HaPpY bIrThDaY Broden UNO

Our little Broden Uno turned Uno today, so naturally, we celebrated with a fiesta party! It has been a whirlwind of a year, that went by almost too fast. Broden is such a wonderful little boy. I hate calling him easy, because every child has the challenges and strengths and I feel like it implies that Rilynn wasn’t easy, which isn’t fair to her. But, he has some wonderful strengths that have brought us so much joy and made life with 2 kids as easy as can be expected. He’s a great sleeper (in his dockatot), he isn’t easily upset (but once upset he can throw quite the tantrum), he loves exploring, snuggling, and rough housing with his sister.
Today was so fun, but also stressful, our 11 year old lab was very sick and rushed to the emergency vet clinic twice this weekend. Very bitter sweet, but we are hoping Josie pulls through this and comes home soon.

BUB is 11 months

 

Teeth count: finally got 1!

I can...

Take 2 steps by myself

Say mama, baba, dada,  ball, and WOW! 

I love...

My family, strawberries, getting into mischief, making messes, being loud, balls, the song 'if you're happy and you know it'

Shmoden is pretty easy going still, but is starting his throw his head beck tantrums when he doesn't get his way. He is still a great sleeper. He loves dancing with his sister! 

 
 

We went on another trip alone! Wahoo! Travis surprised me with an amazing trip to San Diego to celebrate my 30th. It was the most amazing vocation!

Rilynn moved up to the next school with Odyssey! She is so much fun! She loves singing, putting on shows, music, playing with her brother, the library, and swim lessons. She's learning lots of Spanish at school which has been lots of fun. We are counting down to Disney World with lots of Disney movies! 

 

 

 

 

 

10 months Broden Uno

10 MONTHS

Broden is...

20 lbs (47%)

29.25 inches (68%)

With a big noggin! 47.4 cm (94%)

He wears size 3 diapers and 12-18 Month clothes

Broden can...

Clap, play peek a boo, cruise on furniture, sleep 12 hours at night with two 2 hour naps! Say mama and nana

Broden loves...

Walking, Rilynn, his school, his push walker, his lovey dog David (named by Rilynn. Her dog is named Nick. I guess she loves both of her uncles), yogurt, water, making noise and messes. 

This kid is always happy! He loves to get into mischief and looks at us with his "Shmoden" look. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berg's in the Big Blue House

I've been dying to paint our house since we moved in. For one thing, it needed cocking. But it was also hideously beige. The house color was beige, the trim was beige, it was just too blah.  You wouldn't even notice the brick on our house because it blended in with the beige. I'd been wanting to do a dark blue with white trim. I had found these faux wood garage doors on Pinterest and wanted to attempt painting our garage and front door to create a Pinterest worthy look, but with 2 littles I didn't think I'd have time so I asked several painters if they could create the look for me. I finally found one company who knew someone who could create the look I was going for. It turned out BEAUTIFUL!

We used Reid painting for the house and Rhonda Wood for the doors! She's fabulous 503-997-9271

Colors: sherwin Williams cyberspace house color and spare white trim color

Before

During

After

 

Front door before

Front door after

 Garage doors during. To get the faux wood effect, you start by painting the doors orange. Allow to dry, then brush a stain over the top. Our neighbors just loved us during the process. Hahaha

But the orange was worth it!

Back of the house before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broden 9 months

I know, I skipped 8 months, but Broden man had his second double ear infection, a stomach virus, and we were leaving for Hawaii so I skipped 8 months... but that about summed up 8 months.

9 months has been very fun! Broden can army crawl/inch worm all over and best of all can get back to sitting all on his own. He loves to stand and take steps holding our hands. Broden loves trying lots of table food and especially loves berries and peas. Self feeding has been great! When Rilynn was his age, I made my own baby food (organic of course!) and spoon fed her 3 times a day. But nobody has time for that with a three and a half year old running around. Now that Broden is on the move, him and Rilynn are having lots of fun "playing together". She really is the best big sister even if she bosses him around most of the time. 

Teeth: 0

Words: mama! And baba (for bottle) Travis was convinced it was just sounds until every time I came in the room and Broden yelled mama and clapped his hands! 

Note the leg over the side of the dockatot.

It is so funny to hear people's opinions on who Broden looks like. I think he looks a lot like his sister. But I've heard it all from he looks just like my baby pictures to he looks just like Travis. I think he's definitely got my skin coloring, and since Travis and I have the same color eyes he has both of our eyes.