A year in Review!

Our Baby is 1! Where has the time gone? Bryce is cruising all over the place, but prefers to hold onto something. He still loves to eat and hasn't turned anything down. He ate some of his birthday cake, but had more fun playing in the icing. He weighs in at 23lbs 3 oz and 29 inches long...not sure how accurate that is but he is happy and healthy and that we are grateful for. We thank God everyday that we have been blessed to be his parents and nurture and guide him. Here is a picture walk..... backwards :)

The big birthday boy!

OH so excited....my first running shoes!



Birthday Cake!

I love to read books in my rocking chair..it was my Mommy's chair when she was little!

But I prefer to climb on it!

Helping with dinner!


10 months and I like to climb in and out of the pool!

8 months

5 months

4 months

9 weeks

7 weeks

1st week Home!

The daily grind!

So happy when I get up from my naps!

Well we have been in our own home for almost two weeks and it has been fabulous. Bryce and I had a wonderful time with family while Brian was away for the month. So most of you know that Brian was away for training that is required before you deploy....well wouldn't you know that while he was there one week left of the course. His deployment is no longer there...at least for now it has been cancelled. While I am thrilled that he will be around and get to see more of Bryce and me :) He is still hot to leave or maybe we can pray that it won't happen...but doubtful. So yesterday there was already a phone call hey can you leave in a few weeks....WHAT....While we are in the mind set of him leaving it wasn't until Nov....So any planning has gone by the way side. He isn't going anywhere right now and we are just going to enjoy each day we can together and be thankful for that.
Bryce will be one next week! Oh my how the year has flown by. He is into everything, climbing the stairs, climbing into his rocking chair and standing while rocking, opening everything he can...which is so helpful at dinner time. 3 gates lock him in the kitchen with me now :) VRRRRMM noises when pushing his trucks, throwing things, using his walker, and he loves to play with the farm and all the noises it makes....he will stop what he is playing with and go hit the song button over and over and over Oh boy more EIEIO.....Thanks Aunt Kelly, but he does love them :)

The walker is great!

Although I do more running....

Love my airplane rocker!

Bryce on the move

Here are a few more pictures. He is constantly climbing onto everything!

Just standing around!

Hmmmm what is that thing...

Let me get a little closer.

We went on a wagon ride with Addison and Kaleigh the other night.

I am getting so big!

I love to swing!

Attempt at Video

So our small video camera was broken, seems to be that it doesn't stand up to being crushed under a T38 seat...imagine that! This video isn't very exciting but at least Daddy can see the little man.

Fun in Indiana!

Bryce and I are spending time with my family in good old Evansville. While Brian is having great fun at Ft. Dix for the month. He was a good husband and drove the 6.5 hrs here with us and flew out of here and will fly back into here so we can drive home together.

Bryce update....He is coming up on 11 months! WOW, I can't believe that this time last year we weren't even in the USA. Brian flew back into Okinawa for the 4th of July....and I was still very pregnant.

Bryce keeps me very busy. He is still a crawling machine. He prefers to army crawl, using his toes to push. Across the tile and wood floors he flies and enjoys spinning around on his belly. We need to work on his eating manners....he grunts until food is replaced on his tray.....he never pushes food away and tells you he is done....and I haven't found anything he won't eat. He has a special noise I will call it when he sees my Mom's dog. Loves to swim, take toys from his cousins, and he is now pulling himself up onto anything he can.

I really can stand, but Addison's toes are way more fun..

Bryce was less than thrilled when his cousin took him down the tunnel slide at Grandma's.

Playing at the park!

This is my cousin Avery...I think she wants my attention.

We went to the zoo, but Aunt Katie, Mommy and I were the only ones that checked out the snake!

Uncle Ryan helped me with my 1st sparkler.

These are my Uncles!

Daddy got to spend the weekend with us before he left.

The family at the pool!

Bath time in the kitchen sink!

Lots of Traveling!

We have been busy traveling the last 3.5 weeks and are happy to be back home. I will be posting a lot of pictures to tell of our travels. I did forget to post last month at Bryce's 9 month check up all is well and he is or was 22lbs 4 oz and I am sure that since he is 10 months old today that he has grown. He is a crawling machine and loves to follow us around. Now we get the fun part of trying to baby proof our house, current project a very large baby gate for the top of the stairs....
Bryce and I left on the 20th of May for Pittsburgh and our first alone flight...he was a champ and ALL luggage showed up :) Brian followed in a T38 the next day for a long weekend with family. He continued on to Vegas, so hard I know, and we stayed in Pitt to hang with his family. Then Bryce and I flew home for 2 days and left for Colorado on a 6:00am flight...all went very smooth and we met Brian in Denver before flying up to the cabin. There we spent a week in beautiful Lake City CO, cool temp, fires every night, and great time with Great Grandparents.

That about sums it up and these are in the wrong order, but oh well!

Front yard with Great Grandparents

Helping Mommy drive over the pass.

Cold and lots of snow, Bryce was asleep for this part.

Checking out the Durango Silverton Train


This was the pass on the way over in the morning.

The passes hadn't been opened long and one of the snow drifts was around 25 ft high..

The Cabin

Exploring with Daddy at The Old Carson mining Town.

Boy Daddy sure is funny.

AHHHH I don't want my hat on Mommy!

Playing with Daddy in the front yard.

Yes we all went on 4 wheelers and Bryce loved every minute of it.

Watching the humming birds with Grandma

1st day....I know I can figure this out without Mom and Dad

AHHHH I am having so much fun!

1st trip we all went on one 4 wheeler

Porch swing with Grandpa and Molly.

Loving the balloons with Papa

The hot tub was great fun!

Daddy met us in Pitt, with Aunt Kelly and my cousins.

Papa's Plane