Christmas in Hawaii!

Well December was a very busy month for us. We already had Disney planned and couldn't change the timing....when a "work" trip for Brian came up that included 2 wks in Hawaii and it was okay if Bryce and I went. So two days back from Disney and we are on the plane to Hawaii. Can't really complain about that :) Bryce did great on the trip there and day two after breakfast he decided to throw up for the first time. Great! Long story short and after being thrown up on 5-6 times, he finally had it out of his system. Brian and I didn't escape it though. Lucky for us we had it in the evening. Nothing like being sick, no washing machine close, or the right cleaning supplies...Thank goodness we had another week.
We had a wonderful time and celebrated a late Christmas back in MS on the 26th. But boy was the week back hard for Bryce with the time change. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and you are all enjoying the New Year

Man we travel with a lot of junk!

Always eating!

Bryce with Duke. He was very funny as he waved at all the Japanese tourist that were taking his picture.

Loved playing at the beach, but did not like the ocean this time around.

Disney

So November went by quickly and here we are in the middle of December and I still haven't done Christmas cards...so looks like they may be New Years cards instead. Our Thanksgiving was peaceful at home in MS. We were going to eat dinner around 5:00 everthing was going smooth...then Bryce decided to have a break down. He would only sleep in my arms, which is unusual for him. So I sat in the recliner by the fire and watched TV with daddy. It was nice but the dinner was a little done....it was ready at 5:00 but we ate around 7:00....so a little dry. The Monday after turkey day we left for a wonderful 10 days in Orlando. My Aunt, Uncle and their two grand kids came down to join us for a week at Disney. Bryce is still a little young, but we couldn't pass up the Military Deal and he really did enjoy himself.

Bryce is now 16 months old, still weighs around 25 plus pounds, those sharp little teeth finally came through and look razor sharp, is back to sleeping well...thank goodness, will sign eat, please, and more, not so interested in talking except for Momma and Dada, points like a champ and still has a good grunt. He likes to hide or walk away from you backwards when it is time to get ready in the morning. Loves his books and dancing too. He lights up our lives daily and we love him so!

Day 1 Magic Kingdom!

A bugs life..Bryce wouldn't keep any glasses on for long, but did enjoy breaking a few!

Dinosaur Ride with Boston and Jazzy.

Animal Kingdom

Epcot

Meeting the Characters was a hoot! Bryce would point and get so excited..not that he knows who any of them are...but they better not try to hold or touch him.

HMMM that nose looks good!

Teacups please....Any ride that went in a circle that Bryce would see he would just sign please, please, please....so needless to say he went on several.

Halloween Fun

Bryce did help clean out his first pumpkin and this was the face that he made after putting his hand inside. Then he did help get out all the seeds and tried to bite off pieces of the pumpkin too.

Went to a local park and he loved the slides. He wanted to go again and again.


The kids squadron Halloween party! Bryce had fun going to look at the jets with Daddy.

Watch out flight line here comes a very curious dalmation!

Halloween at our house with friends!

Here come more kids!

AHHH pet the puppy!

The best we could get as a group shot :)




Sorry couldn't resist a Jack-o-lantern butt shot! Hope every had a fun and safe Halloween.

What Happened to October?

Well I have a lot of pictures to post and go through! I can't believe it is November...Bryce is all over the place and just a fun loving little man! Until these teeth....he already has 12 and isn't even 15 months yet...started to come in. It started with not really napping during the day, but always waking up crying and still sleeping 12 hrs at night...jump ahead to not sleeping during the day or night. Having several hours of NO sleeping from 1:30-4:30 am. REALLY could someone please remind him that he is not a new born! Last night was golden 12 hrs and 3.5 hrs of napping today...lets hope tonight goes well.

Our First family outing this month was to the Pumpkin Patch!

Thanks for my Pumpkin hat Aunt Suzie! It gave me super powers so I could lift this pumpkin!

Is anyone listening to me!

They even had a great area for tractor riding.

Look what happened in a year!

