& 3 months old!

Look at this little chunker! She cracks me up. 

By my scale, she weighs just at 14 pounds. I didn't try to measure her! Haha. 

B was only 12 lbs at 3 months, but was shorter. 

She is getting her personality. She LOVES to be talked to and will talk back and smile with those cheeks of hers! She wiggles all the time. My mom bets she'll be crawling to keep up with her sister by the end of summer! AH!

She still looks like Nick I think, but is getting her own look too. 

I've finally been able to get her to 'like' her belly...a little. 

I think she knows her mommy...and poses for the cam!

{not sure why those lines are in both the above and below pictures}

 Oh and this one too, boo!

There she is. She is becoming less needy...like she was at first. She will play under her mat for a while now...not in the evenings...we have a grumpy baby in the evening. Brynlee loves her and she smiles everytime B starts to talk to her. I hope they continue to like each other, at least most the time! 

Oh and another thing, her eyes are blue! We really didn't expect that at all! Not as blue as B's but for sure not brown. Nick was hoping for two blue eyed girls....at least for now, lol. 

The big 2!

I can't believe I have a 2 year old! It really seems like yesterday that she was in my belly but then I think about it and it seems as if she's always been a part of our family...longer then 2 yrs and 9 months that is. 

Her stats:

24 pounds {10%}

33 3/4 inches {50%}

She talks so much now. Some things understandable, others only I can figure out what she's saying! 

It'll be fun when Aspenn starts talking and then they will have their own little language and I will never know what they are talking about! Ha.

Here are some pictures I took of her for her 2 yr shoot. I LOVE the dress up ones!

 ^my fave.

I have some more in her Birthday outfit but I'm not posting those just yet. Her party is tomorrow, I'm pretty excited. I hope it goes smoothly and she has a blast!

Mini Vacation!

Sea World Orlando

There was a few of our friends going to Sea World that casually invited us. We thought about it and then decided to jump on that wagon! Especially with the whole Military getting in for free deal they have. We figured we'd use it! 

We had a blast. We left Saturday EARLY morning. Arrived in Orlando at about 7:30a. Spend the entire day at the park. Then stayed with some friends in their huge suite Saturday night. {we originally planned to drive back that night, I am very glad we decided against that!} It was a very long day! 

Sunday we stopped at Downtown Disney to just walk around and such. It got me wanting to go to Disney World pretty badly! Hehe. 

*warning, picture overload* 

{also, everytime I upload to Blogger, the pics have those lines through them, just look through them}

Beginning of our day. The girls in their St. Patty's Day attire. 

B posing. She called that Eel thing an alligator.

She liked viewing the fish and sharks!

However she didn't like taking a picture with the shark jaw...I'm a mean mom, lol. I love this picture. 

Sweet Aspenn. She was a trooper all day!

Daddy and Aspenn. 

Me and B with the dolphin. I'm not sure if she has a name or not..

I did it! I hate fish, but I touched the ray! Nick was oh so proud he had to take a picture documenting it!

She was all smiles, but this is the end of the ride, so maybe thats why she looked angry. 

Our Family

Watching Shamu.

I believe it was naptime. During the Sea Lion show, she grabbed fluff and laid on the ground.

I had to throw a picture of the whales. They were so neat to watch. Brynlee just kept yelling FISH. 

I have tons more pictures..whats new. The girls did great. I can't wait to take them to Disney in a few years! 

ALS {airmen leadership school} Graduation.

Nick graduated ALS last Thursday. I am so proud of him. 

He has never been a school person. He did so good though, he would come home from being in class all day, play with B a bit and then eat dinner then he'd go study while I put Brynlee to bed. Although I missed his help, I love his ambition to study. 

Here is us at the graduation. I got a new dress and new shoes out of it! 

Congrats to my now SSgt Hubby!

Our Little Valentines

We don't do Valentines, but I had the urge to do a little Valentines photo shoot with my girls. 

 The pictures turned out way better then I had expected and I can't wait to print a few for the walls!

*This last picture took some major convincing on Miss B's part! I had got one good one of her smiling but Aspenn's eyes were partially closed, so I really wanted to try for another. Brynlee would not smile or stand there for anything. I told her " I will give you anything if you just do this one more time" No such luck. When finally I tried " If you go over there with your sister and smile, you can watch a movie..." Brynlee's response: "CARS!!" So then I agreed and she walked right over there and smiled all pretty like, I got more then just one too. Whew, I'll remember to pull the movie bribe before I pull my hair out next time!

1 month gone but not forgotten.

{about 3 1/2 weeks late}

Wow.

All I can say.

Time flew. I know it didn't help that we had visitors from the day she was born till she was almost a month.

She has become quite the watcher.

She'd rather sit on your lap and look around then swing, or bounce.

I can't wait to see if she will grow to look like her big sister or get a whole new look!

Aspenn's Newborn Pics

Here are my favorite shots...

Her little smirk here makes me smile :)

Can't believe these were almost 2 months ago!

Brynlee & Aspenn's Baby Dedication.

This last Sunday at church they had baby dedication for all babies born in 2011. 

However Brynlee was born in 2010, but had yet to be dedicated. So I asked if she could be a part of it and of course they said yes. 

We didn't get the chance in Italy to do B like we planned. But I am kinda glad we got to do them both at the same time. 

Aspenn was the caboose of the 2011 baby train of PRBC. 

So we actually had the youngest child and the oldest child up there! 

I had meant to get a real pic of us looking and such but never did. 

The girls are matching. It was their first matching outfits. I'm sure positive there will be more to come!

Check out Aspenn's awesome ballet flats! They are adorable!

They were a gift. I'm obsessed with baby shoes! She probably has like 6 pair and yes I know, no point for a kid who can't walk!

Brynlee did great and loves her Bible. She was flipping through it while we were up there.!

Thank you Lord for trusting Nick and I to take care of these beautiful girls for You! We feel so blessed to have them in our lives and couldn't go back for anything. We promise to 'train them up the way that they should go' and to show them that Jesus loves them in all that they do & will always be there for them in the good times and the bad. 

Oh, Brynlee already loves to pray. We pray before meals and bed. She doesn't let us forget either! Sometimes we pray more then once. She now closes her eyes for most the prayer too! So Proud!