Slid'n and a Cruis'n

We headed over to the park the other day and gave Brindi her first opportunity to take on the slides. Were pretty sure she liked by looking at her hands and feet. Those movements are our indicators that she enjoyed it. Were looking forward to spending a lot of time there this summer as Brindi learns how to walk.

Brindi also loves her little car. Usually Celeste or me are pushing her around but she must of grown an inch because now her feet reach the floor and she can get around pretty good. When she doesn't have anything on her feet she really cruises.

Beautiful Surprise

This spring brought us a great surprise. In our front yard we have a big flower bed that leads up to the front porch. Well I kept thinking all winter that once spring came we needed to do something with it so that our house looked more presentable. Well lucky for us and to our great surprise once it started to warm up we began to see tons of little flower buds popping through the ground. It was actually kind of exciting because neither of us are very plant smart and so we didn't know what was growing...but we do now and I absolutely love them!!! They are so bright and beautiful and when you walk out our door they smell so good! Brindi loves them too!!! I don't know who planted them...but I am so glad they are there. It has been the best surprise since moving into our new home. We still have some work to do, but at least we have somewhere to start!

Doctors appointments, Interviews, haircuts, and becoming a cookie monster.

This week Brindi has been dragged around and around. Tuesday she had her 9 month check up. She is 27 1/2 long (50%), I honestly don't think she grew at all. She weights 16 lbs 11 oz (10%) and her head is 43.7 cm(45%). She had to get three shots, I think she knew they were coming because she did not want to lay on the table, but she was all better and happy when the nurse gave her a vanilla wafer...the nurse knew the way to her heart. Thursday she had to come along with me to do some interviews for the two final papers that I have to write for my classes. The ladies at the TH loved her! They kept taking turns holding her and each of them had to give her a hug before we left. She did pretty good considering that we were there for over two hours and she had to just sit there and listen to mom ask questions. Of course it helped that the program director kept giving her girl scout cookies. She was of course in heaven! It was kind of funny actually. The lady I was interviewing left to get me some papers so I would know what she was talking about and the PD came in and saw the cookies on the table so she started to open a box, Brindi was sitting on my lap staring at the PD, the PD then went to the kitchen to get some scissors to open one of the bags of cookies and Brindi kept pushing me away and trying to look into the kitchen. When the PD came back out Brindi kept going "huh,huh" that's her way of saying she wants some. So of course the PD gave her not just one, but two and then when we were walking out the door she gave her another one for the road...I don't know if she's ever had that much sugar before, but she loved it! I really think we have created a cookie monster between the doctor's office and the TH. Joe and I really do try to feed her healthy, but it was a room full of Grandma's so there wasn't much I could do...you know Grandma's they get their way with their grandkids and everyone else's grandkids. Afterwords we went to Costco and the mall since I was dying to just go anywhere(oh the joys of one car) And before I knew it, it was time to pick up Joe. After picking him up we stopped by this salon and spa where I had a coupon for a free haircut. Well they said that they could cut right then so I said okay since Brindi was asleep in her car seat and Joe said he had work that he could do while they waited. Needless to say after our day of running around she was beat! I'm sure glad she is a good baby and will just indulge her mom a little.

16...Yeah Right!

We have been lucky to get a few 60 or higher degree days and so we decided we better take advantage of it. Our nice neighbor has a girl who is too old for her baby/toddler toys and decided to give them to Brindi. Lucky Girl! So when the weather started to get nice, Brindi was not going to wait until she was 16, it was off to the race track (cult-a-sac). Brindi loves cruising around the cult-a-sac in her new ride. As you can see she already has her rancher/farmer look with the one hand on the wheel and they other out the window. We are ready for Spring to come and stay!

Too Cute!

This morning when I got home from running I walked into the kitchen and this is what I found... a cute little girl...pantless and all...it was just too cute! Plus the fact that she looks like she just woke up. She is so funny about her little car. Joe pushes her around when he gets home and she usually cries when he stops. She loves it. Oh yeah, she also has two top teeth starting to peek through. I couldn't get a picture of those though.