Happy Birthday Brynn!

Our baby girl is one year old. I can't believe it. On one hand, this year has seemed like it has lasted forever. It has been like having twins except they are at different stages. On the other, I still treat her like my newborn precious little girl. She's teething this week, so she's been a little grumpy, but generally she has been the perfect baby. Her gift to me this week was that she finally slept through the night. She was wide awake this morning at 5:30am, but to get a good 6 hours of sleep was great. It's been more that a year since I have slept that long at once. Today she was clapping, which she just started doing and she folded her arms for prayer for the first time. She mostly crawls, sometimes she will still scoot on her stomach if she wants to get somewhere fast. She walks around furniture and anything she can climb onto. Her daily rituals include pulling everything out of the diaper bag, everything off the fridge, out of the pantry, and Coleson's Legos-if she stretches as far as she can. She puts everything in her mouth. Last night we went to the park and she put wood chips in her mouth, even the one stuck between her toes. Some of my favorite things she does is pats our backs when we are holding/hugging her, kicks her legs and waves her arms as fast as she can when dad comes home, plays peek-a-boo anytime anything covers her face from our view, smiles, smiles, smiles. She started saying mama, da for dad and dog, it's so cute. Even though she is on the move and wants to get down and explore she still loves to hug and snuggle. We love you Brynn!

We're in Florida!

Right now were are in Orlando and loving it. I just thought we would share some of the highlights from our vacation so far. We have gone to the Magic Kingdom, Gatorland, and the Kennedy Space Center. At the Magic Kingdom we experienced Florida's humidity, heat, and down pours all in one day. We would have to wait until the storm passed to continue on some rides. We were totally soaked, even with ponchos, but then when the sun came out we would dry up instantly. The rides were fun, but I think Coleson enjoyed running through the rain just as much. Brynn is at the stage where she puts everything in her mouth and tends to bite me on the shoulder when she is hungry. We were on the Jungle Cruise ride when a lady tapped me on the shoulder and said my baby was eating plastic. She had chewed a whole through my poncho! We left Ammon with my mom at the hotel-which is very nice. he got to spend the day with grandma, go swimming and enjoy the scenery. He doesn't tolerate the heat well, or anything that is too bumpy or moves like an elevator because he gets startled real easily. Well that is pretty much everything at the Magic Kingdom. Anyway, so we were on the ferry boat going across the waterway to the front gates and this young man next to us sticks out his hand to shake and says i'm Andrew. He was in a wheel chair and probably has cerebral palsy. So we shook his hand and started talking. He just loved Brynn. He kept telling us what a beautiful baby she was-we had to have his dad tell us what he was saying because it was very mumbled. I was just impressed that he could communicate so well. I was trying so hard to understand him and have a good conversation. So we talked the whole boat ride. He was from england and it was his last day. You could tell he was just having a great time.



Gatorland was definetly a touristy thing, but it was fun to see all the big gators(not crocs). We saw real white alligators, poisonous snakes, and gaters jump up to eat raw chicken.

My fav. has been the Kennedy Space Center. To see the real thing, where the shuttle blasts off, to see the transporter, the path it takes, was awesome. Everything is a lot bigger in real life. Every person, every job is important. I think I like it because they try to be efficient, resourceful and there are so many inventions/things that make our life easier because of things they have started there and passed down. Like computers, diapers, cell phones, etc. I think a part of me has always wanted to be the first to do something or part of a discovery. When I was in elementary school I remember watching the Challenger. I wished that Christa McAuliffe was my teacher. We watched the challenger blast off and then sadly blow up. We were all crying and I remember wanting to be the first girl to go in space and be an astronaught. Well obviously as I grew up i didn't devote my life to the space program, i think my dream ended at byu in my first Physics class. I always thought I was good at math and science and figuring things out until i took that class. Maybe Coleson will want to be an astronaut.