Outside

If I've said it once, I've said it a dozen times: Brynley loves to be outside. Here are some photos that I took on one of the many walks that we took in October and November (when the weather was nice!)

Running down the driveway:

Digging up the driveway with my trowel (one of her favorite outside "toys"):


Cute little ruffle butt:

Sitting on the porch steps:

Curly-girl:

Peek-a-boo:

Rolling around in the grass with Cider:

Hugging Cider...

...or as Bryn calls her "Ci-Ci!"

Random photos

Peacoat

Check out Brynley in her little navy peacoat. Too cute!

Silly girl

Here's Brynley in one of her rare "Brynley moments" (defined as those moments when she is actually playing by herself and not paying attention to Mommy and the camera).

Giggling at her paint-with-water book. She has a paintbrush in her hand, but no water.

Getting down to some artistic business


Brynley is a serious artist

(sorry for the dark photos)

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Potty time

On November 5th, my Aunt Sue & Uncle Bill were down from upstate New York for a brief visit. That night we made a huge feast for dinner and sat around our big farmhouse table enjoying their company. After dinner, Brynley started to follow Aunt Sue into the bathroom while holding her diaper and pointing to her potty so my Aunt calls out to me that she thinks B needs to use the potty. Not quite believing her, I explain that B has never used the potty yet...we haven't even been trying.

To humor ourselves, we took B's diaper off (which was dirty!) and let her sit on the potty. I took some photos, thinking all along that this wasn't really going to be the first time she used the potty. I mean, she initiated it herself! After about 5 minutes, she stood up and ran to me screaming in delight...and, sure enough, there was a potty full of pee! We all cheered as if she had just won a gold medal in the Olympics.

As I'm writing this on 12/28, Brynley has only used the potty two other times, but we also haven't been pushing the issue too much, although I know we should. She's interested...and it's time. I'd love to have her potty trained by May (fingers crossed!)

Silly girl

Brynley and some more of her silly antics.

Photos taken in October/November 2010

Where does an Elmo trick-or-treat bucket go?

On your head, of course!

Uncle Bill taught her this little trick:

Walk this way...