Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas season this year!  Bryn was good with the tree, she only took a few ornaments off, and the presents that appeared before Christmas - she only tried to open Papa's!  We visited Santa a few days before Christmas...

 She enjoyed him from a distance but was not happy 

when Mumma dropped her in his lap.

 Thank you to Mrs. Claus.  I am not sure what she said, but it got Bryn's attention.

 And then she was ok....Santa on the other hand seems tired of unsure babies!

 Christmas Eve after a very busy girl at church.

 Bryn and Aunt Cheryl

 I got a Powerball ticket!  But I didn't win :(

 Is there more?

 Helping Marley unwrap his soccer ball

 Too funny!  I am not sure if I caught a yawn or a sneeze or disgust in her outfit!?!

 All better now :)

 A helmet for bike rides

 I got a shopping cart!

 And she's off!  Too bad Supermarket Sweep is off the air!

Smiling at her Peek-a-Boo Bear

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Dad's Birthday at Disney

Brian's friends, Brandon and Todd, decided to come into town with their families and go to Disney for a Christmas celebration.  It just so happened that the day we all could go was also Brian's 31st birthday!  Despite the crowds and three kids under 2, we had a GREAT day!

 Bryn was so excited to see the castle that we couldn't get a good picture!

 Riding the carousel

 The Disney character play outside the castle

 Bryn watched the characters very intently from her Dad's shoulders

 The boys and their kids.  Brandon and Parker, Todd and Cole, Brian and Bryn

Bryn meeting Mickey.  She jabbered when she 

saw him but wasn't sure about getting close to him.

 Our first visit with Mickey and Minnie

 We've got ears, say CHEERS!  So cute!

Happy Birthday, Dad! 

 The castle in lights.  Gorgeous.

 The great fireworks show.  Bryn made it through half of the fireworks 

but feel asleep towards the end.  She was a trooper!

The next night we celebrated with family.  Bryn helped with the presents and the candles.

Bryn is ONE!

Bryn has been with us for an entire year!  It actually seems like a long time ago that I was pregnant and was blessed with my baby girl.  We were lucky to be able to celebrate her first year twice, once in Michigan and then in Florida.

Our Michigan party was with lots of friends and family.  Bryn was able to play with four of her friends - all under two years!  This means that we had lots of help opening presents :)  And Bryn was so excited about digging into her cake that she used her foot first!

We flew home just in time to celebrate Bryn's actual birthday at home.  We had dinner with family and round two for cake and ice cream.  Bryn was better about opening presents and still liked the ice cream better than the cake...she gets that from her parents!

This past year has been wonderful and we look forward to the next...and next...and next!

Our Visit to Naples

This past weekend we went on a trip to Naples.  We got into town late on Thursday night, but after a relaxing morning we headed to the zoo!

 Dad and Bryn looking at the lions.  The lioness was huge and beautiful.

 With the zebras, but I think Bryn is looking at the boy next to us 

who let everyone know the zebra was a boy!

 The giraffes were very cool.  You could even feed them yourselves.

 Strolling along Palm Tree Lane

I think it is funny there was a big alligator exhibit since our hotel has signs by the lakes surrounding warning us not to feed the alligators and those are not fenced in!

 Leaving Bryn prints

 Hey Dad!  Did you see this big tiger over my shoulder?

She liked the giraffes, the really liked the parrots, but the 

most exciting were the fish in the pond outside the zoo!

Friday night and Saturday were busy spending time with Todd and Debbie Robinson and their new son, Cole.  All that time together and we never took pictures!  Big oops!

Sunday morning we headed to Fleishmann Park.

 I think the swing is a little big

 Crawling through a hippo

 Bryn loved the slide and the quickest way to go again is to climb back up

 Why play on the equipment when there is mulch?

I think she has been watching her dog play...

There was a splash zone at the park.  She was not real eager, but splashed a little.

That night we went to the beach to watch the sunset.

Bryn loved the powder, white sand and all the shells throughout it.

It was a great visit and we will be back in April!

11 Months Old

Bryn is now 11 months old.  At the end of this month she will be ONE!

She is still little, weighing in around 15 pounds (which means it only took 

11 months to double her birth weight).  She is crawling everywhere 

and shows just a little interest in walking.  Her Mumma is encouraging 

the crawling for as long as possible...Dad is getting anxious for her steps to come.

 It wasn't easy to get her to sit, look at me, and smile

When all she really wanted to do was crawl all over the bear!

She liked the bear so much that we are keeping it in her playroom!