LOTS of Updates

Ok... having a toddler, working full time, getting ready to move = not a lot of updates on the blog. The toddler is making it probably the hardest-- especially a toddler that doesn't stop moving! Brynnie is on the go and would live outside if I would let her. She is climbing all over everything and anything, and also trying to jump off whatever it is she is climbing on top of. She is saying new things each day, and surprises us with what she understands. She calls all crayons/ markers/ etc. chalk... because we use chalk a lot outside. We ask her if she is ready for her bath and she says "bath?!" and will run to the tub when we are down stairs. She says "Mai Mai" for Maia since we call her that... but hasn't figured out that isn't what you call Kolby :) She is just so much fun. I do wish she would learn to stop throwing her food on the floor. This is driving me nuts. We will keep working on it, but let's just say there has been a lot of "no" being said in our house lately.

I am getting ready to be done with school. Last day with the kiddos is tomorrow. It has been a good year, and a pretty easy transition to working with a child. I think the fact that Kelsey and Kevin have been so good with Brynn, and Brynn loving it there has helped a lot. However, I am SO looking forward to the next few months!!

Besides the end of the school year approaching... of course most of you know we bought a new home and we are moving in this Saturday! This has been keeping us busy... trying to get some things done-- painted-- and boxes hauled. I am SO excited, but also know we will have a never ending wish and to do list once we are in the house. Oh well... it is so worth it and I can't wait to be in there, have the fence in, and be able to relax in the backyard with the dogs running around!

Brynn is what I consider a pretty good eater. She finally has eaten banana, but definitely not a big fruit eater. She still loves her meat. She also loves black beans. She is still signing more and please a lot when she wants things... and she does it mainly for food, but will for other things, too. I will ask her to say please when she wants something and she will usually sign it for me. Thanks Kels! :)

Now that summer is just about here, I will be better about updating. On top of moving and getting settled, and having brynnie, my capstone has been taking up a lot of time-- as it will continue to this summer. Boy, I can't wait until that is done. Anyway, that's about all I have for now. I am exhausted and plan on heading to bed very shortly :)

The Holidays

As usual since I have been at work... updating this blog is getting more and more difficult. A lot has been happening since I have lasst updated. Brynn has had another ear infection. She has another tooth. She had stood. Now she goes from sitting to standing on her own, without holding on to anything! (I will post video). She takes 4-5 steps at a time, too!

Sick. We all seem to be psasing it back and forth. Brynn had another ear infection a few weeks ago...and Dan got a nasty cold that he so generously passed on to me. I haven't felt this crummy in a long time, and am hoping Brynn doesn't get it.

We also have had a huge change, which is one reason it has been so long since I last updated. We have moved. We had a potential tenant walk through our house, she loved it, but needed to be in by December 15th! We didn't think we would be out before Christmas... so we had a tree and had decorated... and had about 9 days to be packed and moved out!! Talk about stressful! We somehow managed to do it, while working full time and chasing around an 11 month old. We are now all settled in at Dan's dads. I know in earlier posts I had mentioned moving in with my Grandma, but we decided that this is a much better option for us for now-- especially with an almost 1 year old. Grandma's house still has so much work, and there is so much for Brynn to get in to. All of my grandma's knitting baskets, plants, and nic-naks she has set up all over. Definitly not baby friendly. Not to mention the space... not a whole lot of room for all of us and our stuff. At Nick's, we have 1500 sq feet to fill up-- we are able to use all of our furniture, and our room and closet are like twice the size they were. We are pretty comfortable for now... and in a few months we will begin looking seriously for houses! :o)

Now Christmas! I took Brynn to see Santa at Macy's on Friday. She LOVED him. No tears, just a lot of intense looks. The line was long, but well worth the wait!

Our family is so blessed! We had good food, family time, and a great first Christmas for Brynnie Boo. She is near impossible to bring to church... she doesn't want to just be held. She wants to go, go, go. On Christmas Eve Dan and I took turns taking her out and letting her crawl around. She sure was a ball full of energy. Christmas Day she had so much fun with Dan's cousin Berit. She played with Brynn pretty much the whole day, which was nice for me to have a little break :) Dan's Aunt and Uncle live on White Bear Lake, so we also brought our skates over because the lake is like glass! It was so nice.

Dan had Monday, Tuesday, and today off of work, which has been nice to spend time together. We went to the Mall of America yesterday-- it was so crazy. Today we are just going to putz around here, do laundry, clean, and make spaghetti for dinner. I am going to try and enjoy the little bit of time left that I have home with Brynn before I head back to work. After New Year's, I am going to seriously really hit my capstone hard. I am all registered and want to be done by time next school year begins so I get a nice little bump in pay :)

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! I will leave you with some video!