8 months

Our little girl will be 9 months this Thursday. Here Is what she has been up to this last month.
   This is behind our apartment. It has a little hill that is just the right size for Bri to sled on.

Later that week McKay's brother Chad and family came up and we went sledding. In the picture below is Brinlee with her Cousin Charlotte. It was hard to get them both to look at the camera at the same time. So one Bri is looking and the other Charlotte is looking.

 Bri sledding with daddy. She never really smiled. She just kind of had a shocked look the whole time. She was not really sure what she thought of being a big puff ball and speeding down a big hill.

 Brinlee loves playing on our little keyboard. Our little child prodigy!

 Brinlee loves sally the giraffe. She carries it everywhere she goes.

 This last weekend we went up to Fairfield to say goodbye to McKay's Brother Tate. He is heading off on his mission to Ghana, Africa on Thursday. We are so excited for him, but will miss him a lot. He babysat Brinlee for us last semester. Brinlee loves her Uncle Tate!

 Yesterday while I was making dinner Brinlee decided she was too hungry to wait. We had a couple of cookies in a bag on the microwave. I only looked away from her for like 2 seconds, by the time I turned back around the cookie was already in her tummy . I could tell she thought it was the best thing she had ever tasted.(I personally think her green beans are way better : )) Naughty girl!  It was pretty cute.

And this morning Brinlee was helping with the dishes. Got to start them young! I love her little matching monkey outfit.

What happens when daddy isn't home

Mom lets me play with my food!

Oh Joy...

As I was feeding Bri the other day as she sat in her Bumpo making some questionable noises. After she was done eating, I took her out and sat her on the floor and this was what I found! I knew those weren't innocent bodily movements! She is lucky she's so stinkin' cute!

Our little cupid!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's our little model! 
I had to put the photo on above because the look she is giving reminds me of a pic of me when I was younger. Do you know which one I'm talking about mom? (I couldn't decide which pics to post about so I put them all on!)

Brinlee is our cupid because life and marriage were awesome before, but now with Bri here everything is twice as nice! I love McKay even more now.

Bri is crawling everywhere now and pulls herself up on everything! It is fun to watch her explore our little apartment. 

Brinlee loves tackling daddy, especially when he is "sleeping". Sometimes I bring her into our bed in the morning and daddy will still be pretending to sleep and Bri will see him and get a big smile on her face and starts attacking his face. Forgive me for Brinlee looking so homeless!

Having fun with daddy and bath time

Bri loves playing with daddy!

Brinlee loves bath time! And tends to get a little upset when you pull her out

Pulling herself up all the way!

So yesterday we posted about Brinlee getting on her knees. You know what comes next? Getting on her feet! When Brinlee was put down for her morning nap she didn't want to take it and so she cried a little and pulled herself up on her feet. Looks like its time to lower the crib!

Brinlee pulling herself up!

This is Brinlee about 2 weeks ago pulling herself up on her knees and playing with her legos! (6 months and a week)