7 Month Comparison

Cayden & Brinley- 7 Months

Wanting to Crawl- 7 Months

Side Profile- 7 Months

Brother & Sister- 7 Months

She's How Old?

7 Months!!  It can't be true!!  I need to know how to make time stand still.  I am trying to live in the moment, every moment, but time continues to slip through my hands like silky sand.

Brinley is a sweet baby and a good sleeper.  She is chewing on everything in sight.  She plays with whatever we hand her!  We started giving her some table foods because she was begging like a poor puppy dog when we ate dinner.  She LOVES to eat (as you can see).  She is very well-mannered.  She wakes up happy and cries when Cayden is too rough and when she is sleepy or hungry.  Typically she doesn't cry just to cry.  She has gotten TONS better about riding in the car.  She LOVES going for long walks.  She is a much better stroller than Cayden!  Cayden keeps her smiling though!  He helped out with the photo shoot below.  She starts off her day by waking me up.  When Cayden wakes up, we go into his room and play in his crib.  She is all giggles.  Brinley loves her brother.  We'll see how long that lasts!  She JUST got her 4th tooth today.  She now has her bottom two teeth and two on top.  The two on top are the two LEFT front teeth.  Her right front tooth hasn't come it yet!  It's kind of lopsided!
When Matt gets hope, the big smiles return.  This little girl LOVES her daddy!  It is so sweet.  I love that relationship!  I hope they grow to be as close as my dad and I are.

...thinking about taking a dive!

Getting ready to get mobile.  Uh Oh!

I love the roll on her back just above her diaper.

It's almost gone. 

UGH- I can't take this growing up thing!

Checking for that new tooth that came in...

This is my 26-Month baby!!!!  :)

Sweet BABY boy!!  hehe!!

He told me, "I get in Bumbo!" ...and he did!

A Camping We Will Go!

Yes, we realize it is the middle of July.  It's hot, and we live in South Texas.  ALL the more reason to go camping, right??  It's about memories...  and boy did we make them!!

The Bucks family came over for our cook-out.  I wanted to get pics of the kids, but they are all SO busy!!  It's hard to get a good one. 

First, we tried to get the girls...

Don't let this picture fool you. 

She thinks she wants to crawl, but that's as far as she gets!

Ashley tried to corral them, but it didn't last!

The boys were busy outside with their s'mores!

Cayden got all geared up for the tent experience!

And the sleepless night began!

I'd love to make a different report, but we were in our beds by midnight!! Cayden had a blast, but could NOT get still.  Matt was dying from the heat.  To make matters worse, we kept hearing the A/C unit coming on.  All we could think about was our super comfy bed in our cold house!  Finally, the last straw was when Cayden announced, "Okay.  I go to bed upstairs now!"  We all grabbed our pillows and out we went!  It was lots of fun though.  ;)  We will do it again someday...  hopefully not too soon!

4th of July

The end of June and July have been busy months for us.  We have really enjoyed the kids at the swimming pool and the lake.  My dad was able to come for a weekend at the end of June, and then we spent July 4th weekend at the lake with my whole family.  We had LOTS of cousin fun.  We're actually headed back there for round 2 of cousin fun at the lake... only with more cousins this time!  Pictures will soon follow.~

Cayden 2 years

Brinley 6 Months

I never want to forget those ankles!!

Watermelon princess

Papa's visit

Matt and Cayden play chasing games in the pool every day!

Papa and Cayden have matching swimsuits! Cayden helped pick it out!

Grilling ribs after the pool

Brinley's first taste of grapes...

loved them!

Silly boy

Silly Daddy!

Brinley isn't too sure about this photo shoot.

Tooth #3 came in.

It is the one to the left of where her front tooth will be. (on top)

wanting to crawl

workin' at it

Learning to crawl is hard work!

Okay... now I'm frustrated!

Splash Pad

The story:

Several of my girlfriends and I took our kids to the splash pad.  Matt was the only dad who was going to be able to join us after work. I was ecstatic, but I had no idea how to tell him to find us (problem #1).  That became a major problem when he called on the road for directions.  We were on base, and it is super confusing.  Some of the entry points are only for military personnel and others are for civilians.  I gave him instructions to a gate and kept my fingers crossed that it was one that he could get into.  As we hung up, I mentioned that he needed to have his driver's license ready to show them.  (problem #2) He then informed me that I actually had his driver's license in MY CAR.  Oh Great!! There was an incredible sweet military mom at the splash pad who OFFERED to drive me to the gate and take Matt his driver's license.  I graciously accepted and off we went.  It was about a 15 minute drive to the gate. When we got there, I hopped in Matt's truck and she said she would wait for us.  She had to go through a different gate since she was military.  However, (problem #3) we were not allowed to enter because Matt's inspection sticker had expired!!  UGH!!  Now, I have kids at the splash pad and there is a saint waiting to take me back to them, but I can't get to her because Matt isn't allowed on base!!! 

After begging the guard, he allowed us to enter to inform the sweet lady that we were not allowed in.  We managed to park Matt's car and ride with her to get our kids!  Believe it or not, we actually had a great time after all that was said and done.  The only last problem we encountered was getting back to Matt's car.  We left it in an area (OF COURSE) that military personnel was allowed access to.  Again, we told our story and begged the guard.  He reluctantly let us in, and we managed to get Matt's car and drive home before the HUGE storm hit.  UGH!  What an event!  :)

boys, boys and more boys

ALL of the boys had a blast...

I think the girls (Anna, Saray & Brinley) enjoyed staying dry better!

Cochran boys playing with Cayden

super silly.  super goofy!

Cayden is trying to feed Brinley.  She isn't patient when it comes to her food!!

4th of July!!!

Cody & Brinley

This was a scary moment. 

I was so scared that Brinley was going to end up on the pavement!

She was fussy- as you can see.  It all ended up just fine!!

Jeremy & Amanda's family with ours

The whole Hill-Culli gang!

Nana & Papa with their 5 grand kids!

I love these boys!!

Cayden with his Papa

Nana with her Brin

This is Sheriff Cayden!

Watch out!

Cayden monitoring the parade!

I promise-- there is just water in there!

Nana and a much happier Brinley after her nap!

Those fire engines were loud!

Tea time after the parade!

...of course Cayden had to bust up the party!

dancing while jumping??!!?  It was pretty cute.

It was HARD to share. 

Cayden didn't do very well with that!

He liked tandem jumping much better!

Daddy & Cayden

It's ski time!

I didn't get any pictures on my camera of Matt & Cayden tubing. 

It was Cayden's first tubing adventure. 

It started nice and slow.

Before I knew it, Matt was fighting

to keep the tube from flipping over!!

Cayden had a BLAST.

Swimming at the dock

Brinley sat this one out

Emily felt more comfortable on the jet ski!

Cayden stopping by to say hello

to his sister and his daddy.

Yummo Watermelon !!!

Can't beat it.

Jeremy & Amanda made some

homemade strawberry ice cream later that evening,

and we watched fireworks on the dock. 

That was A LOT of fun. 

Cayden didn't see much though.  He was too busy dancing around!!

All of the kids loved it!

Home sweet home! 

Cayden lined up all of his toys

in the street for some puddle splashing fun!