BRYSTAL LEARNS TO HOPSCOTCH

The other night Nate drew a hopscotch on our driveway and taught Brystal how to do it. She loved it and did it for the rest of the night. Though she isn't quite coordinated enough to really do it, she thinks she is doing it, and is so proud of herself for it. Sorry about all the videos, but I couldn't resist.

TWINKLE TWINKLE

After church we were waiting in the lobby for Nate to get out of a meeting. The place was pretty much empty except for a few stragglers and so Brystal started practicing her singing. She is normally alot more easy to understand than this when she sings this song, but you know how hard it is to spin in circles and sing at the same time.

WHAT ARE THESE GUYS DOING?!

Here is the look on Brystal's face when a mariachi (or however you spell that) band decided to come over and serenade Brystal with a song.

HELPING DADDY WASH THE CAR

We've been teaching Brystal how to do a few chores around here such as dusting and wiping, and picking up toys. So here she is learning how to wash the car. She had such a fun time helping her Daddy wash down the cars on Saturday. We gotta teach her while she's young right?

USE YOUR HEAD

Brystal has found a new way to get around and use her head at the same time. Sometimes I wonder where this child gets her ideas.

SOPHIE'S, ER, I MEAN BRYSTAL'S EASTER EGG HUNT

Well, here is our attempt to doing an Easter egg hunt for Brystal. I imagined she would think it was loads of fun to run around the yard and pick up all the colorful eggs laying in the grass and putting them in her basket. Instead, she wandered around the yard barely even noticing the eggs while Sophie had the time of her life with the egg hunt. Better luck next year right?

E I E I O!

All I have to say about this video is that it is so hilarious. This is Brystal at her best. Here she is singing the Old MacDonald song. And don't forget to stay for the end with her exit.

GRUMPOPOTAMUS

I took Brystal to Old MacDonald's Farm yesterday. Well lets just say it could have been funner. Brystal has been a bit on the grouchy side this week. I don't know if it has something to do with daylight savings and her missing her morning naps, or if she is teething, or if she has suddenly gone crazy, but it's been a rough week. She barely even noticed the animals and just walked around whining most of the time. But some parts I think she enjoyed. I always love to see a smile on her face.

On the ground pouting.

Here she is in the goat pen. Little baby goats all around her and she barely even noticed them. I did after one almost pushed me down.

All that grumpiness must have attracted the boys to her. Her little friend Lucas saw her being grumpy and took matters into his own hands by taking Brystal's hand and taking her for a little stroll. I think she liked it, at least she wasn't being grumpy when he was holding her hand. Thanks Lucas for cheering her up.

Here is a sample of how the day was. Isn't she a ray of sunshine?

SEE YA!

Brystal is so funny because now she says see ya instead of bye bye. Well she still says bye, but see ya is cuter. And I can never get her to say it around people, so this was my video proof of her saying it. Also, we had just got home from a little valentine's playgroup party so she is eating her sucker she got from that. She is growing up so fast.

PLAYING WITH SOPHIE

I know it's been awhile, I haven' t had much going on around here. But here is a video that was taken a couple months ago, but it shows the budding relationship between Brystal and Sophie. Sophie makes her laugh all the time, and sometimes Brystal annoys Sophie by trying to hug her or ride on her. So I know this isn't that exciting but it's better than nothing. Plus I think it's cute.

BRYSTAL'S NEW SLIDE

We got this great slide thing at a garage sale for Brystal and we put it in the backyard. I would go out there and try to get her to play on it, and she didn't really like it. THEN we brought it inside, and she thought it was the funnest thing ever! She now loves to go down the slide. This is a funny clip of Brystal playing on the slide.

FLIRTING

Brystal is practicing her flirting skills in this video. This just came out of nowhere and she just started doing it. So sorry about the nudity in this video, but how could I resist taping her. She is so cute batty eyes and all.

SHAKY MAD FACE

Well it's been awhile since I've updated, not to much going on around here, but here is a random video of Brystal a few weeks ago. It is sad, yet hilarious. Brystal went through this stage where she would clench her fists and her face and shake. We've all seen babies do it, and we all think it is so funny. Unfortunately she doesn't do it on command anymore like she used to. This was the only clip of her doing a good one and it is at the very first of the video. This was taken just before bed time so she was pretty tired and grumpy. The funny part was that she was still doing the shaky face regardless of how mad she was, she did it on her own too, I didn't even tell her to do it.

READING A BOOK

There was this room that had computers and a book corner. I sat Brystal in the bean bag chair with a book and she just sat there and read, and would have sat there all day if I let her. She was so cute that complete strangers walked by and thought she was adorable and started taking pictures of her. Of course they did, she's adorable.

CAKE AND ICE CREAM

Brystal had her first cake and ice cream. She LOVED it. After her cake she was so wound up for the rest of the day, so excited.

LOVIN THE PUMPKIN

Once she got used to the feel of the pumpkin, she just went to town on the pumpkin guts. She could have done this all night long.

BABY LANGUAGE

Brystal has invented her own language. Though she can say 2 words that I know of which are "daddy" and "bubbles" she has this little lingo that she does. She looks right at you and talks to you like you can totally understand her, and she uses her tongue in such a funny way that I can't even mimik it. Sorry if this clip is a little boring, but it was all I could get out of her, she never performs when you want her to.

GET YOUR GROOVE ON

Brystal has some new moves up her sleeves. Now that she can stand, she can dance while standing! And anytime music comes on, she will start to bounce or sway with the music. You can't hear the music, but it is coming from the little toy so she is dancing to the music on the toy. Shake your little baby bootie!

COOLEST PARK EVER

Right in the middle of downtown Houston is this amazing park we stumbled across. My friend knew about this park as well so we went together. It has a huge area with water fountains that shoot out for kids to run through, a cute litte park , and even one of those little lakes you can rent those remote control sailboats. Brystal just played in the water section mostly and had a blast.

She mostly just stood in this position the whole time, but enjoyed the water.

It is still sunny 80 something degree weather here in Houston, I wish it was fall here, but at least we still can enjoy days like this in the water.

Sorry there are so many pictures of the same thing, she was just so cute today! I loved it.

Then we changed her wet clothes and played at the little park for a bit. She didn't do much but crawl around and stare at people. Someday Brystal, someday.

IS SHE CRYING, AND PLAYING?

For some reason when she gets real tired or sick of playing in her jumper, she continues to jump her little heart out as she is crying. I don't understand. But it is kinda funny.