Pump It Up Party!

We had Maddox's and Miranda's birthday party together at Pump It Up! Fun, fun! We had a huge crowd and a great time!

Maddox is 4!

Wow, how he's grown!

August 4, 2006

First Birthday

Second Birthday

Third Birthday

Fourth Birthday

First year of swim lessons

This summer, I signed Maddox up for swimming lessons for the first time! I don't know who was more nervous about it, him or me! The first 3 days were a little emotional. When I picked him up after day 2, he was just bawling and I almost cried too! But, his teacher Ms. Missy is great! She was very patient with him, and he was actually swimming across the width of the pool in the deep end by the 5th or 6th day! He's still doggy paddling, but that's fine. He is swimming! And, he's not even 4 yet! Yea Maddox!

He holds his head up as high as he can to avoid getting water on his face!!

This is how he gets in the pool. He doesn't like jumping in. Again, to avoid water on that precious face!
His friend Will was in his class. Maddox was much more comfortable having a friend with him!

VBS

Maddox was able to participate in VBS for the first time this year. He LOVED it! He's still asking when he can go back to bible school! I was very glad that he had fun, because he really does not like to go to church on Sunday mornings. Hopefully he'll outgrow that soon!
He will very rarely let me video him. So, tonight I begged! He's been singing the VBS songs for 2 weeks and I was able to capture a little on video!

I tried to put these in order from Take 1, Take 2, then Take 3, but blogger is just not user friendly sometimes! So here's Take 3, then Take 2, then Take 1. Enjoy!

New Things

Briley is now 13 months old and is quickly turning into a big girl! She can now follow simple instructions like, "Go put this in the trash", or "Give that to Maddox". She seems to understand just about everything we say, but is still not really saying anything herself! She does a few signs, "more", "all done", and "eat" are the main ones. She also likes to dance and has learned to twirl around and turn circles. I'll try to get a video on here soon. She loves to copy Maddox and wants whatever he's playing with, much to his dismay!

Shoe Girl?

Yesterday morning we were about to head out to Zumba. I sat Briley in my lap to put her shoes on. I had picked out a cute pair of Bobux. Well, she apparently didn't want to wear them. She gave me a grunt while pushing them away. She then went to her shoe drawer and pulled out her sparkly sneakers that Mimi gave her. She backed up into my lap, handed them to me with another grunt! I was shocked! She's 12 months old picking out her own shoes! I think we are in for it with this child!

A Ladybug Birthday

Briley Delaine was born May 5, 2009 at 1:54 pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 22 inches long.

Our baby girl is ONE!!

Now, she weighs in at 21 lbs. 15 oz. and is 31 inches long!

We had a really fun party for Briley's first birthday! She was in a great mood the whole time. There were a lot of people here, but she never seemed overwhelmed or shy at all. In attendance were: Bae, Grandad, Mimi, Pop, Katie, Jeremy, Mamo, Minnice, Alyssa, Haley, Frank, Brandie,the Boulers, the Stewarts, the Thomases, the Dukes

I had a lot of fun with the pink ladybug theme! Isn't this the cutest ladybug pinata! Britt says our Cinco de Mayo baby has to have a pinata for her birthday every year. We'll see!

I even found some ladybug sandals to match her ladybug outfit!


Mommy and Daddy got her this pink cozy coupe. She loves it!
Ladybug appetizers!

I made her ladybug cake!

Maddox made her "smash cake"!

She was a little hesitant to dig in. The first thing she did was stick her face and head in it!

She got the hang of it very quickly!

After a bath, it was present time!

This expression says "thank you so much for my presents, and thanks for coming to my party!"

This party may have been a little much for a one-year-old, but we have such a reason to celebrate! Briley, you are our miracle baby. You have been such a joy to us this past year, and we can't wait to see the precious little girl you are turning into!