A Brinley Update

Our sweet little Brinley is growing like a weed. She is talking, running around and making tons of messes faster than I can clean them. I can't believe what a little sponge she has become. She is watching EVERYTHING we do. Each day she does something that makes me think to myself "how do you remember that?" Or "how did you learn to do that?" It has been a lot of fun experiencing this age with her. Even though she is busy, busy, busy, we are loving her to pieces and are having a blast watching her grow.



A few weeks ago she got this baby doll and is so cute with it! She loves holding her and wrapping her in a blanket. She also tries to feed it her food and give it a bottle. So sweet!



As of about 3 weeks ago Brinley finally learned how to climb up stairs! Thus it has made her become a climber!! She climbs on and in everything. Here she is in the toy box after climbing into it and throwing out all the toys.



She has become a lover of shoes. Both her own and others. One of her favorite places to go is the shoe store. She'll walk in and immediately start yelling "shoes, shoes, shoes!" What a girl!


Last night we took her swimming. She loves swimming almost as much as she loves going down slides, so this was the perfect place for her. As you can see she is trying to talk with all the other kids. She LOVES little kids. She calls them her "friends."


This is ironic, Brinley LOVES her toothbrush. Actually that's an understatement, she is obsessed with her toothbrush! When she wants it she says "teeth." Each morning when she wakes up she goes right to where I keep it and says "teeth, teeth, teeth." Crazy kid, you'd think her Dad was a dentist or something.

A few pictures of our Summer so far

Hello!! WOW it's been a while. Greg, Brinley, and I just got back from a month long trip to Utah. We had a great time and, as always, loved seeing our family and friends. Most of our pictures are on my Dads camera, so I'll post more later, but here are a few.


This is Brinley and her cousin Christian watching a Baby Einsteins together! They were so cute and got along very well.


Here we are at the fireworks on the 4th of July. Brinley LOVED them! It was so cute watching her experience them for the first time.


Briney with cousin Sammy and Papa at the 4th of July parade.


Swimming with James, Michael, and Paul.


We went to my family's Cabin in Bear Lake for a few days. It was soooo fun. Brinley spent a lot of time on this swing. Whenever she would get in it she would start saying "wee,wee,wee." It was so cute.


Both Greg and I were very shocked to see how much Brinley LOVED the cold Bear Lake water. She played in it for a long time, then we saw her lips turning purple so we took her out and she played on the beach. I wish I had the pictures, but they are on my Dad's camera.


Brinley on the swing again with Grandpa Frank and Christian.


Brinley and Uncle Jared going for a little hike.


There's nothing like girl cousins to play dress up with! Brinley wasn't even at Monet and Sabines' house for 5 minutes before they had her dressed up like a princess! She had so much fun playing with them and SCREAMED when we had to leave.


We also got together with Greg's "fab 8" friends and their families. It was so fun to see everyone again. Here is a pictures of all the kids.


One of the last things we did before we left was take Brinley to the ZOO. She had the BEST time. She is really in to animals lately and can say a lot of their names and sounds. Here she is with my Dad on the train.


I don't know if you can see this picture, but Sister Kajsa Berlin came home from her mission! Heather and I spent the morning decorating the house with balloons. It was so fun seeing her and I'm glad she's back.


All of us girls have been friends since we were like 5 years old!! That's almost 20 years!! I can't believe that. My good friend Holly is getting married and this is at her shower. I'm so excited for her!

Memorial Day Phillies Game

Last Monday we took Brinley to her first Major League Baseball game. Greg has a good friend Matt that pitches for the Florida Marlins and whenever he comes to town he gets us tickets. He was even kind enough to give Brinley her first major league ball, which she loves and carries around with her. It was a special moment for Greg to see his little girl enjoying her first baseball game. I honestly didn't think she would like it and I expected to have to walk around with her the whole time, but I was wrong. She really had a great time. Whenever the crowd clapped and cheered she would join right in. The camera man seemed to really like her and showed her on the giant jumbo TV three times. Our good friends Bryce and Miranda came with too. We got to see Matt pitch at the end and win the game for his team! It was a wonderful day.


Us with Matt





Having a great time


Showing us her belly button


Some of Brinley's favorite people Bryce and Miranda.

CARR Look-alike Meter

You know when you have a baby how everyone tells you who they think your child looks like, well Greg and I get a lot of mixed answers. One person will say she looks exactly like me and the next person will say she looks exactly like Greg. To put every one's mind at ease I found a website that detected the truth! The results show that she is a split down the middle! She is a dead on equal. So I guess that means everyone is right?

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology - Family photos

Student Dr. Carr

It's official, I'm married to a Doctor, well Student Dr. that is. This past weekend Greg received his White Coat and was presented into the Temple Dental Clinic, where he will work for the next two years until graduation. It was a wonderful ceremony and we are all so proud of him. He works SO hard and I know he will be a wonderful dentist. Greg's parents were able to fly in for the occasion and we had a wonderful weekend with them.


Greg with some of the other students


Greg after receiving his coat.


Our family


At the reception dinner afterwards


And what dental event would be complete without a few over sized teeth running around outside????

I LOVE THIS GIRL!!!

Brinley is growing too FAST! I just can't get enough of her. She is soooo sweet and loves to give Greg and I kisses and hugs all day! She is starting to talk and become very aware of everything we do. If we are eating anything she finds us and screams until we give her some. She is walking all over the place and getting into everything. Since it started getting warmer out Brinley LOVES to go outside! All I have to say is "outside" is she runs for the door! I love this little girl more and more each day!!

Greek Fest

As some of you know Greg is a quarter Greek. He is VERY proud of his heritage and so is his family. Each year we celebrate Greek Easter. It's usually on a different Sunday than American Easter so it works out well. Since Greg and I are not in Utah to celebrate with his family his YiaYia will usually send us money to go to a Greek restaurant instead. This year we decided to be a little more festive and throw our own Greek Easter feast!
I made lots of traditional Greek food and invited some of our friends over to share it with us. I was in the kitchen for two days straight but it was all worth it. I made Pastitsio, which is like a Greek lasagna, Cheese triangles, Greek salad, Baklava, and yummy Greek rice pudding! It was all fantastic and I must say I did a pretty good job for my first time making any Greek dishes.