Our Little Get Away

The Oregon Coast

Day One - Wednesday

August 12th, 2009

Every since I was little I can remember going to the beach as a family. I absolutely love the beach and always have. Some of my favorite family memories are of us at the beach. We always go with at least one other family with makes it so much fun. It hardly ever fails that the Burnett's go with us..we love spending time with the Burnett's, they are like family to us. We also love it when we can go at the same time as the Blair's, all the kids have so much fun together. I was so excited this year to not only be able to go with my parents but to also have my new little family with me as well. It was so much fun being there with Stuart and Brody. Last year when we went I was about 9 months pregnant with Brody, its crazy to look at those pictures and then see our new pictures from this year...so much can change in just one year!

(Just to warn you all, I might have gone a little over board on all the pictures, but Brody just looked so cute in too many of them!)

Stuart somehow got the idea stuck in his head that we were leaving at 4:00am..yes I said AM, haha if anyone knows me very well they know I am not a morning person. I am becoming better now that I am a mom, only because I have to though. Well we ended up waking up at 4:00, so there went his plan but we left our house at 5:20am..which is still very very early for me. Brody did really good in the morning. I took this picture not too long after he woke up, we thought it was so cute that he was stretching his leg up on all the luggage that was piled next to him.

No Brody is not driving, hes just sitting on Daddy's lap in the outlet malls parking lot. Anya freaked out when she first saw this picture, haha like we would actually let Brody drive. My parents went to Camas the night before and stayed with the Burnett's, so we meet up with them at the outlet mall and drove together the rest of the way.


Brody was sooo excited to be out of the car by the time we got there! He had had just about enough. I think he looks so cute and grown up in this picture. He looks like a little toddler, I still cant get over the fact of how fast he is growing.

The first thing we did was go out for some fish n chips and clam chowder. This is one thing I defiantly love about going to the beach, I will get it every time we eat out and never get sick of it, I'm not a big seafood fan..but when were at the beach that's all I want to eat. Brody didn't mind the clam chowder either, but didn't care too much for the fish. This is us at the beach access by the house my parents and the Burnett's rented. It was a beautiful beach but a big time pain to get to, way to many stairs!

Brody's first time on the beach. I wasn't too sure how he would like the sand but he ended up loving it right away, must of gotten that from mommy!


We of course had to bury him. We went easy on him though and just did his legs, didn't want to scare him his first time at the beach.

Of course he ended up eating a little bit, we knew that was going to happen. Everything that little boy touches sooner or later goes to his mouth. Surprisingly He didn't seem to mind it that much though.

We kind of considered this our Honeymoon too. We didn't go anywhere right after we were married so this was our little get away and honestly I loved spending it with everyone! They were great and gave us our alone time too but it was so much fun being with our family and friends.

My Dad and Husband. They already have a great relationship and I am so grateful for that. It has always been important to me that whoever I married would get alone with my family and my family would enjoy him as well.


Brody liked it, but he just ended up getting a whole bunch of sand stuck to his mouth!

My mom actually caught a picture of Stuart kissing me!! I don't know if it will ever happen again so don't get used to it. I have no idea why he is so uptight about it but he doesn't like to show affection in front of other people.

Brody playing in the sand with Uncle Evan, Erica and Emma.

Bro's First Pool

Bro's First Pool

Wednesday

July 1st, 2009

I had been wanting to get a little pool for Brody for a while now that its been getting pretty hot out. There was some really nice ones at Wal Mart that even had little palm tress hanging over them, but they cost $25, so I was putting it off. We went to Win co the other day (don't tell my Dad, haha wont make him to happy) and I saw this pool for only $10, I couldn't resist so I grabbed it. Good thing I did too cause Its getting sooo hot out. I didn't even have to leave the water in very long and it was already warm enough. Brody absolutely loved the pool, and of course he had a full audience to entertain too...everyone wanted to see his first time in the pool.

