6 Months...seriously?!

Today our little Bryners is 6 months old! I can hardly believe it! She is learning and growing so fast, I can hardly stand it. Sometimes I just want to freeze time and have her stay small, but I love that she is learning new things all the time. We had her dr's appt last week...including shots. Yuck. She's still tall for her age (75th percentile) but skinny (25th percentile). She is still super smiley and has cheeks I could kiss forever! She loves her sisters so much! She loves people in general, and will smile at anyone- seriously, anyone. Unless she's tired...and even then she usually will crack a brief smile. She's becoming more of a mama's girl, but always throws an adorable "bashful" smile at her daddy when she sees him. She loves splashing in the tub and loves being in any kind of water- tub, pool, splash park, you name it. She has eaten baby rice cereal, gerber bananas, sweet potatoes, and graham crackers. She is a good little eater, so it's really surprising she's so little. She loves being on her tummy, but has figured out she doesn't have to lift her head up all the time, and prefers to rest her head on the side and watch her sisters. She uses a high chair and likes to bang things on it. She still loves her bumbo, especially when she can sit in it with graham cracker in hand, watching her sisters. She goes to sleep so easily, we just lay her down when she's tired, and she goes to sleep. She's really close to sitting up on her own, but still leans too far forward.  :) She loves being around people, and we love her!

Madi's First Haircut!

Today Madi had her hair cut. For the first time in her entire life. Seriously, I think it was harder for me to cut her hair for the first time than it was to cut Gabi's. Honestly, I don't remember that well, so I guess that's not really fair to say.
 Of course because Madi was getting her hair cut, Gabi had to too. They both didn't get very much cut off, Madi about 1 1/2 inches and Gabi about 1/2 an inch. I love these girls! Here are a few before and after pics :)

Before pic (she was watching a movie, only

way I could keep her from trying to watch me

brush and cut her hair)

 She looks so cute with her new do :)

 Gabi's before from the front

 and from the back..crazy how long her

hair has gotten!

 After hair cut (and yes, she requested the "cape")

It really is even, she was just turning her head :)

 From the back after

 LOVE that she lets me braid her hair

*sigh* another milestone

Grateful

Yesterday was kind of a blah day. The weather was overcast and humid and yucky. We were all in kind of a blah mood, so we decided to get out of the house and do something. We jumped in the van and off we went to Twin. We ran a few errands, splurged and got takeout ;) and headed home. On our way home we decided to stop off in Jerome at Walmart for a few things we ran in, got what we needed and headed to the checkout line. The girls were behaving pretty well for a trip to Twin and then to Jerome. (For those of you who don't know, Twin Falls is about 20-30min away depending on where you're going, and Jerome is halfway between Twin and Wendell) I wasn't really paying much attention to anything besides getting through the checkout line and the bags into the cart. I was holding Brynlee and she had fallen asleep. Gabi and Madi were being super cute and helping put our items onto the belt. After Madi was done she threw her hands up in the air and said, "Mama, I did it!" So cute! Of course the girls wanted a high-five and fist-bump for a job well done. Just love our girls! When we got out to the van and were loading up, the older gentleman who had been behind us in line went up to Isaac and Gabi who were on the other side of the vehicle and was talking to him. All of a sudden Madi, who was already in her seat said, "Mama, I like grandpa!" It was then that I noticed that the man was handing Isaac candy that he had just purchased. Isaac later told me that the man had said that he had enjoyed watching the girls interaction. He was in town visiting his grandchildren, and proceeded to ask Isaac if it would be okay if he gave the girls some candy he had just purchase. Seriously, who does that? So incredibly nice. What a wonderful ending to a day that seemed so blah in the beginning! On our way home as the girls were relishing in their new treats, I thought about tender mercies and the kindness of others. That man certainly did not have to give us two big bags of candy, but he did. It truly is the simple things that make up the bigger things in life. I don't know that man, and we will probably never see him again, but I am so grateful for his act of service.
All I can think about is how I need to, pass it on...