Livin' the Life

I love my life!  I love being home with my two girls every day.  You won't find us home much of the time, but at least it's an option if we want it.  Our days are filled with beach, swim lessons, Disneyland, play dates at the park, shopping, or whatever we want to do.  I even cleaned my floors yesterday!  Because we've been so busy, I haven't been posting much at all.
I don't know why, but right after Brooklynn was born we bought these 2 day Disneyland passes.  Those two days quickly turned into annual passes and every Wednesday has been Disney day!  We pick up Toni on the way up there and then meet Becky, Hailey, and Chloe.  Most of the days we even stayed until close--my girls are troopers!  It does make it a lot easier that Toni is able to come with us.  Brooklynn usually just sleeps and eats the day away.  Bailey has been able to ride the tru big kid rides.  A couple of weeks ago, Toni and Aaron took her on Tower or Terror and Big Thunder Mountain.  She said it was scary, but fun and she talks about it all the time.  She is 39 1/2 inches tall and you have to be 40 inches.  We have been stuffing folded up napkins in her shoes, but this last time Toni just bought her some flip flops with enough height to make it work.  This last week was the best Disney day yet!  We went on the sneak peak of the new Little Mermaid ride.  It was a very cute ride.  I wish that Disney Wednesday could last all year long, but we didn't have enough money for those passes.  We still have one more chance to go this summer, but it may be too crowded even for us. 

Here we are on the Buzz Lightyear ride.  I love the look on all of our faces.  Also notice my super high score--baby and all!

In addition to all of our fun adventures, Bailey has been saying some super awesome stuff lately.  Two nights ago, she said the best dinner prayer I've ever heard.  It went a little something like this: 

"Bless that daddy will give me blessings and keep the monsters away so they don't come in our house; bless Brooklynn so she won't throw up; bless mommy will be safe."  There was more, but that was the best part.  I kept looking at her in amazement because her prayers usually just bless the food and amen. 

That night when I went into her room before I went to bed, I noticed that she had her field hockey stick next to her.  In the morning I asked her why.  She said, "To bash the monsters with!"  I don't know why  she is kind of obsessed with monsters lately, but if her field hockey stick keeps her safe that's great.  She has a great imagination and uses it often.  She will  just play with her toys and make up beautiful songs and funny stories.  And on most days lately, being three isn't that bad.

She's also in swim lessons and, finally, loving it!  The first three lessons she cried and tried to grab onto her teacher for dear life.  I don't know why she was so scared.  I think it was because she usually had one big intake of water through her nose.  I am not above bribing her to do things, so we started getting kids cones from McDonalds if she did good.  Both lessons this week were awesome!  She is doing so well and she might even start learning how to actually swim.  I'll bring my camera next week to take a pic of Bailey and Hailey at swim. 

Brooklynn has been such an angel baby.  The past couple of nights she goes down around 8:00ish, then I waker her up to eat around 11-12 and then she's down for the night.  She wakes up between 7-7:30!  It truly is amazing!!  She smiles so much more now and really wants to be able to talk.  She makes adorable little sounds if you talk to her.  I don't know if it's because there's so much less stress with Brooklynn compared to Bailey, but I'm enjoying this stage so much more. 

Other family news:

1. My sister Tera graduated with her Masters. Yeah for Master Miller! I'm so excited for her that she never has to write another paper again.  I'm glad that we were all able to help her celebrate her big day.

I love this picture of Tera!  She looks so cute!

I agree with Brooklynn that graduations are a little boring.  The only exciting part is screaming as loud as you can for the person who is graduating.  I'd like to think that our family is always the loudest.  Our screaming did wake Brooklynn up.

Mom & Dad enjoying the cermony

Hmm, what should I major in?

Toni & Aaron

Tera and her friends

A sugar addict at such a young age.  Look closely and you'll see that she's hugging a candy bar.

2.  Toni got a job.  I don't know if I should celebrate or cry.  I'm happy for her to finally end her search for a job.  But I'm sad that we won't be able to hang out all the time.  It's been so much fun to have Toni around.  I will be sad and Bailey will be sadder :(

3.  Kyle, Sam, Kate, Owen, and Josi are on their way here!!  They'll be here for about 10 days!  I can't wait to see them--especially baby Josi who is almost 1 year old.  We'll have almost the whole family together for a week and I can't wait!



