Happy Birthday Babe!

My hubby will turn 30 tomorrow!!!! He has no idea what is coming his way (will post more on that next week)! We have been married for 7 1/2 years and despite the ups and downs I still love him with all my heart! I still sometimes look at him and think I can't believe we finally ended up together! This past October was our 10 year dating anniversary - that is just crazy!

I love you Brian Keith, and thank you so much for giving me the most wonderful gift - our little man Bryson! You are a great dad and you will be such a great friend to our son! He just loves to follow you around so you will play with him! When Bryson wakes up in the morning and sees me he will put up his hands and say "Daddyyyy"! It is so cute!

This was at the Tulsa State Fair. I know it does not look like it, but Bryson is actually laughing.
Happy 30th Birthday - Love you!!!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Today is Katie Marie's 20th Birthday! She is no longer a teenager (in age, but she still acts like one)! j/k! We have a big girl's night out planned to eat at Cheesecake Factory and then go see Bride Wars! I can't wait!!

I love you Katie Marie. You are not only my sister, but you are my best friend! I love all of our late night conversations and Grey's Anatomy watching time! Oh, and did I mention I love discussing our obsession with Edward Cullen (Twilight talk - sorry)! You are a beautiful person inside and out! I hope you have a wonderful birthday - next year is the big one! :)

Lack of Blogging!

So, I have been constantly reminded that I need to UPDATE MY BLOG (I won't name names-Kelly)! A few reasons why I have slacked from the blogging world include:

1. Bryson has had pneumonia and we thought he was over it, but he has had a terrible cold/virus for three weeks now. According to the doctor it needs to run its course. Run its course my rear - no virus takes a month. Below is a picture of his breathing treatments. We had to give him treatments every four hours even during the night for 3 days. I felt like I had a newborn all over again. It made for a very, very long week.

2. I had a huge test with work that I was studying for - and I passed yeah!!!

3. Work has been extremely busy.

4. I have been fighting the crowds doing some Christmas shopping.

5. I am completely and irrevocably obsessed and in love with Edward Cullen (Twilight) - seriously can't get enough (my heart is racing while I am typing this)! :) I have seen the movie 5 times and I have read through the books twice. Oh, and I am listening to the audio version of the books on my way in and from work. Brian is embarrassed I have seen the movie so much, but I really don't care. He just doesn't understand - it's Edward Cullen. Other Twilighters out there will understand my obsession. If you have not read the books - you really need to, but first see the movie because the books are better than the movie. Not that the movie is not good (obviously I think it is I have seen it 5 times), but the first time I went to see it I kept comparing it to the book the whole time. Oh, did I mention I even have a Team Edward shirt? I seriously need a new obsession, or a different book to read. However, there is a very small part of my brain that is enjoying the obsession and not ready to let HIM go! :) I know, I know I need help!


I will leave you with a few updates and a cute video.

1. Bryson has been pacifier free since the first of October - yeah!!! The first week I just knew Brian or I were going to break and just give it to him, but we stuck to our guns and he has not whined for it at all. The video below was taken before the removal of the pacifier - just to make it clear.

2. Bryson got a super cute haircut - he looks so much like a little boy (tear). I can actually spike his hair up now.

3. He is starting to talk so much, and I can understand some of what he is saying. Sometimes though I just look at him and ask "are you speaking Chinese?" He is so funny! He went through this phase where instead of calling me mamma it was mom, and now it is mommy, mommy, mommyyyy! I love it! It is the cutest thing ever. He is so animated and I love to just sit back and watch him go! Every night around 6:30 - 7:00 he is wired, and he will just start running circles around the living room again and again. Brian and I just crack up.

4. He is now calling the dog Ma, Ma (long a). He will chase him around the house until he starts coughing so hard he has to sit down (Bryson, not the dog).

5. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and My friends Tigger and Pooh. Every night when Brian and I are winding down and watching tv Bryson will run in and say "me mou" (Mickey Mouse) or "pooh, pooh." I started recording the episodes so he could watch them at night, and he will watch the same episode over and over again until Brian and I can quote the whole episode. He is so funny because when toodles (a Mickey Mouse thing) comes on he gets so excited and starts jumping up and down saying "tood, tood, mommy tood." And, of course he has to boogy to all the dances!

Okay, I will try not to slack so bad again. Below are some funny videos. He got this zebra for his birthday, and he loves it.

Happy Halloween!

