17 Months

I went to a four hour sewing class at my church today and left Bryant in the nursery during that time. He is going through a separation anxiety phase so leaving him is tough, but he did settle down and I think he had a good experience today. I sure did!!! I was able to finish some sewing projects and fellowship with other ladies from my Sunday school class and church. The best part was picking him up and the expression of pure elation to see me was so wonderful. It brought tears to my eyes. He was so happy to see his mama! I love my little man so much!!!

Bryant is 17 months old and has become a little comedian. I wanted to share some recent pictures of Bryant because some of the stuff he is doing lately is so darn cute.

Here he is carrying his toast around the kitchen...



Here he is exploring the cabinets...



He holds the different color lids up to his face and looks at the light and laughs...



Doin' some yoga - stack yoga



And of course, hat...everything is a hat. Cousin Scott came over tonight and got to play a game of hat with B...





B also likes wearing Scott's cool shades...



I've noticed that he does this thing with his fingers that I did as a child. Weird! He really enjoys playing with Dixie and I can just see in his face how he wishes she was more into playing with him. He loves when Nick comes home from work. He has started carrying a blanket around with him when he is tired like Linus from Charlie Brown. He likes for you to read to him. His favorite book right now is Green Eggs and Ham. He is still obsessed with watching VeggieTales - Heroes of the Bible. Although, he did act interested in Finding Nemo, once.

Weekend

Last weekend Nicks dad (Alan - aka Awgie) came to visit us and this weekend my parents were here, JoAnn (Granny) and Barry (Pappy). They have not visited "the big city", as my dad would say, since last July. I'm so happy they were able to make the trip. B was too...he loved having them here. We kept him awake a little longer Friday night so he could see them. He was so excited...he had to play a quick game of hat with his Granny, then it was off to nite-nite. We enjoyed Lasagna for dinner and BR ice cream cake for dessert in celebration of my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!

Saturday was a good day. We all woke up with the birds, literally...why do they have to be so loud? We had breakfast then got ready for the day. We had a surprise visit from Alli and Rob. They were in town celebrating their wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary y'all!

We headed out for some errands, came home for a hot-dog lunch then it was nap time. Later, my dad and I went out in search of a helicopter for B...but I think the big boys enjoyed it too. We had a steak dinner, some more of that yummy ice cream cake, then a friendly game of pictionary, which my mom and I dominated!

B sure loved having his good buddy, Patch, in town too. I think he likes that Patch is more on his level. I think Dixie enjoyed having Patch here too. She likes to pick on him, sometimes.

It was a great visit and I hope they get to come back again really soon.

Here are some pictures and videos to enjoy...

Sunday hat

Hat?...Where did this start?...

Well, when I get out of the shower I wrap my towel around my head. Bryant thinks it is so funny. So, each time he sees me do it, I call it my "hat". Now, he waits with anticipation for me to put it on my head. No pic, sorry, that would be super embarrassing.

Sunday, B was playing with the chair arm cover trying to put it back on the arm of the chair, so I helped him. He took it off and handed it to me and I placed it on his head...this began the Sunday afternoon hat game.



Also, as I have said, his favorite movie(s) right now is VeggieTales - Heroes of the Bible. See their "hats"?

Time to play hat with da-da...

Givin' da-da sugar...




High five bud...




B's little personality is so fun to watch in action!

Good times!!!!!

Winner

Just call me Bryant "Sheen" Gardner!







These images speak for themselves. He refused to let me feed him his dinner so he fed himself...Spaghetti!

He sure does clean up nice!

Not much going on at our house this week...

B is recovering from an ear infection in his right ear. Poor baby...

He is also cutting more teeth. His bottom big boy teeth are in. His top ones came in a while back and that's when we promoted to a real tooth brush. So far he doesn't mind it. I need to get a pic of me brushing his teeth. It's funny!

He is walkin' all over the house. So, we're learning to hold Momma's hand so he can start stretching his legs outside of these walls.

He is OBSESSED with watching VeggieTales. He watches the same DVD over and over. Nick and I have crossed over...we find ourselves singing the songs!!!

Today, I was hard at work sewing and started to sing...

I'm busy, busy, dreadfully busy,
You've no idea what I have to do
Busy, Busy, shockingly busy,
Much, much too busy for you...

Flibber-O-Lou - That's from the story of the good Samaritan, if you were wondering.

Anyway, I took this picture of him today watching it...



He is always so serious.

A while back, when I attempted to make my first "John John" I messed up when I cut the pattern so I cut off the top and made B these shorts...and later created the matching onesie.



They are a size 2, but I went ahead and put them on him to see how they turned out. He wouldn't model for me...



Don't-cha just love the spaghetti stains on his face?

It's a cute little outfit. Too bad I don't have anymore of that Alabama fabric. I do have some hounds-tooth. Is that tacky?