January 18, 2009

Game Pics & A Brynster Update

All of us.

I love her hair.

Brynn giving Aunt Lacie kisses.
While we were at the Utes game we were fortunate enough to have a home sick photographer sitting behind us. She has a 3 yr old that she had left back in Salt lake and of course fell in love with Brynn, she seems to have that effect on people. Anyway, I gave her my email address and she just sent me a few of the pictures she took and I had to share them. Her website is www.mckenziehansenphotography.com and from there there are links to her blogs and such.
I also had to tell you a few things Brynn has been doing and how her personality has been coming out so much lately!
**Her favorite toys right now are her baby dolls and her Little Critter books. She has 2 baby strollers and whoever comes to visit has to push the other one and follow her around the house to all of the different "stores." Aunt Dani taught her this game, she is this close to having her teaching degree and the little kiddos that get her as a teacher will be so incredibly lucky.
**Her favorite song right now is Womanizer by Britney Spears. She also likes Whatever You like by TI, So What by Pink, Love Remains the Same by Gavin Rossdale, Hot and Cold by Katy Perry, Put a Ring on It by Beyonce and Put On by Young Jeezy. And she doesn't just like them, she knows at least the chorus on all of these songs. Don't worry, we listen to the edited versions and we do listen to her Little Einsteins Sing Along CD as well but sometimes the girl just likes to jam. She get it from her Mama.
**Everyone has a "parking spot." If I am sitting on the couch then go to the kitchen and come back and sit in the chair I am scolded for not sitting in my original parking spot. Her cars all have parking spots in the middle of the living room, as does each stuffed animal and baby.
**Brynn is obsessed with talking on the phone right now. Anyone we talk to she has to talk to and whenever she talks she can't hang up without saying, "see you tomorrow, miss you love you bye." She now insists that Tim and I say the same thing whenever we get off the phone too so he usually has some explaining to do when he talks to the guys from work.
**She has discovered Ring Around the Rosies and we have to play it CONSTANTLY.
**She does not like babies. We went to the doctor on Friday for a follow up visit and the cutest little girl waddled over to me jabbering away and put her hands on my knees. Brynn seriously knocked her hands off and said "my mommy." Good thing there are no babies coming in the near future because she is kind of getting used to having all of the attention all the time.
**Everything comes in two sizes, way big huge and teeny tiny, there is no in between. We are attempting potty training the past few weekends and yesterday we were putting her panties on and she said, "I have teeny tiny panties and mama has way big huge panties." Her honesty does wonders for my self esteem. Haha! I have started to teach her that Daddy's stuff is way big huge but Mommy's is medium sized, she's not buying it. She has also started to make a mental note of gifts she would like from her Daddy, it includes: a teeny tiny water tower, a teeny tiny bridge, a teeny tiny horse, a white dog and a pink belt.
**She can dress and undress herself except for taking her shirts on and off and she wants to wear jackets with every outfit.
**She is obsessed with anything having to do with Dora the Explorer.
**We still don't know if she is left or right handed because she still does everything with both. Whenever we think she might have a dominant hand she will switch it up on us again.
This is the best age and we are enjoying every minute of it. She learns something new everyday and we are so much fun watching her absorb everything like a little sponge. She is such a blessing and we love her so much!!!

January 5, 2009

More Nawlins

So the game was Friday night and we were only planning on staying that night but we had a fantastic hotel room and really didn't want to get back in the car again Saturday so we decided to stay an extra day. Tim hadn't been there before so I took it upon myself to be his personal tour guide. And Brynn is probably the only 2 yr old I know that can say she's been on Bourbon Street. I'm just glad we went during the day. Haha!
This is downtown New Orleans, obviously I didn't take this picture but the ones we took of downtown were drive bys on the freeway and they didn't turn out very well.
This is the view from our hotel room! I am a spaz for nice hotel rooms and with a little extra planning at just the right time I usually find a pretty screamin deal on them too. We were on the 14th floor and overlooked Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. This road is a Causeway that goes right through the middle of the lake. If you look carefully you can see the reflection of my camera in the picture. Oops!
This is a picture of a cemetery. Parts of New Orleans are actually below sea level so they can't dig graves. If you aren't cremated you are buried in one of these huge cement blocks. It's a little creepy.
This is a little tug-boat pushing a barge up the Mississippi River. Brynn LOVED the boats and watching the seagulls and listening to them talk to her.

Me and my girl.
Decatur Street in downtown New Orleans.
Jackson Square.
Tim & Brynn at Cafe Du Monde. My mom's favorite part of New Orleans. I don't think I've ever been to New Orleans and not come here. So yummy.
I love, love, love the architecture in this city. It's so pretty and they don't have anything like it anywhere else. It's one of those places you either love it or you hate it. My dad doesn't understand what all the hypes about and I don't think Tim did either but he played along.
Brynn at dinner. This girl was a gem the entire trip. We actually left home on Thursday and stayed in Jackson Mississippi because that was the halfway point. Then we drove another 2 1/2 hours to New Orleans on Friday and were up until almost 1am because of the game. Then we were doing the tourist thing Saturday so she didn't get a nap, again. And Sunday we wandered around downtown until almost 2 before hitting the road for 5 hours to get home. That is a lot of driving and stroller time and she was such a good girl the entire time. I absolutely love this age! I wish she could be 2 forever.

GO UTES!!!!

So my dad is pretty much the best dad ever and scored the whole family tickets to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans last weekend. 50 yard line tickets I might add. We had a blast and Brynn cheered and clapped and was absolutely adorable as usual, even though she didn't get to bed until after midnight and had no nap. Such a trooper. The Utes won, as I'm sure you all know by now and the game was definitely worth the trip. Thanks again Dad!


They don't get much cuter than this little girl! A lady that was sitting behind us at the game fell in love with her because she had left her daughter in Utah to come down for the game. She took a bunch of pictures of Brynn and is emailing them to me. She makes friends wherever she goes and was hi-fiving everyone around her.
The gang! Brynn, Grandma Jillyn, McKell, Landen, Madison, Luke and Dwight.
Tim & I. (oh I forgot to mention that New Years Eve I had my hair darkened, it was time for a change)