Little H Countdown

Thursday, December 20, 2012

17 Months :)

It dawned on me this morning I haven't been very good about blogging Brie's monthly milestones recently...and since I'm also not good at updating her baby book I realized I should get back on track!  Our little miss turned 17 months old yesterday, it's so hard to believe she will be 1 1/2 years old next month!  She is growing, changing and learning new things each day--it is so much fun to watch her take in the world around her!  Here are a few things she's been up to lately:
  • Repeats LOTS of words, she even attempted "Abigail" last night and did a pretty great job imitating it.  Her new favorite word is "LIGHT!"  She is loving all the Christmas lights, as well as all other lights :).  Her other favorites that we hear often are "More" (which is basically her way of saying, "I want what you are having."), "AGAIN!" and "No-no".
  • Has become very opinionated about which books are read to her and if she is not happy with the selection will tell you "NO-NO".  Mommy and daddy officially have no say anymore in the story selections :).  
  • Loves the playground and going down the slide.  This little fearless wonder grabs onto the hand rail, walks herself up the stairs, plops herself down on the slide, gives herself a push, and whooshes down.  According to reports, the apple did not fall far from either tree :).
  • Is a pretty good little eater, but definitely has an affinity for cheese and anything with cheese, as well as peanut butter.  
  • Is very easy (most days) to put down to bed at night; however, likes to vary her wake up time greatly from day-to-day.  It's still hard to determine if she'll wake up raring to go at 5am or 7am.  We cherish those 7am days!
  • Has graduated to napping on a mat when she's at daycare two days a week--what a big girl!  From the reports, she lays right down and goes to sleep like a good girl.  Hmmm...wish she would do that for naps at home!
  • Is LOVED more than she will ever know or imagine!  She is the light of our lives and we thank God each day for blessing us with her!

Happy 17 Months Brie!!


 Visiting Santa!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Cruise Fun!

Last Thursday afternoon mom, Re, Kat and I set sail on the Carnival Triumph to beautiful, sunny Cozumel.  It was SO much fun!  Here's some of the fun things we got to do on our girl's vacation together:
  • Celebrated Re and the start of her 30th year with a fancy dinner and some of the wait staff LOUDLY singing her Happy Birthday, then Re and I had fun doing a martini tasting and we finished up the evening with a little dancing at the Hollywood club
  • Kat and I enjoyed the warm sun and spent most of day two relaxing on the "quiet deck"...the sun doesn't like Re so she and mom had fun at the casino before joining us for a bit by the pool
  • Got really dressed up for the cruise elegant night and had fun getting our pictures taken
  • Spent an AWESOME day shopping and dining in Cozumel...Re and I also enjoyed the best margarita either of us had ever had--yum!
  • We all tried our hand at a little gambling on our final day at sea...and all of us lost miserably...oh well!
  • Had fun mini-golfing up on the sports deck...nothing like putt-putt with an incredible ocean view!
  • Spent some more time reading in the sun...finished a whole book on the cruise!  Yay!
  • Enjoyed our final fancy dinner and a great show by the Carnival Triumph entertainers...they were amazing!  We then enjoyed the Michael Jackson tribute hour in the dance club where we even got Re out on the dance floor--fun times!
  • Enjoyed frozen yogurt at all times of the day, everyday...there's nothing quite like 24/hour availability of frozen yogurt :)
I am so glad us girls got to go on this cruise and enjoy time together.  It makes me so sad they all live so far away and we can't be together more often.  At least Christmas is only two and a half weeks away so I'll get to see them all again soon!

Happy Birthday Reanna--thanks for letting us all celebrate with you in such a special way!

 Ready to set sail from Galveston!


 Time for our first fancy dinner :)
 Hanging out on the Lido deck


 Kat and I at dinner, night 2--"Cruise Elegant" night


 The Carnival Triumph--view of our ship from the dock in Cozumel


 Enjoying lunch at Pancho's Backyard in Cozumel--we highly recommend this place for great food and fabulous margaritas!


 Last night--waiting for The Big Easy show to begin