Family Pictures 2011

I have received our family pictures and finally got our Christmas cards ordered. (see previous post). I am excited that we finally had some pictures made and I'm going to try hard to set us up for a yearly photo shoot!

Here are a few...I can't post them all, too many. But here are some of my favorites.



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Holiday crafts

Bridger is always coming home with new crafts that he has done at school. I haven't taken pictures of them all, but I have each and every single one saved and am trying to figure out a way to preserve these and keep them all together stashed away! I haven't come up with anything just yet....but here is what he came home with this week... some festive crafts.....

a pumpkin......

Also, here is a little turkey! These were sitting on the tables at his Thanksgiving Feast the other day. The little tail feathers are cut out of his little hands. How darling!

I love all of his little artwork and what they come up with!!



Picaboo

I signed up for email alerts to Picaboo after my sister told me about them last year after she went on her cruise and made a darling book out of it from Picaboo.com.

I started making the same kind of book from our trip to Antigua back in April, but have yet to finalize it and order. A great email came to me to make a Halloween book for free! Of course I jumped on it and was very happy that I happened to take a lot of pictures of Halloween related "things" this year.

Anyway, I just got the book in today! And I love it! It is a smaller book....8X8 I think...but just perfect. I loved the way it turned out and can't wait to order our Antigua book!!.

Here are some photos I took of the book....because I am taking the picture right now at night...the flash is ruining the picture, I'm afraid that I will forget and another month will go by before I remember to take the pictures in direct sunlight with a flash...so these pictures will just have to do! It shows its cuteness anyway!!

Front Cover: Wish I would've used a different picture maybe or different color writing on the front where you can see it better

Here is the rest of the book! I should have made one for his Bday too! Oh goodness, I will be a crazy lady that has 10 million little hard back books of her son growing up..... ha!

Dressed as  Monkey!

Trick or Treating!



We went to the pumpkin patch





Daycare had a little class Halloween party



Festive Outfits for the week!

I want to Remember

I want to remember a few things....
* This morning as usual, Bridger and I went thru where his nose was, check! Eyes, check! and ears......he stopped at looked at me and reached for my ear instead and grabbed the top of it pulling it back and forth- kind of like how I do to his, but much harder! I laughed so hard! He even followed thru with how I taught him where his ear was.....pulling it...wiggling it..whatever its called. Well - at least he is a smart boy and kind find ours too!! hehe!

* Bridger also knows what a duck makes..."Quack Quack". Pig, dog, cow....he has no idea. He tells me "uh uh" I am not sure if I am spelling that right....but those are his favorite words lately.

* Bridger now grabs our hands and pulls us to what he wants. He knows which cabinet is his!! Once we pick him up, he opens the cabinet and pulls out what he wants....or in our cabinet if there is something in there that he wants...usually it is his circus animal crackers. I love that he is taking the time to show us what he wants instead of just crying and screaming as usual.

* This afternoon Bridger was playing with my house keys and we were getting ready to leave and he didn't have them anymore....Ryan and I asked him where they were.....and to go find them...he ran straight to our restroom and found those dang keys and brought them back. What a smart boy - he remembered where he left them!!

* His little zoo animals we purchased for him at the zoo that he has been obsessed with are still around. However, we are now down to half....how do you lose 6 little animals?! Anways, we plays with them daily. They are his "ninimals"

* I love how when I pick him up from daycare he hugs me so tight around my neck....or when i drop him off I ask for a kiss and he gives me one every time!!! He LOVES to give kisses!

* I love how when the front door opens he takes off as fast as he can...he absolutely loves visitors and always gets so sad when they leave.

* I love how he calls Ryan "da" .....from time to time it is still "da da", but more recently he is jsut "da". ha!

* Im loving how he tries to help me put his shoes on each morning.....he gets the jist of it!

* I bought him some cute warm long footed pjs from Sams awhile back and was excited when it got cold enough for him to wear them, however we had a huge meltdown when I put them on. I suppose it has been so long since I have put footed jammies on him....but he wanted nothing to do with them and did everything possible to try to get them off. Good thing I didn't stock up like I usually do....those jammies will not be worn by my stubborn Tot.

