Little of This, Little of That

The past month has been pretty busy for us, not anything exciting in particular just life. We just go from one thing to the next, the way we like it. I'm not sure if anything is ever planned out with us. Such as, we went outside decided the waterfall wasn't all that great and that day started tearing it down. Another example we had a pipe that wasn't draining right so Trent decided to tackle our plumbing spur of the moment. Well things aren't always that simple and needless to say it has turned more time consuming than we planned(always does). Trent enjoys it....most of the time, he's learning something new. I love that Trent can do all these things and takes the time to do them saving us lots of money. At times I make it seem as though I hate that he doesn't just hire someone but really I love that he is doing it. I just get frustrated when I go to do something that I need water for and he has it turned off, I have no patience for anything but I'm getting better. THANKS HONEY!!

Spring semester is over and summer has begun, luckily Trent decided to take it easy this time take 1 class and enjoy his summer. Briggs and I couldn't be happier. It's been busy but we have had alot of fun Trent and I have got to get away a little more often which has been really nice. We didn't date really so it's always fun to actually go on a date. We always say when we're out that we wish we would have dated more because we have alot of fun but really I think we both love the way it all happened.

We started playing on a co-ed softball team and to be honest I wasn't real sure on how we would do(Trent and I that is). Our first game was on Wednesday and we won by 15, not that we didn't play well but the team we played really...wasn't all that great. Trent pitched and did awesome, got a little nervous last inning. I don't have any pictures because I think it would be silly to take pictures at an adult softball game but I will later. I'll have to find us a cheering section to take them though since it would be even sillier having me take one from outfield. So Trent pitches and that would put me in right field, I like it a little less pressure. We had alot of fun!

Briggs is still all boy and growing up. He'll be 1 in 8 days, CRAZY!!!

Briggs has found a new love....

THE SPRINKLER!!!

OUR LITTLE MONKEY CLIMBING UP THE SLIDE

WHAT!......11 Months

I can't believe our little man is 11 months old already. He's growing up way to fast. We feel like we can't get enough. Briggs is still all boy and getting into everything he can manage to.

So what's new with Briggs:

*He's back to snuggling! He hasn't been a big snuggler since he was like 2 months but lately he's been all about it and so have we. I love when he climbs up on my lap and lays his head on my shoulder, I think it's because I started tickling his back at church to get him to settle down so now he wants his back tickled all the time.

*Loves his back rubbed and tickled

*Throws tantrums, WHAT THE!!??? I didn't think this would start for a while but he literally will yell at us that's right yell. After he feels he has vocalized his frustrations enough he will throw himself on the ground and bury his face, and throw an all out fit. It makes me so sad.

*Learned how to clap his hands, his favorite time to clap is while watching me workout. He's quite the motivator.

* Can do jumping jacks, well kinda he just does the arm part. Funny, Funny

* Completely off baby food, yea! He's never really like the stuff so we started early on "big boy" food and are now completely done with baby food.

* He's starting to really watch what we say and do. He likes to repeat what we say, he doesn't retain the words but he will repeat it once. So we've really had to start watching ourselves, he understands alot now.

* He loves loves loves Quando(dog).

* Loves his forward facing car seat, ssshhh don't tell we started kinda early he was just too big.

* Still loves his daddy more than anything in the world! Trent has to hold him for at least 10 minutes when he gets home before putting him down or he throws a fit(Briggs that is).

* When we say stinky stinky he waves his hand in front of his nose.

* He wants to stand up all by himself without the help of something. He will rock back and forth until he gets up enough energy to propel himself forward onto his knees. So once the rocking is over he gets forward enough and just on his calves one of two things happens, usually he will just fall forward because he has to much energy or he will stand on his knees and rock for awhile and try to stand with no luck. but both ending with him on his belly. It is truly hilarious to watch, he just does it over and over and over for like 30 minutes. Rock, rock, rock , rock. He is very independent.

Here are some pictures of Briggs doing what he does best:

Getting into some real predicaments:Not much has been going on around here just loving the days that it's warm and of course house and yard work. Our family room is still not done it's just waiting to be taped and mudded but we've put that on hold while we do some things in the yard. We have hauled like 5 loads off and still have so much more to do. We tore out the waterfall and pond we had because it was Ghetto looking and have turned it into a raised flower bed. I totally forgot to take before pictures but here is some half-way after pictures, we're not done yet.

Well it's raised on one side.

