Brynn's 1 Year Stats

February 2013

By the time we were able to get Brynn into the dr. for her check up she was basically 12 1/2 months old.  Not that it matters but I liked having their stats being all at the same age.  But she is technically a little older than the other kids were at their check ups.  And what I find surprising is even though she is older she is a lot smaller than the other kids at their one year check up.  Both Makenna and Kason were about 20 lbs.  Give or take the ounces.  But our little peanut Brynn was barely 17 lbs!  She is teeny compared to the other two kids!  So here are all of here measurements.

Weight - 17.11 lbs   10.53%
Length - 28 inches   10.02%
Head -    17 inches   9.19%

Isn't she so small!  She is so small that the doctor actually came in and re-measured her two more times trying to get correct measurements because they were really off compared to her previous measurements at 9 months.  But he said she is okay for now and hopefully at her 15 month check up she has grown some.  And I really hope she's gained some weight so I can get her into a real car seat and not the baby/infant carrier. 

Also the doctor was concerned with her development because she isn't very mobile.  She just learned to crawl by her birthday but isn't going up stairs and isn't any where near walking.  Apparently she was 1 point from failing the questionnaire they make you fill out each time you go.  So hopefully she starts to develop and improve so we don't have to go to Kids on the Move.  All our kids have taken their time to walk so I wasn't too worried about her lack of mobility but now that the doctor said something it has made me more concerned.  But we'll just have to work with her and get her going!

Why do they have to grow up so fast?  I want her to stay my baby forever. 

Brynn's Birthday!

February 16th 2013

My baby is 1!  Where did the time go?  Everyone says that it goes faster with every kid and it really did.  She was such my sweet little cuddly baby and now she's 1.  But lucky for us she's not walking or going any where so she's not quite a toddler yet.  Here are some pictures from her birthday.  We had a lady bug themed party.

The lady bug cake

 

I made a little lady bug out of a cupcake and a small cake pan for just Brynn to dig into

 

Here's our little Bug crawling around before the party.  She finally figured out how to crawl in time for her first birthday.

 

Shellie made adorable ladybug cake pops for the party.  Aren't they adorable!  Plus they were so delicious!

 

Opening a present.  (she got pretty spoiled from everyone!)

Starting to dig into the cake.

 

The half demolished cake



She loved her cake so much that we had to take it away from her because she couldn't get it in her mouth fast enough.  She was two fisting it!  Then she cried because it was gone.  But don't you worry because she found every last crumb off that blanket and ate them all.  She was so funny to watch digging in to that cake.  She had a very fun birthday.  Thanks to everyone who came to watch and spoil her.  She is definitely one loved baby!

Valentines Day

February 14th 2013

Valentines Day was full of heart shaped fun!  Look at all the ways I snuck in some <3 fun!

The girls' bedroom door 

 Kason's door

 

 Heart shaped cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

 

Makenna's hair even had a heart in it!  (I did look better at the beginning of the day though.  I took this picture that night to send to Weston since he was still in Vegas)

 

 

We even had heart shaped sandwiches for lunch but I guess I didn't take a picture of those.  And a couple days earlier we got together with Kristy and her girls and did heart shaped crafts.  So it was a fun Valentines Day and the kids had lots of fun.  <3

Brynn 11 months

January 16th 2013

Here are Brynn's monthly pics.  Now she is 11 months old!  Growing up way to fast but still as cute as ever!

 This one was just too funny because I caught her in the middle of a sneeze!  Achoo!

Kason's 3 Year Old Pics

January 14th 2013

Here are some of Kason's 3 year old pictures.  I took him to Camera Shy because I simply love that place for indoor pictures.  I can't figure out how to make a slide show so it's just going to be a long post of pictures!  Enjoy!

Such a fun little boy!  We just love this guy!

Snow Days!

January 5th 2013

We had a bunch of big storms that dumped a lot of snow on us.  Weston was lucky and got out of shoveling all the snow.  Me on the other hand, I've probably never shoveled so much.  But I have awesome neighbors and family members that would help me out.  Thanks everyone! 

The kids were super excited because they got to go play in it!

 

Making Snow Angels

 

One weekend when Wes was in town he built a hill to slide down with all the shoveled snow I'd been throwing on the edge of the driveway.  It was lots of fun and just a little dangerous.  :)  You had to make sure you didn't slide off backwards!

 

Just having some hot chocolate after all the fun!

It was fun to have some snow to play in but I am so glad it is gone now!  I swear this was one of the coldest winters we've seen in awhile. 

New Years Day Bowling

January 1st 2013

As tradition we went bowling with the Southwick's on New Years Day.  It's always so much fun and the kids love bowling and being with their cousins.

 

Southwick cousins.

So heavy!  Almost there!



 

All ready to bowl and he stops to cheese it for the camera :)



 

So happy over her last bowl!

 

Do I really have to smile for another picture?

 

Since Brynn didn't get to bowl and someone forgot to add Grandma on a lane they got to hang out for awhile!

 

Snuggles with grandma!

 

Just having fun!

 

Proof that I was there and apparently Wes is behind the camera and we didn't get any pics of him!

But it was a fun day and we even get Wingers for lunch afterwards!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Southwick!

Kason's Birthday Part 2 and 3

December 28th - 29th 2012

On Kason's actual birthday Weston was back down in Vegas so he wasn't actually here for it.  Weston's special thing for the kids is that he goes and gets them a big bundle of balloon's on their birthday and since he wasn't here to do that he had all his family come and bring him a bunch of balloons for him.  First Kristy dropped by with some, then Grandma Southwick,  and then we had Shane and Cali stop by with balloons.  Needless to say we had a house full! 

On his birthday Kason wanted to go to the Dinosaur Museum.  So we went up to Thanksgiving Point to enjoy the afternoon!

 

Getting dirty!

The Big Shark!

 

 

And the favorite part, digging up bones.

Once Weston got home that weekend we celebrated Kason's birthday with presents and cake.  He had a McQueen cake that day. 

 

Our silly little 3 year old!

Lightning McQueen!

 

Kason got some tools so now he can help Wes fix things!

 

And some Legos

And a pic of the birthday boy with his dad and all his crazy balloons!

Kason is the most fun little guy and we love having him in our family.  He is always making us smile and laugh.  Happy 3rd Birthday!

Kason's 3rd Birthday Part 1

December 23rd 2012

Since Kason's birthday falls between Christmas and New Years he ended up with a few different celebrations.  The first one was before Christmas and we celebrated with all the Powell's.  He got spoiled there that's for sure! 

 

Kason wanted a Cars birthday party so he got Lightning McQueen cakepops!

 

Radiator Springs 

 

Blowing out the candles

 

The most adorable McQueens!



Thanks to Shellie for making the amazing cake pops and to all the Powell's for celebrating Kason's 3rd birthday with us!