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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

*Stauffer Christmas*

We celebrated Christmas with MawMaw and Papa Tim on the 23rd this year. We enjoyed the evening with the aunts, uncles, and cousins on that side of the family. There are now 7 grand kids 6 years old and under, 3 of them being 1 and younger. It is very wild and busy to say the least, but a really great time.
The little guys
Our little guy...his eyes are HUGE!
Brooklin and Bryce checking each other out :)
Brielle showing off one of her many neat gifts..we are excited to read with Bugsby!
MawMaw and Papa Tim with part of the clan.... and with all 7

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

*Kickoff To Christmas 2010*

We kicked off the Christmas holiday on Wednesday night at our house. The kids opened their gifts from us since we were leaving for Fort Wayne on Thursday morning. Brielle had so much fun opening her gifts and helping Bryce open his. I think they were both happy with the things they got. Bryce got some new toys and Brielle did too, but the best gift to her was Hungry Hungry Hippos which is what she asked for!
Bryce tasted paper for the first time
Checking out one of his new toys
So excited she got it
We had to play right away!!
More to come of our Christmas 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

Bryce Jacob

I had a really cute video of Bryce that I wanted to post, but it was too big to upload to the blog so I decided to share some recent pics of our happy boy instead! Not much has changed other than he now has his front 2 bottom teeth and is working on the front 2 on top! We are looking forward to Christmas and I just hope I remember to get my camera out and snap a ton of pics :)
7 1/2 months
He is looking more and more like Brielle

So sweet...he is our thumb sucker!
The other day I sat Bryce's bottle on the end table and went to do something quick before I fed him and when I came back into the room big sister was taking care of it for me! She is such a great helper!!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Visit from Friends

Our good friends Eric & Stephanie came down for a visit this past weekend with their daughter Addison. Brielle and Addi don't see each other as often as us parents wish they could, but you would never know it. When they get together they are the best of friends. They had so much fun and played so well together. They would go off in another room or up to Brielle's room and shut the door and play for what seemed like forever. It seemed as if they were older than what they really are! We love that they have become such great friends and that they have a blast together. We can't wait for our next get together!!
Watching a movie
Brielle giving Bryce kisses
Addi's turn
Bryce thought the girls were crazy
BUT he did love that they made sure he had PLENTY of toys!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

7 Months!

I can't believe Bryce is 7 months old! It won't be too long before we are celebrating his first birthday. Life is moving at an incredibly fast pace and I wish it would slow down. If I could stop time now with my kids at 3 and 7 months I would. Life is great and our kids are so much fun. Bryce is getting so big, but yet still our little peanut. He can still wear 3-6 month clothes and is just now starting to wear some 6-9 month stuff. He is finally sitting up all on his own. Brielle is loving it! It's like her baby brother is becoming a playmate :) He is doing great and just goes with the flow. He is still to this day our smiley and happy boy!



Thanksgiving

We are so thankful for our family, friends, health, and our two precious, beautiful children. We have been so blessed and are forever THANKFUL for all that we have been given. This year for our Dunbar get together we took a trolley ride downtown Fort Wayne to see the Christmas lights turned on. The weather wasn't great, but we made the best of it and had a blast. We spent Thanksgiving Day with the Brower side. We had the most delicious food and ate way too much! We had so much fun with our families and hope everyone had a great holiday!




Monday, November 29, 2010

Fun With Our Cousins!

The weekend before Thanksgiving Uncle Luke, Aunt Shanni, and cousins Camden & Cohen came to our house for a visit. We really enjoyed having them here to play! It's always busy with 4 kids so we are never very good at taking pictures, but we did get a few cute ones.
Big kids having fun
best buddies
they are so ornery!
Cohen giving Bryce kisses
the little guys
B-Man

Thursday, November 11, 2010

6 Month Photos

A couple of weeks ago Aunt Jaime took Bryce's 6 month pictures and I am just now getting around to posting some of our favorites. We tried to get a few or even just one good one with big sister and then some with cousins Camden and Cohen, but only the little guys wanted to cooperate. Our big idea of a cute picture of the 4 kids in matching outfits pretty much DID NOT happen...maybe next time! Our main goal was to get some cute pics of Bryce which we had NO problem getting :)




Sunday, November 7, 2010

Halloween

Brielle and Bryce dressed up as Tigger and Pooh for Halloween this year. We spent the weekend in Fort Wayne so that Brielle could go trick or treating with her cousin Camden. They had a lot of fun and got way too much candy.
Our friends Tigger and Pooh!

One of the houses in the neighborhood had this blowup Tigger
Did I hear you say honey?
WHAT...NO more honey!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

6 Month Stats

Bryce had his 6 month check up this week and he now weighs 15 lbs 12 oz (20%) and is 27 1/4 inches long (79%). He is a healthy and happy boy that we love oh so much!!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Pumpkin Patch

This past Sat. we took the kids to a nearby pumpkin patch and had a great time. They had all sorts of things to do. There were corn mazes (which we partially did), hayrides, bounce house, pumpkin painting, and more! They had pigs, mini horses, goats, llama, sheep, a donkey, and a turkey. Brielle got to go in with the goats and pet them which she loved doing. She also painted a pumpkin and jumped in the bounce house. When it was time to leave she didn't want to go and said she wanted to sleep there! We will have to go back next year :)
Daddy & Brielle in with the goats
doing some serious painting

Proud of her painted pumpkinMommy and Brielle in the tractor
Posing with the llama

Bryce turned 6 months old yesterday. I don't know where a half of a year has gone. He is growing up way too fast! He has now tried peas and carrots. He loves the carrots, but hates peas just like his sissy. We are working hard at sitting up and he is doing really well. I think in the next week or 2 he will have it down. He goes tomorrow for his 6 month doctor appt so I will update again soon with all his stats.

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