, no matter how many times they try, only one of us can smile per picture. Your turn!


Ok now my turn!