What did we blog about before the baby?

I was sitting here getting ready to script yet another Brinlee update and was looking through our blog posts over the last few months and am now sitting here wondering...

What in the world did we do or talk about before we had this baby?

It's honestly kind of hard to remember.  Everyone said this little peanut was going to change our lives, and my blogging/journaling lately would certainly not dispute that.  This little sweetie is all we brag about these days!  And who wouldn't?! She is, after all, the cutest baby in the world!

Her 9 month appointment was a couple weeks ago and she is right on track!  She recently discovered her legs and since then has been the biggest busy-body.  That little scooter gets around, and gets into everything!  It's so fun to watch her explore and kind of funny to see what catches her eye.  We're having to keep an extra eye open and ear perked, but we're kind of in love with having her at our heels all the time.

I think I've said this about every age/milestone we've reached so far... but this 9-going-on-10 month era is my favorite!  How blessed we are to have such a sweet little spirit.  Love that girl!

PS: The lack of cute bows on her head in all of these pictures is not for a lack of trying.  This mama dolls up that baby as often as she can.  But along with her new found love of mobility came a new found sense of independence (and, dare I say, defiance?) and we cannot keep a bow on her to save our lives! ...bummer

Valentine's Day

Our first Valentine's Day as a family of three was excellent!  Tim and I have never really been into all the mushy stuff, but I found some fun goodies in the craft closet that Brin and I made a big mess with first thing in the morning.  She of course caught right on to the spirit of the holiday and enjoyed a day full of
     - cute pink clothes
     - yummy tasting cards (which weren't actually meant to be eaten)
     - and balloons!

Tim did take charge of dinner, and we ate like kings!

An evening in with my favorite two Valentines...
Fantastic!

To Boise To Boise

This past weekend we ventured over to the beautiful place called Boise and enjoyed a nice couple of days with family.  My sister had gotten us tickets to the ballet, which Tim was really thrilled about (read: definitely would have chosen a different Saturday night activity, if it were up to him).  He played fourth wheel like a champion though while my mom, sister, and I all googled over excerpts from Carmen and Don Quixote.  Brin spent the trip showing off her "new trick" (crawling... I can hardly believe it!) to Grandma and Grandpa Borup, and we shamelessly devoured WAY too much pizza at Primos, which actually turned out to be the only part of the trip we managed to photo document... you can see where our priorities are.