Bubbles, Rainboots, & S'mores

Brooklynn was 2 months old yesterday!  It's kind of crazy how quickly two months have flown by.  My philosophy is since I'm not working, I'm going to take full advantage of my time off--even with a tiny baby!  Thank goodness that Brooklynn is an angel baby and sleeps magically most days.

Blowing bubbles is one of her favorite activities.

Last week we took Brooklynn to see the GI specialist again.  The good news--she's up past her birth weight!  She officially weighs 9 pounds 12 ounces.  So in her first two months of life, it took her one month to lose a pound and another month to gain it back and add one more.  Her official diagnosis is: idiopathic neonatal hepatitis.  Try to say that quickly!  In a really fancy way it means that some babies get hepatitis and they don't know why.  Don't let the term hepatitis scare you; it simply means that her liver is inflammed and hepatitis is the technical medical term for that.  The doctor said that it will go away within the first year and that there are no permanent side effects or damage because of it.  That's all I wanted to hear.  We still have to monitor this for a while with regular lab work and weight checks, but she's a tough little girl who can handle it.

She loves her right hand and she's getting pretty good at getting it to her mouth.

At two months old, here are her list of likes:  the ceiling fan in our room will occupy her time for a while, eating all day long, any song that I sing to her (she thinks I'm the greatest singer that ever lived), taking naps, her right fist (it finds its way to her mouth quite often), being held, this crazy sound I make to get her to smile, and any machine that makes loud noises (vacuum, car, hair dryer, etc.).

Some more bubbles and a smile!

We also made a trip to Disneyland last week.  We bought those two day SoCal passes a while ago and they had to be used by last Saturday.  Brian couldn't take a day off of work, so I brought Tera with us.  We picked up Toni along the way and met Becky, Hailey, and Chloe there.  Bailey loved having all of her favorite people there.  It was so fun to watch Bailey and Hailey run around and talk about Disneyland all day.  Around 2:00 we left to meet up with my parents and grandparents for lunch and the Sullivans left for the day.  We had a wonderful late Mother's Day lunch with the family and then headed back for more fun. 

We saw the scary Queen of Hearts on our way into Disneyland.  Bailey couldn't decide if she was scared or happy to see her, but she was brave enough to take the picture.

It was so much fun having Tera with us and the girls loved it!

They loved the teacups.  It was practically impossible to get a picture with both of them smiling and looking at the camera.  There was just so much for them to look at.

Happily waiting in line, as Bailey would say, "This is the best day ever!"

We went to California Adventure on our return trip.  Since it was getting a bit chilly, Toni put Bailey's rainboots in the stroller just in case her feet got cold.  (Don't ask why her boots were in the car, but I ended up being really happy they were.)   Toni watched the girls so Tera and I could go on the Tower of Terror; it was an awesome ride.  Then we walked over to the other side of the park to ride the giant Ferris wheel.  This ride surprised all of us and was lots of fun.  We then continued to walk around the carnival rides to see what Bailey could ride; she was just a little bit too short for most of them.  Then we had a brilliant idea--put on the rainboots to make her tall enough!  The idea worked!!  Bailey was able to ride any ride with a 40 inch minimum requirement.  (It reminded me of when I was little and my mom shoved empty cups into the heels of my tennis shoes to make me tall enough to go on a ride at Magic Mountain.  I learned so many useful parenting tips from my mother!)  Due to her new found height, Bailey was even able to go on Soaring Over California.  She loved it!  She said that she was flying like a bird and wasn't scared one bit.  Bailey is a fearless kid.  So now when we go to Disneyland (which will be more often since I bought us passes)we'll always pack the rainboots whether or not it's raining.
 

Posing peacefully on the giant Ferris wheel, before...

the fun part!  She's such a big girl that she didn't want me to hold on to her, but I was afraid she would fall out of her seat if I didn't.

My sistas!

This was the first ride wearing the rainboots.

This is the height requirement sign outside of Soaring Over California.  Her head just barely skimmed the bottom of the 40 inch post.  She was so excited that she could ride it with us.  It was fun to watch her on the ride; she wasn't scared at all.

There is a commercial on TV for Hershey's chocolate that has been making me want s'mores. Every time I see it, I instantly crave s'mores. I finally gave into my cravings and bought s'mores supplies last week. On Saturday, we brought the outdoors in and made s'mores on our stove. Bailey was really excited about all the delicious ingredients--graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmellows. Those three things are definitely in her list of top ten foods, but s'mores probably won't make the cut. She took a baby bite and then the messiness of it all scared her away. She ended up eating just a plain, old, roasted marshmellow. It was a fun family activity. And you better believe that I'll be having more s'mores later this week!

