Rubber Duckie You're The One!

I have said 38068731687 times how much Brynne loves taking a bath! If that and the pictures weren't enough, here's more proof :)



and more!!



There is only and inch or two of water in there and it is ice cold by the end of the bath, but she couldn't care less! I'm pretty sure she would stay in there all day if I would let her!!

Pool Time!

MAJOR picture overload, so not a lot of words :)

Brynne and I took advantage of my parents pool while in Tennessee. We had a rare free afternoon, so we took a little swim. Brynne loved the water of course!

Two of her favorite things, swimming and her thumb!

The swim diapers got left at Allison's so we used a regular one. Max capacity:

Wrinkly feet :)

The day before we left Allison and the girls came over and we all swam again. Best of MANY attempts at a group picture!

This is the best you get with her:

Allison with the two of her girls that can't protest pictures yet!

Sporting the mohawk:

Mohawk AND goatee, haha!

Brynne was trying to steal my camera strap.

Gotcha! (took this without her knowing!!)

and this one!



Somehow this one jumped from the first picture to the last and it takes too long to move it back, this is before we got in the first time.

Still not done with our trip... 2 more posts, I hope think! :) It's a good thing I haven'y yaken many pictures since we've been back or I would be way behind!!

Identical?!?

Yes... and No!

I must pat myself on the back and say that most of the time I can tell Brooke and Whitney apart! But I think these pictures I took on the 4th of July, would sure give me a run for my money!! I think they really look alike in this picture, except Whitney's head is slightly wider.

I had to throw these pics in to show how big they are, holding their bottles all by themselves! I wish I had a video of Brooke, she bounces while she eats... It's a good thing she doesn't get motion sick!!

Whitney is a messy eater, hence the lack of clothes :) Forget a milk mustache... She was sporting a milk goatee when she was done!

Both eating their toys the same way...

Brooke, Matt's mini-me!

Whitney, who I think look a LOT like my sister sometimes!

And yet they look so identical at times!

I had to throw these in for fun. Brooke does a trick where she balances any and everything on her thumb, it is hilarious! Sometimes she will balance something on each thumb at the same time!! I think she's going to be a genius, haha!

Such concentration!

Unfortunately I didn't really take any pictures besides these while at the 4th celebration. I spent too much time playing with babies, all 4 of them (there was one little boy around the twins age there too). It also rained really hard that afternoon and ran a lot of people off, but I still had a great time seeing family and friends!

Rub a Dub Dub (cont.)

Now that I have some time, I can start/finish blogging about our trip to Tennessee... almost a month ago, oops! It definitely does not feel like we left for TN a month ago! We spent two weeks there and it was definitely not long enough! I felt like we were going, going, going non-stop!! More on that later.

These are some pics from the same bath as the video I posted before. I let her watch the video every now and then and she still has the same reaction, it's so cute!



Brooke and Brynne

Brooke again... It was all hands on deck to keep the twins from trying to stand up and climb out so I didn't get a chance to get a picture of Whitney.

Brynne also got a good ole sink bath in Granny's kitchen sink :) This girl loves her baths!!

As you can see, it was kind of a tight sqeeze for this little chunk!

Sweet baby feet...

This picture cracks me up... She just looks so chilled out. Laid back, sucking the thumb, and legs propped up and crossed!

More to come...

Videos... Courtesy of my dad!

Brynne has become quite the "talker," anybody want to quess where she might have gotten that from?!? :) She has also found her mouth and keeps it moving most of the time. When we were in Tennessee my dad gave me a new flip video camera! It is great to be able to record the silly things Brynne does so I can remember when she gets older!! Thanks Dad!!



This is a new thing she has started doing with her mouth, it's so funny!



This is her gleeful scream, I am pretty sure she like to hear herself talk! Ha ha! You may want to turn the volume down a little on this one :)



She is still really enjoying her baths. I wish I had recorded her in the bath tonight... She was really going to town!!



We have our first non-family member visitor here this weekend! Chris's friend Brad got here today and is spending the weekend with us. We are excited for more visitors in the future, hint hint ;)

Hopefully I will have time to update about our trip to TN soon!

6 Months!

Brynne is 6 months old today! That's 1/2 a year!! She is getting so big; we had her 6 month check-up yesterday and she weighed 20 lbs even and was 26 inches. I am pretty sure the length is wrong considering I measured her last month and she was 26 to 26 1/4 inches. She was rather wiggly during that part so I'd say it's a little off... She had to get two shots plus and oral vaccine. She cried and cried and gagged and cried and cried some more with the oral one, then when the time came for shots she didn't even flinch, ha!

I decided to start giving her some "real" food (other than cereal). I made some green beans and let her try them this morning... She was not a fan! She gagged after every bite even after I added some cereal to it, haha!

 

She also got to ride in the cart at Walmart like a big girl today! She cried when I first put her in, but quickly warmed up to the idea! These pictures are after we got home and were taking the groceries up to the apartment (that's why it's not a Walmart cart).

 

I bought one of those shopping cart covers today while at Walmart, so hopefully we can keep some of the nasty germs away!

Brynne has turned into destructo baby lately, haha! She ripped this piece of paper off the pad and did this in a matter of minutes!! She also did this to my list at Walmart! It made it a little difficult to read what I had on there. She also mangled the paper they put over the exam table at the doctor's office!

She is loving her bath seat we brought back with us from our visit to TN, thanks Aunt Allison!

She is sitting pretty well now, so I knew she would like sitting up in the bath!

As long as she isn't too tired, she can sit unsupported for quite a while. If she tries to go for a toy that is a little too far to the left or right she will fall over, but other than that she does pretty good!!

He he!! I thought this picture was funny! She has really started reaching for and playing with toys more. I has caused quite a few face plants though!

All done and getting ready for bed. Nothing cuter than a fat baby in a hooded towel!!

I can't believe 6 months have come and gone! Brynne has changed so much!! I hope the next 6 months will bring us as much joy, fun, and excitement as the first!

Rub a Dub Dub

Three babies in the tub!

We threw Whitney, Brooke, and Brynne in the bath tonight. Brynne LOVED it!! It was the first time she was able to sit in the bath instead of laying down. Brooke is the one beside her and Brynne thought it was hilarious :)



I have a few pictures too but I forgot my cord, so they will have to wait until we get back to MN.