I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

What is it about ice cream that children automatically love? We went to El Toro's with Mamaw and Pops this weekend and being spoiling grandparents, they got Brinley her own ice cream cone from the self serve machine. Needless to say, she scarfed down the ice cream and cone in a matter of 10 minutes!! It just amazes me that a child who has never had it before could love it so much. It could be in her genes. Jason still reminisces about his bowl of bluebell he had every night as a child. We still don't have a gathering at his family's house without 2 or 3 flavors of bluebell in the freezer! While, I do like ice cream and will eat it when I get the chance, I have never had the need to have it in my freezer. But I guess if Brinley is going to love it like her Daddy, I will have to keep it in stock!

I want to go back to paradise!

It has been almost 3 weeks since Jason and I have returned from our glorious and relaxing vacation to Mexico. We decided to reward ourselves for surviving the first year of parenthood and also celebrate our upcoming 4th wedding anniversary.

When I say that we did absolutely nothing on our vacation, I am not exaggerating! Here is a little example of how we spent our 6 days...wake up, eat breakfast, lay on the beach (reading,sleeping,or sitting in the water), eat lunch, lay by the pool drinking (mojitos are now my favorite drink!), eat dinner, and go to bed. The activity director stopped coming by us to ask if we wanted to do anything like jet ski, para sailing or snorkeling because he knew what the answer would be! Since our daily lives consist of always being on the go, it was absolutely wonderful to do nothing.

The adults only resort we stayed at was gorgeous and I must admit it took 3 days for me to start getting homesick and wanting to see Brinley! But hey, there were no kids around to remind me, so it was hard to remember I was a parent with the sand, beach, sun and of course alcohol! Plus, it was great to spend time with Jason. We have such little time to spend together that doesn't involve Brinley, I forgot what it was like!

All in all, it was a fabulous time and left Jason and myself refreshed and ready to get back to our hectic lives! We will just have to have one of these "no responsibility" vacations every year!

Sliding Professional

Well today my daughter has discovered that she loves to slide! We have had a tykes play set in our backyard since before she was born (a hand me down from my niece!) She has never shown much interest in it until today. I put her on top, she walked over to the slide, sat down and slid....all by herself. She even knew to stop herself with her feet at the bottom so she wouldn't fall on the ground! Of course, I did what any mother would do, I enthusiastically cheered and clapped for her wonderful accomplishment.

When daddy came home, we had to show him her great achievement. So again, she slid down without any help. Only this time when she was finished, she started clapping for herself. She slid outside for about 15 minutes straight, clapping every time!

What can I say, my daughter is a master slider.....and she is very proud of herself!!

Here we are!!!

After seeing many of my friends successfully do this blogging thing, I have decided to give it a whirl! I will use this page to share all the fantastic, funny and sometimes not so great events that goes on in our lives. Here are some of the highlights to bring you up to date......
Our wedding day! (December 2003)

Our crazy pets, Rylee and Miko

Introducing Brinley! (July 19, 2006)

First "real" smile....awwww it was at me!!!! (August 2006)

Sitting up all by herself (January 2007)

First Birthday! (July 2007)

That about sums up our life. It is all about Brinley now....poor Rylee and Miko hate it!!