I LOVE...

Brinlee! She has become such a fun little person that is full of personality and energy! I can't imagine my life without her. Around the week of September 16th she really started picking up on understanding the things that McKay and I say. She understands When we say:
-Do you want to read some books? She will run to her room and grab a book.
-"Are you hungry" or "do you want to eat some lunch"? She will run to the fridge
- Drink your milk! - And she will drink her milk
- "Do you want to go outside" or "get your shoes". She will go around the house looking for her shoes.
-"Brin say hi" or "Bye" - She will wave and make high pitched noises.
-Dance Brinner! And she brakes out her best moves
-She now will smile at the camera instead hiding her face.
- She says dada and tonight she said Mama for the first time! It was coolest thing! I kept repeating "ma-ma" to her after dinner tonight and she finally repeated it! I wish we had recorded it, darn it!

We went to the zoo on Sept 11 with a couple other Dental wives. It was a lot of fun! This is one of the coolest zoos! The animals are very interactive!

 The Sea Loins are my favorite. They swim right up onto the glass and do flips.

 Monkeys!

 These little girls were fighting over who could hold Brin's hands. It was pretty cute. They are all cousins so Brin was a new friend to play with.

 They pretty much have every animal.

Brin and her new friend Lacey

 This Loin paced back and forth at the glass the whole time.

 Safari ride

More pics of Brin

On Sept 18 Brin got her first scraped knee 

 But She didn't even cry! Just a big smile : )

 Brin loves when daddy comes home!

 She loves the computer and freaks out anytime someone is on it

 Watching Dora the explorer!

 When McKay would roll away Brin would go grab him around the neck and bring him back over.

 I am so lucky!

On September 4th

We celebrated our 3rd year anniversary! We went to the Multnomah Falls and hiked around.

If you squint really hard you can make out Brin and I on the right.

 Ha love Brin's hair

 We hiked the mile hike to the top

 Brin did so good! McKay and I switched off who carried her and she hated it! She was wanting to walk the whole way up, but we didn't have all week : )

 A pic of the city on our way back.

I feel so blessed to be married to McKay! He is such an amazing person. Sometimes I have dreams where I have forgotten who I married and I'm freaking out worried I married the wrong person then at the end I realize I married McKay and it's the best feeling in the world!
McKay has been working so hard at school and is doing really well! He just ended his first mini 6 week semester and had the weekend without worries woohoo! Then started his fall semester on Monday. Brin and I are so proud of our daddy! Love you babe : )

Brin and garbage finds

BRINLEE!

Brin is starting to feed yourself. The only problem is that our dining area is carpeted. So I usually stick her in the kitchen when she wants to feed herself.

Brin eating corn on the cob

 Yogurt! Yum!

Brin loves putting her arm around your neck and laying her head down.

She was even doing this with Aunt Misti when she came to visit. Sadly no pics.

 If I would let her, she would do this all day long! : )

 She also loves horsey rides. Especially when they are from daddy.

My treasures!

One of the many things that I have loved about Portland is the things that people throw away here. They are crazy! But I'm fine with it : )
Brin and I take a walk out to the trash to check it out a few times a week : ) Each one has something wrong with it, but I think I will be able to fix them up.
I hope no one around here finds my blog and tries to reclaim their stuff!

 Since McKay is in school all day I have to figure how to get it myself. It's a pretty good workout!

 I think I may refinish this one to match with Brin's other little dresser.

 Plus our entertainment Center that I already blogged about.

Photo shoot

 Brinners and I had a little photo shoot last week! This little bridge is in our apartment complex. I love having a camera! I think besides my family it would be at the top of my list of things I would grab if there was a fire.
 It's really hard to get her to look at the camera. That's why most of the pics she is looking somewhere else.

Ha I think she looks silly in the one below.

This ones pretty funny too. She loves that bunny.

goodbye!