Brynlie is growing right up, faster than I can keep this blog updated. She started scooting around a few weeks ago and we've quickly stepped up the child proofing of the house. At first she would lift her body up and put all of her weight on her hands and toes...
But she quickly learned that she wasn't going to get anywhere doing that. She then realized that she could do the army crawl. She would twist her little body around, reaching as far as should could with her arm, then swing her legs and body up to join her arm. Then she would switch sides and go back and forth until she got where she wanted to go.
It was hilarious to watch her wiggle herself around. Next she figured out how to get up on her knees. She loves to be on all fours and rock back and forth. The problem with this is she hasn't mastered other things, like depth perception. She will scoot somewhere, get up on her knees, rock back and when she goes forward, she rams her head into things. The table legs, couch, door, mirror, some harder than others. In the next picture you probably can't see it but she has a red mark on her forehead from ramming it into the coffee table.
Here she is, starting to sit herself up.
Brynlie is now sitting up, although she is still at that wobbly stage where we can't sit her near anything hard or her head will eventually find it. I will be much happier when she doesn't fall over anymore. But, at the same time, I'm sad that my baby is growing up and not a baby anymore.
She looks so much like my cousin Diana's little boy Levi in this picture. (The ironic thing is that when Diana was pregnant with Levi they were told it would be a girl and they were going to name her Brynlie. Then a little boy was born, and the name changed. Anyway, I got pregnant soon after and I also was expecting my third girl, just like Diana. But mine came out a girl...the exact same weight (not sure about height) as Levi was when he was born.)
Brynlie has been at that really fun baby age where they are so stinking heavy to lug around in their car seats, but not quite big enough to sit in a shopping cart by themselves yet. Grocery shopping is horrible with Brynlie in her car seat in the basket, Sadie sitting in the seat, and Kylie walking (wandering off) next to me. There isn't quite enough room, patience, or obedient children on these days. Tuesday night is Kylie's dance class so while she was at dance this week I decided to take the younger two to Target. It's almost cheaper to stay and shop then to pay for the gas to drive home, only to turn around a half hour later and drive back. Almost. At least I get stuff for the money I spend instead of more miles on my car. While at Target I decided that I would let Brynlie be a big girl and not use her car seat. It was awesome!!!
She did so good. The seats are really deep, which helped. Sadie, on the other hand, did not help. She was so mad that Brynlie took her spot. And she let me know. She was a little stinker and pouted through out the whole store, at one point screaming that I was a bad mommy.
I wondered if people thought that I was weird taking picture of my kids in the cart so I moved away from the front entrance and then..took a couple of more. What can I say? I needed pictures to blog with!
Brynlie is over 7 months old now and I'm loving getting to know this sweet little girl. I couldn't imagine our family without her. The girls also love their little sister so much. Kylie is turning into such a little mommy, always taking care of Brynlie. She loves to undress her, carry her all around the house, change her diapers (only if they aren't poopy), give her bottles, and play with her. And the other day Sadie informed me that she "loves her baby sister and doesn't ever want to sell her". Yes, their dad has threatened to sell them to the Gypsies a time or two. We couldn't ask for a better baby! Or should I say almost toddler...
But she quickly learned that she wasn't going to get anywhere doing that. She then realized that she could do the army crawl. She would twist her little body around, reaching as far as should could with her arm, then swing her legs and body up to join her arm. Then she would switch sides and go back and forth until she got where she wanted to go.
It was hilarious to watch her wiggle herself around. Next she figured out how to get up on her knees. She loves to be on all fours and rock back and forth. The problem with this is she hasn't mastered other things, like depth perception. She will scoot somewhere, get up on her knees, rock back and when she goes forward, she rams her head into things. The table legs, couch, door, mirror, some harder than others. In the next picture you probably can't see it but she has a red mark on her forehead from ramming it into the coffee table.
Here she is, starting to sit herself up.
Brynlie is now sitting up, although she is still at that wobbly stage where we can't sit her near anything hard or her head will eventually find it. I will be much happier when she doesn't fall over anymore. But, at the same time, I'm sad that my baby is growing up and not a baby anymore. 
She looks so much like my cousin Diana's little boy Levi in this picture. (The ironic thing is that when Diana was pregnant with Levi they were told it would be a girl and they were going to name her Brynlie. Then a little boy was born, and the name changed. Anyway, I got pregnant soon after and I also was expecting my third girl, just like Diana. But mine came out a girl...the exact same weight (not sure about height) as Levi was when he was born.)
Brynlie has been at that really fun baby age where they are so stinking heavy to lug around in their car seats, but not quite big enough to sit in a shopping cart by themselves yet. Grocery shopping is horrible with Brynlie in her car seat in the basket, Sadie sitting in the seat, and Kylie walking (wandering off) next to me. There isn't quite enough room, patience, or obedient children on these days. Tuesday night is Kylie's dance class so while she was at dance this week I decided to take the younger two to Target. It's almost cheaper to stay and shop then to pay for the gas to drive home, only to turn around a half hour later and drive back. Almost. At least I get stuff for the money I spend instead of more miles on my car. While at Target I decided that I would let Brynlie be a big girl and not use her car seat. It was awesome!!! She did so good. The seats are really deep, which helped. Sadie, on the other hand, did not help. She was so mad that Brynlie took her spot. And she let me know. She was a little stinker and pouted through out the whole store, at one point screaming that I was a bad mommy.
I wondered if people thought that I was weird taking picture of my kids in the cart so I moved away from the front entrance and then..took a couple of more. What can I say? I needed pictures to blog with!
Brynlie is over 7 months old now and I'm loving getting to know this sweet little girl. I couldn't imagine our family without her. The girls also love their little sister so much. Kylie is turning into such a little mommy, always taking care of Brynlie. She loves to undress her, carry her all around the house, change her diapers (only if they aren't poopy), give her bottles, and play with her. And the other day Sadie informed me that she "loves her baby sister and doesn't ever want to sell her". Yes, their dad has threatened to sell them to the Gypsies a time or two. We couldn't ask for a better baby! Or should I say almost toddler...
4 comments:
I have to say, I am loving all of your posts latley. The numbers one..hilarious! The Ratty one... so cute! It's so much fun to see what is going on in your neck of the woods. I am glad the the name Brinley got used by such a cutie =) I still think that's so odd that they weighed the exact same when they were born.
You are killing me with this post. Especially the title. My #5 is right behind her......How do we deal with this growing up thing?
She is getting so big! Looks like for the most part everyone's having fun except Sadie pouting at Target. It made me laugh thinking of you taking pictures in the front entrance at Target. You're good to always have your camera on you.
Your baby isn't so much a baby anymore. Can Kylie teach Cole how to change diapers? He doesn't do that and he's older than her :)
Your girls are getting so big! It's so fun to see them grow up! I can't imagine how hard shopping is going to be with three...and do you ever get to go heavy duty shopping with the baby carrier taking up most of the room in the back? Those pictures of Sadie being mad are so cute!
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