 

Bailey's first bite of s'mores

She loved her plain marshmellow the most.  I kept asking her all night, "Do you like Flock of Seagulls?"  Her day old hairdo reminded me of the movie The Wedding Singer and that guy with the crazy hair.

Happy Muda's Day!

Me and my girls

Happy Mother's Day!!  In the title I spelled it "muda" because that's how Bailey says it.  All of her "th" sounds come out sounding more like a "d" when they're in the middle of a word.  It's so adorable when she says it, so I had her saying it all day. 

It was a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  Toni came down on Saturday so we (me, Toni, and Tera)took our mom to get pedicures.  We love a good pedicure!  Then we met the rest of the family for a lovely lunch at BJ's.  The grand finale to the day was that me, Toni, mom, and dad, went to the movies!!  We saw Water for Elephants.  I really liked it; plus, I haven't seen a movie in a while so it was fun.  The only downside was that we were still so full from lunch, that we didn't get popcorn.  The big bonus of the movie was that Brian stayed home with Bailey and Brooklynn!  Since Brooklynn eats formula, she can stay home with dad for a while.  That's the beauty of a baby to takes a bottle!

On Sunday Brian and Bailey made me a yummy breakfast in bed.  It was waffles, strawberries, bacon, and OJ--all of my favorites.  I was able to sleep in as much as Brooklynn slept in, which, sadly, wasn't much at all.  Bailey made me a beautiful card and Brian got me a cute, new diaper backpack.  I have been wanting a back pack because it's easier to hold with two kiddos.  We then all got dressed and went to church.  After church we headed to the beach for a lunch with Roxann.  Despite the fact that it was freezing cold, we had a fun picnic at the beach.  From the beach we went to my parents' house for a Mother's Day dinner.  My dad and Brian cooked a wonderful feast for all of the ladies in the house.

It was a wonderful weekend!  I'm so thankful for the moms in my life.  My mom is such a great friend and example to me of what a mother should be.  I'm also thankful that I can be a mother to my two little girls!  Being a mom is hard work, but so much fun!!  Happy Mother's Day to all moms!

Direct Quotes

Bailey as the Pink Ninja

Three year olds say awesome things!  I have to write some of them down before I forget.  Bailey and I have been having some really fun/funny conversations lately; they often remind me that being 3 is not the worst thing on the planet.

Kids:
The other day we were stopped at a stoplight and there was a lady walking in the cross walk.
Bailey asked,"Mom, why doesn't she have a kid?"
I said, "Not everybody has kids."
"Why?" she asked in utter amazement.
"Well, not everybody has kids with them all the time," was my plain response.
"Why not mom?  Kids are so much fun!" she exclaimed.
I thought, you're right Bailey--especially when she has such great insight on the world.

She was the Pink Ninja and I was the yellow one.  I had to teach her a few ninja moves so she could fight off the bad guys.

Clothes:
One of the fun things, for me at least, about having girls is dressing them up in adorable outfits.  If you know me, you know that Bailey has more clothes than any one little girl needs.  I've always picked out her clothes, but lately she's been wanting to pick out her own.  She usually wants to wear a "pretty dress" or an "adorable skirt."  Last week I was trying to get Bailey ready in time to go to Brooklynn's doctor's appointment.  Bailey wanted to wear a nice church dress, but I persuaded her to wear a different play dress.  I can usually convince her to wear something more suitable, as long as I give her a few options.  This process is not the quickest thing, but at least she feels like she got some input in the decision. 

When she was finally dressed and marching down the stairs, she was chanting, "I'm gonna wear everything that I wanna wear!"  It was not a defiant chant, but one of pure happiness in her outfit for the day--a purple, flowered play dress and her pink polka dot Hello Kitty rainboots.  She had to make sure that she had a coordinating purple headband to match--of course!  I would have taken a picture of her ensemble, but I didn't want to be late for Brooklynn's appointment.

Other Favorites:
"Brooklynn's following asleep"  instead of falling asleep.

"Do you want to see my big surprise?" she'll ask anyone while holding anything behind her back.  The big surprise could be a sticker, her shoes, a piece of paper, or even a piece of trash.  Everything is exciting as long as it's described as a big surprise.