* Bridger throws everything now - his favorite is from the back seat to the front.....he has an arm. He really loves all of his balls...I wish I knew how to spell how he says it....its cute!

Broken lip

Bridger bear bit his lip yesterday and cut it pretty bad. It happened at daycare and they said it did bleed some. When I picked up him and he asked for his crackers like usual....he didn't even eat 1 on the way home!! Very unusual.....He only ate half of his dinner...and refused to drink or even drink his milk bottle. Poor baby's lip was hurting him so bad. I felt horrible. He wanted his milk bottle so badly but just couldn't drink it....he was so whiney all night and you could tell he was miserable.

I am so happy he woke up this morning in a better mood!! He was able to drink and eat! He lip still looks horrible, but it looks slightly better. Poor love!

Thanksgiving Feast!

Bridger's daycare held their Thanksgiving Feast today. Ryan and I went and my mom showed up for about 10 minutes. Bridger was very happy to see all of us. They had tons of food and Bridger ate a ton of corn, mashed potatoes and chicken nuggets! They had any and everything to choose from. It was nice to show up and get to spend a little bit of time with him. He was a good boy! I did get many pictures their because we were busy feeding him. We did get a couple outside this morning.

They also made some shirts last week for todays feast. They are SO adorable!! They are little turkeys on shirts that are made out of their hands and feet! What a great idea! I loved Bridgers! Turned out perfect!

We are thankful for so many things each and every day, today we were Thankful that we have an amazing family. We are thankful for a happy, healthy strong little boy. We are thankful for so many things I could be here all day listing them all.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Ron

This weekend was my stepdads bday! Mom. Bridger and I went over to give him our presents to him and hang out a little. He has had a bad knee latley and really hasn't gotten to do much. He hasn't even been working.
Since Bridger had been such a big boy and so good lately, I had no fears. What was I thinking!? Bridger was such a MONSTER!!! I do not know what happened! He only had an hour and half nap, but still....that couldn't of been that big of a deal. I had never seen him this wound up and this naughty before. He wouldn't even stand up and would become a wet noodle as soon as we picked him up. He tried to get into everything he wasn't suppose to! He hit, bit and pinched me. He was in time out a couple of times...but mainly laughed at it! He was SO bad...no exaggeration here.

We didnt get to stay long because of his craziness. We were happy to get to spend a little bit of time with Grandpa Ron and hope that he had a great birthday!!

Big Boy!

Lately Bridger has been such a good boy! He is behaving much better and cracking us up! (Knock on wood!!).
I actually have been full force into the discipline department. In the beginning it would take at least 10 minutes to get him to do something I ask, etc. I stuck strong and he wound up doing it! yay! It is getting much better and he listening and behaves so well!

I have been getting millions of kisses everyday. He even has started to pucker! I love it! I so love getting kisses from my baby boy! It is so sweet. When I pick him up from daycare he hugs me around my neck so hard and kisses me! I can tell him to get into his carseat and he does! And then says "Cracker" haha. He has to have his afternoon snacks when I pick him up.

Tonight I showed Ryan he was hungry....he is trying to use his words, but we still can't understand all of it. He wanted in the fridge and Ryan kept asking "what?" He ran to the highchair and pointed to get in! He was telling him he was hungry! aw! He has also taken my hand and led me to his "cabinet" and I picked him up and he opened the cabinet door and picked what he wanted! In this case...breakfast. It was so adorable! He is learning to communicate so much better with us since we can't understand all of this words.

He is still on his bottles. We haven't broke that habit yet. I literally have a few weeks to get it done and well established. I want to try, but I feel bad. he really really loves his bottles. they are such a comfort to him. I need to go find some bigger sippy cups that have a soft top. Hope I can gain some strength and follow thru and break my baby of his loving bottle.

He finally is so good at letting me brush his teeth. It was always such a fight every single day with him. I brush and than I let him finish and get the concept of it.

