My name is Shipley…

Bryson has a classmate that he is always talking about – Shipley.  I think Bryson is now developing an alter ego named Shipley. When people ask  Bryson his name, his immediate response is “Shipley!”  He’s done this on two separate occasions. Bryson also now blames anything bad on Shipley.  When we went to visit the …

20 Months

Have we really crossed over into the 20’s already?  This month seemed to go really fast.  Maybe it’s all the work we’ve been doing to get the house ready, but it feels like February just ended…how can it be April? There have been lots of changes this month including: Colors – he loves telling us …

Brown County 2013

This past weekend we went to Brown Count State Park in Indiana for the Sundrup / Slattery family’s spring get together.  It was a ton of fun!  This year we had 10 kids there, 9 of which were under 2.5 years old.  Bryson had lots of fun playing with his cousins and family friends. Here …

Build it and they will come

We are well on our way to getting into our new house.  It’s coming along pretty well now, and I think that we are both getting more and more excited to move in. Here is a gallery to view some of the pictures that we have taken of the progress of the house.  Enjoy!  

19 months

Bryson has now passed the 19 month mark.  This month has been all about his verbal skills.  He can now put two words together like “Mommy car”, “bye Kizzie”, and “my bus”.  Yes, things are now “mine”.  Earlier today, he also put 3 words together…”my yellow bus”. Colors are new this month too.  His favorite …

18 Months – Moving on Up

Bryson had his 18 month check-up at the doctor.  Stats are below: Height:  35 inches (99th percentile) Weight:  29 lbs, 5 oz (85th percentile) Head Circumference:  49 cm (85th percentile) Cuteness:  Extremely (off the charts) Our doctor said that he will probably be about 6′ 2″ +/- an inch or 2.  What a big boy! Bryson’s …