I am back into the blogging world! I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I have so many updates I need to add, but that will have to come later. Now is the time to tell you about my little cowboy's Halloween. He was such a cute little cowboy. Only one slight problem - the kid seriously has no jeans that fit him. He can wear a 6-9 months in the waist, but they are too short. 12 month jeans fit in the length but they fall off of him. So, I thought we will buy him a gun holster and use it as a belt to hold up his jeans. Bad idea - we are walking through First Baptist's Trunk-or-Treat, and I look down and Bryson is looking up at me and he is taking little bitty steps. His pants had fallen down around his ankles. It was so funny, but I felt so bad for him. I guess the guns in the holster were too heavy, and his pants fell down three times. Someone thought it was just part of his costume - okay seriously?!?!

Bryson got to dress up three days in a row as a rootin tootin cowboy. Wednesday was my church's fall festival. He got to do the cake walk and an egg game where you open two eggs to try and find a ticket and then you win a prize. Well, he really just wanted to play with all the eggs, so he climbed in the little pool they were in and I could not get him out. Then it was time for Trunk-or-Treat. Every time someone put candy in his bucket he immediately pulled it out and either tried eating it with wrapper attached, or he tried giving it to the next person handing out candy. It was too cute. He kept putting the wrapped candy bars in his mouth like they were a bone.

Thursday we went to Hallowzooeen with Amy and her girls. We had a good time walking around and looking at all the costumes. Bryson went in a fun house just for little ones. He was a little hesitant because I could not go through it with him, but they let parents walk along with their kids on the other side of the railing. He had a blast. Brian took Haylee through the Haunted House, and then she said she was really scared but wanted to go again. Brian said she kept telling everyone in the house "don't scare me, please don't scare me." Amy and I decided we would take her. As we were walking the path before you enter the house these things that looked like statues jumped out and grabbed Amy and I. I thought we were both going to pee our pants. We did not even make it into the house after that, and then Brian gave me such a hard time about it I decided to go through it with him - freaked me out. Brian just laughed the whole time. Good times, good times.

Friday, we went to my aunt Kelly's and ate dinner and then we went up the First Baptist's Trunk-or Treat in the old Super-H parking lot. This is where the whole pants dropping thing happened. Brian kept calling him Don Knotts (I still don't really get the joke). Then we went to a friend's house and then back to Kelly's to hand out candy.

This is at Chick-fil-a after Hallowzooeen. Wednesday he would not keep the hat on, and Thursday he would not take it off. Look at him isn't he so sweet sharing his nuggets with me. Really he wanted my sandwich and he was going to trade his nuggets.

Nobody move or you all will get hurt! :)

Stick em up!

We had a great Halloween. Thank you everybody for the cards, gifts, and candy for Bryson. Brian and I are really enjoying the candy! :)

OKC Trip

A few weeks ago my work sent me to OKC for a few days, and Brian happened to be off so him, my mom, and Bryson came up and stayed with me in OKC. We had so much fun, except while I was doing the work stuff! :) But they were out shopping and driving around while I was working. We ate at some really good restaurants too! There was this place called Kona Ranch, and oh my word I could live off of their bread and butter! They make their own butter and it was so delicious. My husband has this bread/roll fetish (just ask my family-we literally count how many rolls he eats during dinner), and I think he asked for a refill on the bread at least three times. These were not small loaves either. We even took the left over bread back to the hotel with us.

We stayed at the Embassy Suites near the airport. One night when we were coming back from dinner Brian parked the car like a mile away from the hotel. I had just stepped out of the car to get Bryson out of the back seat when a beat-up car pulled up behind us blocking us in, and this man was hanging out of the window saying "excuse me ma'am." I stopped dead in my tracks scared. Then a car pulls behind him, and they pull up a little and the man gets out and starts walking towards us. My mom (with Bryson) sprints towards the hotel leaving Brian and I standing there. My heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to come out of my chest. He then tells us his story and how his wife and him need gas money to get back to Tulsa. Well, for those of you that know us we never carry cash, so Brian told him no and the guy just stands there. Finally we just walked away leaving him standing there, and later I had Brian go out to the car and check to make sure our tires were not slashed. I was just terrified - I mean I watch CSI I know what kinds of things happen.

On a much lighter note, the OKC Zoo was having $.75 day. We all got into the zoo for $2.25, and all drinks and hot dogs were $.75. There were not a lot of animals out, but we had fun seeing the ones that were hanging around in the sun. Bryson really enjoyed walking around and looking at all the sights. His favorite thing to do was climb up on all the animal statues - we really could not get him down.



I think we all enjoyed this little squirrel more than anything. It followed us around for a while, so Brian decided to feed him some of Bryson's snacks. I have a video below of Brian feeding him.

