Andrew Alpaugh Blast From the Past

Finally! Bryson can say my name. :-) I've been waiting a loooooooong time. It's so sweet to hear those words and since it's new for him he says it over and over. He gets a huge grin on his face every time he says it. For the longest time he was calling me ba-ba and sometimes still comes out with Ma-ba. He also says hey, hi, ear,turtle, ball, bad boy, daddy, buddy, uh-oh, kitty, balloon, and birthday. We sometimes don't realize how much he really does know. Tonight I asked him where his diaper was and he looked right down at it. It's so exciting that he is learning so much. I'm sure he's smarter than we think! He LOVES looking at his birthday pictures and whenever we have them up on the screen he gets so excited and says birthday just as clear as can be. We took his bottle away about a month ago and he did great. No problems there. Just a sippy cup now. We no longer rock him to sleep and he usually only cries about 2 or 3 minutes if at all when ...

The kids had a great first day back to school. So far so good. ;-) Here are the few pictures I got before we headed out the door this morning. No classroom pics. this year. Too old for that now I suppose.

Where did the summer go? I'm sitting here putting off ironing and going through Emily's closet to see what will fit and not fit for the school year. She seems to think she isn't supposed to out grow anything and that she can wear it forever. Crazy girl! Tyler's is done- WoW! he has grown. So many shirts that are so short on him. LOL And as always he had/has way too many. Don't think that will be a problem anymore since he has gotten to the age where he thinks his clothes should either be from A.E. or Aeropostale! Ughhh! This drives me crazy- especially since I am not a "brand name" kind of girl. Not that I am against brand names or anything but in my opinion many people feel that they have to have a certain brand to feel good about themselves and snub their noses at a shirt from Wal-Mart. Ok-you get my point. I'm dreading the early rushed mornings getting to school on time and most of all .... homework!! Will miss the lazy days of summer....

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