"Let's Hear It For The Boys!" - contest

 

I am not sure if I have ever shared this pic before or not. I hava a few of Bryce in this jersey and his Dallas Cowboys jersey. This is his "GAME FACE". lol This one is one of his dad's favorites, although mine is of a smile so big that it almost breaks the camera. I had to let him pick this week, cause it is after all, about the boys! I think that he likes this one cause Bryce is wearing his hat too. This was taken last fall, in our yard, when Bryce was 9 months old. I forget, so quickly, how little he was. Thank God for pics. Head over to I Heart Faces and check out all the boys. It is sure to be fun! Let's hear it for the boys!

12 Reasons

I love Bryce in this little "12" jersey. He wore it all day, the other day, while I played with my camera. All that I could think about is how much I love him. These are the 12, well 19 of the reasons that I love him (cause I could not narrow it down to 12). lol
The reasons correspond to the pictures, because you know that there are WAY more reasons than this that I love him.....

1. I love you because you sit so quietly, playing, exploring and discovering objects all by yourself.

2. I love you because you like to run to the room where I am, and when you see me, you look at me as if to say, "There you are! I missed you and haven't seen you in forever" (It makes me feel like the most important person on the planet, if only for those few seconds)

3. I love you because you spend at least one half of your day, upside-down. You love to look at things from different perspectives. (But ain't that one for another post!)

4. I love you when you are playing and you find a book, you ALWAYS stop what you are doing, find a spot to sit, and begin reading it with your garble talk.

5. I love that you love your Tigger toy. You share lots with him. You like to turn his head and make sure that he can see what you are playing with. He sits with you while you sort shapes. I love it when you grab his face and kiss him and smile! PRICELESS! Please always love that way!

6. I love it when you are needing something to chew with these silly molars! You find strange things to bite on, but still love your Tigger that you had as a little baby!

7. I love that beautiful curl in the back of your head! I always think of my modified version of the nursery rhyme, " There was a little boy, who had a little curl, right in the rear of his head..."

8. I love how you stop to press EVERY button in the house and love to "pretend" talk on the phone.

9. I love that you are my "little janitor". You love to play with my broom and dust pan. You smile with the merriest of hearts, while you work. Who said that chores were a bad thing?

10. I love that you let your daddy play with your toys! You sit patiently while he "shows" you how to do it, with your little arms in your lap, sharing with him.

11. I love that you ADORE your dad and already try hard to be just like him.

12. I love that sometimes you get so excited with something that you lose your balance and a foot comes up to help you keep it all together.

13. I love that your play is very much your work. You sit on this little toy, and turn the pages to the book, and "off you go" to your imaginary place.

14. I love that you love to explore it all, opening and closing, in and out, up and down.

15. I love that you laugh when you play with your Jack-in-the-box. You seem to like to be surprised. It makes you hyper and giggly. (You are getting so good at turning the knob yourself...big boy!)

16. I love that you "dance" with my candlestick and are so the gentleman. I am not sure what you are telling her, since it is all garble talk. (That won't change much as you get older) lol

17. I love that tickle your Tigger while whispering, "Tickle, tickle, tickle".

18. I love that you tilt your head to the side and tuck your chin like this, JUST LIKE YOUR DADDY, when you are trying to sing or talk in a high-pitched voice. Hilarious!

19. I love it when you sleep.... like an angel from heaven. I love to smell your sweet baby breath, feel your stillness, and sometimes hear you, as you talk in your deep slumber. I love that you snuggle everything that is soft and you tuck it under your tiny body to protect it from all that is around you.

These are a few of the reasons that I love you Bryce. They are followed by many more. I love you my little Pumpkin-doodle!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! It has been a while since I posted. I have posted one thousand times in my mind. lol I can't seem to find the time! This was a great day! Nothing really eventful about it! My husband even cut the grass today! :( Outside of that, we took a nap after church. This pic was made this morning, right before leaving for church. Bryce made his dad breakfast in bed (well, with a little help from me). My dad and mom are on a month long vacation, out west. They are going to from Alabama, up the western coast, and back around. They did it a few years ago, but this time, they are with two other couples that they hang out with. I called my dad, to wish him a happy day, and to tell him that we would celebrate when they got back. They were walking on the beach (arrrggghhh!) Bryan's dad has gone to live with Jesus. He was only 52 when he passed unexpectedly. Today is also his dad's birthday. He handled it all well, though. Well, Bryce's "dad-dad" is the best! We love him so much! He works so hard for us and likes to give us our hearts' desires. He plays outside, cooks fabulously, is a great bath giver (for Bryce that is), sings beautiful lullabies, gets up at night with Bryce, kills bugs and snakes for us! What a MAN! Happy "Dad dad " day, Bryan! We are so glad that God chose you for us! We love you!

