Shopping Trip

Funny things that just need to be documented. Last week Bryce and I went to Tuscaloosa for the day with friends....you know we have to drive a whole hour just to get my Target fix. I still wouldn't say Bryce is potty trained, but he does pretty well. Which means after a whole day of being out we may have spent half of it in public restrooms, GROSS! We hit Targets 3 times before we even left. The funny story is the first potty trip of the day. Bryce went and all was well. Then I had to go and the conversation started like this, actually it wasn't a conversation as much as Bryce just talking and talking and me trying really hard not to laugh and think boy I bet someone is getting a kick out of this conversation.
B "Momma pee out of her penis"
K "No Momma doesn't have a penis" he proceeds to bend over and look, "Oh it come out of your bottom"
We shopped with two active 2 yr old boys. As we drove past Chick Fil A in the morning Bryce spotted the indoor play area. So we continued all day (two whole stores) and we will go to the slide. Which helped their mood. There was a lot of "need a break from being strapped in Momma, just a little break, please?" Spent close to 3 hrs in Target alone, then hit TJ Max, before we went to Chick Fil A. I am not sure what we were thinking, but the Momma's were hungry the boys not so much. They ate in every store the entire time. So after a spilled full cup of coke all over the floor by 1 boy the other boy (Bryce) didn't hesitate in knocking over a vase filled with water on top of the spilled coke. So very soon we took both boys to play while one Mommy had a peaceful lunch and then switched places. Everyone was much happier and before we pulled out of town they were both asleep. Good Times....

Oh he also had his first sip of Starbucks, not on purpose, I didn't think he could reach it....he said MMMM Momma's coffee good as it dribbled down his chin.

Last night he wore his dinner. When this kid is hungry he needs food ASAP. I had his plate ready I was just getting his milk. When I turned around to fill his milk he was coloring at the table. I turned around again and he was grabbing his plate. Which ended up being half of his bowl of Gumbo, the plate stayed the bowl went flying, landing straight up. Gumbo on his head, shoulder, back, and pants, it was great....if I wouldn't have been trying so hard not to be upset and stepping in all of the mess I would have taken a picture :)

Snow in MS!

Still behind...I will get Christmas up here soon....Bryce got to play in the snow and things around here were shut down for 2 days.....for very little snow...but it was fun. We don't exactly have snow gear for the kid, but he was good to go for 2 hrs and I made him go inside so we could have lunch. He was pretty wet when we came inside , but loved every minute of the morning.

Throwing snowballs from his snow fort....

The snowman family....with lots of grass and extra arms :) He was sad that they didn't talk like Frosty though....

Helping Daddy roll the snowman...


Then off to make sugar cookies....it wasn't messy at all....

Time with Family

Thanksgiving at Mom's....my brothers Ryan and Patrick.

November and December just seem so busy! Seeing how I haven't posted anything since the beginning of November I will try and catch up with pictures. Bryce is doing great and continues to keep us on our toes. He is full of life, lots of chatter, and tons of giggles and smiles. Potty training is coming along pretty smooth and unless sleeping he stays pretty dry....except for a few times when playing with cousins and overwhelmed by the amount of toys and things to do....until he came running to GaGa saying oppps I pooped.
We traveled back to Evansville for Thanksgiving. Bryce and I went back with my Aunt and Uncle that were visiting us the week before Turkey day and Brian followed on the holiday. We wanted to make it back for Bryce's Great Grandma's 82nd b-day.

Here are the cousins after a 3 hr birthday dinner. They all did really well, but were rather slap happy at this point.

Gavin with Addison & Kaleigh
My best Cousin Avery...they are a year apart.
Love my GAGA

Oh this is going to be fun!

Or maybe not....

This is Uncle Patrick, Mommy's little brother, we thought it was funny that after everyone had their jackets off we realized that they had on the same outfit.

Gma Kate and Gpa Jay had a good seat for the leaf fight.

Bryce came running into me one morning after he found GaGa's reading glasses and said, "Just like Momma!"Bryce went to his 1 st Circus and cousin Gavin was a clown for the day. He made a mean balloon dog.

Oh I got to ride a Pony too.

Bed Time stories with GaGa.

