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Brynn is just too smart. I love, love, LOVE to see her thinking skills develop. Last night when returning home from small group she said, "We're here!" in a sing-song voice as we pulled into the driveway. Who knew those two little words could warm my heart so much.
Saturday Brynn got her first official haircut at Cutz Salon in Rochester. I totally forgot to bring the camera to get a picture of her in the chair!! Boo-hoo! She was a VERY good girl and sat there so seriously. Karen did a good job and we like it.
We got Brynn a new set of crayons and she went to town coloring.
Brynn thought she'd help fold mommy's laundry, specifically my underwear!! While embarrassing for me to post, it was so cute to watch her put them all on and say "Unerwhere!" that I couldn't resist adding it to the blog.
We had a great time for Easter this year. The weekend before we went to Lima to visit my family and had a fun time decorating eggs with the girls. Then, on the actual Easter weekend Brynn got a little basket of goodies and we had a pre-egg hunt at home in preparation for the one at small group.
....we had to take potty break at the end!
(if Brynn only knew the pictures we posted on here!)
(if Brynn only knew the pictures we posted on here!)
Oh my goodness, Brynn barely even seems like a toddler anymore! I feel like my little girl has turned into a big girl overnight. She's only 22 months old but she has an amazing vocabulary and seems to really understand the events and activities going on around her. While she is still a little snotty, my little sweetie has returned!
Tonight I was in awe of so many things that she did and here are just a few reasons why tonight Brynn brightened my evening:
1. I was messing on the computer and she was pushing her little stroller around with her baby. She likes to do this with her sunglasses on. She tried to put them on her baby and then said to her baby, "My Sweaty"...which really means "Sweetie". I often call her my little sweetie and she repeats that to her dolls. Then, she took the baby out of the stroller and said, "Ooohh, stinky...Poo-Poo! Diaper." She pretended to take off the baby's diaper and ran to her room to find one of her diapers.
2. Somehow me walking from one room to another turned into a game of hide-and-go-seek. She was hiding in corners and giggling while saying that she was hiding and giving herself away. I would go hide and then pop out and say, "Boo!" which would send her into hysterical laughter. I hid once more and made it more difficult for her to find me. She looked in several places and then calls out, "Where are you?....Momma?". She gets close to me and I scare her into another round of giggles.
3. She asked to go nite-nite! I thought it was for real, but she just played asleep on the guestbed and then got a second-wind. (She has always been an awesome sleeper - I don't know what I'd do if we had another kid and he/she didn't sleep!)
4. She loves to be like mommy. She imitates everything I do one of which was I had a blanket around me because I was cold and she grabbed her blankie and put it around herself like me.
5. While typing this blog post she tugs on my shirt and asked me to suck out her nose. Now she's off in search of the nose sucker!
Tonight, "I do want it!"
Tonight I was in awe of so many things that she did and here are just a few reasons why tonight Brynn brightened my evening:
1. I was messing on the computer and she was pushing her little stroller around with her baby. She likes to do this with her sunglasses on. She tried to put them on her baby and then said to her baby, "My Sweaty"...which really means "Sweetie". I often call her my little sweetie and she repeats that to her dolls. Then, she took the baby out of the stroller and said, "Ooohh, stinky...Poo-Poo! Diaper." She pretended to take off the baby's diaper and ran to her room to find one of her diapers.
2. Somehow me walking from one room to another turned into a game of hide-and-go-seek. She was hiding in corners and giggling while saying that she was hiding and giving herself away. I would go hide and then pop out and say, "Boo!" which would send her into hysterical laughter. I hid once more and made it more difficult for her to find me. She looked in several places and then calls out, "Where are you?....Momma?". She gets close to me and I scare her into another round of giggles.
3. She asked to go nite-nite! I thought it was for real, but she just played asleep on the guestbed and then got a second-wind. (She has always been an awesome sleeper - I don't know what I'd do if we had another kid and he/she didn't sleep!)
4. She loves to be like mommy. She imitates everything I do one of which was I had a blanket around me because I was cold and she grabbed her blankie and put it around herself like me.
5. While typing this blog post she tugs on my shirt and asked me to suck out her nose. Now she's off in search of the nose sucker!
Tonight, "I do want it!"
