July 10, 2011

Summer Magic

Did anyone love watching that movie? Ya know the one I'm talking about? Classic 1960's musical with Hailey Mills. "Pink of Perfection", "Ugly Bug Ball"....anyone? Really good - got to rent it. They sang a song in that movie called "Summer Magic" - sadly that song is the worst so I suggest listening to the first verse and fastforward to the end.
Anywho, we are in full swing of Summer here (YEAH!! It's here!! Finally!) and it's going by really fast, here are some of the highlights!

Swimming! Brigham was invited over to swim with some of his cute friends in their cool pool. Brigham had a really fun time splashing around & sliding down the slide. Brigs outlasted all the kids in the pool splashing until he was wrinkley.


He's a boy. He likes to play in dirt. It supposedly helps with the immune system. He's a boy. He likes to play in dirt....
This was the mantra that I kept telling myself while gardening (yeah Ryan got me to help him the garden). We were weeding and Brigs job was to put the weeds in the bucket and then he found the dirt...and then it was all about the dirt.

Oh how he played in the dirt - he would have stayed in the dirt if I let him...



Fourth of July. I wish that I had the camera earlier in the day at the parade. It was so sweet to see Brigs & Ryan sitting on the curb grabbing candy and pointing at the horses. The O'Conners invited us out to their place for a BBQ & fireworks.

Brigham's new word that day was "Cool". He loved watching the fireworks and the sparklers

It was a perfect night for fireworks...look at the scenery... out on the range (like P-Dub) It was great.

Summer is the time for haircuts and our baby boy got his First one. We buzzed his flaxen locks to a nice clean cut (and he didn't scream or cry - he was AWESOME!!)



              With his new hair cut our baby boy doesn't look like a baby anymore...he looks like a big boy *sniff*
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July 3, 2011

Brigham...is getting Bigger

We had Brigham's 1 year old photoshoot a few weeks ago and I can't stop staring!! These pictures were taken by two amazing photographers Leah Planinz of (Leah Planinz Photography) & Stefani Sanders (Sefani Allison Photography). Leah has been with us from the begining taking pics of Brigs while he was in my tummy up to ...now, a one year old. Stefani is an awesome young woman in our ward that is "learning" photography. She has an eye. She has taken beautiful pics of Brigs & others.

Brigham's personality is coming through. He's dramatic (I have no idea where he gets that from). He giggles & laughs. He likes to dance. He is infatuated with dogs, when he hears a dog barking he has to "woof" back - watching 101 Dalmations is pretty loud. All he wants to do is go outside to swing, to play in the dirt & to walk around...yep! We are walking!!

We are also talking ...alot!! Top Ten Words:
"No" (said more often then I'd like)
"ca-hker" = cracker
"peeese" = please
"side.side" = outside
"weee" = swing
"cheee" = cheese
"Maaaama" = Me...and I love answering to it
"Da.Da" = Daddy
"Mehn" = Amen (he can fold his arms too - it's too cute!)
New Word: "wa-lalala-on" = watermelon
"Moo" "Woof" "Ba" - animal noises that are said when he sees their pictures

He is one busy boy! This morning I found him unloading the garbage in the laundry room. Gates are up & he has his cupboards he can get into. Ryan & I laugh that you can tell where Brigham has been because he leaves a "path of destruction" behind him. Blocks. Books (sooooo many books). Balls. Crayons. Clean folded laundry - nothing is safe.

It's going way too fast.....way too fast. I watch him every day in amazement at all he's learning and doing.
Toddlerhood is in full throttle here in the Steiny home. If anyone has any great ideas or wisdom for how to help a 1 year old & his Mommy stay sane during church that would be awesome!

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