Brinley at 7 Months

At 7 months this little lady is getting to be BUSY!  She is a grabber and she'll go for anything and she is FAST!  You can tell when she sees something she wants, she starts kicking her legs like crazy and reaches until she gets it.  She still isn't sleeping well and off and on she doesn't care for fruits and veggies.  So frustrating.  Good thing she's cute!  

 Classic Brinley grin!

 She LOVES toys and will sit and play for a long time!  She likes Mason's toys especially his Mickey Mouse airplane so I let her play with it when he's sleeping!

She started getting crazy with it one day trying to pull herself up to it.  

 Crawling will be her new trick very soon, ready or not!  She has been getting into position, except for that one foot, and she'll rock back and forth.  Between sitting, trying to crawl and rolling around she does not stay in one place anymore.

This is her "what is my crazy brother doing" pose.  We see it quite often.

She definitely can get what she wants especially if it's something she shouldn't have, like a stray piece of dog food.  She army crawled her way to this flower pretty quick.  I'm not ready for a mobile baby, she's getting big too fast!

Mother's Day

I love Mother's Day!  I am so grateful for the mother and mother-in-law that I have and for their examples to me.

Chase got up with the kids so I could stay in bed a little longer.  Then Mason gave me this card that he helped make!

 So sweet!  I was really impressed with Chase's stamping skills and even more impressed that he knew where to find things!

 Even some fancy edges!
In nursery Mason made me a flower out of gum drops and a cookie on a skewer.  He was so excited to show me and was running to me after church.  He was handing it to me but before I could take it, he took it back and started eating it!  Silly boy!

 The easiest way to get a smile out of this girl!

 So blessed to be their mom!  Sometimes it's very challenging but always worth it!

 Then my first baby decided he needed to be in the picture and posed himself!

 I love these two so much!

 Clearly this is where we should have been standing the whole time.  Maybe one day I'll be able to take a good picture.

How fitting that on Mother's Day we have a mama bird in our backyard!  Too bad it's too high for me to see if there are babies in there.

We went to our friends' house for dinner and the men did all the cooking!  It was delicious and a great end to a great day!

Disneyland!

We just got back from a super fun trip to Disneyland!  This time we went with my family and we met my parents and Tara and Chad there.   My mom and dad figured that it had about 15 years since they had been so they were due!  There was a whole park they hadn't seen!  We drove and it wasn't bad, about 5 hours and the kids did really well!  We couldn't have asked for better weather!

 We saw Pluto and Mason really was happy to see him despite what his face looks like.

 Brinley was a good girl and she loved being held by everyone and riding rides.  There are quite a few that we could all go on which was really fun!  Mason really liked Small World so much he couldn't talk  or be distracted.  He DID NOT like Pirates of the Caribbean or Bugs Life 3D.  A lot of the rides are pretty dark and scarier than I remember.  He was a good sport and he went on everything willingly.  I'm sure he'll like them all next time.

 Mason had so much fun on the kid rides at California Adventures.

 I love Chase and Chad's faces here.  I think Mason needed some convincing that he was having fun.  Sometimes you can't tell if he's enjoying himself or not.

 He drove the car and liked bumping into the sides and other cars.

 Waiting for the parade to start.  We were trying to find a spot and we took a wrong turn but ended up hearing a worker tell other people that in the middle of the street would be a good spot and it was.  We had front row seats!

 Enjoying a snack waiting.  I love my sister! :]

 The princesses that Brinley will love one day.

Us on the Toy Story ride which was a lot of fun.  It was the first time for us.  Brinley is there too somewhere.

This picture cracks me up! My dad is so funny and I love that in all the ride pictures Chad is just calm as ever!

Grandpa and Mason.  It's amazing to me what someone with a lot of time on their hands can do with some legos!

I wish I took more pictures but we were too busy having fun!  We love Disneyland!