Step It Up

We were over at mom and dad's the other day playing in the garage. Brynn was pushing this stool around and all of a sudden let go and took several steps. We stood her up to do it again and Hannah had her camera phone rolling. Sorry it is sideways, but I am so glad we have some of her first steps on video.

Since this video, however, she has decided it is so much easier to crawl! Now, she will take one or two steps and then drop and crawl!!!!

Panther Fridays

In the fall, just like Saturday's we get up and get in our Razorback attire, on Fridays, we get our Panther gear on!!!! I enjoy taking the girls (Meg and Brynn) to the Pep Rally. There really is nothing like a Benton Pep Rally! (and I have been to several school's pep rallys) We go up top so we can see everything and also that keeps us away from the mascots!!!

This was Brynn's first pep rally (outside of the womb)!!! She loved it, can you tell! The band is on the end we stand on and she was mesmorized! There was so much going on and she was just taking it all in!

Megan was still trying to get used the fact that there were 2 Panther mascots!!! She only remembered one from last year!!!

When the band stopped playing, Brynn Bradley was over it! Time for a snack!

Megan, the old pro, showing her the ropes!!

And, big sister Laci, was teaching her about the Panther games!!!!

This is what Laci has been waiting for. Last year Brynn was not born yet and at basketball games she was too small to carry around. Laci played with Brynn for almost the entire first half! She carried her around and showed her the Panthers, the cheerleaders, the dance team, Mrs. Hilborn and everything she loves about the games! Brynn has 2 pretty great big sisters!

This last pic cracks me up!! Brynn loved the mascots!!!! She would reach her arm out and squeel until they paid attention to her. And, if they didn't she would look at Laci like she was saying get their attention!!!!

My last throwback!

Here are 3 videos that I have watched over and over the past week. When people say your forget how small your kids were, they are not kidding. After finding these videos on discs that I had in storage I could not get over how small Laci and Megan were and how sweet their little voices were!!!

This is Megan when she got stuck in the pantry. She had cleaned out the bottom shelf and climbed up looking for "bites."

This is Laci talking after Megan was born. She was a proud big sister and I am so thankful we have this video!!

Laci when she first started golfing. When I first turned on this video Brad said that's Megan, but as you can hear...it's Laci back when we thought she was left-handed! haha

For all of you that have had the opportunity to blog about all of your children from their births, consider it a blessing. I would love to have a blog from when I was a naive first time parent with Laci. Or, blogging through the move to Birmingham and back when I was pregnant with Megan!! I would have loved to have a place where everything was recorded chronologically and to see how it differed from one child to the next. Right now, I have a stack of about 100 CD's full of pictures that I don't want to lose scratch!!! So, continue blogging, scrapbooking or doing whatever it is you do to capture all of your memories!!!! It is a blessing!

Guess Who, again...(updated)

Ok, just a few more pictures. There are some that my family had trouble figuring out who's who! One consensus we have come to is that MEgan and Brynn looked more alike as babies than Laci and either one of them. Brynn's defining feature is her dark hair and honestly, her eyes are not as blue as the older two, yet.

The first 2 pics of 2 of my babies about the same age! Guess Who....

This is Megan below

This is Brynn below...

The next 2 pics of 2 of my newborns...Guess Who...

Brynn

Below is Megan

These next 2 pictures most of my family guess wrong!!! Who do you think is in these pictures! Could be the same child, maybe not!!! Guess Who....

Both of these pictures are Laci

GUESS WHO...(updated)

Okay, so one of the questions I get most often is, "who does Brynn look like." Then, that usually starts a whole conversation about who my kids look like, did they look alike as babies and on and on!! So, I finally dug out old pictures and I want to see what you think! This is mostly for family and those that know us best, but I am interested to see what people think and if they think like me! I am going to post some pics and you can either comment or just guess to yourself. Tomorrow or later today I will update this post with which of my children that picture actually is.

These are pictures of all 3 of them around 10 months to one year!

The picture below is Laci

Although you can tell all 3 of my kids are sisters and lots of their pictures are hard to tell who is who, I think you will be surprised at how different they actually look when comparing pictures of them at the same age!

This picture is Brynn

The picture below is Megan

The picture below is Laci (see, she really doesn't look like the other 2 at this age)

The picture below is Meg

One thing I have noticed is that many people say Megan looks just like Laci. And, what I have learned by looking back at pictures is that Meg at 3 looked like Laci at 2. And, so on!! But, just look and see what you think! Tomorrow will be baby pictures of each of them!!! I love looking back at old pictures!!!!

I don't think they look that much alike at this age!

Brynn Bradley - 10 months

Another month and more milestones!! Brynn is 10 months old and as sweet as ever!! She still flashes that smile to everyone she meets! And, usually follows her smile with a "hi-D!" My true southern belle!!

This month another tooth poked through, making a grand total of...2! Her dark hair continues to grow! ...and, so do her eyelashes!!

She is crawling like a maniac and can get places (like the toilet) faster than I can keep up! She can stand all day long and has taken 3 steps once. But, she still prefers to crawl. She will take on or two steps then drops to crawl.

She says dada and that is still about it! She loves for us to do animal sounds to her, but she will not repeat them. When I try to get to her to talk back to me or say mom, she will blow a toot noise at me and spit...so ladylike!

She will eat anything and is finally holding her own sippy cup! geez!! I thought she was going to let me hold that forever! She still will not hold her bottle! Spoiled Rotten!

The above picture is one of my favorite things she does. Her sweet 2 teeth smile!!

Then, below thought she was getting ready to take off crawling, then...

...she stood up!! I love that I can stand her up in a store if I am checking out or needing two hands for a second. She will usually stand there and wait on me to pick her up! I need to enjoy that, because I know it won't be long before I put her down and she takes off running!!!

Brynn's favorite thing is being outside!!!!! We could sit outside all day and she would be happy! She will crawl all over that yard. Last night we ate outside on the patio's at YaYa's in LIttle Rock. She was asleep when we first got there, but when she woke up and we put her in the high chair she kept taking deep breaths and smiling real big....she just loved being outside!! It was a great night!!!!

We love this little thing more everyday! Her little personality is so unique and so incredibly sweet!!! Can't believe she is almost 1!! Love you, Brynnie!

Woo Pig!!!

Saturday was a fun day! Laci and Megan got some 2 on 1 time with Daddy, while Brynn Bradley went with my mom, my sister and myself to Conway for a much needed shopping getaway!

I think Brynn loved getting all the attention! (not that she lacks any)

We got all dressed up in our Razorback gear and headed to Conway. Our main destination is the amazingly huge and newly redone TJ Maxx!

While each of us were checking out the other would sit in these chairs by the check-out line with Brynn. She would greet everyone with a "hi-dee." She was quite the hit and one lady even took a picture of her. She assured me she wasn't a freak and wanted to get a pic of the outfit to show her friend who sews.

It was such a fun day (it was more fun before the Dave Ramsey budget), but fun, none the less!