Life with The Bruneaus

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Our weekends...lately

We've been having some great weather on the weekends, lately. So, of course, we've been taking full advantage of that, and having lots of 'family time/fun.' My favorite kind of day. :)
We went to the zoo Memorial Day weekend, had a few picnics at BIL/SIL's house, and lots and lots of walks down to the beach. Heaven!
I'll let the pictures do the talking.

{Just hanging out, watching an intense game of Cornhole}

I have a bunch of other pictures of my phone, but for some reason my email isn't working. I'll be doing an Instagram picture dump soon, so I'll add them in then. Happy almost Friday!!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Hello? Is this thing still on?

:::Blows dust off blog::: Is anyone even out there anymore? If you are... hiiii!! I miss you all!! I miss my lil 'ole blog, too. My little piece of the internet that's 'mine.' I think about it, and all of you!, all the time. But, of course, time just seems to fly by, and there aren't enough hours in the day. I'm going to try and slowly make my way back here. I really need to keep this updated. I look at this as a little virtual scrapbook/baby book, and I need to do it for Isabella. I love looking back and reading everything that was going on months/years ago. I have the worst memory, so this is the only way I remember what was going on at certain times. And, obviously, ~~way too much~~ a lot of time has gone by, so I don't know if I'll update everything that's gone in the last 2-3 months. I may just jump in and start from today. Just so ya know. ;) Here's a little peek at my peanut, being a goof, as usual!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

11/12 months old!

(I started writing this post over a month ago, and finally finished it tonight -- Bella's 13 month birthday! And, apparently I published the unfinished draft of it last week, and didn't realize it...oops!) Miss Isabella Grace, I honestly cannot believe I am sitting here writing your twelve month post. You are officially ONE. YEAR. OLD. *cue tears* I feel like you have grown and learned SO much in the past two months. It's amazing. Some days, you come home from daycare with some new trick you learned, and it's like you've been doing it your whole life. I can't get over it. Here are all the new and exciting things that have been going on since your ten month post (if I can remember them all!)... ~ You are officially on all table food now! Such a big girl. You have a breakfast/lunch/snack at school (aka: daycare) during the day, and then dinner at home with us. And girlfriend, you can EAT! I'm honestly amazed at how much food you fit into that little tummy. But, you love your food...just like you're mama. ;) ~ We are down to nursing only twice a day now, in the morning (I actually still pump in the morning on weekdays, since it's so early) and before bed. The rest of the day you're getting regular whole milk (organic at home). The only time you get a bottle is in the morning with Daddy. At school you actually drink your milk out of little cups! I can't get over it. It's too cute. But, at home? You are stubborn when it comes to drinking your milk out of a sippy cup. You'll only drink about 2oz or so out of a sippy before you toss it on the floor and won't touch the rest. ::sigh:: We're working on it. ~ Unfortunately, the last time you were weighed was in mid-January, so I don't know your exact weight right now. (Bad mama!) But, back then, you were 17lbs. even. My little peanut! But, you have your one year appointment in April, so we'll see your exact stats then! ~ You are officially in 12 month clothes. Almost all of your 9 month clothes have been packed away, and you're in either 12 or 12/18 months. I remember the days when I used to look at those clothes and think that they'd never fit you. Now, some 12 month shirts don't even fit over your little buddha belly! Ha! ~ You're learning sign language at school, and your sign 'more' all. the. time. It's seriously one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Except, you don't do it exactly correct...you have one hand/palm completely open, and the other hand points to your open palm. It's hard to explain. I'll have to try and get it on video! ~ You are a crawling machine now! You aren't walking just yet, but, you can go from one side of the room to the other in .2 seconds by crawling. It's too funny. ~ You're always standing up and walking along EVERYthing! The couch, coffee table, tv stand, kitchen cabinets. If there's something for you to grab on to, you're pulling yourself up on it. And, you've recently started standing un-assisted for a few seconds at a time lately, too! I think you're finally realizing that you have a little more balance than you think you do, and you feel like such a big girl just standing there all by yourself. You have this look on your face every time you do it, like 'TA-DAAA!' I'm sure you'll be walking in no time. ~ You're still in size 3 dipes, and we've switched you to Pampers Cruisers diapers. You were leaking through the Luvs at night, so we decided to try Huggies Snug & Dry instead. Ugh, those were horrible! Your diaper wouldn't even be full, and you'd leak out of the side. It took just one time of you sitting on my lap and leaking out all over my leg for me to be done with those. Walking around a birthday party with a pee stain on your leg isn't the most glamorous look. Just sayin.
~ You say a few words now...Mama, Dada, ball ('buh'), uh-oh. You understand so much now, too! Even thought you can't say many words right now, you definitely know what we're talking about when we say it to you. You point to your head and nose when we tell you to; you pick up your socks when we say 'where's your socky??'; you get all excited when I say 'where's Bailey/Roxy/Fozzie Bear??' When I say 'more', you immediately do the sign for more. You amaze me each and every day with how much your little brain soaks in. ~ We've officially retired your infant car seat and you're finally in your big-girl car seat! Even though you still fit fine in the infant seat, I just couldn't lug you around anymore. ;) I think you like it even better now, though. You can see more! ~ You are such a smart little lady. When we say "Where's your head?" or "Where's your nose?" you point to each one. And, thanks to daddy (and the movie Old School), we've taught you 'earmuffs!' haha And, you do it so well. ;) ~ You seem to have your own little language, though. You're favorite thing to say is 'ah, DA!' You point to absolutely everything and say that. I wish I knew what it actually meant. :) ~ You have six teeth now! It's like you went from no teeth, to six teeth, in a month. Crazy! You have four teeth on the bottom now...with one that just popped through the other day. And you still just have two teeth on the top, with one or two more about to break through any day now.
Bella, you are such an amazing baby, and I honestly don't know how we got so lucky to have you. You've been such a blessing and I cannot imagine my life without you. I cannot wait to see what this next year brings, and to watch you learn and grow every day. XOXO, LOVE YOU!! Mama & Daddy