"This is the best ______(day, food, present, show, etc.) in my life ever!"  I love this one because she is so sincere and does feel at that moment that whatever it is is the greatest thing she's experienced in her life.

She also loves "big kid games" (any game that's in a box), movies (she's truly obsessed), anything described as "special," and her baby sister. 

Family Fun:
Last Sunday we ate dinner at the beach with my family.  We had a family favorite--tin foil dinners.  I didn't put a bathing suit on Bailey, but as you can see she went in anyway.  She was in heaven!  She was finally able to fly her ladybug kite and loved it.

Check out that air!!

 

Here's when she stopped trying to stay dry and just went for it.

Bailey's favorite play date any time and any place--Toni!

My Tiny Little Nugget

Brooklynn has been smiling more and more each day. She usually is all smiles in the morning, so I brought my camera upstairs this week. A big smile had still eluded me all week long, until yesterday. Right before she went down for another nap, she was real happy and I caught it on camera.

I love her big, toothless smile!

I would like to say she was smiling at me, but Justin Timberlake was on Ellen.  I think she likes him as much as I do!

Her pensive side

She's thinking about being sad.

Not only does she have the cutest smile, but she also makes the BEST sad faces I've ever seen! 

She just pouts that bottom lip out and has the saddest sounding cry.

Here she's done with the photo shoot and ready to sleep.

I just love this tiny, little girl!!  She's such a good baby!

Potty Training Tales

I'd like to say that we're almost done with potty training here, but when can you ever truly think that?   When you make it through a nap without a pull up?  or when you make it through the night with a dry diaper?  or when kindergarten starts? Just when I think Bailey is doing great, we have a day like today--pooping in the pool with friends and then peeing twice in a pull up.

You could say that I like potty training just as much as I like being pregnant--I'm not a big fan of either.  I really love the outcome of both items, but just wish that I could magically fast forward to the end result for both.  These are two instances in my life where I don't enjoy the journey at all.  Despite all the frustration with potty training, there are some rather funny moments:

Peanut Butter Ice Cream: 
Last week I wanted two things with all my heart--Bailey to stop pooping in her big girl panties and frozen yogurt.  Bailey had had a few bad days in a row in regards to doing #2 in her big girl panties and I was sick of it.  I am all about bribing her to go potty, so I told her that if she went poop in the potty we could go get ice cream (frozen yogurt) after dinner.  She thought about it for a moment, and then quietly asked from her car seat, "Peanut butter ice cream?"  I quickly thought about it and said, "Sure!"

Now why is this a big deal?  It is because we have been telling Bailey her whole life that she's allergic to peanuts.  Brian is allergic to peanuts so we were just being really cautious because allergic reactions to peanuts can be pretty severe.  She had an allergy test earlier in the year, and everything came back clear but we were still waiting on peanuts.  So Bailey knew that asking for and eating peanut butter ice cream would be a momentous occasion in her life.  It also shows what a little negotiator she is!  If I had known that all it would take was peanut butter to get her potty trained, it would have happened a long time ago! 

Once we got home she promptly went poop in the potty and so we all were rewarded with frozen yogurt.  Bailey ate a big bowl of it with tons of toppings and loved every last drop.  The next day she even ate her very first PB&J sandwhich for lunch.  Since then she has kind of come a peanut butter fanatic.  I might just start offering spoonfuls of peanut butter for rewards, but I worry she might turn into one of those huge kids on the Maury Povich show who eat ribs for dinner with baby bottles filled with soda.

Isn't it Ironic?:
One of the big rewards that I had posted for Bailey was a date to see the movie HOP.  I printed out a picture of it and taped it to the bathroom wall.  I told her that when she was totally done wearing diapers, we could go see the movie.  Last week was a pretty good week and Brian was home from work, so we took her to see the movie on Friday.  She was so excited to see it!!  She wanted her own drink and a tiny popcorn.  We sat in those front seats at the bottom of the stadium seating.  She laughed and danced through the whole movie.  She even asked to go to the bathroom during the movie.  Brian took her out, since I had Brooklynn asleep in my arms.  I was so proud of her! 

