The Pinto's

2009-02-21T13:43:00.001-08:00

Yes, back by popular demand... it's another blog update! This one will have to fill you in from October, so it's going to be very long! We'll start with Halloween. Brody went dressed as a tiger and was (of course) too adorable! We went to the storybook forest at Arcadia park.

You were only supposed to take one piece.Hard concept for a 2 year old!

Giving the baby a kiss!

For Thanksgiving we went to Ft. Worth and stayed at my brother's house for a few nights. Brody coudn't sleep there to save his life, so we were kind of walking around in a daze.

This is the bed Brody did not sleep in!

We celebrated Kristy's 40th birthday this year. We partied like it was 1999! :) ...which means we looked like the old dorky people out on the dance floor!

Then, for Christmas we went to see Todd's mom in Florida and stayed on a condo on the beach. That was lots of fun! Brody loved the beach and splashing in the ocean and he loved playing with his cousins. Florida is when Brody decided that he could sleep away from home if he was sleeping with mommy. So, at least we got some sleep that trip! But, when we got back, he didn't want to sleep in his bed anymore and climbed out of his crib. He is now in a toddler bed and we have to lock him in his room every night. Welcome to toddlerhood!

The view from the airplane

Brody thought this was the funniest thing ever!

Actually, he had a lot of big changes when we got home from Florida. He decided he didn't want to wear pants/diaper and within a matter weeks he was potty trained! That was a really rough few weeks though. I thought I was going to go insane having to wrestle him into his clothes/diaper when we would go somewhere and cleaning pee off the carpets. Yuck! After a while, I realized that it wasn't getting dressed he had a problem with, it was wearing the diaper. Once I figured that out, we didn't have our daily wrestling match getting dressed anymore. BUT, he wouldn't wear underwear. So I just let him go commando. Pick your battles, right?! Here's a nice photo I got of that!

Brody is so stong willed that once he sets his mind on something, there's not much you can do. I kept offering the underwear and he kept refusing. then, one day I was at work and came home (it was Valentines actually) and Todd said "Come on Brody, let's get dressed" and Brody walked over, put underwear and pants on like he'd been doing it all along. So the story has a happy ending and now Brody wears underwear like all the other little boys. Yay!

I didn't say WHERE he wore the underwear! :)

And the saddest change after Christmas was that he stopped napping. On one hand it's easier because I don't have to time outings around naps, but I really miss my alone/down time I used to get. But, life goes on!

We celebrated Todd's 39th birthday on New Year's Eve and had a low key evening of dinner and a movie. We were all partied out from Kristy's birthday! :) We had a lot of fun though!

Valentine's was lots of fun too. Todd, Brody and I went to Texas Roadhouse and had some yummy steak and then we went on a double date with Tina and Robbie to Club Rodeo. (Brody stayed home for that one!) We did some two steppin and watched the bull riding. Yee-haw! I don't think I took one picture on Valentines Day!

That brings us up to date, I think. Brody is growing and changing every day it seems! His latest thing is singing a song on command and loves to have an audience to clap for him. He can carry a pretty good tune and can probably sing at least 30 different songs. He knows his numbers up to 20, alphabet, shapes, colors and can recognize symbols like "sesame street" and "fisher price". His favorite tv show is Wonderpets and he's always acting out an episode, singing the song and saving whatever animal is in trouble. He still loves to play with his cars and trains too. And he can almost ride his tricycle now. He can turn the pedals one full turn, but his legs just aren't long enough yet. Todd and I are enjoying raising the smartest, most handsome, perfect son. :) And it's fun getting our date nights too! Thanks mom and Kristy! If I can find one with an opening, Brody is going to start Mother's Day out this summer and continue until pre-school.

Here's a few random pics... Who can forget the time my mom was watching Brody and his pants got wet and he didn't have anymore pants at her house. So she improvised... by putting him in some of her purple leggings. I laughed so hard that I cried!

Here is a video of Brody enjoying gymnastics class.

Where's Brody?

2008-10-10T20:30:00.001-07:00

I recently learned that Brody can open the door leading into the garage. This video's kind of dark, but if you look close- you'll see that he went into the garage, opened the door to the explorer, climbed in and closed the door behind him...content as could be to push all the buttons.

