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Monday, October 29, 2012

Race Recap!

Naturally race day was the coldest day we had up to then! It was really cold, overcast, and it even flurried for a few minutes! We debated on whether we should go or not because Brynne was getting over a cold, but she seemed mostly better so we went. We bundled her up really well.

Ready to race!

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Warm up time!



Off to the starting line...

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And their off!

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Crossing the finish line... In last place!

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But she still got a medal!

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Chris would probably want me to point out that at least one or two of the kids that finished in front of them ended up being carried by their parent! Brynne may have come in last, but at least she finished! She did pretty good considering how cold it was, but she was done after the medal and I can't blame her! Hopefully next year it will be a little warmer!

Friday, October 26, 2012

21 Months and an Early Christmas!

Brynne is 21 months old today!! She seems so much older than she did at 18 months! Granny and Grandaddy got her a chair for Christmas. Since we will be in TN for Christmas and I have had the chair for a month or longer, I went ahead and gave it to her today while we were video chatting with Granny. She was SO excited about it!! It makes me excited for Christmas (even though I haven't gotten her anything yet)!

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Brynne was sick a few weeks ago and when I took her to the doctor she was 30 lbs 4-5 oz and 34 inches. I took her this Monday for an incredibly annoying, only at night cough and she was 30 lbs 12 oz. We didn't do length because she HATES being weighed and measured, so we just used the one from the time before!

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I just moved her up to size six diapers this week! Six is as big as they go, so if she outgrows these we'll have to either potty train or move to Depends, haha!

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Her vocabulary has really taken off too. At 18 months she was barely saying ten words, now she's got 50+! Now we just have to work on pronunciation because even I have a hard time figuring out what she's trying to say sometimes! Other people probably wouldn't be able to understand even half of those!

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Brynne still LOOOOOVES books, but she has finally started to like coloring! I contribute it to Sunday School, we have been in the 2-K class for quite sometime and we usually have a coloring sheet at some point. There is another little girl in the class that is 2.5, but she and Brynne are the exact same size (ha!) and Brynne saw her coloring and started doing it too!

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She is also learning shapes and puzzles. She has a shape sorter and I can tell her which shape to get (heart, circle, square, triangle, cross, star) and will usually put it in the correct spot. With puzzles she will put the piece on the right spot, but not necessarily turn it so that it will fit in the spot. I know she can do it, but if she thinks you are trying to teach her something, she doesn't want to do it! I remember someone else that was the EXACT same way.... JADE!!
 
{One small problem with the chair :)}
 
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 She has started telling us every time she poops! I am NOT ready for potty training!! Unless something crazy happens, I don't plan on even thinking about it until we get back after Christmas at the earliest.
 
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I can't believe in three months we will have a two year old!!!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we went to the pumpkin patch with our preacher and his family. It was pretty cool, but we bundled up and enjoyed it... It will be MUCH colder very soon!

Allyson, Brynne, and Lauren

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Brynne was excited about all the animals!
 
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She was being VERY animated and using her hands a lot as she talked to/about them!
 
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Llama
 
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Pretty horses
 
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Allyson and Brynne checking out the animals (and the LARGE pile of llama poop)!
 
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Action shot! I can't remember what she was running to??
 
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Chris and Brynne taking a little break.

 
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Finally time to go get some pumpkins!
 
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Brynne had to keep our pumpkins safe on the way out!
 
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Cutie patootie!
 
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It was so fun to experience the pumpkin patch with a much more active Brynne this year! I think she really had a good time!


Friday, October 19, 2012

Fall!

I love fall! A few weeks ago we took a trip out to St. Joseph to see the pretty fall colors. I am a sucker for fall pictures, so I couldn't narrow them down and there are a LOT.

We passed this on the way there... Not sure what it is, but I thought it looked pretty cool!

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Brynne really enjoyed walking all around!
 
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Brynne got a little tired of walking toward the end so she hitched a ride with Chris!
 
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I was afraid we had missed the peak time to go, but I think we hit it just right!