So many pictures....so little time.

(Briggy is my leaky faucet. drip drip drip)


I have taken a lot of cute pictures of Briggy the past week, but we were up in Bellingham/Cape Cod visiting Grandma and Grand-dad Tillotson....and when I am home I have VERY limited time to be on the computer (unless very late at night when my boys are asleep...if you look, you'll notice a lot of posts are at midnight!) So, here goes nothing...

The first pictures are from last Wednesday. Briggy always likes being read to (more specifically, HE "reads" to me....) but on this day in particular, Brigham would not put the books down. I caught him looking at the book throughout the entire day...im not sure if this is a sign that my little Briggy is a book worm...or if he found his new favorite chew toy--you be the judge!







Next are a couple silly shots of Brigham..."Cleavage" Shots, to be exact. Don't mind me being a goob.




So as you all know from my rant last week, Briggy has been teething and being a real crab-apple lately. Well, I forgot I bought this little contraption until the other day and it has been a life-saver...Briggles loves it! You put food in it, and babies can suck the food out through the mesh, so as to get the benefit from eating fresh food that isnt pureed...without choking. I have been putting frozen banana's in it...to sooth his little gums, and give him a mid-morning snack. Lucky boy.






Last but not least, a couple shots from our labor-day weekend. We hung out with Grandma and Granddad on Sunday and Monday at their house...biking, walking (enjoying the PERFECT WEATHER!) and then on Tuesday, driving up to the Cape. We stopped in Chatham and Provincetown. I love the grassy sand-dunes and rickety fences. So beautiful. (The picture of us next to the Buddhist statue was at WA, a insanely gorgeous asian store that had a garden in the back with koi ponds and pretty statues. Dont mind how icky I look--and focus on my cute boys!

Toms Birthday Smash!

August 29th was Tom's 26 Birthday! Briggy and I went to his work to suprize him with a balloon and some kisses. When we got there Tom's boss, Luis and co-worker, Kevin let me in on the real suprize...they were going to smash the birthday cake they got for Tom in his FACE! (Tom accepted the dare on the grounds that he would recieve 10 bucks! hahaha) Luis caught the action on film. It was pretty funny!

Tres, Trois, Drei

(translation: 3)

List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random surprises about yourself.

Joys

1. Being a mother to Brigham
2. Being a wife to Tom
3. Being a Latter-Day Saint

Fears

1. Losing Brigham (I check to see if he's breathing every 15 minutes during his sleep. Im getting better....but I still check constantly)
2. Losing Tom (If he is driving somewhere, I call constantly to make sure hes okay...after my friends really bad car accident and mine...I am a nervous wreck when it comes to driving. (and terrible back seat driver)
3. House being broken into. I dont know why I have always had this fear...ever since I was little I would lay in bed trying to figure out where I would hide if a "bad guy" broke in. I check to see if the door is locked about 40 times during the evening/night.

Goals

1. To always have a clean house (there always seems to be one room that is messy)
2. Become more knowledgeable with scriptures and church history
3. Weigh 135 lbs again. (This goal is taking too long....)

Obsessions/Collections

1. Etsy
2. Blogging
3. Ribbons. Ive been buying ribbons up the wazoo.

Suprises

1. Tom and I would like to get pregnant again this winter.
2. I am extremely self conscience about the scar on my bottom lip where my LIP RING used to be! (unless you get all up in my grill, you really cant see it)
3. I have 5 tattoos

(I know, I know. I always pull the "I used to be a bad girl" card for shock value. Its probably losing its shock, because you all know....but i'm lacking suprises in my life....we need to work on that!)

Thanks for the Tag, Jocelyn. I pass the baton to: Amy, Devon and Sariah!

Brigham the Beast

Oh Boy. Boy oh Boy. Today has been one of the WORST days with Brigham I have EVVVVERRR had!!! I feel so bad for him, because he's teething and its not his fault....but ai yi yi--it makes you wonder 'what the HECK was I THINKING having one of these!' Ive tried everything to make him happy, holding him, rocking him, ice ring, massaging his gums. He is just plain miserable and letting the ENTIRE apartment complex know about it. He would not nap regularly today at all. I think he total slept about 30 minutes from the time he woke up (which was early) until now. I normally feed him at 730 and then he's usually asleep by 8. after about 40 minutes of straight screaming, I just plopped him in his crib---I needed a break...or I'd be missing CLUMPS of hair. Well he just stopped screaming now...this is probably going to mess his whole sleep cycle up tonight, but right now I dont care. Im going crazzzzy. Ive heard only bad things about baby orajel...and hes not crazy about that ice ring, what else is there?! Help!!!
This picture pretty much sums up my day.

Happy Birthday To ME!

You realize you are getting old when you're not excited about your birthday anymore. thats how i know im old. today im the ripe ol' age of 24. i am very grateful, because i had a beautiful day. tom gave me a "shopping spree" at michaels, which was fun, and my two best boys took me out to a picnic in the park. i nearly devoured the entire icecream cake (the realllllly small one guys, im not THAT BIG of a junk-food junkie.!!..) and the weather was unbelievably PERFECT. couldn't ask for a better birthday (minus the several WHITE HAIRS ive been noticing lately....)

Briggy's 6 month checkup

Today Briggy went to the doctors for the dreaded shots! (Mostly because I DREAD them!) I hate hearing that sad scream. He actually didnt scream as much as last time, just a quick one and then he stopped. Which was a great relief to me, I hate seeing him upset. Anyway, I looked back on cousin Addy's blog to see her 6 month stats and was hoping Briggy would have caught up to her (or at least close) by now....he didnt want to be smaller than his pretty little girl cousin!!! I had guessed he would be about 16 1/2 lbs....but he was actually just shy of 17, at 16lbs 14 oz. (which is in the 75th percentile) He's tall!!! Briggy is in the 90-95% at 26 1/2 inches, and his head is caught up to "normal" too (finally! I thought I had a shrunken head baby when he was in at 3% at birth!!) at 17inches which is the 75%, I believe. Brigham doesnt have any OFFICIAL teeth yet...I know I blogged saying he had one, but the doctor said it was a "water packet" or something...where the tooth will make its debut shortly. "He is an extraordinarily happy, active baby who has a major appetite!" so says Dr. Malloy. He is on his way to sitting up completely on his own...the doctor said give it a month (he usually leans and plops over a few seconds afterwards now..) Briggy is doing great!! He just had some winter squash for dinner last night, and loved it. (Even though Super Baby Food reccommends papaya and mango now....) the doctor recommended to hold off of that for another month or so...she wants him to eat more basic foods like pears, peaches, green beans and carrots. Briggy's been good at eating just about everything in sight!
I love my Briggly Wiggly!

Weekend Fun

We partied all weekend to celebrate Briggy's 1/2 year mark. We visited the ducks and swans at the Stanley Park pond for the first time and then the Vintage Baseball game with Grandma and Grand-dad Tillotson. Briggy loved being outdoors and scoping everything out. We have had such beautiful weather these past couple days! Today was just about as perfect as an august day gets. This time Briggy was able to meet the barbershop quartet. He took a shining to them, and the singers sure took a shining to Brigs! it was so sweet. Not only did they pose with Briggy, but the sang with him as well! He loves the attention, thats for sure.