Big Month for Brinley

Last month was a month of many firsts for this girl! She accomplished a lot.

All in one month she learned to:

-Eat
Favorite things to eat: bananas and avacados. She DOES NOT like veggies(but will eat sweet potatoes if forced)...the only way to get any other veggies down her is to trick her. :)




-Sit
Life always seems easier once they get the hang of this.

-Crawl
Still mostly army style for now.




-Talk--first word--"Da da" ...yes she does say "da da" to a lot of things, but she almost always says it when she sees Russ. So we're counting it. :) If she's not saying that than she doing this, "AAAHH!" -in a happy tone, but it gets to be a little disruptive, especially when we're place like oh, say church...you can imagine I'm sure. She pretty much did this the whole meeting last Sunday--I think she was trying to join in with all the Christmas music being sung. :)aaaaahhhh!

She's growing up so fast I can't stand it. But at the same time its SO MUCH FUN to watch her and Kenzie interact the bigger she gets. They both love each other SO much. Right now they can't do much else besides yell and laugh at each other (meaning both yelling "AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" and laughing their heads off.) And Kenzie likes to tackle or "hug" her every chance she gets. Its so much fun! And we're learning that Brinley is one tough cookie. :)

Getting Caught Up

I promised posts...so here we go. But how do you get caught up on 2 months worth?? I've decided I didn't want to bore myself or you with the ins and outs and ups and downs of the last couple months, but I've chosen 2 pics of each kiddo and a family shot that I wanted to remember about the last little while.

So here it is..the update.....

Its not a great Halloween pic but its what I want to remember about her first Halloween. She NEVER snuggles--but every time we put this warm, fuzzy costume on she dropped. And I LOVED it. So this is how she spent Halloween, in my arms.


And this is how I want to remember Brin's 4th and 5th month. SMILEY SMILEY. I just love her smile--so contagious.

Now onto Kenzie....


Kenzie was the happiest Snow White ever! She loved putting on that beautiful dress and she transformed heart and soul into a princess. And isn't this picture beautiful? My AMAZING sis-in-law Jess took family pics of us while she and Robbie were here in November. (which so fun) You can see a whole fairy tale about this girl on her blog at www.bellaraephotography.blogspot.com. She did an INCREDIBLE job on our pictures. We LOVE them!

And here is Kenzie un-edited. This poor girl was sick most of the last month it seems with pretty much anything and everything you can think of. This was taken one night after dinner after a week of being "shut-in"..we had to get out and go for a drive. So I said something like, "Go get a jacket," and she came out of her closet looking like this. "Kenz what's the back pack for, we're not getting out of the car." She said, "Mom, its keeping Shamu safe." I LOVE moments like this as a mom. I love seeing what makes them tick. And even though it can be so hard to have sick kiddies....I kind of like how they become so meek, and submissive, and snuggly. You gotta appreciate the good times I guess. :)


And here....sums up our life. (again--thanks for the pics Jess)...Its all about the girlies.

okay two more pictures..I just LOVE kissing this little girls cheeks!!


and how sweet is this daddy/daughter pic??

Melts my heart.

An Early Resolution

This post is mostly for me...consider it an early New Years Resolution.

I am going to be a better blogger.

I have spent the past hour blog stalking most of you and realized how fun it is to get caught up on all the fun things you are doing. It has re-kindled a like, not love, but like, for blogging. It can be fun. So for anyone who reads this..expect more posts to be coming soon. :) And my apologies for how lame I've been lately.