He loved splashing, he didn't even care that it got in his face and eyes. He just got the biggest kick out of splashing!

He also loved how the sides sunk in when he pushed on it. And yes this is a normal thing for him, he has to at least TRY and eat everything that he comes in contact with.

My Little Climbing Monster

My Little Climbing Monster
Sunday

June 28th, 2009

Ever since Brody started crawling he has been all over the place, he's unstoppable I swear! It's almost like now that he can actually move around on his own he thinks that he has to explore everything. And I love it I really do because I see how happy it makes him, but oh boy can he get into things. He makes mess after mess. But like I said I love it and I love him! It also keeps him a little more entertained now that he can find new and fun things on his own. The most recent new and fun thing he found was the stairs..yes the dreaded stairs. My Mom for some reason absolutely refuses to get gates too, so that doesn't help much. Brody started going up the stairs a little on day, but then my Dad thought that it would be fun to show him how to get all the way up. Yea, that didn't make my Mom and I very happy. My mom told him "Are you crazy? Your not the one who has to be home with him all day!" He hasn't seemed to hurt himself so far, hopefully we wont be having any brutal falls anytime soon!

He knows he's doing something naughty!

Bro's First Hair Cut

Bro's First Hair Cut

Monday

June 22, 2009

Brody's hair has been getting pretty long, the wedding is coming up so I figured we might as well cut it so he can look nice and handsome for it. I had been holding off on doing the whole first hair cut, I hate to see his baby hair go...I don't want him to grown up any fast then he already is. It seems like my little baby is already long gone. But I will have to admit that I too was thinking it was about time. If you pulled his hair down it was over his eyes and curling over his ears. I didn't really realize quiet how long it was though until I saw this picture of him and what he looked like after.

He did surprisingly good! I wasn't too sure how he would act but he knows Kelly pretty good and he got to sit on Mommy's lap so he was an angel for the most part. He didn't cry at all but towards the end we had to finds a few ways of entertaining him. The spray bottle and comb worked and his gold fish were pretty preoccupying.

If anything he defiantly needed those bangs cut! They were getting so long, now he can actually see all the time without them poking his eye.

Already starting to look like a little man

Kelly did such a great job, he looks so handsome and grown up with his new hair cut. She even put some gel in it and have him a little lesson on how to style his hair, now if he listens...that's another story! Next time it wont be so hard to cut it since that first baby one is over with. I just cant believe how fast he is growing up. I want to cherish every little bit of his baby days as I can, they are going by way to fast.

I Didn't Mean To Mommy

I Didn't Mean To Mommy

Friday

June 12th, 2008

This morning I put Brody in the bathroom with me to hang out while I took a shower. Now this isn't quiet like it used to be, he used to just sit on his boopy pillow and be so content just waiting for me...not anymore. Those days are long gone! He is quiet the little explorer now, and being mobil doesn't make it any better. Anything and Everything that he can get into or reach is going to end up a mess by the time hes done with it. Before I got in the shower I thought that I did a pretty good job of putting everything up and out of reach that could make a big mess. Since my parents are redoing the bathroom our toilet paper holder isn't in the wall right now so we just set it up on the toilet. Well somehow he got it down and ended up having a pretty good time ripping it up. It was so funny, as soon as I got out and saw what he did he started crying. I didn't even get mad at him or anything, he must have just known he did a no no. I couldn't even get mad at him though, with a cute face like that how could I!

Bed Time

Bed Time

Saturday

June 6th 2009

I always think that Brody looks so cute when gets ready for bed. He isn't always the most pleasant person to put to bed but he sure looks cute! Even though hes crabby at night Ill deal with it because hes still sleeping all through the night (cross my fingers), and in his own bed...now if only we could get him in his own room. Hes even going to bed at a decent time, If he doesn't have very good naps he'll go to sleep around 9:00. But on a usual night its around 10:00 or 10:30. These pictures were taking last night before we went to bed. He was a little out of it but he still looked cute!

