sunday morning

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was the show of choice when Brielle was itty bitty. She seriously loved it. She would get so excited when we would put it on. It came to a point when we had an insane amount on our DVR. Looking back, I'm not sure why. She didn't realize if it was a repeat or not. Then, she lost interest in the TV for a couple months and sadly, we were just hoping that she would get back into it. Clearly, we aren't the parents who say "my child will never be into TV". If it makes her happy and buys us a couple quiet minutes, I'm all for it! :) A couple months ago, she became hooked on Sprout. It's our wake up routine and our bedtime wind-down routine. She is really becoming a little toddler lately and although it's becoming really hard to get pictures of her, I want to look back and see the everyday moments. Watching sprout and eating some cheerios :) (and no, this isn't her breakfast. this is her snack immediately following breakfast. that's right.)

little bit of this. little bit of that.

gorgeous weather one weekend so we got to play outside a lot.  here she is one day over at her cousins. it was nice to be able to sit out on the deck, rum & coke in hand, and watch all the kids play (well, as much as a non walking 13.5 month old can play). we'll be over kt & justin's a lot this spring/summer, invite or not. :) 

playing in our backyard.  she is blinded by the sun & cracking up at riley chasing the ball.  right now, the funniest thing in the world to her is riley, and i love it. 

snow day.  this shows how crazy northern va weather can be.  this was just 4 days before the gorgeous weather in the pictures above.  i was excited to get more sledding in, but it was really windy this day so we just played inside. 

I decided to try to give her pig tails one morning.  She screams as if she's in pain the second I start to gather her hair up.  We can put bows in her hair but that's the extent of what she can handle.  Hopefully that changes.  Ryan is pretty good at braiding ;) 

weeknight evenings go by way too fast.  right now, daddy is playtime and mommy is HOLD ME NOW.  hello heating pad & motrin.  brielle isn't exactly light ;) 

splish splash!

Forget all the toys she has in the bath, she would much rather just stand in the tub & jump up and down. love this girl & her wild personality.  

self challenge

One thing I really want to get better at is taking more pictures of Brielle with the actual camera. I still (two+ years later) don't really know how to use it, so I feel myself missing out on a lot of really cute moments because it ends up being dark or out of focus. This is why it's just easier to use my iphone. It's always on me and I know they'll come out. I follow a couple blogs (well, let's be honest... A LOT) and I always see these challenges. For example, the 356 project. Taking a picture of your child everyday for a year. I know that just won't happen so I'm not going to tell myself I'll do that, but it's going to be my motivation to just simply take more pictures. Period.  I don't want to look back and think I didn't capture as many memories as possible.  

Quick picture to end this Monday. Now time for Bachelor & wine.