Say What??

On Monday I came home from work, said hello to my boys, and went to the bedroom to change. Brian starts yelling "Mandy, what are you doing?" I can't hear him, and so he continues to yell. I start to come around the corner and there is my precious baby boy with a huge smile on his face yelling "manny, manny, MANNY." I told him I was mommy to him and gave Brian a look. He replied "hey don't look at me like that I am not going to start calling you mommy. That would be a little weird." Bryson thought it was so funny so he continued to call me Manny. Brian said if I ignore it he will stop - uh no he doesn't he just follows me around the house saying it over and over again. He is so ornery. Now he has picked it up when someone else calls me Mandy he will laugh and start yelling "Manny, Manny." I know he just does it because I don't like it. That settles a long time question about boys knowing what gets under peoples skin and pouncing on it - they are born with that annoying characteristic. :)

Donut Trip:

Brian took Bryson to get donuts yesterday morning. Brian called me and told me to listen. I could hear Bryson yelling something in the background and he sounded mad. I asked Brian what was going on. Apparently they were having to wait in line in the drive-thru at the donut shop, and Bryson was yelling "det (get) back tar (car), dose (those) my donuts." He was so worried the car in front of them was going to eat all of his donuts. :)

He just continues to crack us all up!

More Ramblings by Bryson....

My little guy is talking up a storm, and it is cracking us all up. Of course when we laugh he thinks it is funny to and continues to say it over and over again. He has started laughing really hard any time we laugh and he will cover his mouth and hold his belly while laughing. It is so funny.

Friday night I wanted to take Bryson to see Monsters vs. Aliens. Brian was sick so my mom went with me. We were running late and then the road I took was closed, so we had to turn around and go back another way to get to the theatre in Owasso. When we finally arrived the previews had just ended, and of course Bryson's diaper was soaked. But, we went into the theatre anyways. In the first scene Reese Witherspoon's character, Susan, starts to turn into a giant and it starts to get pretty wild. Bryson is sitting on the edge of my lap yelling something. My mom and I are cracking up because he has his hands over his mouth yelling "oh my dosh (gosh), oh my dosh, OH MY DOSH, OH MY DOSH!" He continues to yell this louder and louder each time. I decided now would be a good time to change the diaper (not even 5 minutes into the movie). When we got done we went back into the theatre and it is the scene with the President meeting the aliens. Bryson turns around grabs my neck really hard and yells "my mommy, I wanna do (go) back, I wanna do back (to the bathroom). He started shaking, so my mom and I decided the movie was too scary for him. So, we got refund tickets and left. I really wish we would have had a video camera because it was hilarious. What we saw of the movie it was cute, but I would not recommend it for any kids under the age of 3.

Then on Saturday we went shopping and out to eat at Red Robin. My mom got up to go wash her hands, and Bryson yells after her "you donna do poop Nana?" My mom was so embarrassed. The people around us were cracking up along with myself. And, remember like I said above when people laugh he continues to say it. So, he yells it until he can't see her anymore, and then he turns to me and starts saying it to me. Sorry mom but it was funny.

After dinner we went to Kohl's and Bryson kept knocking shoe boxes down all over the place thinking it was funny. I told him to stop or he was going to get into trouble. Well, he decided not to stop so he got in trouble. He then starts yelling at me "you hurt my butt, my butt hurts." I said, "we do not say that word and Mommy told you to stop." So he replies, "you hurt my bottom, my bottom hurt." My mom and I had to turn around because we were trying so hard not to laugh at him.

Do your kids ever go through phases? Mine goes through movie phases where we have to watch the same cartoon/movie over and over again every day. I hate to say it but he comes by it honestly (did I mention how many times I have seen Twilight). I truly feel sorry for my family that had to put up with all of my movie phases. Anyhow, he went through Nemo, Kung Fu Panda, Bolt, Madagascar, and now it is Tigger and Pooh and a Musical Too. We watched Tigger and Pooh three times last night. He will go and play in his room for a little bit and then he will remember he was watching a movie. He runs back in the living room and tells daddy "turn that back on daddy." Not only does he go through movie phases, he also goes through clothing or shall I say shoe phases. He found these frog rain boots in his closet one day, and for two weeks he had to wear them every where. He wore them around the house, outside when it was sunny, sitting in his chair watching a movie, to nana or grammy's house, to the store, and to get donuts with daddy. He had to have them on at all times. I had to hide them from him in order for him to stop wearing them. I know, I know, what a mean mommy. But, I draw the line at trying to wear them to church. Not that God would care, but my son is a bit clumsy (he gets it from his dad) and he fell down so many times with those boots on it was ridiculous.