Ozzy

2008-09-25T12:56:00.000-07:00

We got a new kitty recently and named him Ozzy. Brody loves him, but we are still working on the proper way to hold him. I'll get pictures soon, but in the meantime the video tells it all!

The State Fair

2008-09-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

We had fun at the fair this year! We didn't get too many pictures, but the ones of Brody eating his corn are too cute!

Let's play in the car!

2008-09-25T12:36:00.000-07:00

Brody's newest thing to do is to play in the front seat of the cars and push all the buttons. Yes, the car is turned off, but some things still work like the hazards and the eject button on the cd player. And the Explorer has a memo button so he loves to push play and hear all of the recordings. He can easily sit in there for 30 minutes or so! Here's some pics..

And here are some pictures I took of Brody while he was napping. So sweet!

Branson

2008-09-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

We went back to Branson in August. Brody's favorite part of this trip was definately the kiddie rides. He got so excited to ride one of the rides, that he ran right into the metal pole and chipped his tooth. Luckily, it was just a small chip and you can't notice it too much. It sure did scare me though! We also saw the musical "Noah". It was good, but a little boring for a 2 year old. The weather was really nice and we spent lots of time outside. We're going back in October!

Brody watching the fountain downtown.

This is the ride Brody chipped his tooth on!

Wee!!

Smelling the flowers...

My little dancer

2008-08-09T19:48:00.000-07:00

My favorite show of the summer is "So You Think You Can Dance" and I was watching it in front of Brody one day and whenever they would dance, so would he! He's got some moves!! Here are a couple of videos...

4th of July

2008-07-19T13:16:00.000-07:00

We had a busy 4th this year. First we went to Kristy's for some good food and fun. Brody was so good in her un-childproofed home. He didn't break a thing! Then, we went to the celebration at UCO and Brody loved all the inflatables and loved the fireworks too. He stayed up until 11:30!!

Brody and Daddy

Happy 4th of July!

"Aunt" Kristy

Brody having a blast in the ball pit!

He wasn't scared of the fireworks at all!!

We had the best view of the fireworks! They were right over our head and we could see every sparkle!!

Some cute Brody pics!

2008-07-19T13:02:00.000-07:00

Here's a few pictures of Brody. The one of him in daddy's boots is my favorite! He knows that the word "cheese" is associated with taking a picture. So, whenever I take his picture, he looks at me and says cheese. That has made for some great shots! Wonder how long that will last?!

He loves stomping around in Daddy's shoes!

Cheese!

Having fun at the Paseo Art Festival

Being silly and playing in his Jumparoo-
I don't know why I even have this out
still!

Brody's second birthday party

2008-05-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Brody's birthday a little early this year. He had lots of fun playing with his cousins and playing with his new toys. Can you believe he is (almost) 2 ?!?!?

This cake was sooo fun to make!

Ahh, the love of grandparents!

My musician!

Brody and Matthew

Brody, Rebekah and Christian

Need a ride?

Brody's first flat tire... not a good sign!!

Woudn't be a Brody page without a giggling video!

Our first vacation

2008-05-13T12:21:00.001-07:00

We took our first official family vacation last week. We kept it close and went to Branson, MO. We had tons of fun and Brody did really good... not a fan of sleeping in hotel rooms, but that's okay!

His favorite ride at Silver Dollar City (okay, we
only rode one ride, but he loved it!)

This was him being sad when the ride was over.
We waited for 20 minutes to ride it, so we didn't
let him ride it again. Aww, poor thing!

But then, he was happy again because he
got to ride this horse. He's easy to please!

Having fun on Daddy's shoulders!

This is a cool fountain they have in downtown
Branson. It shoots water and then fire and then
makes a rainbow. Wow!

More zoo fun

2008-05-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

Oh, how I love the zoo! Elizabeth and Kaelyn joined us this time! Yay!

2008-05-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

Kristy went with us to the arts festival this year and we had a blast! And the food was soooo yummy!

Kristy! Look at this cool stick!

Should I get the fried cheesecake?

