Since I’ve been pretty regular in writing a daily entry, I’m sure there are those of you wondering where I’ve been this past week. Well, we took off to visit all the relatives in Idaho! We had a lot of fun and managed to squeeze in a lot of family events and quality time while we were there, although, I slacked off in doing blog entries. So, here are a few little moments that were noteworthy from the past week:
We arrived in Boise on Wednesday morning and Brianna immediately began observing that things were “new and diffint (different)” as she put it. We went to Grammy Dee-dee’s house and she started talking about the “new and diffint” crib there. Grammy had laid out some toys and stuffed animals there so of course we had to discuss all the “new and diffint” toys. It was no different at Grammy Deb’s house either, everything was “new and diffint.”
Not only were the toys and cribs “new and diffint” but so were all the people we saw. Between Travis and I, we have a lot of family and friends in Idaho so Bree has a large number of people who love her and wanted to see her. After meeting the first few she started asking me “Mommy, who’s that? Who’s that Mommy?” She met so many people that she started to think that she was related to everyone and was asking me “Who’s that?” about random people in the park. (Although, I do find it kind of flattering that she thinks I know just everyone!) I have to say, she did really well warming up to people and actually remembering their names. By the end of our trip she knew and would call by name, “Annie (Auntie) Em,” “Unca (Uncle) Mike,” “Messy (Missy),” “Amy,” “Aunt Katty (Kathy),” “Unca Cody,” “Lisha,” “Unca Mark,” “Unca Jerald,” “James,” “Nessa (Vanessa)” and even some of the dogs, “Jinner” (Ginger), and “Tucka” (Tucker). I told you I had a lot of family, and that’s only the start of them!
Of course, aside from all her other relatives she was talking a lot about “Grammy” and also “Poppa.” But, it got kind of confusing for Bree since she has 5 Grammy’s living in Idaho and we were always going to one of the Grammys’ houses. Since we’ve never really given the Grammy’s any distinctive name to distinguish them from each other (at least, not when we’re talking to Brianna) she solved this problem herself. She ended up seeing my mom, Trav’s mom, and my grandmother (Mom’s mom) the most. So, to tell between them she started calling them “Grammy,” “Uddo (other) Grammy,” and “Diffint Grammy.” Between my mom and Trav’s mom, whoever we were with at the time was “Grammy” and the one not there was “Other Grammy.” And for some reason, my own grandmother she consistently called “Diffint Grammy.” (Oddly enough all 5 or 6 of her Grandpa’s were just “Poppa.”) It was pretty darn amusing but it did get her point across.
One of the big events we attended during our visit was my cousin Jerald’s wedding. At first I thought we might actually get through it without being disruptive. That is until the guy in the pew in front of us sneezed. Well, that was the end of quiet time for Brianna. She started saying “Bless you guy, bless you,” in a loud voice. When he didn’t turn around or respond she just kept on saying it a few more times in her usual exuberant tone of voice. When she finally determined he wasn’t going to reply she decided to take matters into her own hands…she started fake sneezing and then blessing herself! So, while the vows were being said she was at the back of the church going “Achoo! Bless you! Achoo! Bless you!” This went on for quite some time…Oh well, they did invite us knowing we had a two year old, hopefully they won’t hold it against us.
The variety of new people and places Brianna saw in Idaho was reflected in her prayers. Every night she added some new thing to the list, much to the amusement of the 3-4 relatives standing out in the hall, listening and giggling. Some of the new things she included in her prayers this last week were to “Bless my sippy cup, bless tippy toes, bless Unca Cody, bless Unca Cody’s boat, bless the puppies, bless Annie Em, bless Messy…” to name a few.
One of the last big events we had in our week in Boise was Bree’s own birthday party! We’d been talking about it so much beforehand that she was thoroughly prepared for the big question. Now, when you ask her how old she is she’ll say “two!” We celebrated the big number 2 at the park with lots of friends and family in attendance. Of course, par for the course for a toddler birthday, Brianna was in tears several times during her party…once she fell down and once she was mad about sharing the swings with other kids at the park. But, she perked up once she saw her little cake. She was sticking her fingers in and licking the icing off way before it was cake time. (But, seeing it was her birthday and all, nobody said anything.) Then she was saying “Mmm, good pancake!” (I guess since she’s eaten pancakes a lot she thinks all cakes are pancakes?!) She also had a blast opening her presents and wanted to play with each new toy right then and there. (She really made a haul and got lots of great new clothes and playthings.) Then it came time to light the candles on her cake. The wind was blowing and it was hard to get them lighted and once we did they were lit for approximately .2 seconds before Bree promptly blew them out. Then we sang the Happy Birthday song. Bree was beaming her little face off and once the song was over she said “try again!” So, we all sang it a second time.
When we got home Brianna was super excited to see our cat, Bogart. Once she saw him she said “My kitty!” Then I said, “Oh kitty we’ve missed you!” So Bree repeated, “Kitty, miss you!” They spent like a half hour snuggling after that.
Well, there were lots more funny and noteworthy moments during the week, but this is getting long as it is. We had a great time with everyone and want to say thanks for having us!
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