Thursday, March 24, 2011

Brylee at 20 months

4 months till #2? Are you serious? Brylee actually turned 20 months a couple weeks ago. I've just been slacking on my blogging here lately. Ben and I have had a hectic past couple of weeks. Brylee is just turning into this "little lady" and it kind of makes me sad. She is saying so much and she amazes me every day. Before I was keeping up and writing on the calendar every new word she would say. But I quit that because I wasn't able to keep up with her! She is my little loud mouth hooligan and she keeps me entertained and laughing! Here are some milestones:

-She is now in size 5 diapers and size 6 shoes. I am hoping that this warm weather stays consistent now because I don't think I can squeeze her big ole feet into her size 5 fall/winter shoes anymore!

-She loves marshmallows, chapstick, putting on lotion, and playing "weeeee" with Daddy. He basically just swings her up in the air and back down between his legs time after time. She loves it. She walks up to him constantly with her hands out saying "wee, wee".

-She has recently become a big fan of "The Fresh Beat Band". I would say it's now running a close race with "Yo Gabba Gabba."

-She is off the bottle and has been since, oh, February. We had no problems what so ever. The passy, that's going to be a whole different story. The girl is attached! Just when we were trying to ween her off of it, she decided to give it a name: "Pa Pa".

-She likes to count things but she hasn't actually gotten it down just yet! Haha. She points to things and says "Two, Eight" and then starts speaking jibberish numbers!

-She LOVES shoes which I think I've mentioned before though she doesn't like to wear them in the car. Almost every time she takes them off. Around the house, she'll find shoes and want to put them on. Last week, she went from rain boots, to slippers, to tennis shoes, to flip flops, to flats in about a 45 minute time frame! She's such a girly girl!

-She LOVES outside. "Side" is what she calls it and heads to the door.

-She not only gives regular kisses, but butterfly and eskimos now too!

-She and I have recently came up with this new game. She hides on one side of the bed while I sit in the floor on the other. I count to three and she runs as fast as she can to me on the other side and "tackles" me and we fall over. And then she goes and hides again and we do it over and over again! The other day she was going a bit too fast and fell too early and she face planted right into my collar bone! Oops! She cried for a bit but it didn't stop her. She still loves to play!

-She can say her name now. Most of the time she just says "Kate" but every once in a while she'll come out with "B-kate."

I have done a terrible job at taking pictures of Brylee this month. I have seriously not picked up the camera! I've only taken a few random pics with my phone and when I do that, she's usually in her pjs looking pure redneck! I've got to stop slacking on the picture taking! Here is a picture of her from Saturday. My brother and sis-in-law watched her while I got my hair done so she was able to play with her cousins, Madi, Zoe, and Mya. From the looks of the picture that my brother sent me, I think she had a blast!


I had to add these pictures too because they just crack me up! Every time Brylee plays in the playroom she HAS to put on this hat. And then goes about her business playing while wearing it. It's the funniest thing!



Guess that's all for now. See you at 22 months!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Adventures in Couponing


It's been a while since I've shared a couponing trip but honestly I haven't really been on one. Here's my latest.

1-12 Double roll Charmin
8 pack Bounty paper towels
2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios
2 boxes Cinnamon Burst Cheerios
2 boxes Nature Valley granola bars
2 Oral B toothbrushes
2 Crests toothpaste
1 Excedrine Extra Strength
2 pack Dial soap
1 jar Nutella (gotta get my chocolate fix somewhere!)

All for a whopping $15.63
Total savings $47.88

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Thankful Thursday

I'm late once again! This week I'm thankful for:
1.) Nutella. I have been craving chocolate like a mad woman the past couple of weeks and Nutella has been my hero!

2.) The good news of my friends, Paul and Rebekah Tullos! Not only are they expecting but they are expecting TWINS!!!!! So excited for them!

3.) Quiet moments with my hubby. Sunday afternoon we didn't turn on the TV all afternoon. We just sat and spent quality time with each other and it was so nice!

4.) 1st season of Parenthood. My, how ironing goes by so much faster when I pop that in!

5.) Last Saturday night and getting to see friends I don't get to see very often anymore.