a whirlwind of activity

A lot has happened in the month since we took our trip to the Hickory.

Most of life has been just the day to day experiences in a family with a little one, but some major events have happened as well. Here is a short overview of the Harston household going-ons in the past month through pictures:

Little miss Brynlee learned how to give mommy "the look" because I was trying to get pictures of her sitting up

She loves her jungle gym!

We got to watch daddy play tennis for the first time this season! :) 

This is wonderful because it means sunshine and warmth!

Little miss Brynlee got promoted to the shopping cart seat! 

As you can see, she thinks it's no big deal. 

She has that hand out like she's saying "What's the big deal mom?! I'm just sittin' in a cart!"

Someday she will understand mommy's excitement...

While doing one of my Saladmaster dinners, we decided to eat the dinner with the family since we knew them, and Brynlee decided to steal some chicken off my plate to eat! 

(That ends the month of March. The rest of the photographs are from April)

Brynlee started off the month by getting a rash on her back and front - only on the torso area... :(

...But that didn't stop us from taking epic photos while watching daddy play tennis!

We went to the swing set for the first time and had a lot of fun :)

Brynlee also learned how to drive! 

Just kidding, but she enjoyed pretending to drive while we sat in the car one day. 

Isn't that just the cutest face?!

We discovered that Brynlee has enough hair that it sticks up after taking a bath!

Happy Easter from Brynlee Marie! :)

Well, Brynlee was pretty excited to go on an airplane again! 

We're practicing our standing skills at the airport

At this point, it's time for me to interject and mention that at the beginning of April, my grandpa Joe had some strokes and went to the hospital. Well, on April 20th, 2014, Easter Sunday, he passed away at his home with almost all the family around him. 

This, therefore is why we made another trip to Washington.

I'll write another time about grandpa. 

Brynlee spent some quality time with grandma & grandpa while mom and dad went on a date.

She had an absolute blast!

She's also spent some quality time with Uncle Brad - he tried reading to her but she kept turning the pages too fast!

We've officially started Brynlee on solid foods using baby-led weaning. 

She loves: chicken, pretty much any meat we've given her, asparagus, oranges, and bananas. 

These pictures are pretty stinkin' cute! 

She had bananas and decided to try and clean up after herself! 

Oh! And I forgot to mention, on Friday, April 25th, Brynlee's first tooth make it's way through the skin on her bottom gums! It's the bottom right tooth (when looking at her mouth) tehehe :)