CSU!!!

Brogan's Auntie Morgann took a college visit down to South Carolina's Charleston Southern University this past week. They are one of the schools recruiting her to play soccer! And I think this is going to be the one she chooses. How exciting for her to go on a recruiting visit! She'll be the first in our family to go to college on a sports scholarship! Brogan and her are like best buds, and he wasn't to thrilled about her packing up to leave him....

.....So he climbed into her suitcase to try and go with!!!

Good Luck Morgann!!! We're so excited to see what you accomplish... NOT TO MENTION HAVE SOMEPLACE WARM TO COME VISIT!

peek-a-boo

Brogan found his exersaucer thingy the otherday and found a new way to play with it! PEEK-A-BOO!!

The Tree House!

I was bored and tired of sitting at home with Brogan with the same ole toys and no one else around, so I decided to take Brogan to the germ infested Magical Tree House at the mall! Must have been that a bunch of other SAHM's had the same idea that day because it was like chuck-e-cheeses on a Friday night! It was just Packed! This is the 2nd time Brogan has been to the tree house, and he loves it! There are so many other friends there for him, and he likes to "talk" to everyone including the other parents that are sitting around watching their kids.

Brogan loved this skunks PINK nose... He always goes over to it and pushes it like a button

I spy with my little eye.....

Since this photograph Brogan doesn't have to bend over to get up little steps. He now takes them like a big boy, and I think he is starting to think he is bigger than he really is.....

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. ~G.K. Chesterton

Aint no Mountain HIGH enough....

our little rock climber.... I mentioned this in one of my previous posts but thought I would capture a picture that shows JUST EXACTLY what we are in for.....

Brogan also has quite the interest in music. I have put on quite a few video's of him dancing, and everytime he hears anything that sounds like music, or could resemble music to him, he starts dancing. He loves my brothers guitar too. If he starts playing Brogan will come running just to sit and stare. Nate taught him how to strum the strings, so that if he ever finds it he will know what to do instead of "hitting" it or getting frustrated with it not "playing music" Here is a video of Brogan playing us a song!

He seems to be interested in so many thing! I am so excited to see what kinds of activities his life has in store, and the different things that he will be passionate about and succeed in! It is so much fun watching him grow up and learn about what life has to offer.

Valentines Day Weekend <3

Valentines day weekend Buddy was able to come home again! We were very excited to have him here, one because of his brother Caleb's Conference wrestling meet, and two so that we could go on a date! hahaha (OK so number two was mostly me) So we spent our v-day at EK (my former stomping grounds) for the district finals. I can't believe I let my son wear GRANDVILLE attire there, but I guess it was to support his uncle Caleb so that's ok!

watching Uncle Caleb with Dad and learning all the tricks!

Someday babe! Someday!

CONFERENCE CHAMPION! GREAT JOB CALEB!

After the tournament, Buddy and I took Brogan home and got him ready for bed. My brother Travis had agreed to watch him so that Buddy and I could go for a late dinner. I had really been wanting to go to a hibachi style restaurant with Buddy because he had never been! So we went to KOBE- its a Japanese steak house/hibachi restaurant/sushi bar right across from Rivertown mall. For anyone that hasn't been to one- The chef cooks in front of you while putting on a show by throwing shrimp into your mouths, and lighting food on fire. Its SO much fun and the food is AWESOME. We put in our names and then went to the mall to stroll around for a little bit as there was a couple hour wait (they weren't taking reservations for Saturday so we just had to deal with it). It was so much fun! The food was great, and BUDDY LOVED IT! We had some pretty nice people at our table as well so it was an enjoyable evening. What a great day!

You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. ~Author unknown, attributed to an 8-year-old named Jessica

Car Wash

When I got back from Marquette, my car was awfully salty. So I thought that I would take Brogan through the carwash with me! I loved going through the carwash when I was little and thought he might think it was kinda cool too. And what do you know! He loved it, he was squeeling and giggling and could not take his eyes off the windows! I thought it was so cute!

Roadtrip to Mqt to visit Dad!

I am very fortunate to only have in-seat classes on Monday and Tuesday nights so I was able to take almost a week and go visit Buddy in Marquette! It was so much nicer than driving up Friday and leaving on Sunday. I actually had the opportunity to see everyone that I wanted to and even relax a little bit!

Brogan spent most of the trip sleeping like in the picture here. He still takes 2 naps a day, and so we left around 10 am when he takes his first nap and he slept almost until the bridge. We stopped in Gaylord to run around and take a break from driving to stretch his legs. Although I bet he was more comfortable than me riding in that easy chair of a car seat... complete with cup holder and memory foam pillow.... What they don't think of these days....

We had GORGEOUS driving weather which was a concern, especially with how cold and yucky the weather has been this year. And its usually the norm to hit at least a little bit of snow while making the commute! But not this time! I LOVE driving over the Mackinaw Bridge... this will be Brogan's 3rd trip to the yoop, while outside my belly anyways.








