My little "flower girl"

Everyone, including the dogs, had to get in on the flower planting.

Brin "helping" her daddy with the back planter.

Smelling the flowers before they are planted.

No, no, no, Brin has not been asked to be in a wedding, she just simply adores all flowers! Every flower we see, no matter where we are, Brinlie insists on smelling it. While most of the time it's adorable, sometimes I just need to run through the grocery store! What's a busy mom to do? Allow her to smell all of the flowers, of course! Maybe in the future she can pursuade/guilt her daddy into buying her mommy flowers more often. Until then, I'll just settle for the yearly planting of my flower pots and area in the backyard.

One bruise after another...

Grumpy after this mornings' fall.

"See my bruises?! I'm a rough and tumble type of girl!"

Lately it seems as if Brinlie's head is glutton for punishment. Last week she hit her head twice on two different decks. Then just this morning, she fell while walking down the street (with her hands in her pockets, ugh!) and hit her head on the sidewalk. I feel so bad for her! The top picture is from this morning's incident and the bottom one is from last week. I just hope she doesn't have any bruises when I want to have pictures done. Maybe I'll just have to wrap her up in bubble wrap that week!!!

Building Vocabulary!

Over the past couple of weeks, we've really seen a "language explosion" with Brinlie! I went from worrying that she wasn't saying enough words to, "did you just say what I think you said?" Here's a list of what Brin can now say (although some not as clearly as others)

Hi/Bye-bye
Dog
Please/"thank you"
Outside
Up /Down
Mom/momma/mommy
Dad/dada/daddy
Dax/Daxie/Roo-roo
Mo (for Mocha)
Baby
Socks
Neigh (for horse)
ice cream
banana
blueberries
cheese
disgusting
gross
pretty
purple/blue/yellow/green/brown/black
happy
tree
chair
"Come on"
"Up here"
Pig
Pen/paper
purse
moo (for cow)
Meow (for cat)
Duck
book
no/"yeah"
nose/eye/ear/hair/head/chin/cheek/knee/elbow/toes/foot/teeth
fishes
more/all done
Nini (for Nicky--her babysitter)
Cole & Rae (children of babysitter Nicky)
Baba (for Grandpa)
Ni-night
one/two/three
uh-oh
peepee/poopoo
on/off
apple
bird
shoes (this girl LOVES shoes!!!!)
"shhhh"
bus
go
nice
sorry
panties/diaper
"wash" for washing her hands



That's about all that I've got right now. I know there's more that I just haven't written down. I can't believe my baby is no longer a baby, but growing into a little girl. :)