Laura Inscoe Photography-As-A-Hobby

Laura, if you decide to quit being a NICU nurse and become a full-time photographer AND move back to the South, I would most definitely use you for my pictures! :)

I need to give credit for the header photo to Laura -- she took some precious pictures of Braylin and her neice Elyse when we got together a few months back. Laura you are so good with that camera! Thanks for letting me swipe a photo or two. :) Hope to see you soon! Miss you bunches

It's August!!!

I know, I know... it's been a month since I blogged. To be honest, I have been such a slacker at taking pictures lately which is usually the only thing I post. So, here's a little update on what's been going on in the Langham household.

Braylin is growing like a weed! At her 18 month appointment a few weeks back, she weighed in at 28lbs (90th percentile) and 33inches (again, 90th percentile). She was SO good at the doctor's office -- it was a little scary how well it went. Dr Haynes walked in to an immediate "Hi Docker Haynes", then watched as Braylin showed Dr. Haynes how to listen to her tummy and find "two piiiiiink budderfies" in her ears. She was a trooper getting her vaccination and then talked all the way out of the office. I couldn't believe how well it went, and I am surely not expecting that again (but hoping!).

The child apparently picks up on every word heard throughout the day. Dr Haynes says she is talking like a 2 year old and couldn't get over her words and phrases. We find it quite hysterical because she surprises us every day with something new. Here's a few of what she's been doing.

1) pull up at our house: "No mama, no home. Go see cows." So, Jay drives her down the road to see the cows.
2) Poppi was putting her in her car seat today in the rain so I offered to come around and do it for her: "No mama, stay dare. Poppi's got it"
3) everything is "I get it, I get it" -- She's wanting to do everything on her own.
4) picky eater sometimes: "No mo mators mommy. Hod dog, berries, peeease, aiin (and) mo miiiiilk"
5) after MDO: "I paid (played with) Miss Connie"
6) sings the alphabet, counts to 10, loves to sing Jesus Loves Me
7) loves to color and draw circles
8) could play outside ALL day, even in the 100 degree heat
9) never seen batteries in her life but proceeded to turn the baby monitor over and say "No badderies"
10) loves books...can't seem to get enough of them

Ok, I could go on and on, but there's only so much you want to hear about someone else's kid. So I'm stopping there. :)

The house remodeling is coming along... I'll put pics on here once we have it finished. We are so excited! The master bathroom & bedroom are almost finished...hoping to move our stuff out of the extra bedroom into the master room in the next week or so. Can hardly wait!! Then on to the kids bathroom and and hardwood floors. Oh what a project this has been. But a fun experience (ok, maybe a little more stressful than fun but I know it'll be worth it in the end). :)

We recently decided to speed up the remodeling process since we are going to have a new addition to the family in March!!! Since word is getting out pretty fast, I thought I'd better post it on the blog. I work on the labor unit and there is no hiding pregnancy among labor unit girls when they all know you're wanting another baby soon. So my family knew super early and we are now slowly spreading the word to friends. We are so excited!!! And Braylin loves wearing her new tshirt (horrible phone pic but the only one we happened to get the day we told our family). It's so hard getting pics of Braylin now because she is CONSTANTLY moving!!!

More updates soon
Toodles

July 4th

We had a great time in Perdido Key for a long July 4th weekend. We met my parents, Jen & Ray & Taylor, and the Austin family down there on a Friday and stayed til Wednesday, and what a great time it was!

The beach was pretty, the clean up crews were busy, the water was clear (well, no oil balls floating around), and the weather was sunny! Jen was the designated photographer and has yet to get me any pictures, so here are just a few from the trip.

Destin

A few weeks ago we spent a week at the beach with our good friends Lisa and LJ. Emma (who is 3 years old) and Braylin get along great and had a fun time together. The weather was beautiful, no oil in sight, the girls made the week a blast, and the adults had a great time! We can hardly wait for another vacation with them. I'm not a good writer, so I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Oh how we loved the water!!!

The girls heading out to the waves

At Gulfarium

Bubbles...always a favorite

The guys and Their girls

Emma teaching Braylin how to listen to seashells

Me and Lisa in the kayak -- We made it out to the school of dolphins that had been swimming up and down the beach all day! Unfortunately the guys didn't get a picture with the dolphins behind us. Figures...

Summer time update

Oh the things Braylin surprises us with now! I've been meaning to write them down since it's taking me forever to post updates on here, so I'm probably going to have to come back and add them as I remember them!

She is repeating EVERYTHING... from cute little words like "thank you", "love you", "please", etc... to phrases like "go fool" after hearing her mama say it to the idiot in the car in front who would not pull out into the traffic. We are certainly having to watch what all we say around here!

It has been such fun buying girl clothes for this summer! Last summer she spent most of her time in onesies or little cotton cuties. Now, she loves wearing play clothes and dresses. And swimsuits!!! And flipflops!!! And sandals!!! Every morning after getting dress she pats her head and says "bow" until I put one in... only to remove it as soon as she realizes it's on her head.