Watching Bolt with his boots!

Riding to nana's house.

Did I mention how much I love him, and I love each phase and new word/sentence he says. He is so funny, and he keeps Brian and I on our toes! :)

Desparate Housedad!

Brian usually has two days off during the week and he and Bryson do all kinds of things (like mainly watch Bolt and play ball in Bryson's room). Most of the time Brian will call and tell me he is bored and headed to his moms for a little while. In other words, "uh, we don't have any food at our house, so I am going to eat lunch at mom's." Such a typical man. Of course he never calls before he goes, and then he arrives and she is 1) not home or 2) not been to the grocery store.

When Brian is home with Bryson I usually get several calls a day from the both of them. I crack up because Bryson will run around the house with the phone while Brian is chasing him trying to get it back. So, yesterday morning Brian was off and I receive a call from Bryson yelling "yuck mommy, Ma poop." Brian is cracking up in the background, and then he grabs the phone to tell me the dog had pooped and Bryson was running to his room and did not see it and ran right over it. He had it all over his feet and was so grossed out! It was so funny to listen to him because he was so mad at the dog! He kept running after the dog pointing and yelling "no, no Ma Ma, bad dog."

Then, yesterday afternoon I get a call from Brian's mom's cell phone. It was Brian. I asked him why he was calling from his mom's phone and he then tells me he went outside to let the dog out, and Bryson locked him out of the house. Apparently, Bryson shut the door behind him and turned the lock. The funniest part is Bryson starts bawling, and Brian tells him to unlock the door. Bryson says, "you need tey (key) daddy. Otay, daddy I det tey." He runs over to the table and can not reach the keys, which would not help any way, but it was a nice thought. He then runs back to the door and says, "tan't reach tey daddy, daddy open door." After fifteen minutes of this Brian's mom just happened to show up at the house (divine intervention)! She can't find her key to our house, so she tries to get Bryson to unlock the door. Well, my little man was a little busy watching Madagascar, and he runs to the door and starts dancing and singing "like to move it, move it grammy." She finally found her key and Brian had to crawl through an entertainment center in the garage to get to the door to unlock it. Bryson heard him come in and he says "you unlock door daddy, yeah!" I was laughing so hard I had to shut my door at work.

So, after they get the door unlocked they all went outside to work in the flowerbed. Bryson loves to sit on this huge rock in the flowerbed and look at the fish (Brian put a coy pond in our flowerbed - it is actual pretty cool). Brian turned around to say something to Bryson and he could not see him, and then he hears him yell "help daddy, I fall." He had slipped of the rock backwards and was just laying on his back in the flowerbed. He has a big boo boo on his back from the fall.

My desperate househubby!

Here is the little sly boy himself!

I didn't do it!

They had a pretty eventful day! I am glad my weekends with little man are a little more relaxing than that (riiight)!

Happy Easter!

Bryson and I had a really good Easter - daddy had to work. We got all dressed up and went to church. Bryson has become aware of the route I take to get to church, and gets all excited and starts yelling "yeah church, yeah." He did this on Sunday, and then when he saw the church he started just talking away and I looked in my rear view mirror and he had his hands folded and then he said "Amen. I prayed mommy. Your turn mommy, you pray." I started to pray and and when I said Amen he yells, "yeah mommy, Go Pokes!" It was the sweetest, cutest, and funniest thing! BTW - I was not praying for the Cowboys. He has been saying Go Pokes at the end of every prayer - don't know where he got it from but it is funny!

We had a cute little children's Easter Program at church and great message. Then it was off to the Fellowship Hall for Easter Egg Hunting (thanks to the rain). Bryson only picked up three eggs, but they were all money eggs!

