Rewind with lots of pictures!

I have been a total slacker at getting pictures put up here lately so I will try to get them all up while lil Miss Brynnle is content playing with Daddy in the living room! :)

Brynnle has got the crawling thing down these days and will follow you absolutely anywhere in the house. This includes the kitchen and bathroom. If I walk out of the room for more than 30 seconds she is either in the bathroom getting into the garbage or in the dining room playing in the dog's water or food bowls.

                                 Busted on her way to the bathroom garbage!

                   The very same day (20 min later) headed to the dog's food bowls!

This is the face I get when I tell her "no no Brynnle" - she finds it absolutely hilarious!
 
So after many many messes and Mom being grossed out more than once we decided it was time to invest in an exersaucer and walker. Huge thanks to our friends Chris and Rich and good ole Craigslist I got both for under $45 AND she LOVES them!

The blue button she has her hand on has a duck on it and it happens to be her favorite button to push. I cant even tell you how many times a day I have heard "duck, quack quack, pato (duck in Spanish)"

It will keep her content for hours as long as someone is in the room with her. I have yet to find a way to keep her totally happy when I "disappear" to take a shower but for now she is no longer in the garbage or Jethro's food bowls so I am a much happier mom!

The other day I was doing laundry and cleaning up and she was playing in the living room and apparently decided she wanted to play in her exersaucer but couldn't quite remember how to get in.

She had her 2 favorite toys in there with her (a baby spoon and a lid from a baby food container) and was happy as could be until she got her head stuck in the opening where the chair is and couldn't figure out how to get to her toys!


She isn't quite as happy in her walker, which I am afraid is my fault. The first time I had her in there we were trying to adjust the height for her short little legs so she could touch the ground. I pushed the button to lower it and it pinched my thumb and the whole thing collapsed and she ended up on the floor. She has been weary of it since. It also doesn't have nearly as many entertaining things on it as her exersaucer does and her legs aren't long enough to touch the floor so she can't move in it yet. Maybe in a few months?

                           So confused as to why I was making her sit in that boring thing!

Also new and due to her growing up she is now taking her baths in the kitchen sink regularly. I could have her in the bath tub but it kills my back (yes I'm getting old) to be hunched over making sure this active little thing doesn't drown herself. ESPECIALLY since our new favorite thing is to pull herself up to a standing position and let go, even in the tub - pictures of that to come in a minute!  

 Pardon the dishes in the sink! I am usually loading the dishwasher as she is bathing! :)

 You cant really tell in this picture but she LOVES to splash water all over the floor and on the counters, she splashed really big and got herself in the face - does NOT love that!

                                   This is her "Mom I'm ready to get out now" face.


As promised here are the pictures of her pulling herself up. The chair is actually part of her swing, it comes out and turns into a rocking chair or as we use it, a chair to feed her in since shes still not quite big enough for her high chair just yet. It also makes for the perfect thing to pull herself up on since it has a really wide base and is pretty stable.

She is soo proud of herself when she does it! She has gotten pretty good at it and has moved on to really anything she can get her hands on. Couches, coffee table, anything strong enough to hold her weight and sadly we have tried a few things not strong enough and ended with a few bloody noses! :(

Last but not least, the past week I have had the blessing of being able to go walking with my sister in law Jen. She is now a stay at home mom too so we have gotten out a few times to go to the park and walk or the mall when the weather doesn't cooperate. The girls were getting fussy (o.k. mainly Brynnle) after awhile of our laps around the mall so we stopped at the children's play area and let the girls out of the strollers for awhile. 

               This was a smile from Clair but my camera wasn't fast enough to catch it.

Both girls had an obsession with trying to eat Jen's clothes. Clair was going for her jeans and Brynnle was trying to suck on her shoes. Gross! :)

Its been really nice to get out and get a little exercise and have some "adult talk" with another stay at home mom who understands! I am hoping we will be able to continue to get together regularly as the girls grow so they will be good friends! :)