2008-05-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Our 11 year anniversary was April 5th and we got "Aunt" Kristy to babysit and set out for a night of fun! We left at 4:30 pm and headed to the new Warren theatre in Moore. Long story short, it was opening weekend and every ticket for the night was sold out! Somehow we ended up at Outback in Norman, went to the movies at Quail and then went to the Melting Pot for dessert. It was lots of fun!

Brody and daddy

2008-04-01T18:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some cute pictures of Todd and Brody.
I love the one of them asleep together... my two boys!

Only Todd would think of this to get the floor mopped!

Brody, Todd and Horsie too!

Hunting easter eggs

Easter

2008-03-30T21:41:00.000-07:00

We went to my mom's house for Easter and Brody had lots of fun with his cousins. Well, he never really knows what to think with all those kids there, but I think he's figuring it out!

The Pinto's!

Brody and his cousins.

Brody coloring an easter egg.

The hunt begins...

Found one!

Brody's first haircut

2008-03-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

Brody got his haircut about a week ago. He did NOT like getting his haircut at all and cried the entire time. But the end result.... adorable!!

The official "before" photo...
So unsuspecting!

Here's Todd catching it all on film... until the battery died!

Luckily, our camera has video on it... here's the last half of the haircut. Warning: screaming involved!

Here he is a happy boy again. Like nothing ever happened! Isn't he soooo handsome?!

ABCs

2008-03-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Brody saying his letters. He started learning them when he was 19 months old!

More about Brody!

2008-03-08T18:45:00.000-08:00

Here are a few fun pictures and videos of Brody.

Not long ago, he discovered how fun it is to climb on the dishwasher. Now he does it at every chance.

I love to get videos of him giggling! I don't know how I started doing that with the papertowel, but he thought it was hysterical!

We went to Tina's house and her son, Jax, has a ride on tractor and Brody LOVED it! He never figured out how to steer it, but he loved pushing the gas pedal and making it go and stop. He wasn't interested in all the fun animals she had, he just wanted to ride the tractor. I guess one of these is next on my list to buy!

And finally, here he is playing in the last snow we got. I think he was just trying to dig through the snow to get to the dirt, but, he had fun!

Fun at the mall

2008-03-08T18:31:00.000-08:00

Brody loves the fountain at Penn Square mall. He cracks up every time!

Christmas revisited

2008-02-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post this video of Brody saying "ho, ho, ho". Enjoy!

bathtub fun

2008-01-27T19:54:00.000-08:00

Here are some cute videos of Brody in the bathtub. He loves his bath!

Happy birthday Todd!

2008-01-27T19:03:00.000-08:00

Todd's birthday was New Years Eve. We opened presents, had some yummy cake and then went out with Kristy and Todd. Luckily Todd's mom volunteered to Brodysit. Thanks again, by the way!

Brody has discovered climbing!!

2008-01-27T18:38:00.000-08:00

He is climbing on anything he can. The first thing he ever climbed on was the fireplace bricks (which was in August). He was standing there with his arms up, as if saying "I'm so big!". Here's a few pictures and a video. You'll see that he's definately mastered climbing!

Christmas 2007

2008-01-27T18:14:00.000-08:00

Todd's mom came to visit for Christmas this year. It was nice to have her here since we haven't celebrated Christmas with her in forever! Brody has way too many toys, so all Santa brought him was his own club chair and lots of books.

Funny viedo

2007-11-25T10:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of Dada singing to Brody and Brody lauging hysterically. It's super cute! Also enjoy the picture of Brody playing in the leaves.

Dog Show

2007-11-25T09:44:00.000-08:00

We went to watch our neice, Natasha, at her dog show. She has a Carin Terrier named Skittles who is so cute! They both did really good and won a blue ribbon and another ribbon too, I think. I also ran into my friend Tina who I had lost contact with and am so excited to get back in touch with! Yeah!

Thanksgiving

2007-11-24T20:19:00.001-08:00

We had a fun Thanksgiving in Tulsa. Brody is such a homebody though. Right when we walked into Karen's house he started screaming and freaking out. It took him several hours to really feel comfortable there. I think what finally did it was his cousins singing his favorite song "If you're happy and you know it". I thought for sure I'd be up with him all night (he usually can't sleep anywhere but his own bed), but by some miracle, he slept all night! He also found a new friend which was my sisters giant panda bear. He would lay down on it and give it a hug, and he kept saying "bear" over and over. And Todd had fun playing foosball with his nephews... he is now the unofficial 2007 foosball champion! This Thanksgiving I really realized how thankful I am for so many things. I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful son... what more could I want?

