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!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Sunday the 17th was my 27th birthday!!! I love having a birthday on the weekend because it feels like the whole weekend belongs to you! Saturday I went shopping with my mom and Bryson (he is a very patient shopper in case you were wondering - nothing like his dad), and I of course had to spend some of my birthday money!

Later that night we went with Grandpa and Grandma Earp and Taylor and Drew to Bartlesville to eat at Montana Mike's and then we headed to the much discussed Kiddie Park! Bryson loved the carousel - I could only ride it once with him because it made me sick! I think he ended up riding it four times! Taylor and Drew kept fighting over who was going to ride the other rides with him - it was so funny! Drew said if he could not ride the ride with Bryson then he was not going to ride at all! Bryson got to meet Miss Callie Lewis there too! I could not have missed that red hair. I was standing in line for a ride, and I was watching this little baby that had to be Bryson's age on the swings by himself and he was sucking on the bar! So gross - and his mom was not doing anything about it (must have been her third child)! :) Anyways, I noticed this little red haired girl bobbing up and down and then I knew that was Miss Callie (sorry if I spelled your name wrong)! So, we got to visit with the Lewis' a little and the kids got to finally meet each other! We had a really good time - Thanks again Mike and Cheryl!

Then on the big official day I got up at 7:45 and still did not make it to church until 10:20! Bryson was so clingy, which I am not complaining because he is getting to where sometimes he is not as cuddly as he used to be so I love it when he wants me to cuddle with him! My dad, being the song leader of the church, decides it is his duty to embarrass me and tell the church it is my b-day and then of course adds in my age for good measure! After church we went to my mom's and had chicken parm and goulash (my favorite meal)! My dad and I are the only ones who really like it (Amy will eat it but it is not her fav), so I do not get it that often except on my b-day! Then Brian finally got off work and we headed into to Tulsa to run around in some shops (he is getting me an eliptical cause this momma has got to get into shape). We ate at Cheesecake Factory - so good! I do not like cheesecake, but I ordered the Factory Mud Pie (OMGosh to die for and another reason why I need the eliptical)! Bryson and I almost ate the whole thing (and he did not go to bed until 11 pm that night he was literally bouncing off the walls)! We ended the night watching some Olympics, which I have become obsessed with (we have totally got screwed in lady's gymnastics)! I had a wonderful birthday and thank you to everyone for all the gifts, food, phone calls, and b-day wishes! I am truly blessed.

Getting So Big!

We took Bryson to his 1 year check-up, and he received 4 shots. They wanted to give him 6, but I said no I can't do that to him. So he received 3 sticks (one shot had two different doses in it so 4 total), and he will get 2 more at 15 months. The nurse gave us the paperwork to sign and told us he was getting the MMR, Chicken pox, and I can't remember the name of the other two. And, then he said, "with the MMR shot don't be surprised if he runs a fever for 7-14 days, and with the Chicken Pox 1 out of 10 can get chicken pox within 7-14 days after the shot." I am sorry are you saying I am going to have to deal with a very cranky baby getting shots and then he may run a fever for up to two weeks and then after that he could get chicken pox - what the crap? I made Brian sign the papers because if anything happened I could totally blame him for authorizing the shots! j/k :) Luckily, he only ran a fever that night and a little the next day, but after that he was fine!

He is now 32 1/4 inches long, which means in less than three weeks he grew 3/4 of an inch. He weighs 22 lbs, so he is able to turn around in the car seat. We are not able to tell if he really likes it yet, but he does get cooled off a lot faster!

He can now not only raise up his shirt to find his belly and rub his head when you ask him where his hair is, but he now knows where his nose is. Also, he knows where "little Bryson" is located. He totally looks like he is doing the Micheal Jackson move when you ask him where it is - I don't think it is as funny as Brian does.

He has also learned what a clock says, and every time he hears one he will say "tick, tock, tick, tock." His grandma Earp asked him yesterday what a kangaroo does and he started "baby hopping" - you know where his body goes up and down, but his feet never leave the ground! :)

He has these little ducks that he takes a bath with, which tell you if the water is too hot, and he will point to them and say, "duck, duck." And, then I will ask what a duck says and he will say, "ack, ack."

He is just learning more and more every day - it amazes me how much babies pick up!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kelly!

Happy 47th Birthday Aunt Kelly! Kelly's birthday was Friday, August 1st, and we were out of town! So, this post is a little late, but oh well so was Bryson's! :) Thank you for being a shoulder to cry on and someone I can always talk to! Thank you for everything and for always being there for me! I will never forget all the slumber parties, toilet papering, and Halloween parties! Oh, and thanks for letting us and Mason stay with you while our house was being built! We appreciate it more than words can say! You are such a great aunt to Bryson and he loves you so much, just not your camera! :) Side note: every time kelly comes over she always pulls out her camera and Bryson will never let her get a good one!

Here is Kelly and Bryson when he was just a few hours old!

Kelly and little bit (Jamison)
Go pokes go - this was when we went to OKC to watch the All College Classic b-ball games!
Happy Birthday Kelly - we love you!!!