uPdAtE....FINALLY!!!

So I feel like I have been so terrible at this! But here we go......Pittsburgh has been so fun so far! I love the scenery here, and also the experience. Overall, we are having a blast!!!! I'm just gonna get going on this so it might be sorta random....:0)

Here are a few pictures of the scenery and our little apartment out here. It is so funny how we have been doing this for so long and each year our apt, where we live, and the people are so different....

It is so cool ...our apt overlooks the pool.....and it is so green here:)

And now for our little BrOdY!!! He is so big....and growing like a weed....He is starting to say a few words and I am just loving it:) he says momma dadda uh oh... I love it... He loves to brush his teeth and walks around the house doing it all day...

Brody's eyes seem to be getting bluer and bluer so I have been in heaven taken pictures....

So the sunny days out here are pretty rare so far...so when it is sunny outside we spend as much time as possible at the pool or the water park!:)

Sunday's are our most favorite days out here. We rarely get to see Derek and Sunday we get all day with him...Our church is fun and the people are really nice...Brody loves going and I dont think we've been able to sit through a whole sacrament meeting yet!!

Getting ready for church.....

ok...So I have some more coming but this takes me forever!!!! So I'll post tomorrow:)

Our LiL mOnKeY is 1!!!!

Brody I cant believe you are one already! you have stole your Dad and my heart! Let me tell a little about you these days....... you are so silly...you have started to learn how to run...you put your little head down and go for it... It is so cute:) You get followed around by any little munchkin that sees you! Everytime we go to the mall play center, church or to play with other little kids they just eat you up. they chase you and wanna feel your spiky hair! you are so good at your sign language... your dad and I just counted up your teeth and you are pushing through 4 right now for a total of eight...you love to dance..especially to rap:) You love dogs or any kind of animal for that matter, and grunt and make noises as they pass by! I could go on but I'll stop...

So I put together a lil monkey birthday party for Brody at our apt out here in pittsburgh cuz none of his family could be with him on this special day:) we had about five or six other lil munchkins that came and celebrated with him and ate cupcakes with him! He was so cute, I dont think he knew what was going on. I got a dozen or so baloons for him and the other kiddos, which turned out to be their favorite, not the little gifts I got them:)

Anyway these are a few pics from the party:)!

He wants to touch the fire....:)

PitTsBuRgH....here we are...!

So much has been going on lately, so much that I cant blog....BLAh. But we are in Pittsburgh for the summer now and it is SOOO BeAuTifUl here!... It is very green and there are trees everywhere. It literally looks like we are living in the hills. Anyway, as for Derek he is having fun and loves to hang out with his buddies out here, and loves to play with Brody.. As for our little man Brody, he is so so biG! I cant believe how fast he is growing and learning. He is a couple weeks away from a year old and bigger than I had ever imagined. He is a pro at walking now, still going on the potty every morning, and KNows his sign language very well. He says drink, eat, more, and daddy in sign language. He also says moo everytime he sees a cow! He misses his grandpa very much and everytime I say, Where is grandpa Bunny, He looks at the door like Bunny is gonna walk through... Brody is also covered in scratchs and bruises from his explorative personality....He is very intuitive. Derek and I joke that what we are gonna get him for his birthday is a water bottle with a cap. He will sit for hours trying to screw the lid on! Ha...>I could go on for hours about this little man!

As for me, I am just busy working in the office during the morning and mid afternoon, and then trying to learn my way around pittsburgh with Amber:) We have some really great friends out here and are grateful for their friendship. But I also miss my friends back home!

I will put up pics later when I grab some time!!

UnTiTled..........

Brody is getting such a little personality!! You can just see his lil attitude in this first picture... and the second!

I cant believe this lil guy is gonna be a year old in a little over a month!!!





We got to spend easter in Twin with Derek's family.... I love how Brody can really be a part of the holidays now... Here he is washing dishes with his Grandpa..

Here is our most recent family photo....Derek readin the newspaper and mom and Brody cuttin out coupons!!

So while we were in twin we got to spend alot of time outside and Brody just loves it!!

Here Brody is decorating the easter eggs....more like squeezing them till they broke!!!

Then I took Brody to an easter egg hunt in Kimberly...it was so fun...He knew exactly what to do after I showed him...and got a total of six eggs!!!

Then on easter morning the easter bunny left Brody a basket....he had to follow a trail of m & m's to get to his basket......