On the way out of the movie theater, she had a meltdown because of all the candy that she couldn't have.  It was also well past her nap time, so we were in dangerous territory.  Bailey is not one of those kids who you can just put in her crib and let her cry it out until she eventually calms down.  When she cries and is upset, it quickly escalates and spirals out of control rapidly.  In the car she continued to cry for the candy that she couldn't eat.  After about 10 minutes, she  quieted down but was still very upset.  As we drove home I reached back to hold her hand, but she wouldn't give me her hand.  She always gives me her hand, so I asked her what was wrong.  When I looked back she had THAT look on her face.  She had, in fact, peed her pants on the way home from her potty training reward.  Isn't that irony for you!  That is what Alanis Morissette should have sung about in her song.  I do take partial blame for the accident since we did push through her nap time.  But I guess accidents will happen no matter what the occasion.

Highlights:  She did make it through an entire day at Trisha's house with dry big girl panties!  She even made it through a nap without a pull up.  That means that she remembered to go potty even though she was playing with friends all day long.  I do feel like we're very close to being done, but I should just keep an extra outift in my car for a while.  She asks to go on her own all the time and doesn't even expect a reward.  She can do this!  We can do this!

What a Week!

Last week was such a fun week and what a wonderful way to end it yesterday with Easter.  Brian was able to take the past two weeks off from work and it was awesome!  The first week we just did stuff around the house and tried to get things checked off our to do list.  Last week we went out on the town with two kids; we really did something fun everyday.  It was nice to be so adventurous so soon, because I'm still not brave enough to do these things on my own.  So here's our week in review:
Monday:  We went to Sea World.  I was a little off my game because I didn't even bring my camera.  Bailey loves Sea World!  She loves the animals and all the Sesame Street characters there.  We wanted to see the new dolphin show Blue Horizon, so we planned our time around that.  The show was very cool and Bailey loved it.  She was laughing hysterically at the dophins jumping and all the acrobatic people flying around the stage.  I used my Baby Bjorn front carrier thing for most of the day and loved it.  I only used it once with Bailey when she was big enough to face out and I hated it.  Brooklynn is still small enough that she just snuggles up in a little ball and falls asleep.  Bailey did notice a slight weakness in that I can't run as fast with it on or climb things.  She took full advantage of the opportunity and sprinted to a staircase for employees only that she thought would lead her to a ride.  I ran after her as fast as I could and then did my best mad mom voice and froze her in her tracks.  After that, we headed into meltdown mode and home.

Tuesday: We headed up to Grandma and Grandpa Mosher's house so they could meet Brooklynn. Brooklynn had an appointment in the morning (where she weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces!) we then picked up Tera and headed up to Pasadena. We met Toni there around noon. They were so excited to meet Brooklynn and Bailey was thrilled to spend the afternoon at their house. I just loved watching them hold Brooklynn! Bailey is kind of obsessed with Grandma Mosher. The entire time she wanted Grandma to watch her do this, play with her, go feed the turtles, or just have her undivided attention. All of her sentences began with an adorable, long, drawn out, "Graaaaandmaaaa Moooosheeer!" And Grandma loved every minute of it! She is so patient and loving with her.  We ate a yummy lunch from our favorite pizza place and then headed home in time to avoide the traffic.

Bailey did not want to leave Grandma's side all afternoon.

It was fun to have Toni meet us there.  She doesn't pass up an opportunity to hang out with Bailey and Brooklynn.

An added bonus--Wesley was able to stop by to hang out for a while.  He is such a great cousin!

Grandpa's magic touch--he has always been able to calm all babies down with it.

When Bailey wasn't with Grandma, she was playing with Grandpa.

Grandpa let her pick two of his beautiful roses to take home. 

Grandma was so happy to meet Brooklynn and Brooklynn was so comfy and cozy in her arms.

Bailey and Tera

Grandma and the girls

Wednesday:  This was our day of relaxation and running errands.

Thursday:  We went to Disneyland!  We picked up Toni in the morning and headed off to the happiest place on earth.  It was super crowded, but we still had fun.  The first half of the day we went on Dumbo, walked around Toon Town, and hung out with in Princessland.  Bailey was not in the mood to wait in any more lines and on the verge of melting down after dancing with the princesses, so we went to Toni's house for a halftime nap.  Toni made a little bed for Bailey and she took a great nap and woke up ready for round two.  It was fun to hang out at Toni and Aaron's house.  When we went back after naptime, we went straight to California Adventure.  We didn't know what to expect, but ended up having a lot of fun.  We were able to walk right on a couple of rides since everyone was waiting to get a good spot for the World of Color show.  We were just going to eat and then go to Disneyland to watch the fireworks, but we were able to watch part of the World of Color show.  It was from a distance looking around some palm trees, but it was an amazing show.  We left that show early to go watch the fireworks at Disneyland.  We watched those for a while and then went back to go home around 10:00ish.  Bailey did awesome during the second half of the day and Brooklynn was a little dream baby all day long!  I have yet to experience a dream day at Disneyland where there are no crowds and you walk right on to everything, but it was a wonderful family day.