This morning he woke up in an unusually good mood. He was waking up right when I finished taking a shower, I was hoping he would sleep a little longer so I could get ready for work. It seems that he is especially needy and clingy in the mornings, or maybe I just seem to notice it more because I'm trying to hurry and get ready so this morning he had to go in the snuggie while I got ready. It worked pretty good until he keep unplugging the straightener. It cracks me up the things he loves to play with, In the mornings if you really want him entertained just set him down with a makeup bag in from of him and he'll just sit there and take out all the makeup and play with it.

Brody update

Something must be wrong!!

Wednesday

May 27th, 2009

This is what my mom and I have been saying for seriously about a month now...something must be wrong with our little Brody!! He hasn't been himself for quiet a while now. He started teething probably a month ago (I feel like a bad Mom I didn't even write it down or anything), hes been pretty cranky with that. He got his two top ones in first, both at the same time. Then the two outside ones came in on the bottom. Now two more on the top and bottom have broken through , so as you can imagine hes been a bit grumpy with that. Hes been biting everything imaginable and drooling like crazy! He just hasn't been himself at all. He usually loves his baths but he hasn't been wanting to stay in them very long at all lately. He also loves to eat...and I mean LOVES it, up until today I couldn't get him to eat anything but his baby yogurt. He also had a really bad cough and a very runny noise. I had been putting off taking him to the doctor because it just seems like every time I take him there ends up being nothing wrong. Also I figured it must just be from him teething. So I finally just decided to take him in on Tuesday. When they weighed him he had dropped down to 20 pounds, he was almost at 22 before. The Doctor said everything was fine except for him noise. He ended up having a sinus infection. I was surprised it wasn't more then that because he has such a bad cough. So we got him on some antibiotics and hopefully he'll be good to go soon.

Also watch out for a post coming soon...Hes going to start crawling anytime now!

Just Some More Pictures

My Mom Evan Brody and I went to Camas the first weekend of April to visit the Burnett's. As you all know my moms absolutely loved taking pictures. When we were younger I hated going on her little photo shoots, I mean hated it...they lasted way too long and everyone ended up fighting in the end because none of us kids wanted to be there. But know I have learned to appreciate her pictures a lot more. I love the fact that she has taken so many pictures of my son, I'm sure we will all enjoy looking back on them as he grows and gets older. My Mom thought that downtown Camas was absolutely beautiful and wanted to take some pictures of Brody and I. All the little shops were so much fun, even Brody enjoyed window shopping!

Me and My Man

Brody And Mommy

Saturday

May 2nd, 2009

I don't have too many pictures of Brody and I, mostly just Brody. Grandma loves to take pictures of Brody and hes usually pretty good about it too. So here's some pictures of the two of us when we went to visit our good friends the Burnett's in Camas.

He almost looks like he has red hair in this picture! That's a little bit of Grandma J coming out in him.

I just think he looks so dang cute in this picture

I know...super super late post!!

Brody's First Easter

I know, this is way after the fact but I figure I might as well still do it while I get the chance. I have had these pictures ready to do a post for a while now but just haven't had the chance to actually getting around to doing it. Ill be lucky if I even get this one done before Brody wakes up. Brody is an amazingly good baby....as long as your holding him and doing what he and only he wants to do! The kid is so stinking spoiled!!! So that is why I have been so behind on posts. (I have no idea how Dedree does it!! Shes amazing!!) I have so many I still need to do, it might be a while before they get done though. But anyways Brody had a pretty good first Easter. Even though he has no idea what is going on I got him a little Easter basket with a few things in it anyways. Tawnya and I found this cute Easter bunny that sings and wiggles it tail and flaps its ears when you push its paw. He didn't quiet know what do it with it at first, but he liked just watching it. He actually seemed to enjoy the grass the most. I swear he would rather play with weird things I would never think of then the actual toys that I buy him! I also found these cute camo eggs for him. I cant wait till next year when we can have an Easter egg hunt with him.