August

It’s been too long since I last updated the blog. 

We have had a busy August already. The first weekend of the month Mom and Dad came for a visit so we hit the beach and enjoyed the sun and sand. Mom enjoyed the shade with Brynn. The upside to the beach trip is the stop at the German Bakery on the Island. SOOO good! They also came down because they had tickets to Antiques Roadshow. Shockingly Roadshow came to Corpus, so both Mom and I put in for tickets and they were picked in the lotto for two tickets. Tune in next fall, you might see them in the background.

Reese and the dolphin at the Aquarium. We go there every Monday morning!

This picture is from the end of June but how cute are these 3 at the Hooks Game!

Brynn loves Kobe!

The day she figured out how to walk around the table. Yes we have kids, yes the house is littered with toys.

Brynn and Nana

I hosted Bunco at our house the last week in July so Ryan took Reese out for dinner. They ended up at Mr. Gatti’s and Reese had a BLAST. This was the pirate patch she won with all her tickets.

Ryan took the day off two weeks ago and we surprised Reese by taking her to Schlitterbahn for the day. We left Brynn home with Oma and took the big girl out for fun. She was crazy! Reese has NO fear. She was a trooper and stood in line for over an hour to ride the Master Blaster, the number one rated water ride in the US. She didn’t bat an eye lash. She also went on all the big kid rides alone. Ryan or I would go down the water slide first, the other would send her off from the top and then follow her down. She went in those dark, twist and turns flying through the water like she does it everyday. She is going to love amusement parks when she’s older. It was a ton of fun and I know we’ll do it again next summer. There are no pictures because cameras and water parks don’t go well together.

Brynn has been REALLY busy. Over the course of one day (this was a few weeks ago) she went from pulling up on coffee table, to walking around the coffee table a few hours later. Since then she has been unstoppable. She’s pushing her toys all over while she walks behind them, scaling the furniture, walking from couch to couch (as long as she can hold on) and most recently started really balancing herself and letting go. I don’t think it’s going to be long before she’s brave enough to let go and take a step. Reese walked 13 months to the day, so we’ll see if Brynn will beat her or not. I better be careful though because yesterday she figured out that if she stands on her tippi toes at the back door she can turn the lock. She is also saying MaMa, Dada, and Pu-peee (although she only whispers that). Brynn is OBSESSED with dogs.

BFF’s. They don’t go anywhere without the other one following close behind.They LOVE looking out the window!

tired baby!Grampy and his girls!Thurman is such a good sport. He lets me dress him up all the time and leaves the get-ups on. I used a scarf to create this lovely flower behind his ear. We all LOVE Thurman. As you can see he is always within arms reach of Brynn and Reese.

I love this picture of Reese.

Two sisters who LOVE to play rough.

First time to feed herself spaghetti. This particular night, she had spaghetti and 5 meatballs. Yes I said 5! They are her absolute favorite thing to eat!

It’s hard to believe that in a few short weeks my baby will be 1, and in just over a month my big girl will be 5!