Trent's Grandpa Sievers came down a few weeks ago, Briggs sure does love him!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Last Friday was my birthday and I have to start by saying what a sweet husband I have. Two days of shopping, eating, and just getting to spend time with him without work or school(he did have tons of homework but he just let it wait until Sunday) was the best gift ever! He's not a big fan of shopping and shopping with me, well that's a whole different story. So shopping and then the best part eating. We don't eat out a whole lot because we figure it makes the times we do that much better. So the shopping and eating were great but the best part of the whole weekend was spending time together without school or housework. Time together seems to be a precious thing around our house. We're home together alot but I doesn't mean that we're actually together. Make sense? THANKS BABE, Briggs and I enjoyed every minute with you.

Briggs has always liked testing out his voice but lately it has gotten a little ridiculous. Anywhere we go and the minute we get inside the yelling begins. It's just this constant aaaaaaah, aaaaaaaah, ah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! So if you ever hear a little boy yelling non-stop when you're at Kents, Walmart, Sams or Old Grist Mill(they seem to be his favorites,they give him better sound) it's probably us.

The new favorite food is.....lemon slices. No I don't cut up lemons and feed them to him for lunch. We gave him the lemon that they put on the rim of your drink thinking that we would get a funny reaction. Well we were wrong he loved it, but still funny!

And just starting today, he loves crawling up and down the treadmill. It's the first day I think we've left it down long enough for him to play on it. He will crawl up and then back down, then his favorite part is when he gets off at the bottom and totally face plants it. He will laugh and smile then start it all over again. He's doing it as we speak, he's done it for probably 4 hours total today. He is all boy for sure! Following dad, playing in the dirt, getting the dog to lick his face, getting up and into everything, falling down and crashing thinking it's funny, laughing when anybody burps, and the list could go on of all his boyish qualities. We sure love him! Counting down the days till he's one (month and a halfish). WoW!

Here we go!On his way upClimbing down

And face plant!

***SPRING FEVER***

Oh how sweet it is.....having nice sunny weather. We have absolutley loved the past few days, shorts, hanging out in the yard, barbequing, 4-wheeling, and the list could go on. It's nice going outside with Briggs and not worry about the grass being wet or if he's getting cold. He could be outside all day and hates being stuck inside.

Briggs and I went to Baby Animal Days over in Logan with Michelle and Ethan.It was nice for all of us to get out into the nice sunny weather. Briggs loved to pull and pet every animals ears. He seemed to really like the baby goats and the ducks, the duck did try to nibble at him though when we started to squeeze at it's beak. The only animal that he just wasn't interested in at all were the pigs, they weren't soft enough for him. The favorite of the day for the boys were the chickens that were in a cage that they couldn't even touch, go figure. I think they could have sat in their little strollers and watched them all day. Loving the goat

Grabbing the cows ear

He loved being outside with all the animals, he has always liked looking out the window watching for some kind of animal to go by. We've taught him cat and dog so far since we see those alot. He was in heaven with all those animals. Pony Ride!!Concentraing so hard not to fall off. The girl that was leading him around was going kinda fast, she didn't seem to care that there was a 10 month old on. Check out the sweet helmet, it was way to big.

Other than that we've just been hanging out around the house getting lots of stuff done and doing tons of homework. If we get everything we want to around the house at the rate we're going it's going to take us well into our 90's to finish everything. Trent works so hard all day comes home does homework and is just spent. We have got alot done though lately but just lots more. It so much fun! The end of the semester always seems to come around all to often. Trent has an ad campaign, 12 page term paper, about 30 pages of book report, and like 3 tests. Good thing he has an awesome wife, to get him through it all! ;)

Briggs is growing up so fast, he's not really liking baby food at all anymore. He only wants real food and only when me and Trent eat. He's turning into quite the little man. He knows what he shouldn't be doing and loves doing it. It makes him giggle, which is how you know you need to get him/find him. He loves crawling away from us, he laughs and laughs as he crawls as fast as he can down the hall. He just the normal 10 month old into everything and enjoying life but oh so much cutier. He getting more talented by the day, he even hits the baseball off the tee. I can't believe just less than 2 months till our little guy is 1.

He loves going for walks and looking around, especially when we make a stop at the park

Sunday dinner at the Hunsaker's. Briggs has started this new thing where he sticks every little piece of food on the table in his mouth, and it does not matter if it doesn't all fit. Do you think he's starving? If you've seen his thighs you would know he gets fed enough, I guess he just likes his food. I'm afraid he's going to choke one of these days. We should just give him a little at a time but if we don't keep the food in front of him he gets upset, he's a big boy remember. He's growing up and understanding way to fast.

Riding the 4-wheeler, not as fun as the pony

Briggs is such a daddy's boy

Our little guy