6 Months

It is pretty unbelievable that Brylee is 6 months old now. She is getting bigger by the day....she is now 17 lbs, 12 oz (that is a whopping 1 pound, 11 oz more than she weighed 4 weeks before then) and she is 25 1/2 inches long. She is really getting good at sitting up and the bald spot on the back of her head is starting to fill in.

Brylee's 6 month pictures are on Tuesday. I hope she smiles this time. Julie and I will be leaving her for 4 days this weekend as we are going to the PGA golf tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

A sweet little girl

Starting the computer lessons early

Apparently Mama lets her play in her bed all day long

Sitting up well for her 6 month picture

Standing in her bed - this is right before she jumped out

Watching the creek

Striking a pose with Mama

5 Months

4 month picture

Brylee is growing by the day and is now 5 months old. She seems to be making new faces every day and absolutely loves to play with her feet. She has had several firsts over the past month or so - she rolled over at 4 months, 5 days, celebrated her first Easter, stayed in Opryland Hotel for the first time, and started to eat baby food (she hasn't exactly loved the sweet peas so far).

Brylee now weighs in at 16 lbs, 1 oz. and is 25 1/2 inches long. She seems to be getting a little attached to her mommy and loves it when her mommy rocks her. She has really started to reach a lot as well.

Playing in her Exersaucer

Brylee loves playing in her Exersaucer. She finally has started figuring all of the little toys out on there.

Brylee's 1st tennis outfit

Daddy's tennis lessons (and beginning of the retirement plan) begin in about 1 year...

Brylee in her favorite position as she is getting ready for bed

She absolutely loves playing with her feet now. She better play with them now while they are pretty b/c mommy and daddy don't exactly have model feet.

5 month picture

Mommy finally bought Brylee an outfit that wasn't white or pink!

Oh how she loves those sweet peas

The funny thing is, this is the same face I make when I eat sweet peas.

Talking to Daddy on his way home from work

I think she was saying, "Daddy, can I have a cell phone?"

Brylee's First Trip to Knoxville

Brylee loving Knoxville

Brylee made her first trip to Knoxville last weekend to see the city where she will be attending college (and, of course, be on full scholorship for golf and tennis). She had a big time in Big Orange Country and met some of her new best friends - Shelby Grace and Madison. Brylee was great on the trip to Knoxville and the trip back. I included quite a few pictures from the trip.

Haley and Madi, Julie and Brylee, and Sabrina and Shelby Grace

Family picture time

The Pops with their baby girls

Posing with Aunt Leah and Aunt Tiffany

Brylee doing some funky dance for Shelby Grace

Awe, they decided to hold hands - BFF

Look at the photo shoot

Shelby Grace taking a swipe at Brylee - like I said, BFF

Three Amigos on the couch

Brylee and Madi on a slant

Brylee ending her day with a nice bath

3 3/4 Months

Sorry for the delayed post. Brylee is now 3 3/4 months old. I have lost count of the weeks so we will start counting by months now. She seems to be learning something new everyday. She smiles all the time and loves to giggle at her mommy's singing. She also loves looking at her hands and feet and has decided that her hands actually taste pretty good. She came to the office yesterday and weighed in at 14 lbs, 10 oz. Now, if we could just get her to poop more consistently...

12 1/2 Weeks

Brylee seems to be growing more and more each day. She is definitely plumping up - weighing in at 12 lbs (60th percentile) with a length of 22 1/2 inches (30th percentile). Julie works with her everyday, and Brylee is jabbering quite a bit. She is also smiling a lot now. She is sleeping very well - usually from 10 PM to 7 AM. I just wish I could get that much sleep.

We are starting to get Brylee out more, now that she is much better from her sickness. I think basketball is going to be her sport - although if so, she is going to have to be a little Spud Webb out there. She has been to two of Tyler's basketball games (Julie's brother) and seems to have a great time. She also enjoys watching basketball on TV (especially when the Vols play - ok, maybe it doesn't matter who is playing). She can be fussy and when basketball comes on, she will just watch and watch.

If anyone wants to come visit, we have plenty of room and you are more than welcome to come.

Watch out or I will bop you one

Mama trying to teach Brylee how to talk

Daddy trying to teach Brylee how to talk....hopefully in a less-southern accent

She loves playing with her hair

Brylee giving herself a big ol' hug

10 1/2 Weeks

Brylee's new mask

Brylee is doing much better than she was 1 week ago. She is still taking breathing treatments, but only needs them about 3 times a day now. Her cough has gotten much better and her appetite has come back with a vengeance. She has really been smiling a lot lately and trying to talk. She even will sing herself to sleep. Unfortunately, I think she is going to have Julie's voice.

Brylee went to church today and made her presence known. She had 3 of the loudest/wettest poops of her young life during communion (I think most of the people on our side of the church heard it). She makes me a little more proud every day.

Yay, I am about to get a new diaper

This is definitely her color!

She looks so good in orange, I had to put up 2 pictures of her in her UT outfit

Starting to figure out how to smile for the camera

Brylee playing with one of her Christmas presents

9 1/2 Weeks

Brylee enjoying being held by her Daddy

Well, I almost made it a full month without a blog entry, but I got yelled at by a few people for not updating this.....so here is the update. Brylee continues to grow well. She is up over 11 lbs now. She seemed to have a good Christmas. We made a video of her opening her presents and she actually did try to help on a couple of them.

About a week ago, she started sleeping through the night. We will lay her down around 10:30 or so, and she will sleep to around 7 usually. She is kind of restless, and usually ends up sideways in the bed by morning time.

Brylee has been sick since around New Years. Yesterday, she came to my office and she has RSV as well as a double ear infection. So, she has been a little out if it the past couple of days.

Hopefully, I will keep the blog updated a little more frequently in the future. We sure have enough pictures to keep it updated - we bought a new Canon Rebel XTI last week and had already taken 75 pictures with it by that night.

Brylee's 2 month picture

Brylee after a nice bath

First Christmas

Santa must want Brylee to be smart - look at all those books he left!

Excited about Christmas

Sweet little girl

Here is Brylee with a breathing treatment. She has RSV as well as a double ear infection right now.