Bailey almost lost her mind waiting in line for Dumbo.  Every time the ride would start up again, she would get so mad.  She did not quite grasp the concept of waiting in line for a long time.  Once we were on the ride, she was happy as could be.

We're all giving Brian a peace sign as we flew by.

Bailey is showing off her extreme strength.

She looks like she might be singing I'm a Little Teapot, but it's just one of her classic poses.  She makes me laugh.

Family photo with tiny Brooklynn.

We are Toy Story toys trapped in the box.

Bailey and Brian riding seahorses on the merry go round.

Me and my girls--we had a great day.

Friday:  We took a quick trip down to the temple (which Bailey loved) and then we saw the movie HOP.  It was a funny movie and we all liked it.  There is a really funny story about this outing, but I'll write about it in my next post.

Saturday:  We had our family Easter celebration a day early.  The day started out with a family tennis session.  I haven't played tennis in a long time, since I was pregnant, so I was a little rusty, but still had fun.  The next item on the agenda was to decorate eggs.  We all made some beautiful eggs.  Brian spent most of the day preparing our gourmet Easter feast of lobster and bacon macaroni and cheese and some sort of delicious berry cake.  The food was well worth the wait!  Later in the afternoon we had an egg hunt and then we ate until we couldn't eat anymore.

Here are our beautiful eggs; the cool colorful ones are Aaron's.  He won the decorating contest with his Jackson Pollock inspired egg.

He is so good with Bailey--even when she turns into a beast!

Bailey loved decorating the eggs.

She was quite disappointed to discover that there wasn't candy inside the boiled eggs.  I had to peel one to show her that it was just an egg.

This is Toni's masterpiece

Dad loves holding Brooklynn--until she starts crying.  She's such a good baby that he can actually play with her for a long time.

So cute!

Best Friends--Bailey and Hailey.  We had the Sullivans over for the Easter party.  It's a lot more fun to have an egg hunt with more than one kid; a solo egg hunt is just kind of boring.  The two of them get along so well these days and it's really fun to watch them play and listen to their profound conversations.

She's one happy girl with two baskets filled with eggs.

She didn't know what to think about this egg.  Toni and my mom hid all of the eggs and candy about 30 minutes before Bailey woke up from her nap.  During those 30 minutes, the birds ate several eggs and two bags of fruit snacks!   It was the craziest thing!  This was one of the eggs that the birds had poked into, but didn't eat it.  Bailey was so concerned about what had happened to this egg.

The highlight of the girls' day was playing with the bubbles in the elephant fountain. We're not quite sure how the bubbles got in there, but the girls loved it.  They entertained themselves out here for a long time.  We didn't really mind because it kept them occupied and clean at the same time.

Easter Sunday:  The Easter bunny brought Bailey some cute bunny slippers.  I also hid her basked and wrote/drew clues for her to find it.  She had a fun time looking for her basket and loved everything inside it.  I also had a fun time hiding everything and attempting to draw pictures that Bailey could understand.  My favorite part of the day was the fact that my girls were twinners at church!  It was my first, of many, sister matching moments!  Brooklynn's dress was huge on her and slightly scandalous with the sleeves falling off the shoulders for most of the day.  They looked absolutely adorable!  We even made it through all three hours of church!  After church we went to Roxann and Dan's house for an Easter dinner.  It was fun to hang out with them since they've been in Kentucky for two weeks.   Adam and Teryn came too, so it was a fun family celebration.

Here's Bailey with her bunny slippers

This was the best shot we could get of the girls.  I had to take the picture after church sicne we were running behind schedule in the morning.  I'll have to attempt another photo session the next time they wear these dresses to church.  Hopefully, both of them will be in a good mood next time.

I had a more successful photo session with Brooklynn after she ate and slept.  She is starting to smile a little bit each day.  I haven't been able to capture her huge smiles, but this is a tiny almost smile.