Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Weekend

Good Friday started off very good in our household! The Texas Rangers Opening Day of baseball was Friday afternoon, which is almost considered better than Christmas morning.
 Bryan met his dad, bro-in-law, and nephew for the Ranger's game while Brylee and I waited for the rest of the family to get to our house.
 When Brylee woke up from her nap Friday afternoon, she had a fever of 101, and was kind of pitiful for a while. We kind of had a roller coaster of a weekend for Brylee's body temperature. It reached 103 each night, and would return to normal after an hour or so of Advil. Other than having a fever, she didn't act sick, but acted like her teeth were bothering her like crazy. So we did our best at accommodating her moments of not feeling well.
 We grilled out Friday night with Bryan's parents and sister's family, and Brylee perked up for a little bit to play outside.
 But she was still not feeling great, because she let David Todd cuddle with her!
We had big plans of going to the zoo Saturday morning, but we all stayed up way too late Friday night, and I wasn't so sure Brylee was going to feel all that great. So instead, we went for a walk...
 ...and took pictures in the bluebonnets.

 Saturday afternoon we colored Easter eggs. 
 Our ten year old niece & nephew, Jillian & Luke
 I learned quickly it was not a smart idea to let Brylee play in the dyed water...
 ...so she colored a 'clear' egg, which was beautiful!
 Nanny & Papa's Grandkids
 Saturday night Bryan's sister's family headed home, so we relaxed and read some books.
 Brylee and I were up for about 2 hours Saturday night with a fever of 103, but when she woke up Sunday morning she was cool as a cucumber and was in a great mood. So we headed to church to celebrate the "Third Day," and came home for lunch and Easter fun.

I could tell Brylee was not feeling her greatest, and it was hit or miss regarding her attitude.
 She initially was very intrigued by her Easter basket from Nanny...
 ....then things started to go downhill for no apparent reason...
 ...and ended in disaster!
 We took a quick break and regrouped, and she opened her Easter basket from the Easter Bunny(aka Me). Then she did enjoy searching for Easter eggs, hidden every so carefully in plain site on the patio cement!
 Now here's the happy girl we know!
 Bryan hid some extra hard eggs for our nephew, Luke, to find.
 Most of the eggs were empty, but Nanny included a few marshmellow goodies in some of the eggs!
 Who knows...maybe it was the sugar that put her back in a good mood!

 Nanny, Papa, and Luke headed back to Abilene after lunch, just before the rain started. When Brylee woke up from her nap, we enjoyed some more fun with her Easter goodies, and had a relaxing afternoon as a family.
Happy Easter!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

We Bought a Lakehouse!

Isn't it beautiful!

April Fools!

Actually, we got invited, along with the rest of our small group at church, to the Bruce's beautiful lake house the first weekend in April. We had a great time of being together, laughter, fellowship, and worship. And the boat ride, hammock swing, and snow cones weren't bad either!

We all arrived Friday night some time after work. We had a casual Saturday morning of play and breakfast, followed by a fun walk with all of the girls.
 Maddie is 4, Brylee is almost 1.5, and Jayde is 3 months

 The Bruce's have a shaved ice maker, and an assortment of snow cone flavors! Brylee loved 'wedding cake.' (mostly because I made her eat a clear favor - no red stains!)

 The water was cold, but Brylee didn't seem to mind, and wanted to play on the steps in the waves the lake made.



 Saturday afternoon the boys took the boat out and wakeboarded...
 ...while the girls hung out and played with kids.

Brylee absolutely loved this hammock swing, and spent a lot of time swinging quite high, I might add.







Sunday morning Brylee enjoyed her first boat ride! She was not so excited about putting on the life jacket, at first. Eventually, she forgot about the life jacket and got intrigued with the other boats driving by.
 The water was FREEZING, but not too cold to wake board and ski a little bit. I hadn't done that in over 2 years before I was pregnant with Brylee, and my sore muscles were not thanking me when we got home!

Best Buds!

We are so grateful for the generosity of the Bruce's, and feel very blessed to call them, along with the rest of our small group, Family!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Water Baby

The weather has been so nice here lately, that Brylee and I have been playing outside A LOT! I am hoping that Brylee will love the pool this summer, but while we wait for it to open, I thought we'd have some fun with water a few weeks ago.

I simply filled a few plastic containers with water & gave her a cup...


...and the rest is history!



This afternoon was a good time to refill those buckets...

(too bad this pic is blurry) She thought it would be fun to drink like a dog!






Before we went inside to change clothes, I gave her a rag to "clean the ground" with. She preferred drinking from the rag instead of cleaning.
I think I need to get her some sort of water table she can play with this summer. Any good recommendations? Can't wait for a whole lot of fun in the sun (with sunscreen, of course!)