New Bed.....Is this a Good Idea?

My wonderful wife did a little bartering last week and traded her skills in canning chicken for a toddler bed for Brindi. Brindi was so happy when it was all put together. She laid on it and placed all her babies and stuff animals on it. It was really cute. We thought it would be an easy transition from the crib to the bed. So that night came and about 2 AM I awake to a little cute girl trying to climb into our bed. We tried to put her back in her bed but if we left she would follow. We would have to lay with her in her bed until she fell asleep and then come back to our bad only to have her come in about a hour later. Were not sure if the bed is such a great idea. We liked the idea of the crib and her inability to get out of it. Now she seems to find her way into our room every night, in the middle of the night. Any ideas anyone?

Crafty Resurrection

My Grandma Lovell originally made this tractor blanket for my eighth birthday over twenty years ago. The blanket went through a lot over the years and was about to be retired. It was actually lost and my mom found it outside in the yard this past summer. My wonderful wife then took it and gave it a much needed face lift. The tractor is still original but the tractor was given a whole new field to work in and a new border. For those who remember the original will surely understand the work Celeste put into it. She said it took her the whole two weeks she stayed in AZ after I left. One of my favorite gifts and memories of my Grandma Lovell has been resurrected. Thank you so much Celeste. I love you.

GrandDan's Barn

As a little kid I spent hours of fun at my GrandDan's barn playing a ton of different games with my cousins. Well Tansey took Cade to get pictures at the barn and they turned out so cute, so we decided to take Brindi up there and do it too. The saddest part about the whole thing is, when we were growing up we would have thought it was so stupid if our parents made us take pictures by the barn, but now that we live so far away from all the ranch stuff, I find my self taking pictures of the littlest things when we go home, so Brindi will remember where she came from.
She loved playing with the hay.

Brindi and Grammy feeding the horses. She is still a little afraid of the horses...hopefully we'll brake her of this soon.
This picture just confirms my fears...She already gets annoyed with me...I was hoping I would get to smother her a little bit longer.

El Paso or Mexico

Brindi and I headed over to the great state of Texas to see my sister Amber and her family. Well Joe's boss called and asked were I was, knowning he is from Texas, I said happily "Well I'm in Texas", he then asked,"Really, well what part?", and I told him El Paso, he then got all serious and said " oh, well that's not Texas, that's Mexico". So I guess accourding to Texans, El Paso isn't considered to be part of Texas, but either way we had a great time...shopping and playing. Brindi had so much fun! The sad thing is I only took one picture and it is Bryant trying to kiss Brindi.

1st haircut

We broke down and took Brindi to get her first haircut. Grammy got sick of her having hair in her eyes all the time, but in my defense if Brindi would just leave in her cute bows and flowers that Amber, Liz, and Tansey have made her, then we wouldn't have had to cut it. Oh, well. Brindi really liked it and it must have been relaxing because I think she almost feel asleep. It was so cute!

New Year's Eve

On New Year's eve we headed to round valley for a great dinner of steak and shrimp with all Heaps. Later on we headed to the Town dance which started at 8:30. Since we had Brindi we thought be better go early since she wouldn't last long. When we showed up we were the only ones there. But that didn't stop Brindi from getting out there and shaking a leg. Eventually people did show up and Brindi danced with GrandDan and Virginia, GrandDad, Celeste, me and by herself a lot before we headed home. As you can tell from the video she had a ball. Listen for her scream. We got home we played rook until the ball had officialy dropped and rang in the New Year.