For The Love Of TIGGER

Bryce ADORES Tigger!!!! We bought him one for Christmas, but he was only 10 months old and a little afraid of it. It is a different one than the one in this photo. It bounces on a spring tail. The one in this pic bounces on all four feet. I never knew that there were so many of them! Recently, he has became very brave. ( I guess all of those needle sticks have nudged him along in the bravery department). He wakes up every morning and plays in his crib, for a while, before I get him up. He has some stuffed toys and a little aquarium light and music toy that he plays with. His Tigger and an Elmo, that he also got for Christmas, sit on the bookcase in his room. Lately, when you go in his room, he is standing and points and garble talks about all of his books and his animal friends. We usually get a book or a toy to take with us to start our day. One morning, he pointed to Tigger, so I figured that he must not be afraid anymore. We picked him up and I showed him again how Tigger could sing and bounce. He was ENAMORED!!!!!! He played ALL DAY with that Tigger, checking him out from all angles. He had a little rattle toy as a baby and loved it too! You can never pick what they are gonna like! He received another Tigger as a hand-me-down toy from his cousins. He loves it too! I went to a thrift store the other day (to get out of the house) and he saw 2 more and started crying for them. (He is not a brat about stuff and never cries like that). I got to the register and one was 1/2 off. Who would've thought that $5 could bring so much pleasure to a toddler! He plays for hours with each of them. I am loving it! They all do things and say different things. He even has one that turns cartwheels! I will have to post pics of all of them! The one in this pic, was a thrift store find. I couldn't figure out how to get it to work. He figured it out in minutes! You press the tip of his tail! Here is the funny part.... Now he tries to press the tail of my sister's orange cat! Poor kitty! He chases it around with this intense look on his face! Hilarious! "The wonderful thing about Tiggers...are Tiggers are wonderful things....they bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy....fun, fun, fun, fun, fun...the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only ONE! Not true, there are 5 at our house! Would the REAL Tigger please stand up?

Me and My Grammy

These pics are from our swim time the other day. My mom came over and swam at my sister's house and soaked up a little sun with us. She was letting the water from the jet tickle Bryce and go down his suit in the back. He would laugh and smile the biggest smile! He loved the water spraying his back.



I am guessing that these pics will answer any of your "Where does he get the red hair from?" questions. My husband, Bryan, also has red hair in his beard, before he shaves. Bryce loves his Grammy. Every time that we go to my parents house, she opens the door, and in a real high, excited voice, she says, "Did you come to see ME?" All of her grandkids love it! My dad teases her about it, but he does it when she is not there. lol I think that we sometime forget our "silly, non-formal" memories. That is what I hope to capture for Bryce. I doubt that he will remember this day, but I will! Silly goose that he is, loving his grammy! I have some of my dad and him that my mom made that I will have to share, when I get them from her.




HAVE A GREAT DAY! DO SOMETHING SILLY THIS WEEKEND WITH YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS AND CAPTURE IT WITH YOUR CAMERA!

My neice

This is my niece, Macie Ruth. She is hilarious! Don't you just LOVE her goggles? She had just learned to totally stick her face under the water (without holding her nose) the day before. She can swim without her water wings, but her mom asked us to let her wear them since she was not present for part of the time that she was swimming. I could not resist having her turn around and smile, on one of her many trips, in and out of the pool. She was so proud of herself. She had me announce her to the world, like a dive show, each time that she jumped in. She said, "Aunt Gwen, I am really wet from being UNDER the water." I just laughed and smiled cause she was thinking that she was wetter from getting her face in without holding her nose. Her goggles broke and her mom brought her a new pair. She told us that she did not like her new goggles, because when she went under, she could see the "big hole". All that we could figure out that she meant was that she could not SEE A THING in these old duckie ones cause they were old and fogged up a lot. We decided that she could finally see the whole pool and thought that it looked like a "big hole". She would float and float like a dead man, just so she could look around. I didn't notice that she had been doing it and almost screamed when I did. Her mom (my sister) and my other sister laughed at me for almost jumping in after her. Silly Girl!

Bryce's Scripture

Psalm 139: 14

" I will praise You, for I am

fearfully and wonderfully made."

This is the scripture that I used on Bryce's birth announcements. It is truely his LIFE verse. Praise be to God, who from whom all blessings flow! BRYCE IS MAKING HIS OWN BLOOD AGAIN! He is still low, but his little "maker" is working again. I got the call today from my pediatrician. He might as well have given me the moon! He and I were both on the verge of tears. We are so grateful to have such a wonderful doctor. Thank you to all of my bloggy friends who have been praying for our little guy. He will still need "sticks" until it is normal, but hopefully not as frequent. I hope to hear from the specialist tomorrow. We went swimming today at my sister's house. He loves the water! I made this pic with my old 8 megapixel rebel. It is almost as old as the film version of the rebel. Still a great camera! I had it in the water and my mom and sister were looking at me like I had lost my mind. I believe in using my camera. We had a great day! His dad brought us peach milkshakes from Chick-Fil-A and we sat by the pool and watched Bryce pant like a puppy for bites. So thankful......
Thank you God for the blessing of our child being whole again. Thank you for giving Your blood, so that we can live eternally. Thank you for giving us all that which we don't deserve and for sparing us what we do deserve. You alone deserve to be praised. You alone are worthy. You alone are the "waymaker" when there is no way. You alone complete me. Thank you Lord for healing our baby and giving me the opportunity to be his mom. Amen So thankful......