The cliche phrase..."The joys of parenthood..." did NOT come to mind at all yesterday other than in a sarcastic manner! There is no joy in having to deal with a sick toddler. And to add to it, Matt was sick as well. Sorry Matt, but men and sickness don't go together well either :-)
The phrase of the night for Brynn was, "Don't want it!" with an occassional "Unh-uh!" or " No!". She didn't want anything other than to fuss and cry and be a menace. Here is some of last's night conversation:
Me: Want your milk?
Brynn: Don't want it!
Me: Want your blankies?
Brynn: Don't want it!
Me: Want me to hold you?
Brynn: No.
Me: Want (several food items listed)?
Brynn: Don't want it (to all items).
Me: Want to color with Mommy?
Brynn: Unh-Uh.
Me: Want to watch Blues Clues?
Brynn: Unh-Uh.
Me: Please tell mommy what you want!
Brynn: Silence
Me: What DO you want, Brynn?
Brynn: Silence
Finally after an hour or so of similar dialogue back and forth she told us she wanted to watch her Signs movie. (She tells us by going to her DVD shelf and pulling out the movie she wants - she recognizes the pictures on the cover. I asked her if she wanted to watch her signs movie and she said, "YEAH, signs!".) Yay, something she wanted! Faster than lighting I pop in the Baby Einsteins, My First Signs DVD and there was 20 minutes of peace. Ahhhh.
The only sweet moment I remember of the night was after I has sucked out her snotty nose with the bulb she responded by saying, "All better". This made me feel better that my obsessive compulsiveness on sucking out the snot and freeing of her of it actually did make her feel better...temporarily that was until the next snot brigade showed up 5 minutes later.
And for a repeat of last night? "DON"T WANT IT!"
The phrase of the night for Brynn was, "Don't want it!" with an occassional "Unh-uh!" or " No!". She didn't want anything other than to fuss and cry and be a menace. Here is some of last's night conversation:
Me: Want your milk?
Brynn: Don't want it!
Me: Want your blankies?
Brynn: Don't want it!
Me: Want me to hold you?
Brynn: No.
Me: Want (several food items listed)?
Brynn: Don't want it (to all items).
Me: Want to color with Mommy?
Brynn: Unh-Uh.
Me: Want to watch Blues Clues?
Brynn: Unh-Uh.
Me: Please tell mommy what you want!
Brynn: Silence
Me: What DO you want, Brynn?
Brynn: Silence
Finally after an hour or so of similar dialogue back and forth she told us she wanted to watch her Signs movie. (She tells us by going to her DVD shelf and pulling out the movie she wants - she recognizes the pictures on the cover. I asked her if she wanted to watch her signs movie and she said, "YEAH, signs!".) Yay, something she wanted! Faster than lighting I pop in the Baby Einsteins, My First Signs DVD and there was 20 minutes of peace. Ahhhh.
The only sweet moment I remember of the night was after I has sucked out her snotty nose with the bulb she responded by saying, "All better". This made me feel better that my obsessive compulsiveness on sucking out the snot and freeing of her of it actually did make her feel better...temporarily that was until the next snot brigade showed up 5 minutes later.
And for a repeat of last night? "DON"T WANT IT!"
Matt has been working at LandArc since September and Brynn and I had yet to visit him. Ms. Wanda had a few days off so I took them off as well and we thought it was about time to check out the new office. We got to meet the very nice guys in his dept. and several other co-workers. We all went to lunch together as well. Matt didn't waste any time putting her straight to work on writing some new code...I think we safely made it out without any major computer malfunctions! (the date on the picture is wrong)
We were blessed with another beautiful day!
It is so much fun watching Brynn play outside.
It is so much fun watching Brynn play outside.
Brynn playing with her sidewalk chalk.
"Moon!" Brynn thought it was pretty cool seeingthe moon during the daytime. Goodnight Moon is
one of her favorite bedtime stories.
Our dog Annie. She is such a sweet little dog andwe love her as much a humans could love an animal
without it being disturbing! I occasionally joke and tell
her that she was my first baby. She definitely fights for
her share of attention when we are playing with Brynn.
I have to cherish these moments of pure joy! There aredefinitely days here and there when the smiles aren't
as frequent and our moods are as pleasant.
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