11 Months and 3 years!!

That's right folks, Little Miss is 11 months old!! I can't believe I have two toddlers!! I know shes still a baby, but don't tell her that! From her first movements in my tummy, I knew she was a busy girl!  I feel sure that she loves being alive and loves doing and being.

She has mastered the crawl.  Yay! It is fun to see her explore the house, the cupboards, the corners and although I think its funny, Ryker doesn't think she needs to be in his room playing with his trains. He also doesn't think she should be climbing up to the couch so he will push her over when I'm not there. 

Brinly is a mama's girl for sure.  She loves to be my accessory and attaches like a baby monkey at my hip.  She is super friendly and smiley as long as I am holding her.  But if I walk into another room, she has a fit.  She loves to pull on my curtains and hide in my shower curtain.  She makes for a great peeping tom while I am showering and just stand at the showers edge and wait for me.

She has 2 bottom teeth.  She has a contagious giggle and LOVES her brother. She will do all she can to reach him.  She loves having her tummy and back scratched.

She likes to eat what I am eating, but unless distracted, won't take 3 bites of her pureed food.  She still isn't a good sleeper and I think with a series of events, she has gotten into some bad sleeping habits that I am currently trying to break. But such is life.  I'll take it over many other trials that I could be facing.

Playing in the dirt. She LOVED it! Her white pants however, did not.

We need to lower her crib.  She thinks because she is a big girl and can pull herself up, she doesn't need to sleep.

Puppy Love. 
This is Lily, a fabulous dog!! She loves Brinly and just let Brin pick on her all weekend.
Someday, if we decide to get a dog, I think a boxer would be my first pick.
 

My kids are growing and growing and there is no stopping them!  Ryker just had his 3rd birthday! WHOA!! He is really funny.  I especially love hearing his toddler thoughts and phrases.  If he sees me in a blanket, which is often, he will come sit by me and say, "Snuggle with me." And climb in my blanket and snuggle down. :) I love it!

Ryker has quite the imagination and I love peeking in on him when he is playing trains.  He is constantly asking his cars, trucks and trains if they need to go potty.  Then he says, "Great Job! Great Job!" haha.  It makes me feel good to see him use positive reinforcement with his toys! :)

He has gotten the pooping thing down, but still dislikes when he is gassy.  If he needs to toot, most of the time he runs and grabs his favorite blankie and will sit on it.  I haven't really figured out why, but his poor blankie gets tooted on a lot.  haha.

Ryker can sing the whole alphabet song, identify all his colors,  letters and numbers up to 10.  We are working on counting in the teens and twenties, but those are a little confusing and  usually sounds something like this, "...eleven, twelve, sixteen, sixty-teen, firteen, twenty-teen, twenty!" haha.  We'll get there. 

He loves to sing and dance!  I will turn on my music to clean and when "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood comes on, he sings the chorus really loud.   I LOVE it! He likes to help me sweep and mop, do the laundry and make dinner.

I was trying to upload some pics of him, but my blogger is being really ridiculous. 

I just can't believe he is 3!! He is so much fun and I just love my munchkins more and more everyday!

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