"looking pretty comfy there mister Brogan! "

He lasted until about Munising... which is 45 minutes from Marquette, then he got pretty antsy. I'd say thats pretty good with only stopping 1 time to move our legs! Needless to say he was a wild man when we went out to dinner with Katie and Jeremy at the Casa that night. But of course everyone in the resturant understood and said HEY he just rode in the car 7 hours let him run around... its fine! I love how nice everyone in the yoop is :)





















On Thursday after Buddy went to class, we went to our favorite restaurant in Marquette, Mandarin Garden's. This is a must stop when we go there. The stuffed mushrooms are the best! And Brogan loved it too! He had sweet and sour chicken, stuffed mushrooms, mandarin oranges, and a fortune cookie!


We stayed with our friends Katie and Jeremy and their dog Bentley. Brogan LOVED Bentley, he didn't really want to pet him, but he would get close and just go HE HE HEEEEE and clentch his fists and get really excited! Katie loved snuggling with Bman and he warmed up to the place fast. The first night was a little rough, but after that he did just fine!





























On Friday morning, I let Buddy sleep in and met up with Jenna, Vanessa and Quincy at Starbucks for a morning coffee date! We took over a corner, and blockaded Brogan in so he couldn't run wild. It was so nice to be able and sit and talk and catch up on the boys (little and big) Jenna got engaged over Christmas and I haven't seen her... or the ring... since Oct! And Quincy has gotten soo much bigger since seeing him last. Being able to catch up with Vaness about all the new Motherhood stories was fun too! So it was sooo nice to get to hang out with my girls again!

"Quincy's facial expressions are priceless, not to mention his cute Mohawk! "

"Bye Bye baby Quincy"

Friday night, we stopped over at Cindy's house to visit with her and Alicia. She was like my friend/mom away from home while I was at Northern! We hung out there and put Brogan down and while he slept Cindy watched him there for a couple hours while we hung out with friends. Then Saturday we had a chill out day at her house! It was so nice to just NOT do anything for a whole day!

You know he is up to something with the look on that face!

(the Big stinker... daddy... sneaking the little stinker bites of his doughnut! )

DOUGHNUT FACE! Boston Cremes, MMMMMM!

Saturday night Buddy and I hit the town with a bunch of friends! Our friend Amanda had been asking if we needed someone to watch Brogan so that we could have a night out with each other! Fortunately our friends Vanessa and Alex also found a sitter for their son Quincy (whose blog is also on here) so that we could have an awesome "parents" night out of sorts of course along with the rest of our friends! A nice Break for us moms!

Brogan at Amanda's house having a ball! They had so much fun together. THANK YOU!!!

"The Parents" Me, Buddy, Vanessa, and Alex- after a long fun night of dancing and hanging out with friends!

In our original plans, we were going to leave Sunday morning. Then I thought, with a little coaxing from Buddy, that I "really" didn't have to be back until Monday night at 6pm for class so why not stay another day. I am the planner, and he is the "free spirit" so he helps me unwind a bit! hahaha So we stayed Sunday and had another just relaxing day and also watched the Super Bowl together at Katies parents house! (which I forgot to take pictures of, but here are some of us relaxing on Sunday morning... of course watching the toons!)

Then it was off to Grand Rapids, so that I could get back for a class presentation I had Monday night at 6pm ... yes it was cutting it close... but I was trying to be SPONTANEOUS... We got home 15 minutes before I had to be at school! SUCCESS! We went to Big Boy (of course) before we hit the road, and Brogan LOVED the oranges! I didnt get it on camera, but he was holding the orange in his mouth with just his teeth it was SO funny! Then we said goodbye to dad (but only for a couple weeks) and then left in this totally opposite weather than what we came in, but more of what I susspected and was used to driving from/to Marquette in. We had such a great time! And it was so nice to be able to hang out and see everyone all in one trip as ushually 2 days doesn't leave time for that. We'll be back to see you all soon!

"Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip! "

The Whites' stopped for a visit...

My "Grandpa John and Grandma Sharon", who arn't really blood related, just very close friends of our family, and my mom lived with for part of her young adult life, were in town from Iowa!


















"Nothings changed, I can still sit on your lap! "

















We haven't seen them in several years, and in fact they haven't been to our house since we remodeled when I was in 7th grade! They could only stop by for a couple hours as they had to head back, but we were so glad that they could stop as our last plans got snowed out...

Brogan, Morgann, Grandma Sharon, My Dad
Me, Grandpa John, my Mom

Brogan loves his 'toons....

I just thought this was such a cute picture, with me doing so much homework lately for school sometimes he has to entertain himself if I am taking a test or something for a little bit.... He loves sesame, little einsteins, My friends tigger and pooh, and anything with music. He was being such a good boy this day, he loves his down feather blanket and snuggles all up in it and will watch his interactive sesame street dvd, in between getting up to dance to the songs or come to mommy for a hug...

anyways I just thought this picture was too cute...

** Playing in the Snow **

Nana and Grandpa got Brogan a sled for Christmas! Since it was sooo cold for such a long time, we weren't able to use it until recently. Here are some pictures and a video of us playing outside on a beautiful day!

Brogan did not like making snow angels..... hahahaha


Where does the white go when the snow melts? ~Author Unknown