Growing & Changing

Banner is growing so fast these days. Her crawling and cruising is putting her closer to the "toddler" category. Though I'm not quite ready to admit that yet. She's understanding more and more and chatting it up with us in her own jibber jabber.
Here's some recent pics...




We had some friends in from out of town that she enjoyed watching and trying to keep up with...

And... we were so excited to find out that her cousins are moving here very soon! They got some great play time at Grammie & Pa's last weekend. We're so thankful that these times will be more of the norm in the near future.

A video of one of her favorite things... dancing.

Home Photo Shoot

We took some pictures of Banner around the house that turned out pretty great. She's been so fun lately as she's been learning new noises every day. She's not crawling yet, but scooting around and pulling up on everything. Her fourth tooth just started popping through and as you can see, her hair is really growing in.









Also, we just found out that Banner is going to have a sister! We've been trying to wrap our brains around having two girls in the near future. Lots of fun ahead for sure!

Peanut

Introducing our new Peanut!

Due March 12, our next little bundle of joy! Its hard to believe we're starting all over again, but the more we've gotten used to the idea, we feel like it will be perfect timing. We'll have to really soak up our time with Banner because she's not going to have much time where she is the only child.
This is her friend Rebekah in Tyler. Its fun to see them a little more interactive each time they see each other.

Her other friend Eva from Portland came into town and they finally got to meet each other.

Eva enjoyed Banner's jumper more than she does.

Its been fun lately to introduce new flavors to her. She enjoyed a popsicle at Mimi's and is loving pretty much any baby food she tries.

She's sitting up so well! She looks so big sitting and playing by herself.

Lastly, I'll share a video of her playing with Ari. She's loving the dogs these days, though she does try to rip Ari's ears off in this video.

Firsts

First time swimming. She loved it! She justed kicked and kicked.

First 4th of July! We didn't do much, just stayed around the house. At least she had a cute outfit so she could be festive.


First Ranger's game!


Notice her first outfit is not the one she actually wore to the game. Last minute wardrobe change...as usual. Good thing she has two Ranger's t-shirts!
And lastly, this is the first picture we have of her new teeth. She's not too happy here, but her teeth are lovely. :)

Chicken Pox: The Dreaded and Feared

Don't know how it happened, but Banner got the Pox. She would get the immunization at 12 months, but alas, she didn't make it that long. We had a rough week as she looked into our eyes and pleaded for relief that we could not give her. And just when we thought it couldn't get worse...it did. But, she is a champion and got through it and is once again her normal cheerful self.

Cousins and giggles

Banner and I spent the weekend with the cousins and Aunt Sheala while Randy was at the Ranch celebrating Michael's last few days as a bachelor. Now we have joined up with Dad at the Ranch and are enjoying a week away. B is acclimating well to all the travel and new places. Just wanted to share a few new videos and pics with ya'll. She is making some delightful changes, including growing a few teeth, one poking out and another one on the way.
We're getting big smiles from her...
She loves her new bow...

Saige loves her new cousin...

Banner's might need to warm up a little to all the love...

Sawyer found all of her binkys and was very helpful in making sure she had it whenever she wanted it.

And last of all, a special treat. We got her laughing the other night and had the most fun!

Easter!

Banner looked lovely in her Easter dress!



With the cousins after the egg hunt. Notice she is holding her basket all on her own!

An introduction to solids... Banner's thoughts on rice cereal...

"I'm not so sure about this, Mom..."

"Worst day of my life, I can't believe you would do this to me!"

"Um, by any chance can I get some milk?"

"Ahhh...much better"

We sat outside this weekend and watched Dad work in the yard. He's planting some stones for a nice fire pit area. Notice what a big help Uzi is!

And lastly, it turns out we love bows! When I found out I was having a girl, that is the first thing people said..."You are going to love putting those bows on her!" I thought I probably wouldn't. I mean, I don't wear bows. Got one as a gift and put it on her just to try it on and I never wanted to take it off. I have officially converted.

And Banner wanted to say a few things to close us out...

Catching Up

My hope in this blog is to post the most up-to-date news and pictures of Banner for family and friends. So far, I've been about a month behind. These pics will catch us up and hopefully my next entry will be Easter pictures...next week and not in June. So month 2 to 3 of Banner's life has also caught us up on something very precious and sweet...an old friend...sleep. She has answered our prayers in so many ways, but as much as we prayed for her to be healthy, we probably prayed as much for her to be a sleeper. The 10 to 12 hours of sleep that have become the norm for her are nothing short of God's grace on us. We feel like normal functioning citizens of society and we are kinder and more pleasant than we have been for a while.
She loves her sleep!

She loves her Grammy..

She loves her friends...

She loves basking in the sun...

She wasn't sure what she thought of St. Patty's Day...






She loves her milk...

She loves going on walks with Dad...

and the dogs...

And we're caught up. Have a great Easter!