Happy 2nd Birthday Brynlee!

Brynlee had her 2nd birthday last sunday and I can't believe she is already two. Time flies! She is such a busy and sweet little kid. She is a talking machine (she talks better than her big sis sometimes) and loves to get into things. She brings such an energetic and sweet spirit into our home. She is truly a joy and I am so lucky to be her mom. She has taught me patience, persistence, love and many other things. We love you Brynlee!

For birthdays we give the girls a birthday donut (thanks Brooke for the great idea) with a candle on it. They love it! I think Brynlee blew the candle out 5 times.

Here she is getting ready to tear some presents open. She had been waiting for this moment all day. She sang Happy Birthday to herself all day in hopes that she could get some presents. We made her hold off until after her nap before she could open gifts. She was way excited.

Kamryn couldn't handle not helping out with opening the presents.

This year we decided to just have a party with just our little family. It was a little lonely for me cause I am such a big party girl but I am sure Brynlee didn't mind. She got the whac-a-mole game, a crawling baby, barbie jeep, mickey mouse noisy book, dolly bed, and lots of disney books. Grandma Tano sent her a new shirt and a puzzle along with the Disney Princess Yhatzee game a few days later. She had fun and is still having fun with all the gifts.

The only thing that will get Brynlee to hold still for a few moments is a Baby Einstein dvd. She loves to watch them and so I thought it would be perfect to make her the Baby Einstein Caterpillar for her birthday cake. Turned out pretty cute I think (other than the back of the cake)!

Blowing out the candle.

Ok, don't look at the back of the cake (ha ha), I ran out of frosting. Oops! We let her eat her cake however she wanted to and of course she took a HUGE bite out of it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We started the day off with some heart shaped pancakes, eggs, and bacon. We then opened our Valentine's gifts. I got Taylor 2 new pairs of pants and Taylor got me some really cute new running shoes and 2 shirts and the kids just got some cheap little toys. Then we went to Costco and snacked on all of their free food and did a little shopping for Brynlee's birthday. Then we went on a small saturday drive until the weather got a little yucky and we decided to go home and have a nap.

For our Valentine's dinner we decided to stay home (due to the lack of money to hire a babysitter haha) and we cooked some shrimp, steak, and crab legs. It was great!

Taylor surprised me with a yummy triple chocolate fudge cake later that night. It was delicious!

Here are the girls opening their valentine's. It was a fun and very happy Valentine's Day and we hope it was the same for all of you!

So Independent

Remember a couple posts ago where I posted about Brynlee's new best bud (the stool). Well I took it away from her and she has found herself a replacement. She uses her princess dress up box as her stool to get things she wants. She loves to get in her top drawer and get herself some panties and shoes to wear for the day. That is the usual outfit she picks out for herself is panties and shoes.

Happy 27th babe!

I just wanted to wish my hubby a very Happy Birthday! You are such a great husband and an even better dad. The kids love hanging out with you and can't get enough of you. I am so proud of all of your accomplishments and I am so grateful for all you have done and are doing for our little family. I couldn't ask for a better best friend and husband. I love you so much and look forward to many more birthdays with you.

Make a wish! Here is my sad attempt at making Taylor a NY Yankees Baseball cake. I am embarrassed to post this, it's pretty bad. I had a great idea in my head but the end result was not so great. Haha good times!

Look how nasty his blackeye has gotten. It's all yellow and green now.

Taylor got some great gifts. An Ipod Touch (which he LOVES), Tiger Woods Golf for the xbox, a new sweet tie (that I picked out), 4 shirts (from the kids and the girls actually picked them out themselves), new shoes, and money from family. Thanks to our families who are so great and support us so much we love you guys. Hope it was a great day babe!

Scripture Power

As a family we read the scriptures every night and the girls have grown to love it. Kamryn loves to take a turn at reading (of course it's in her own little jibberish). Kamryn loves the scriptures so much that she takes them into bed with her and falls asleep with them in her arms. How cute is that?

Love these girls!

I put Kamryn's hair up in rollers on saturday so that for sunday it would be all curly and cute. But Brynlee just could not be left out and she made me try putting them in hers. Well, for those of you who see Brynlee all the time you know that she only has a little bit of hair. But I managed to get a whopping 3 curlers in her hair. Adorable! It only lasted about 2 minutes before she had ripped them all out though.

Blackeye

Taylor isn't gonna be to happy with me for posting this but I just had too. While playing ward basketball Taylor ran into another guy and gave himself a BIG blackeye. He came home with it all swollen and almost closed shut. In this picture it doesn't look terrible but as the days went on it got worse. Now it's all yellow and gross!

Really?

This cute little pink stool has become Brynlee's new BEST BUD, she hauls this thing EVERYWHERE! I caught her the other night climbing into the sink to wash her hands.

If she can't have the stool she still finds another way of getting what she wants. Now you all know why I stay in shape. It's non stop with this kiddo.

Taylor gave the girls a drink out of the bathroom faucet one day and of course Brynlee thought it would be fun to try it on her own. So here she is getting a drink. I HATE that stool!

Creative

"Look at my hat", Kamryn says. Too funny!

Tayson't first haircut

Tayson's hair on the sides was getting a little long and would curl and flip out. It was cute but I figured it was time to trim it up. And yes I cut it on the couch. He is too wiggly so I actually had to take a few snips while I was nursing him. I know, kinda weird but it worked. Thank goodness for vaccuums right?