The lions were out and Bryson just cracked me up. He started roaring at the lions. We did not even coax him to do it, but after he started we could not help but encourage him. Sorry for the background noise. Right as I was filming a plane flew by, but you can still hear Bryson's "mighty" roar! :)

Happy Birthday Mom (Nana)!!!!!

Today is the 28th Anniversary of my mom's 21st birthday!!! For those of you going "huh" - she is 49. I have the greatest mom in the world, and to top it off she is the best nana ever! She would do anything in the world for any one of us kids and her grand kids!

I love giving her a hard time. For instance this weekend us girls (because my brother Tyler was too busy - you are now mentioned twice in my blog) took her shopping and out to dinner and to see a movie. We went to The Cheesecake Factory, and I told the waiter it was her 50th birthday - she liked to have come unglued. The waiter was walking away as she was still yelling at him telling him I was lying and she was only 29. Uh mom, he would have believed 50 before 29! :) Anyhow when he came back she made sure he knew it was not her 50th - soooo funny! We went to see The Women and it was a really cute movie. What I found hilarious was there were no men featured throughout the entire movie. I think they may have made history with that movie. :)

Anyhow back to my mom, she is the best cook and boy can this woman shop! I love shopping with her! She knows who has the best deals, and which store she has coupons to. She has always been there for me when I need a shoulder to cry on, someone to vent to because no matter what she is always on my side (unless it is something to do with the other siblings and then she is still on my side :) j/k she is neutral), and someone I can tell anything to and she won't judge or think any different of me! She helps watch Bryson some during the week, and I don't know what that boy would do if he did not get his nana fix! He gets so excited to see her (I tell her it is because he knows he is going to get to see Jamison too). She spoils him rotten, and it probably does not help that he is the only grandson.

Here are pics of my mom. Bryson (7 weeks) with his nana.

Papa Burke (my mom's dad), mom, and a sleeping Bryson (10 weeks).
Dad, Bryson (10 weeks), Haylee (4 years old), Jamison (1 hour), and my mom.
Halloween 2007
Mom and Bryson (13 months) at the zoo.

I love you with all my heart, and wish you nothing but the best on your birthday! Thank you for being such a good mom, and a great nana to my son. We love you!

Double Trouble!!

I can not believe I have not blogged in about 3 weeks. I have not even had time to read up on everyone else's until today. Things have been extremely busy at work and then I come home and I don't think I sit down until 11:00p.m. There has been so much new stuff going on with Bryson. I really feel bad for not blogging about it right away that way I remember it, because we all know I am really bad about writing stuff down to put into a scrapbook! :)

However, today I have just been cracking up over these two little cuties (Bryson and Jamison)! They are so funny to watch together, and I crack up every time they get so excited to see each other! Of course they have their little tiffs like they always want the toy the other one has, or they are afraid the other one is going to get fed more than them so they try and push each other out of the way when Nana is trying to feed them. :) But, they also love on each other and play together really well (most of the time). He loves to pat her on the head and then give her kisses. And, every time she sees him she will put her arms up wanting him to pick her up - it is so funny! Well, that is until he actually did try to pick her up the other day! We were over at my mom and dad's house on Labor Day. I turn around just in time to see Bryson with his arms wrapped around Jamison and he is trying to lift her up - I guess he thinks he is soooo big!!! I just wish we could have gotten that on camera! I have this feeling these two are going to give us all some fits as they get older! Miss Jamison will be 1 this month, and Amy and I have planned on having a sleep over for the two of them! We will probably not get any sleep, but they will have a lot of fun!

This is the cutie pies on Uncle Schu's motorcycle (obviously this was taken before Bryson's haircut)!
I actually got to watch little bit one day when her parents were busy with drills and class! I was so excited, and I knew I had to get a video of them playing together! This video just cracks me up!

Right now Bryson is really missing all of his cousins that have went back to school! He is even starting to Tay now when he sees a picture of Taylor! Taylor and Drew have transferred schools to Glenpool where there daddy is now coaching. I never thought we would ever be routing for the Warriors, but I guess it is better than the Pirates! :) Bryson would get to see them everyday his Grandma Cheryl watched him, but now he has not seen them in a long time! :( Drew did tell us he liked a girl in his class, but his teacher said no dating girls that are in your same class! He was bummed, but it was funny listening to him talk about her! And, I'm sorry when did second graders start "dating"?

And, little Miss Haylee has started Kindergarten at Oologah. I will ask her if she likes school and she just says "um yeah, sure Macy!" And, then I will ask what did you learn, to which she replies "um nothing much!" :)

Bryson is so blessed to have such great cousins!