Air Force One

Well we went to Pittsburgh with Daddy so we could hopefully get an Air Force One tour....and we did. Brian is an advance agent for AF-1. He travels to sites the president will be visiting to help prepare for AF-1 arrival.

It was a great experience. Obama was speaking in Ohio so he came into Pitt on Marine 1 to the Airport. We watched all 5 choppers come in. Then the big jet came in empty, we toured it, watched the president depart on the jet, and we were super close to all the craziness that goes on. It was amazing.

Bryce will never know how lucky he was to crawl around the presidential office, bedroom, and down his hallway...all with a dirty diaper that happened soon after the tour started. GREAT :) He also would have really liked to push all those buttons in the cockpit....lots of struggling went on and he didn't get any....but did manage to make a phone ring somewhere in the back of the airplane.

So this picture is just of us...nothing exciting ...bc Bryce was crawling out of our arms or screaming in all the other ones. In his defense we showed up at 11:00-4:00 and this kid won't sleep unless he is in his bed. He didn't even fall asleep on the 40 min car ride home!

Here comes the President!

AF1 arrives

Family shot after our tour...can't you tell that Bryce loved every minute of it!

Obama arrives to depart....see Brian next to the stairs :)

Waving to us!

Beach Days of August....

So here are a few pictures from the rest of our Florida trip. Bryce's first trip to the beach was in early May for a long weekend. We really didn't spend much time at the beach bc it was just too windy and the water wasn't all that great. Well the temperature was perfect in late August...at least this year it was :) Not too hot and the water awesome! We weren't sure how things were going to go, but Bryce loved it and would last around 3 hrs. It took him about 3 days to realize that it was okay to crawl on the beach....so the first few days were nice :)

He was so content to play in the sand!

Loves to be thrown in the air!

Sorry son...such cute butt shots :)


Hanging with my daddy!


Waterscape in FWB! Great place for kids to stay if anyone is looking to vacation there! The best kid pools around and a lazy river....My brother and family came down for their week the day before we were leaving. So we got to spend the day on the beach with them and invade their condo before our drive home.
Kaleigh taking Bryce down the slide...not so sure about it....

Addison loved it!

Bryce did too and would crawl up and go again all day if we would've let him.Crazy sponge animals to crawl on!

Playing with my friend Jack!
Thanks for letting us stay on our way to FL!

Busy Times

I really meant to post pictures a few weeks ago, but really where does the time go! So we spent a wonderful week in Destin at a great house a block off the beach in Frangista beach. On the way to FL we got to stop by and stay with the Stratton's and hang with the Bosters. It was great to see them all. I will have to post those pictures later...bc we are traveling again and I don't have them with me.

Bryce is all over the place and just a ham! He loves all food, but if he sees something on our plates that looks better he suddenly looses all interest in what use to be just fine! :) He has 10 teeth. Isn't walking yet....Alone...he will walk using the wall, walker, or hold onto our fingers and does stand up on his own and just laugh and then sits back down. He tries to put on his shoes alone, gives eskimo kisses, is very quick at grabbing glasses and is working on high five and touchdown signs. He also loves to race to the stairs and straight up them...such fun. He is still a great sleeper...11-12 hrs at night and two naps a day....ahhh that makes everyone happy. But really only likes to nap in the bed....therefore traveling, car seat, and other tried items don't really put him to sleep for more than 30-40 min....I get very little done during the day bc he is just SO busy :) But I love every minute of it....

Thanks AUNT KELLY....we left Bryce for the first time over night....was way harder on me than on Bryce. Brian and I did some shopping, a great dinner, and stayed downtown. Then we got to sleep in....it was great. The family met up with us downtown for lunch the next day.We are in Pitt right now with Brian's family. Brian is here TDY, staying downtown and we are with the grandparents.

Well Daddy and Grandpa went to the opening game....but I at least got to check it out.

All the pictures I have with me are the family shots we took from FL...the silly beach pictures will come later.

Joseph/Carroll family shot

My cousins...Kaylee 6, McKenna 7, & Kamryn 4