Oh how we love naming everyone! Mention one name and the listing has begun... "mimi" "pop-pop" "izz-izz" (my parents dog)... over and over and over. The other day I told her we were pulling up to JC Penneys and the listing began again (because Jay's parents dog is named Penny)... "ott" "poppi" "pop" "matt" "penny" "ott" "ott" "ott" (we love our uncle scott, can you tell?). Mentioning Aunt Jen starts "ray" "ray" "ray"... "jen" and "tay-tay" come after MANY repeats of "ray". :)

Braylin LOVED cake aftering tasting Mama's 29th birthday cake. Yes, I'm getting closer to 30. Lets move on to another topic...

Still slowly-but-surely remodeling the house. Almost finished with the kitchen and then onto the master bath and bedroom. Jay is working so hard on all of it! I must admit... going five years without a dish washer and an indoor utility room has made me thoroughly enjoy dirtying dishes and doing laundry! I LOVE my dishwasher!!! And not having to go outside to my washer/dryer is heaven. Who would've thought.

Ok, here's a few pictures. Gotta go finish dinner and get ready for a work day tomorrow. This must be the time of year to have babies because the labor unit has been booming! More updates to come soon! Surely I can update sometime before we go to the beach!

Celebrating Mama's birthday

A fun day shopping at the Boardwalk. Braylin had fun watching the turtles climb the rocks on the riverbank.

Playing in the backyard... She could LIVE out there. It's always a battle getting her to go back inside.

Saying cheese ("teese") for the camera

Braylin apparently inherited her Aunt Jen's fashion sense. After pointing to these shoes in the store and practically yelling/repeating "soos", I let her play with these while I shopped for some sandals I thought she could wear easier. Upon taking the shoes away from her, we had a little meltdown and mama gave in... the shoes came home and what do you know?!? She can wear them without any trouble even with the thong between her toes!

She still loves bathtime (even if her tub is brown and Mama can hardly wait to replace it with a new fresh white one) and eating the bubble bath.

A Random Grouping of Updates....

Packing and moving....exciting once it's done! We are officially moved into our new house. It's still a work in progress since we are trying to remodel a good bit of it, but we are having a lot of fun with it. Looks like the kitchen will be finished in the next week or so and then on to the bathrooms!

Easter: Braylin attempted to hunt Easter eggs, though she much preferred pulling them OUT of her basket. Had a fun day getting to see both of her cousins!

Showing us what a fish does... she loves making this face when she wants goldfish, sees a fish, hears the word fish... Looks like we're going to need a pet fish pretty soon.

Still one of her favorite times of the day... bathtime!

Emma's 3rd birthday party at the petting zoo / farm. Thank goodness Jay was there to help out because Braylin couldn't get to the animals fast enough. As soon as her feet hit the ground she would head towards whatever animal was in sight. We had a great time!

First sip from a straw! Success!

Updates......

Trying my best to update this blog but can't get our internet up and running... Oh the joys of moving. Hoping to post some badly needed updates by Monday!


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Quick update...

I'm a total blogger slacker lately. Here's a quick quick quick update to hold you over....

Bought a larger house... so excited... been busy selling our house... luckily sold in 1 week!.... our new house will be a total remodeling project so busy busy picking out appliances and things for it... trying to pack to be out of here in a few weeks... busy working... Braylin's a load of fun and keeping us on our toes!...

I'm posting a few pictures and will be back to update you soon on everything! Here's Braylin in her Elton John sunglasses (spent the day outside -- so excited Spring is here!!!), and Braylin modeling her swimsuit prior to her first Water Babies class last week. We had so much fun!

Braylin's first snow

It has been snowing since 8:00 this morning and has yet to let up! We have large trees all around us, but we managed to find one part of the backyard that collected some snow.

Birthday Party

We had a wonderful time celebrating Braylin's 1st birthday! Here's a few pictures from her party. We had hotdogs for lunch, watched (helped) Braylin open her gifts, and then had cupcakes and cake for dessert. She did great, and we left with a bundle of gifts!

Uncle Ray, Aunt Jennifer, and Taylor

Aunt Kasey, Poppi, and Bryce

Opening presents

Showing Humpty Dumpty to Dada

1 year ago today....

Happy 1st Birthday Braylin! One year ago today I woke up at 2:00 am contracting.... nine hours later I was on the labor unit... and at 8:07 pm our 8lb 3oz, 20inch baby was born! One week earlier than we expected, our little chunky sweetheart was here.

I can't believe how fast the past year has gone by. She has brought so much joy to our lives, and we are looking forward to seeing the changes she'll make over the next year to come! Such an exciting time!

A few things she's doing....
-- walking on her own
-- crawls with her feet on ground and bootie in the air
-- saying "woof" at a dog, pointing at EVERYTHING, saying dak dak at a duck, uh-oh, oh-boy, daint for Saints, ball, bowl, ba-ba for baby
-- eating big-people food
-- drinking whole milk
-- loves to swing and rock
-- kisses when you ask for one
-- loves to blow a kiss
-- loves to clap her hands
-- I'll add more as I think of them....

Started off her birthday morning like this:


Reading the Birthday Monsters book from Taylor, Aunt Jen & Uncle Ray