Baby Bria Is Not A Baby Anymore!

Yesterday, little baby Ambria went to Nursery at church for the very first time! I can't believe she is old enough for that already! She did so good in there too. She didn't really care that we weren't there at all. I am in the Primary presidency so I had to go down to nursery for a while and I got to peek on her for a little bit and it was so cute to see her sitting up to the little table eating her snack like a big girl. Jason went in and checked on her a few times, I think. He has a hard time letting go with her. She is DEF a daddy's little girl. She had a lot of fun in there though and it was really nice to not have to chase her around church anymore, since Jason and I both have callings during church. *An Update.......We got Ambria's results back from the Genetic Specialist. We had some of her DNA sent up to Seattle for testing for genetic diseases like Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bone disease). Anyway, they tested her and she showed no mutations for either if the tests they ran. So that's good news! However they said there are other possibilities of things she may have, but they just dont have the technology to test for it right now, so they are gonna keep her DNA for a year or 2 and then run some more tests in a years time. But otherwise, Ambria is a healthy happy 18 month old. She is doing so many new things I can't even keep up anymore. The most recent things are: she flushed the toilet for the first time 2 days ago (I was really hoping that one would have waited a little longer) she can now climb into the bathtub and turn the water on, so I sometimes catch her in there soaking wet. (she can't plug the tub so it doesn't fill up) She can open the top drawers of everything so she reaches in there and takes everything out, her favorite is my toothbrush and makeup. She climbs up EVERYTHING. She likes to climb into her highchair all the time. She jumps on the trampoline and can go up the ladder and down the slide all by herself. She says so many new words and phrases and communicates really well. She hasn't had her 18 month check up yet, so I don't know her measurements but will update that when we do.

So we are officially a product of our environment. We were sitting in our lawn chairs, Jason is drinking a "root" beer...(it really is root beer), and the kids are in a little plastic pool in their underwear! What can I say, I have no excuses! But, just to clear some things up, our kids don't usually wear their underwear in the pool, they really do wear bathing suits, and we were in the backyard, not the front yard. haha

This was just too funny, I had to get a picture. Ambria had her little baby bum showing through her little undies! So funny!!

This was Braydon's brilliant idea to put the car in the pool. Okay so maybe we really ARE hillbillies!! Haha

Sleepy Heads

This was just too cute not to get a snapshot of. Ambria just climbed up on Jason's lap and fell right asleep. If you look closely you can see her chicken nugget still in her hand. She fell asleep before she finished eating it.

Flat Rock Park

We took a litte trip to Flat Rock Park with some friends on Monday. It was so fun! Thanks guys for going! I don't know what I was thinking, but I only snapped 2 pictures that day and believe it or not this was the better of the 2, so Kristin I am gonna have to steal some pics from you! I know you got some good ones!

Bowling---Spoiler Alert, Braydon won!

Our bowling trip last week. Braydon is getting really good at this! We put the bumpers up for him, but he doesnt really ever hit them anyways. Braydon broke 100 both games, and both games he did better than me. The kid is getting so big, it's really hard to believe! Ambria was totally fascinated by the ball coming up out of the hole. It kept her occupied and happy for a long time!

This is Jason doing what he loves the best. Drinking his "giggity juice" also known as Monster Energy Drink. That boy has one of those just about everyday these days.

I just though this was a really funny picture of Ambria. I have no idea how I captured that look, but that is a "Dirty Bria"!

This is an awesome pic of the Braydster! He is such a good lookin kid!!

First Bikeride

We finally got a seat for the bike for Ambria to ride on. And Braydon got a new bike last week, so we can go on bike rides. Ambria LOVES it! She would sit in there all day and ride around if we let her.

Swim Time

I know I have been SO bad at this blogging thing lately, but here are some pics that are better late than never! We bought this little kiddie pool so our kiddies could cool off a bit from the hot humid weather out here. Braydon is a little big and he realizes this, but when you're hot.....you're HOT!! Ambria felt like the dog needed some sunblock from the hot hot sun!

My cute little girl!!! I love bathing suits on her!!

Under The Knife

Poor Jason had to have surgery today. Everything went well. This is his first time having surgery or even anestesia, but he did really good. He was a little nervous about it. He basically slept the entire day and is recovering so good! Here are a few pics of the day. This first one was pre-hacking.... Post hacking....

Ambria having some fun in the waiting room. She had so much energy, I had a hard time wrangling her in. But all things considered (there was NOTHING for her to do there and we were there for 7 hours) she did VERY well! Not a totally unpleasant experience.

First of all, I was VERY bored, so I was just snapping pictures. Second of all, I usually never post pictures of myself, so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Haha. And as you can see, I am a very tired mommy today....

Better Late Than Never

This was at my sister Janelle's wedding last September. I just came across these and thought I would share. This picture CRACKS me up, cause both the kids are making the same WEIRD face! So, if you need a good giggle, scroll on!This one was a little better!

Baby Powder

So you might think that , Oh my the one year old got into the baby powder. Cause that's something a one year old would do. But no, actually......DADDY got into the baby powder, and this was the result! He tries to make it look like she did it herself, but really, it was Jason. Haha. And, yes, It was ALL over. But it made for a really cute picture.