Brooklyn's First Birthday!

Well, our little Brookie turned one! We made a cute little cake of pigs playing in the mud, it was fun to make! We had Brandons' family over for dinner and opened a few presents and called it a party! Brooklyn didn't quite know what to do with the cake but quickly figured it out and loved it!

We had her one year appointment the same day as her party because of my lack of planning but here are her one year stats!!
Weight :   20lbs 1 oz   50%
Height :   29 1/4 inch   50%
HC :       19 1/4 in     99.99%
like always are children's head hits the tops of the charts! When the nurse put it in the computer she was convinced she measured it wrong but after my reassuring her she was correct and her doubting, she remeasured to see she was right after all!! She is a healthy one year old and doing great. She crawls but has no desire to walk, though she loves her walker, loved to eat, and eat, and loved to get as much attention as she can get!! Hayden adores her and both boys will stop what ever they are doing to help her! She is a talker and loves Brandon (i think she is a little irritated with me for being pregnant:) but when Brandon comes home she crawls as fast as those little legs will go and beg for him to holder, which we all love! We are waiting for her hair to grow but other then that we are loving having our little girl!!!

Valentines Day

This year for valentines day, Brandon went all out!! I woke up that morning to find this at the end of my bed(for those who may not know this is the gumball machine he proposed with :)

THere were 100 bubble cases hidden around the house for me to find! Each of them had a little slip of paper that had somoe of the things we have gone and done, experienced, or vacations we have taken the past five and a half years! It was fun to find each one and remember all of the fun things we have been though together!! I havent found all of them yet but i have lots of time to find them! On a, not as romatic note, i got brandon a new pair of running shoes which he was really wanting and made a huge homemade card and decorated his office! We got the boys a little box of chocolates and a balloon and they thought they were in heaven!! It was a great valentines day!

 

Haydens birthday!!!

Hayden has turned three!! How we love our little Hayden!! He was so excited to celebrate his birthday! We had Brandons family down and had dinner! We got Hayden a big kid booster seat which he was so excited for!! He wanted it to be just like Coletons' but sadly Costco didn't carry the exact on but we found one that was similar and he loved it!! Brandon parents got him super hero stuff which he was so excited for! He is a huge Captain America fan and they got him a mask and shield! He put them on as soon as he opened them and later this is how we found him...

 

He loves shields for some reason and we had a broken Knights shield that he has been playing with (calling it a captain America shield) so we were glad that he got one that is in better condition!! (its now a few days old and it looks pretty beat up because he takes it EVERYWHERE and i really mean EVERYWHERE!!) Hayden is our sweet little guy who cant help but make you melt!! He is the most accident prone kid i have ever seen but after falling will happily jump up exclaiming "I'm OK, I'm OK!!" We are working on potty training since the morning sickness put that on hold but he loves to play and be a little boy and we absolutely love him!!

Surprise!!

Well, though we were not expecting things to happen so fast, we are excited to announce baby #4 is on its way! We are due September 3, 2013!

Christmas 2012

Brandon has been on a kick making videos so here he made a video of our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Enjoy!!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jw6of8w68mm4lpb/Video%20Dec%2026%2C%2011%2024%2053%20AM.mov

Christmas Eve 2012

I love the holidays! This year for Christmas Eve we did our normal routine got the house clean, made our huge sandwich, ate it, opened presents, and got ready for bed but this year was a bit different then in past years..... We had friends over all day? I was actually a bit shocked but we had neighbor kids over from about ten that morning til about five when we told them it was our family time. The boys had a fun day though!!

(I love the faces the boys are now giving me when I ask them to smile :)
The night was fun and the boys made it memorable so another Christmas Eve down!!

Ice Cream Sundaes!

The boys were once again thrilled to see a fun treat for one of our twelve days of Christmas! This one was an ice cream sundae treat kit!! They loved it!

Family Movie Night

This year for the 12 days of Christmas my parents do for us we got a cute movie night kit! The boys were so excited to have a special movie night, they got treats and got to stay up a little later then normal to watch the rescuers down under it was a big hit and we had a great time!

Welcome Heber!

I love our little elf, Heber! He has made the house sure exciting! The boys have been so excited to see where Heber is everyday and they cant help but laugh when they see him! Heber has been climbing the Christmas tree, in the pantry eating Grandma Cheney's cinnamon popcorn, hiding under the sink, getting trapped in the computer (Brandon had fun with that one :), He took a trip to Grandma Comstock's and was caught roasting marshmallow, Heber was found in the car buckled, riding Hayden's tricycle, reading a book in the rocking chair and hanging out with Santa :) its been fun to watch him travel everywhere. He is half way through his time with our family so we are excited to see where he will turn up :)

Carleens 26th Birthday!

This year for my birthday we took it pretty simple :) Brandon parents took the boys so i was able to take a wonderful nap and Brandon and i were able to head to DQ for a hamburger and blizzard (we had a 2 for 1 coupon :) Then we came home to have some cake! It was a new recipe i tried and i was really excited for it!! It was a white chocolate cheesecake with a butter cookies crush, chocolate cream on top with raspberries and white chocolate curls on top!!! It was good but REALLY sweet after a little sliver i couldn't eat much (especially after my blizzard :) but i was glad that i was able to finally try the recipe! This year was a special birthday for me since it was 12/12/12! Everyone was excited when they found out, if only i had been turning 12 but it was a special day anyway!!