Silly Things

Okay I have to write these down somewhere bc otherwise we will just forget. Bryce and I were in Memphis last week shopping. We are working on Potty Training and things are going pretty well. Although he isn't a fan of pooping on the potty. Much to my surprise while shopping, Bryce rolling in the Bob comes this comment, "Momma need to Poop," I laughed bc it was said very clear and I got several other smiles from other women. So I said okay lets go. Minus how grossed out I was, DON't TOUCH ANYTHING, I won't go into the preparing of the potty. He actually goes and a lot. I thought we were in there alone....Bryce is pretty vocal when he wants to be.
Conversation:
B Momma 1 poop
K Yes good job
B Momma 2 poop, goes plop in potty
K Me laughing yes it does
B Momma again 3 poop YEAH
Then a lady in the restroom said that she feels she is witnessing a big break through and I better remember to write this day down when we get home.

For those that know the Story We are Going on a Bear Hunt or We are Going on a Lion Hunt these are Bryce's books of choice for the week. Although he is very worried about the Bear coming to get him and making sure he is pretend. The other morning he ran into the kitchen and laid his head on my lap. I asked him what was wrong and he told me the bear was coming to get him and he couldn't go into the playroom. So we had to go in together and make sure there was no Bear.

Halloween Fun!

A few weeks late...but here are some photos ....

Bryce enjoyed scooping out the pumpkin and even using his hand for a short time...then he said Momma too sticky

He was also certain that the squirrels needed some acorns that needed to be placed in the pumpkin.

Out Little Football player.

Bryce & Gwen had fun. Although they spent a lot of time trying to give candy back. Probably because they didn't really know what they were getting. Until the popcorn ball came along and then they were very interested in eating all of that.

Long Weekend at the Beach!

Well since we are driving distance from the beach we thought we should take advantage of it, bc who knows where or what we will be doing next year or in 6 months. Besides the weather is 10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year and who can 't use some fun in the sun at the beach any time? We had an awesome time and Bryce was thrilled about the entire trip.
Except our family pictures. He didn't want to nap that day...uggg so all he got was 25 min to Seaside and lots of crying on the beach bc he wanted to go climb up in what he thought was a Rocket Ship, but really just a pavilion on the beach. So there won't be many smiles until the beach pictures.

We tried....

Playing at the beach was way more fun!
He thought it was funny to be buried.

Enjoyed building sandcastles.

High Fives with Daddy!

Splashing in the waves.

Shooting the water gun.

Even more fun was running from Daddy while he shot him.

More playing in the waves.
We did manage a few smiles on the way out of town.

Mommy sees and hears this a LOT....1 more time!

Silly Boys!

The Great Smokey Mtns

We decided to do a little traveling over Labor Day wknd. We headed off to the Great Smokey Mtns. It wasn't a bad drive and Bryce did well, he enjoyed Daddy sitting in the back with him. The cooler temps were awesome along with some fun exploring. The first day we spent at a water park. Bryce finally got so tired he asked me to hold him while Brian had gone to get us some lunch. A few minutes later he was fast asleep, for about 45 min to an hr. Which to most parents that wouldn't be a big deal, our kid sleeps great, but he needs his bed. So we were thrilled! The next day we had a big breakfast and hit the road to the National Park for some hiking. We drove all the way through the park and then went to Atlanta to visit Aunt Monica for a few days.

Bryce loved the water park! He learned quickly about the alarms that went off to start the wave pool, or dump large buckets of water into play areas. We found this area later in the day and he was thrilled that Daddy could lift him up to the goal.

Hike one of the day Bryce slept all the way up and down...ahhh the comfy BOB with good shocks helped!

Momma loves Bear Hugs!
Half to have a picture of this snack......how much longer do you think he will still like broccoli? This was after he ran down the hill, forgot to put his hands out when he fell and caught his cheek on the sidewalk....he couldn't land in the grass

At the top of Hike two. Bryce was all about hiking on this one and would walk off the path and say Momma, Dadda Bryce going hiking.

He did finally get a little tired and enjoyed a ride from Daddy.

Enjoyed some pool time at Aunt Monica's. I love to fly high and at 32 lbs Daddy may no be able to do this to me next Summer

Aunt Monica is teaching me how to blow bubbles.

Thanks Aunt Monica for a great weekend!