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Finding balance

Once again, it's been almost a month since I've last blogged. And, I'm struggling here, people...I really am. I know you've probably heard/read this many times over the past couple of weeks. Blog-land and Twitter talking about finding balance. Trying to juggle everything -- work, mom duties, wife duties, house duties, etc, etc, etc. It's HARD. And lately, it's really been taking a toll on me. Hence why I haven't blogged in forever. The Hubs and I had a long talk one night last week, and it really hit me how much time I spend online. Twitter, Facebook, blogging...you know what I'm talking about. It was getting a little out of control. And, it really got me thinking. WHY am I so worried about checking FB/Twitter, and why aren't I on the floor playing with my baby girl instead?? Seriously? She's only this age for such a short period of time, and I really need to start getting my priorities straight and soaking up every moment with her that I can. So, that's what I've been doing. I started a 'No Computer' rule for myself. While Isabella is awake, all my time/attention goes to her. No matter what. And then, after she goes to sleep, it's husband/wifey time. That's a whole other issue. We've gotten into such a rut lately. We eat dinner, and then he watches his shows and I either sit on my computer, or go in the other room and watch my shows. It's gotten bad, and it's finally coming to a stop. We're spending more time together, being husband and wife. Cuddling. Talking. Playing games. All that stuff that we used to do all the time when we first started dating. I didn't realize until now how much I missed all of that. It's just so easy to fall into a 'blah/boring' routine, and that never ends well. So, we're working on it. It's not always easy, and sometimes that means I don't have much time to myself...but, it's worth it. And, unfortunately, that means my blog has but put on the back burner. I'm not sure for how long, but I really am trying. I miss blogging a lot...especially all the friendships I've made along the way. And I hope to be back at it, full time, soon!

Friday, February 17, 2012

The Nail Files

I'm sorry I've been such a crappy blogger this week. It's been one of those 'I'm-SO-exhausted-I-don't-even-want-to-shower/clean/blog' weeks, and all I want to do when I get home from work is sleep. I hate that. My eyes have literally been burning by 5pm every night, and I have to fight myself to stay awake to do dishes, clean, and take care of all of the house crap. Anyways, so that's why I've been MIA. But, I have my picture ready for this week's 'Nail Files' post! I've slowly over the past year or so become quite obsessed with nail polish. I don't know why. I don't really even paint my nails that much, but, I love buying new colors.

Oh, and, I picked up this quick drying polish (thanks to my friend Melissa! How did I not know about this stuff?!), and my nails were dry in like, 5 minues. No joke. Isabella was napping, and, of course, she woke up as I was painting my nails. Go figure. But, by the time I finished putting this quick dry stuff on, and sat for maybe 5 minutes, it was dry. I couldn't believe it!

So, needless to say, I'm pretty sure I'll be painting my nails a LOT more from now on. :)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New look!

What do you think?? It was definitely time for a change, and I needed to add Isabella into my header, of course. I wanted something simple, but pretty. I think it's perfect! :) A big thank you to Katie @ Loves of Life for my new look! She was very pleasant and easy to work with, so if you're looking for a new design, head on over there!
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Nail Files

I'm a little late on this, but, I wanted to link up with Tara and her 'Nail Files' post!

I'm a little obsessed with nail polishes, but not actually painting my nails. Makes sense...no? So, anyways, I finally was able to put on my Sally Hansen nail stickers that I bought a week or so ago, and I had to show them off! ;)

So, I LOVED the way it looked and how easy it was to apply. I mean, no drying time?? Perfect!

And then, about an hour or so later, when the stickers started peeling up and wouldn't stick anymore? Yeah. That. Not a fan.

I'm hoping it was just a bad batch or something, because I really do love how easy this 'polish' is. But, for $10...I don't know if it's worth it. I'll be sticking with my regular old 'wait-three-hours-for-it-to-dry' polish from now on. :-/