Here is my handsome little man in his Easter Outfit! I got his haircut on Saturday, and I asked him if he was going to look all handsome with his new cut and he says, "don't have time mommy, no time." :) Seriously, where do they pick these things up? He loved his tie, he thought he was such a big boy with his tie and cool hair going on! :) He kept saying "I big boy."

Miss Jamison - isn't she so precious! Haylee was too busy getting eggs I could not get her to stop to take a picture for me.

Easter Egg Hunt

After the hunt - those three eggs really wore him out! :)

After church we went to my Aunt Tracy's for Easter Dinner. Believe it or not they actually let me cook something - well by cook I mean green beans that were heated up in the microwave, but it counts! As soon as we get to Tracy's Bryson goes straight to Jacob's room and starts playing with the Rock Band drum set. We caught him and Tyler jamming out. Tyler provided the music and vocals!

I think this picture was taken after Kelly took the drum sticks from him - not very happy.

Tracy's kids are now "too old" for the whole egg hunt so they hid eggs out in the new barn/shed for Haylee, Bryson, and Jamison. They each got the same number of eggs, but the two little ones could have cared less what was in them - they just wanted to find the eggs. My son only wanted the ones he had to climb on things to get to. After he hunted he found Rebecca's skateboard helmet and climbed on the 4wheeler.

Then poppy took Bryson inside and they went through his candy (without his momma knowing). I later asked how many pieces he had eaten and my dad said he only had one piece - RIIIGHT!

Bryson may have had only one piece, but what's that in your mouth poppy?

The Cute & Sometimes Embarrassing Ramblings of Bryson!

If you have been around my son lately he was probably really shy and would not talk. I would just like to go on record as saying this is completely abnormal because he is never quiet at home! When we are out and about and people try talking to him he will grab my neck, hide behind me, or just stare at them! Since hardly anyone gets to see him in his usual form I thought I would introduce everyone to the Bryson I know.

Since we got back from Dallas in January he will walk around with a phone in his hand and act like he is talking to mommy or poppy (Mike). Brian started letting him call me at work, and he will say "hi mommy" over and over and then "bye Mommy." I will say "I love you Bryson," and he will kiss the phone and hand it back to Brian.

Brian gets off a couple of hours before I do. When I get home both boys will be hiding on the couch under a blanket. I will walk in and ask the dog where my boys are, and then Bryson yells out "I hiding mommy, you find me - daddy shhhh!" When I find them he will start yelling "hi mommy, I play room," which means he wants me to go and play with him in his room. Then he will say over and over again "I play ball, I play ball mommy." When I get changed I will join him in his room, and we have a routine we have to do every time. He grabs the soccer and basketball, I have to grab the bigger basketball, he tells me to "sit mommy, sit," which is the same place every time, then he says "shoot mommy, shoot!" He does not want to shoot, he just wants me to shoot continuously. He is very bossy for 20 months. I am glad that I am not the only one he bosses around - he gets grammy and poppy, nana, daddy, aunt Ta (Kelly), and aunt Katie to do everything he wants also.

This past Saturday I happened to meet Kelly, Tracy, and Rachel at the mall. Rachel was shopping for a prom dress - so depressing - she was in kindergarten when I was graduating from high school. Anyhow, we went to lunch afterwards at The Outback. I had to change Bryson's diaper so I took him to the bathroom and the changing table was occupied, so we had to stand in a stall to wait. Bryson saw toilet paper in the toilet and started saying "shew mommy, poop that stink. I poop mommy. Mommy poop, shew, let me check you mommy!" He proceeds to lean down to try to raise my shirt up so he can check my pants (like I do to him)! There are more people in the bathroom by this time, and they all crack up! My face just turned red. Then he notices the baby getting changed is staring at me and just cooing. He looks at her and grabs my neck really tight and says, "my mommy, my mommy. I mommy's boy." It was so cute and totally made up for the embarrassing comment right before. Brian tries to get him to say he is daddy's boy, and he will say "no, I mommy's boy!" Love it and love him!