Brody LOVED this panda bear!

Happy Birthday, Henry!

The official Davis clan

Turkey? Dressing? Nah, I'll just have Gerber!

Night, night!

We had a play date!

2007-11-24T19:51:00.000-08:00

We went to Kristin's house a week or so ago and had a lot of fun! Shelby was asleep when we got there, but when she woke up and walked into the living room, Brody looked at her with awe. He was eyeing her hair (he has a hair fettish, you know!) and went up and touched her hair and then poked her on the back as if saying "what is this??". It was so adorable! And, of course, he had fun with his BFF Charlie too! I'd post pictures, but (eh,hem) somebody hasn't emailed them to me yet!!

Halloween '07

2007-10-31T19:42:00.000-07:00

Today was Brody's second Halloween (the 38th for me and Todd!) and he dressed up as a race car driver. He was, of course, SO CUTE!! You'll see.... I have pictures! Brody found the candy basket and I stumbled on him trying to eat a sucker. Since it's Halloween, I let him have his very first sucker. He thoroughly enjoyed it. Then, we went to the hospital to visit Grandmother (at work). She gave Brody a cute little spider basket filled with candy. I'm pretty sure that is the first time she has ever given him candy... (hee, hee!) Well, he was getting antsy and wanting to run around the germ infested emergency room. As most of you know, I am a bonafide germaphobe-- so to keep him still and therefore germ free, I gave him some candy corn . It is Halloween you know! ...And he loved it! Then we came home and had dinner, bath and in bed by seven as per the routine. Todd and I handed out candy to the neighborhood kids and finished off another fun Halloween.

even more zoo fun (if you can believe it!)

2007-10-31T18:54:00.000-07:00

We have been having so much fun at the zoo lately! The weather has been absolutely beautiful, so we've been taking full advantage. Brody sees all the pumkins at the zoo and says "Paaaah" (that means pumpkin). And the only way I can get him off the swing is to say "let's go find some pumpkins!" Otherwise, we'd be swinging all day! Have I mentioned how cute he is?! Here are some zoo pics. We went with Aunt Kristy one day, but the only picture I got was of her and the witch. Oh yeah, and Brody's Uncle Charles and cousins Tyler and Madeline came up to go to the zoo, but when we got there, they were closing to get ready for haunt the zoo. So we got a picture outside the zoo by the bat. You will notice in some of the pictures that Brody is holding a giant stick (well, giant for him). He loves sticks and leaves. He carried the stick all day and even in the car! He is all boy!

Pinto's self portrait

2007-10-24T18:18:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know you're sick of Brody and the swing... but I just think it's adorable! Here is a video of Brody watching the video of himself swinging. He smiles like he remembers how much fun it was and wants to watch it over and over. He's just so cute!!

More fun at the zoo

2007-10-23T19:26:00.001-07:00

Brody and I picked the perfect day to go to the zoo; The crisp, cool air and nice, bright sun. Brody had the most fun on the playground today. He was in the swing for 40 minutes! I would get him down and he would run back over and want back in. Here's a couple of videos illustrating this.

Some of you might say... "you were at the zoo, where's the animals?"

Well... good point!

Brody's big word

2007-10-22T09:29:00.001-07:00

Here's a video I took of Brody saying "umbrella". He can say it better than this, but he's teething and couldn't keep his fingers out of his mouth! He can say butterfly too... aren't they such big words?!

The Zoo

2007-10-18T21:19:00.000-07:00

We have been taking advantage of our zoo pass lately. Here are some pics from our visits .

2007-10-17T18:28:00.000-07:00

We went to the Orr Family Farm and had a great time! Brody loved the pumpkins and could have stayed in the pumpkin patch all day.

Our first blog post........

2007-10-15T20:23:00.000-07:00

This is our new blog. Please take some time to look at some pictures of our family!