Date Night

Brilee ate a YUMMY dinner that she LOVED tonight... spaghetti, banana's, and green beans! Look at that mess...

Brilee found her apron tonight, then she found me an apron, and Jake an apron. We were not allowed to take them off either. I put lipstick in her pocket, and then she threw herself a little fit when she couldn't find more lipstick to put in mine and Jake's pockets.

She has a nasty cough, and so I was trying to get her to let me look at her throat.... she is good at it!

Wyann and I bowling (well waiting for our turn to bowl.)

Jake spent the whole night not worrying about knocking down pins, but instead mastering his "spin".

At the Taylor's Halloween party we got the bright idea to set Wyann's BF up with Bertagnolli (from work). We finally made the date happen tonight. The Taylors, Jake, Bert, Deb, and I all went bowling. It was way fun. I am not the best bowler, and could have quit after the first frame... but it was way fun hanging out with everyone.

Same

What is the same about all these pictures?

What is missing?

That's right!!! Brilee is now BINKY free. We have made it two nights and one nap without a binky. I snipped all the tips off and she would suck on the binky and then take it out and say, "ew, nasty binky. I don't want it" She found a binky I missed so she hurry and hid it from me, but she hid it so good she can't find it now. This transition is going a lot better than I could have even imagined. GO BRILEE!!! 

Cedar City

Thursday morning Brilee, my Mom, and I headed to visit Stacia, GGMA, GGPA, and AJ in Cedar City. We had a long drive with Brilee only sleeping an hour of the way and screaming the other four. We were very happy to get to Stacia's. We visited with Stac and Manny (Macy's cute puppy that Brilee is obsessed with) until it was time for her to go to class. She took off about the same time the Cali crew showed up! We headed to their hotel and got all caught up with them, and waited for Stacia to get out of class. We went back to her place hung out, and then went to the Pizza Factory for dinner. It was delicious! We went back to Stacia's after dinner to make plans for the evening. Brilee was tired, but wasn't about to miss the party. We decided to go watch Macy dance, and my mom stayed to put Brilee to sleep. Macy did a great job (there were some interesting dances... not hers, but the intermediate group... WHOA!) Brilee went right to sleep for my Mom. She left her on Stacia's bed and in the blink of an eye Manny was on the bed waking her up. Brilee was stoked! She ended up staying awake until almost 11. Friday we woke up, went to breakfast (humph!), Stacia went to class, and so we went to Wal-Mart. Brilee was the most spoiled baby in Cedar! She walked out of the store pushing a new stroller and new baby! She was pretty happy. She and GGMA decided to stay at the hotel and relax (Brilee slept) while we walked the campus with Stacia. It is a beautiful campus with a fun and relaxed feel to it. Grandpa was invited numerous times to the techno dance... Stac, Amelia, Keeira, Brilee, and I then went to Ninja for some yummy sushi! Brilee loved the fish aquarium. I loved all the baby-sitters at the restaurant. After lunch we took the girls to the park to let them play. They were so sweet. Finally, it was time to swim! Brilee is a fish. Poor girl loves the water, but the water doesn't love her. Every time she swims we have ear issues. We are going to talk to the ear doctor about ear plugs. Kee had a great time swimming too! The rest of the evening was spent chatting and hanging out at Stacia's. It was way fun! This morning we went to IHOP with the fam and Stac's friends, said our farewells, and then hit the road! Brilee slept a lot of the way home. She was soooo excited to see her Daddy in the driveway when we pulled in. She missed him. Thanks so much for the fun weekend! We love you all, and can't wait until Thanksgiving/Christmas to see everyone. 

Brilee has so much fun playing with her GGPA!

Brilee and Manny... what a pair!

Keirra, Stac, and Bri Cub playing at the park!

Brilee LOVED the slides as long as we were there to catch her.

Cute little girls!

Brilee kissing her new baby on the way home!

Heart Breaker

Tonight at dinner Brilee was playing peek-a-boo with a little boy from across the room. Jake and I laughed at them and commented on how cute they were. We went back to talking and not paying any attention to anything. Pretty soon the little boy (about 3) came up to Brilee with a plate of cookies and said, "Scuse me can she have a cookie?" Jake and I said sure and he proceeded to tell us how cute he thought Brilee was. I told him what a nice boy he was and Jake asked his name. He replied, "My name is Jeffery, but she can call me peanut." 

Quick Trip

Del decided to fly into SLC to watch the TCU/Utah game. Jake, Brilee, and I decided to go see him! The game was AwFuL (for the Utes), but the weekend was a blast. We got to Salt Lake around 5:00, and Cathy and Roger cooked us a yummy dinner. We ate, visited, and laughed at Brilee Rose!!! She is an amazing entertainer. 

"Aunt Acky" (aka Aunt Cathy) gave Brilee a blanket right at bed time and she made herself a nice bed on the kitchen floor.

She liked wearing GPA's shoes.

We forgot to bring Brilee's sippy cup. We stopped at the gas station and got a belly washer. It didn't make her happy at bed time, but lucky for her Grandpa Kool-Aid stopped at the grocery store and picked one up for her this morning. 

She's BACK!!!!!

Two weeks ago Brilee was loving life riding 7G... that was until he shook. I wasn't holding on to her, but I was close by. I grabbed her leg just as she was going off. She bonked her head on the saddle horn, and became SCARED to ride any horse. She would see the horses and automatically start burying her head into my shoulder saying, "Scary horse, Scary horse." It was very sad, and broke her Dad's heart. We did everything we knew to do... we put her right back on the horse (bawling and all!), laughed about it, gave her space, showed her horses were nice, but nothing was working. We would get her on the horse and she would freeze and whisper, "Scary, scary, scary" the whole time. Finally, last night, we convinced her to ride Uma with Jake. He took her for a LONG ride! She came back so happy. She didn't want off Uma. She threw a royal fit when I took her away... Jake has never been so relieved. Tonight we went over to see Jake off to his team sorting competition and from Brilee's car seat she started saying, "I ride... I ride now." I got her out and immediately put her on Uma. Adda girl!

So frustrated this picture is dark! It was a cute sight to see.

Ride baby Ride!

With the time changing Sunday I have been trying to post pone bed time (6:30 really is to early to go to sleep), and so tonight we put diapers on stuffed animals. She made sure to tell me "ew nasty bum" with every diaper she changed. 

She was exhausted and  just about gave up, and so I gave in to her beautiful tired eyes!

 

Happy November

November is one of the greatest months! The weather is perfect, we get TWO paid days off of work, Thanksgiving, and Christmas music just to name a few!