I had my very first choking scare with him last night. He was eating a french fry and started choking on it. Thank goodness we were at my moms and her boyfriend was there to keep both of us as calm as we could possibly be. Bridger finally was able to swallow it and was very scared. We all were. We need to watch that little boy and how he likes to stick everything in his mouth at once!

Bridger how knows what a duck says!...but thats it. I guess "quack quack" is the easiest! This is such  fun age! Of course...I have loved every age and every single thing that he learns and does! =p

Is it already November?!

I don't know where October went. Time is flying by so fast and I hate that. This is my most favorite time of year. I want it to slow down and let me really take it in and enjoy it!

It has been so nice to have Ryan home again and getting things back into routine (well as much as we can with Daddy) with him home. Bridger of course LOVES it and so do I! I am not sure if he will be leaving town again but we should find something out this week I hope. I like to know what to expect and especially for the holidays fastly approaching.

We had a fun weekend together! We had a nice dinner with friends and they came and hung out at the house and Bridger was so happy to have a little friend to play with. Their daughter is 4 and she was a good sport and played very well with Bridger. They actually emptied out his toy box.....he hasn't played in their in months! We kept up him entirely too late and it showed towards the end...he was basically attacking his new little friend and was actually pretty good at it! haha! She just laughed and let him play. He took a nice long nap the next day.

We had a dinner date finally! We decided to go and check out the new Fajitaville in nearby Portland. It is a 3 story restaurant/bar. The wait was so long that we just ate at the bar. We didn't really eat, just munched on some appetizers. It was ok. We just enjoyed having a night to ourselves. Katelynn and Mallory were holding down the fort at home. Bridger tired to trick them and got to stay up a little bit later but they did great and he finally went down.
We were able to stop by a friends and see their darling little baby girl, Kendal. She is so precious and growing so fast. I last saw her at 1 or 2 days old. She is now 11 weeks and such a doll! She is so good and she talked to me ton. I love babies and enjoyed holding her. I am amazed at how quiet and happy she is! than again, my only experience is Bridger, and he was never content and always wanted more. ha!

We snuck in a little bedroom furniture shopping...but we can't seem to agree! our taste is so different when it comes to the bedroom. Luckily, Ryan is so easy going and doesn't really care, I just want him involved in it. I found 2 different sets that I am in love with. It is just going to take some time really deciding what I want most. I hate making decisions like this! At least we dont have to make it now.

Bridger was such a GOOD boy this weekend! It was like we had a little boy not a baby. He actually would stop and listen to what we were saying. He learned to say football, or let me say he finally quit being stubborn and says football, and we bought him one and now he knows what a football is! We taught him to raise his arms up in the air and say touch down! He is so cute when he does it. He was able to entertain himself more than usual and was so good when we met Memaw for dinner. He even wanted her to sit right next to him. It was hilarious. Of course he had a few meltdowns, but overall I was so impressed with his actions, his listening ability and him minding us. =)

I got down on the floor at one point and played with him. We played "horsey" and he was riding on my back, mainly laying down on me holding on. A few times he sat up straight and I would stop. he doesn't quit understand the whole holding on aspect yet....once daddy wanted to play too, he got so excited and started falling off of me and I couldn't catch him quick enough.....down right on his head he went. His entire weight landing on his face! I felt so horrible! he didn't cry - but it swelled immediately and was huge. I'm sure he was okay with it because we got to eat a dum dum sucker so i could apply ice. =)
This picture really doesn't show how large it actually was, but I was nervous and watching him closely afterwards.

This new time change has messed us up just a little. Bridger is waking up earlier, but not too bad. Im sure it wont take him too long to readjust. I dont like it getting dark so early....but what do you do.

OH! Bridger won 1st place in his daycare fundraising event we did! I am so excited. He wins a $50 gift card to Toys R Us. His class won over all the other classes and he gets a chicken nugget party this wednesday. I am sure he will love that! Good Job Bridger Bear, way to sell!! hehe!

Wish I had taken more pictures this weekend.