My Blue-Eyed Boy (with Pooh and Tigger Glasses)

 
I made this pic of Bryce today, playing in his sunglasses. He adores them! He will bring them to you, stand really still for you to put them on, then giggle a little evil giggle, and off he goes to play! He danced and played in them for a while this afternoon. lol He is one silly boy! He pulls them down like this and looks over them at you. I wish that I could have captured more, but I was playing around with the natural light and have alot to learn about my camera. I love it all the same though! Hope that everyone is having a great summer and soaking up lots of fun! We have been quite busy! Bryce does not have more blood work until the later part of this month and we don't see the specialist until August! Yay, no needles! But we are behind on our shots and check-ups, because his pediatrician wanted to wait until he was more stable. Gotta do that soon! Yuck! We are heading to the beach at the end of the month for a fun vacation (one much deserved by our little Bryce-man). Maybe we will just have one crummy day and do shots, MD visit and lab work all at once. OH my sweet baby, if only I could do it for you.....

Some Hope and Kisses!

Yea, you read that right...hope and kisses. I named this post for all of the folks, like me, who need to learn how to use an editor. I use Picasa, but would love to use Lightroom or Photoshop. I need someone to show me how. I am not self taught, except once I get the basics. I need someone to show me all that software can do, then I can figure it out! Does that make sense? O.K. This is an example of why to not delete crummy pics, even if you are not a PS or Lightroom user. I grabbed my camera when we were having a playdate and had the settings on manual. It resulted in an underexposed pic, because I snapped before adjusting. I love the result. Not the greatest picture ever taken, but worthy of keeping. Hope that this gives you hope and well, ..... we will send some kisses too! P.S.- If you are Emma (Bryce's girlfriend) or Emma's mommy, Bryce did not kiss Carli, she kissed him. He is NOT leaning in for the kiss. And he certainly is not smiling like the Cheshire Cat. And finally, he was not cheating on you cause you left the playdate early! lol

Image Straight Out Of The Camera (SOOC)
 

Image Edited With Picasa (Quite grainy, but funny. He has ice cream on his upper lip!)
 

Bears and Biceps

 
I made this pic of Bryce napping on Father's Day. He looked so soft and sweet with his teddy bear all snuggled up like that. His bear's name is Brooks. He loves him so much. I noticed after I looked at the pic, that Bryce's arm looks like a "big boy". His little bicep is showing. AWWWW! I wanted to remember this moment always. The quote sums it all up for me......

"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?