Hellooo~

Yes, we are still alive over here. You'd think that now that I'm not working I'd have more time to come on here and blog, but alas, I just don't do it!! :o) Here are a few recent pics of the little man~

TOP to BOTTOM:

Standing on the gravel at the playground and eating goldfish.

Daddy sharing his cereal with Brighton~This is a morning routine that happens if Brighton is awake before Daddy leaves for work. Now that Brighton is a little bigger, he gets to drink the milk out of the bowl when Daddy is done eating!

Picking strawberries with Grandma!! He LOVES berries! Strawberries, Raspberries (from Grandma's garden) & Blueberries (from the store). He can even say "Blue......Berries"!

Wearing the NEW "long john" pajamas we found at a garage sale and Grandma bought for him, because Mama just loved them! Aren't they adorable???!!!!

Riding the awesome, old-fashioned, homemade rocking horse that we found at a garage sale and Grandma couldn't resist buying it for him!! He walked into that garage sale and made a beeline for it!! :o)

Grandma spoils him rotten...........................can you tell??

My "Big Boy".....

Driving in the little car with cousin Nali.












Mama and Brighton



















Brighton and Kohl on the rock.

One sunny day.......shorts and flipflops.

Trying to sweep our parking lot.

I know I promised pictures............Here are a few.

Evan, Dewayne & Brighton at Giant's Causeway

Brighton at Evan & Jemma's Reception

Dunluce Castle......... 3 photos.

Giant's Causeway

The Church Evan & Jemma got married in, in Portrush

Personal Merry-go-round at Portstewart.

Our first morning in Belfast. We ate a traditional Irish Fry breakfast.

Drogheda, Ireland. We were walking and came upon this cool arch over the road.

We are back home....

after being gone for 3 1/2 weeks. It felt like forever. But it was fun. :o) We took a trip to Ireland by way of Montana....(actually, Spokane). On the morning we were supposed to leave for Ireland we got a call that our flight from Chicago to Dublin had been cancelled, so we went into the airport and asked them if they could send us to Spokane while we were waiting for our rescheduled flight. They did it for a fee of $5 and off we went. So, we got to visit Dewayne's dad and then take our dream vacation to Ireland. We spent almost a week in Northern Ireland for a wedding and a little sightseeing then took a ferry over from Dun Laoghaire (it's said Dun Leary) to Wales and spent the night in a Castle!! We then went to Stonehenge and Brighton (for our Brighton). We walked down to the waterfront from a parking garage uptown.......quite a walk and took some pictures of Brighton with some Brighton signs. We then headed north. We spent the next night in Nottingham and tried to drive through Sherwood Forest but the road was closed. We spent our last night in Scotland, tried to find a castle and couldn't find it, then took the ferry back over to Belfast from Stranraer. We then proceeded to head south. After spending the night in Athlone, we popped in to visit Dewayne's nephew Branden who lives in Limerick and he and his beautiful girlfriend Mary-Rose feed us some delicious chowder and sent us on our way with lovely sandwiches and fruit. :o) We spent the next night in Cork and then headed north to Dublin. We stayed in a Travelodge just a few minutes from the airport that night. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:35am the next morning, but it ended up being delayed. We did fly out and that 8 hour and 45 minute flight was the longest I'd ever been on. Through this all our little trooper was fabulous. He did great on most of our flights and even though he got tired of riding in the car and had his fussy moments, the good moments and behaviour far outweighed the bad! I will try to post some of the best pics soon!

Happy Birthday, Baby!!

Can't believe it!! My baby boy is ONE!!!

Handsome little man~

Delighted that he got to the top of the stairs!

Hanging out in the car, waiting for Sears to open!

Dressed up in his outfit that I got for his 1 year pics, but the shirt is too small and the pants are WAY too big. He actually lost the pants!

On his feet.............

He was having a little fit because he wanted something that I didn't think he should play with!!

Happily trucking across our livingroom!

Here are a couple of pics of my little man. Mobile! On his feet. It's so cute to see him toddling around at home or the office. Ahhhh, so sweet.

Some new pics......

Playing peekaboo with Mama at the office!

Sharing the iPod!

Check out my mohawk!!

Keeping the teeth all pearly white!! He loves to brush his teeth!

He's WALKING!!!!

Yep, it's true. I even have witnesses!! He's been taking a few steps here and there but today, February 9th, while we were at a friend's house on a "play date", he just took off and walked a ways and then kept doing it off and on (usually while he was carrying something in one hand)!! I don't have any pictures of it but some day soon I will take some pictures of him walking!!

Showing off his teeth!!

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone's New Year got off to a good start. It's been busy around here. :o)