Yesterday, I was laying down with him while he took a nap. All of a sudden he woke up and started rubbing his head with this sour look on his face. I asked him what was wrong, and he leans up and says "where'd my pillow do (go)? Mommy, you have my pillow." Then he scoots as close as he can to me and puts his head up against mine and says, "head butt mommy," and starts laughing. Then he grabs my hand in both of his and goes right back to sleep. The funny thing is he never sleeps on a pillow. He has been talking a lot in his sleep lately. He will sit up in bed and start yelling "I play ball mommy," or "that mine daddy, no." He must be having some wild dreams!

Needless to say he talks non-stop at home, and we have so much fun with him. Sometimes a little too much! He has a hard time saying balloon and blue, and Brian tries to get him to say those words all the time - it's actually kind of mean. :)

Graduation!

On Sunday, March 8th Bryson graduated from the nursery into the toddler class at our church. He could have actually started in the toddler class in late January, but the nursery workers really had a hard time letting him go. I teach the toddler class (Sunday School), and I have all boys - 7 total. Let me tell you it can get chaotic, but I love those little boys. They are so much fun. They will come and put their stickers on the board and then they will just stand by me and start rubbing my leg - it is hilarious. Some of them are afraid if they put their stickers on then their toys will get taken, so they have to bring their toys up to me to hold while they place the stickers. With 7 two year old boys it gets really crazy, so my mom helps me with the class. She does all the running while I teach and help color. Of course since it is not her class she refuses to change diapers (except for Bryson's).

Anyhow, the purpose of this post is to celebrate Bryson's first Sunday into the "big boy class!" He was so excited that I actually let him stay in class instead of taking him straight to the nursery. He ran in and immediately started playing with everything saying "look mommy, I play!" I was so glad when it was coloring time and he did not try to eat the crayons! Brian and I have been very fortunate because Bryson is not that kid that grabs something and it immediately goes into his mouth. He had so much fun, and I had a blast watching him. Last Sunday was his second Sunday in the class, and he just strutted in there like he was a pro! He was the only one in there for a little bit, and he kept saying "where'd they do (go)?"

Bryson's first day in the big class!

Bryson - I am so glad you are now in mommy's class! I love you baby!

February Catch-up!

There were a couple of events in February I forgot to blog about. Maybe after all the events I can start back with cute Bryson stories! :)

On February 6th Brian, Bryson, and aunt Kelly picked me up from work and we headed to the city for the OKC Thunder game. Kelly bought Brian tickets for Christmas with one condition - that she got to go and keep Bryson. We got there a little bit later than usual because my husband forgot the tickets at home and we had to turn around and go get them. We wanted to eat at Toby Keith's, but we did not have enough time because apparently the best part of the game is getting to see them warm-up! I don't get it - must be a guy thing! We ate at a BBQ restaurant on the river, and it was really good. Then I had literally 10 minutes to get dressed before we headed to the game (Bryson and Kelly hung out at the hotel). We were a little disappointed because Desmond Mason is one of our favorite players from OSU, and he was hurt and out for the rest of the Thunder's season. We did get to watch Kevin Durant (Texas-#2 1st round draft pick) and Greg Oden (Ohio State-#1 first round draft pick) play each other. Oden plays for the Portland Trailblazers. Kevin Durant was amazing of course! And, the Thunder won the game! We had great seats, and even made it on TV when the guy in front of us stood up for the "Best Air Guitar." He won a guitar signed by an artist (I could not hear the name). I am sure Brian thought our seats were really good because they were right next to the Thunder Girls. The next day we went shopping and then back home.


For Valentine's Day I bought Bryson and I tickets to the Playhouse Disney Live on Tour show. Amy and her two girls went also. We had really good seats on the floor right by the stage! We got to see My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, and of course Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It was a really cute show, but it only lasted 75 minutes including a 15 minute intermission. I guess they knew their target audience could not sit still for much longer. We had to visit the souvenir shop and Bryson bought a Little Einstein's guitar. The kids had a really great time and they were so funny to watch. They would get all excited and start jumping up and down yelling out the character's names. I lost it during one part because the "Postess" (the girl hosting the show) was describing the hundred acre woods as the introduction for My Friends Tigger and Pooh and Haylee yells out "Oh my gosh it's Snow White." Amy and I were cracking up! Oh, I forgot to mention all three kids had to wear their Mickey Mouse shirts!

The mouse himself - sorry it is a bit blurry!

Quincy from Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, and the tools