Ah summer days....

After naps..we went out front to play in the sprinkler.
I totally forgot about this sprinkler I got onsale last year. B wasn't too enthused about it last year...

so today we tried it again.

 I have a feeling she'll love it come next summer!

 She didn't like it on high, jiggling about, but was fine with it low where she could point the water where she pleased.

 Best part, drinking from it!

Good day with my girls.

Paint and Play-dough.

I've seen a lot of people talking about doing this with their toddler, so I decided to give it a try and see what B thought of it...cool or uncool.

COOL

She was a little upset when I took it off so we could eat dinner! 

I told her next time she can choose the colors, and she got excited. I really liked how you could kind of draw through it and with it on a window it was pretty. I took it down and put it on the table, not as much fun. You couldn't see pretty colors and it wouldn't "draw". 

So window it'll be!

Today we played with play dough! Its the second time, and the first was eh. She liked it a lot better today.
{no my child never wears pants at home...makes going potty so much easier}

Even though mostly what she did was roll into balls and then put them back in containers..over and over. Hehe. Fine by me! 

Here are the 6 month pictures I've taken so far. I have a few more in mind I'd like to do, we'll see if they will be done  before she's 9 months! 

This first one is of her cheesy new grin. Showing off her teefers and round cheeks!

This one, previously posted, is by far my favorite!

 Above, she wouldn't look at me cause she kept playing with the ribbons on her capri's!

 Love that ruffle bottom!

Time really does fly...

~Half a Year~

{I really don't like how blogger makes the pics all messed up!}

So...

There she is. 

My chubby, smiley and super happy 6 month old. 

Can you believe it?! Some days I can, some days I can't!

I took quite a few pics today, hopefully I'll get to loading them someday...but with a 6m old and a 2 year old...time isn't what I have a lot of. 

Anywho.

Stats: 

17.8 lbs {on June 18}

*Updated*

18.6 lbs {on July 10}

26 3/4 inches 

Two bottom teeth. 

She sits up. 

Rolls over, but only from belly to back. She hates her belly. 

Just started eating solids this week. 

She is liking them more each day. She's only had cereal mixed with apples & banana's. 

She LOVES her big sister!

Was sleeping through the night, but then stopped, and got a cold where she couldn't breath through her nose, therefore she wasn't eating much so when she did wake, I fed her so she had something. 

Closer and closer to sleeping all night again. I can't wait!

Loves to go swimming and be in the bathtub. 

Pays so much attention when Daddy walks in the door, I don't matter anymore, haha.

Started out being a difficult baby, especially compared to B...she was cake...but now she is a rather happy baby. I'm not going completely insane anymore, so thats a plus!

5 year Anniversary Cruise.

Nick and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon & we chose to do it again for this years 5 year celebration! Oh it was so much fun. My mom drove over to watch the girls while we were gone. We drove down to Ft. Lauderdale the night before and spent the night and then the next day jumped aboard our floating home for the next 8 days. 

(not sure why this pic is messed up like this!)

(blogger is acting up, messing up my pics)

We went snorkeling in Grand Turk.

La Romona DR. SO beautiful.

Aruba we just explored beaches and shops.

Curacao we just shopped!

Love him!

Big Girl Brynlee

We have for ourselves a potty trained 2 year old! 

I just out of the blue one morning decided to put B in panties. Then once I did, I realize we only had 6 pair, ha! So I sent Nick to get some more on his way home from work.

We played in the garage the first two days. I knew she'd make a mess and I didn't feel like cleaning the house up everytime!  Plus I was afraid she'd pee on the couch or something like that. Anyhow.

The first time she wet herself, she was like UGH!
Second time, she realized what was happening but still did it.
Third time, she did half and the other half in the potty.
Forth time, she pee'd a tiny bit..rest in the potty.
Fifth time, ALL IN THE POTTY!

From then on out she understood it. Still had accidents yes, but she did understand.

That first day was April 19th. It is now May 29th and I am proud to say she loves to wear her panties, especially her Dora ones.

We do diapers/pull-ups at night. She will wake up dry some mornings and others not so dry. I haven't even started to try to get her night time trained. Soon. Soon.

Either way, I love not having her in diapers!

& 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!