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!

Happy Halloween!

Bryn had her very first Halloween.  She made it to all of 3 houses :) 

 And she trick-or-treated for squeezable baby food!  

She was a pretty sweet cupcake.

 In front of our house before trick-or-treating

 Peeking out from behind the pumpkins.  Nosey Nellie wouldn't 

look at me, she was too busy looking at everything else.

 Checking out the glowing pumpkin at Grandma and Grandpa Flanagan's.

 Her trick-or treat bag from Gamma and Papa.

Can't wait to take everything out and check out the loot!

 Handing out candy or taking it out and throwing it on the ground?

I'll go with choice number 2...

Dad will take it so he doesn't have to pick it up.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkins

When we were in Michigan we had to get pictures with some pumpkins as they 

were growing in a garden.  I cannot find one in Orlando.  So we went to the Walter's

 and found some pumpkins and pretty fall flowers.  Thanks Craig and Rejo!

 "It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"

 Hi everybody!  I'm in a real field!

 I've got my tongue out just like my Mumma

 Very cute

 Pretty flowers

 Mmmm...pumpkin

10 Months

Friday was Bryn's 10 month birthday.  We took our monthly picture and Bryn was very cooperative!  The Florida weather is great in October, but Bryn is still my sunshine :)

 You would think that I posed her this way, but you can tell 

by her knees that she had been doing some crawling!  

 She turned around to give the bear kisses.  So cute!

 Playing hard to get or just over the photo shoot, I am not sure.

 Up close and personal

Congrats to Beth and Charlie

My cousin Bethany got married to Charlie on September 17th.  It was a 

gorgeous day for an outdoor wedding!  And Bethany looked stunning.

Doug and I had to get a picture with our girls.  Doug and I are 2 months apart and our girls, Bryn and Olivia are 3 1/2 months apart.  It is too bad we live so far away!

I had to get a shot of Bryn with the bride.  Bryn has liked Beth from the day

 they met and on her wedding day, the necklace secured it!  

Back in Michigan!

We are back in Michigan for a bit to enjoy family, friends, and great weather (compared to Florida)!  Here are only a few pictures I have taken of Bryn.

Being Gladys Kravits and looking out the door to see who is stopping by!  

Surprisingly she actually looks a little like me in this picture...but maybe it is because her tongue is hanging out :)

Spending some time outside in the cool weather.  

Bryn is not too crazy about crawling in the grass.