Random But Cute

Here are some really cute pics of the girls recently. Emmy is so funny to get pics of where she falls asleep. I remember getting tons of pics of Bryden sleeping too, they are just so cute and peaceful when they sleep, and they fall asleep in the most awkward positions! Bryden and Emmy went swimming while we were at Nanne and Grampa's for Christmas, so there are some cute pics of that as well. We all know Bryden is a little fish, but it turns out Emmy loves the water too! She has never cried in the tub for a bath, and she loves to play in the water, but she didn't even mind the cool pool water to swim in, she had a blast. A family of little water bugs, I LOVE it! Then there are a few pics of Emerson getting into all kinds of trouble. She is so mobile now, and goes EVERYWHERE and pulls up on everything, she is a busy little girl. Bryden is really funny now too, she is wanting to make funny faces everytime I take pictures of her, so there are a couple cute ones of her silliness as well! Enjoy!


Look at my prop I found, I gotta have my hands free to play with my ears!



Uh, a little help please!

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and we are so blessed to share it with our two beautiful girls. Bryden was so excited when she woke up, she walked into our room and said "I see a rainbow downstairs, I think Santa came!". The rainbow turned out to be a big blow globe Santa that stands 5 feet tall! Awesome! Santa left that for us to add to our growing collection of outside Christmas decorations! We opened all our gifts,and Bryden was VERY excited to see that Santa heard her wishes for a Nintendo DS (or Atendo DS as Bryden calls it...why Santa brought a gift that she can't even pronounce correctly is beyond me :o). Anyway, she LOVES it and has been mastering the princess game, and we are working on two more! Emmy was very happy to tear wrapping paper apart and play in the sled that Santa brought us...for our next big snowstorm so we are prepared!). Both girls had a great time and Jim and I really enjoyed watching them open gifts and play with them! Then, we ate breakfast and headed down to Nanne and Grampa's for Round Two of gift giving and receiving! I think Emmy hit the jackpot with her gift from Aunt Chandra and Uncle Murat...they got her a drawer full of toys! She immediately started pulling all the toys out of the bin and had a blast with it. Bryden got more awesome gifts, including totally cute swim suits, a Hannah Montana guitar and headset, among lots and lots of other things. Jim got a FABULOUS picture of me and Emmy (if I do say so myself) from Mom and Dad (he got one of me and Bryden when she was 6 mos old), and I got an awesome cricut machine (for scrapbooking) and a double jogging stroller! We got a bunch of gifts that were all perfect and then we took naps and got to lay low for a while! Then Round Three, the extended family came over for dinner and more gifts! Man oh man! We made out like bandits! Merry Christmas and enjoy the pics!

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Tacky Christmas Sweaters

So, for the second night of our Holiday party, we decided to have a Tacky Christmas sweater contest this year. A little background, Jim asked me a few years ago to build him a tacky Christmas wardrobe, I couldn't find any good sweaters, so I made him a sweatshirt and the next year I made him a hat. This year, I found some SWEET cordoury pants that are green, with red and white candy canes on them. Hell Yeah! So, following my own lead, I decided I would make the sweaters for us girls for the party. Here are some fun pics of them. Emmy is supposed to be Frosty from the front (I had black shoes to put on her, but they wouldnt fit on her feet over all her warm clothes...check out her Frosty hat though!). And on the sleeves of the back of Bryden's sweatshirt are her contribution of "fireworks". Since we were the only ones who dressed up for the party, maybe y'all should vote for us! Enjoy!

Wintertime Fun

We got an AWESOME snowstorm Friday night. It snowed the entire time of our Holiday party, then we got to play all day the next day! Perfect timing for a perfect snow! Enjoy!

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Gather Round the Campfire

We had our fourth annual "Gather Round the Campfire" outside Christmas party this weekend. Since we live three houses down from "The Christmas House" we get lots of traffic, so we have people over, light the firepit, have fun crafts for the kids and fun drinks for the adults we hang out all night. Well, this year we were blessed with and AWESOME snowstorm where we got about a foot Friday night. It kept a lot of people away, but we still had a blast with those that braved the weather. What a gorgeous night! Enjoy the pics!

Santa on the Firetruck

Santa came through our neighborhood on a fire truck, and here are some cute pics of the kids waiting!





Emmy is teething and will stick anything in her mouth. She loves to play in Bryden's toy kitchen, and she always comes up with a mushroom in her mouth like a pacifier!

Can this be comfortable???

So, we are trying to get Emmy in the habit of putting herself to sleep. She does fairly well at night, (by that I mean she gets tired rocking and eating, we put her in her crib, she cries for 5 or 10minutes, we go hold her, put her back down and she cries for a few more minutes before falling asleep). Naptime is a little tougher. Today, I figured I'd give it a go, I am just getting stuff done around the house, so I fed her and she just about fell asleep. I moved her to the crib and of course, like always, the little stinker woke up. Well, she hollered and played a bit, then started crying. I knew she was really tired, so I let her cry it out. Well, she finally gave up (only about 10 minutes, which was way better than I had expected)! When I went to check on her, this is how I found her. I guess she was just too tired and crashed...but ouch, this does not look comfortable! Enjoy!