Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we spent the evening with Bryan's family at his brother, Chip's house. Brant was so ready to open gifts. Who could blame him? We ate a lot of great food and had a great time with our family!

Christmas at Mim & Pop's

We celebrated Christmas with my family the weekend before Christmas. We had a wonderful time. Brant got a spiderman costume which was perfect since he loves dressing up. His big gift was a "High School Musical 1" bike. It was really a Hot Wheels bike, but he assumed since there was a one on the front that that is what it was (even though he has never watched either show). Brylee received some dolls and a shake and giggle Elmo chair. Both kids loved Brylee's ball popping toy. Before we went home, we stopped by the mall to visit Santa again to finalize the kids' wishlists and get a picture of both kids in Santa's lap! It was a great Christmas!

Christmas Cards

I made our own Christmas card this year. I am pretty proud of it. They will be mailed out this week.

Birthday Fun and a New Friend

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while. Life has been super busy. Brant is about to turn 4. We had his birthday party last weekend. He had a Santa Claus birthday party with Addison. We had guest appearances from Santa himself and Mrs. Claus (A.K.A. - Mother Goose). It was a great party. He had loads of fun.

We have a new friend! Karlie Ann was born today (12/5). She weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and 21 inches long. She is beautiful. She has a headful of black curly hair. We have been waiting for her for a long time!

Catching Up on News!

Sorry it has been a while. I have a lot of catching up to do. First, Brant had his first singing debut at church. He sang "One Way" and "Oh Happy Day". During one of the songs, he popped up and said "I beat you". The whole church erupted in laughter. Brylee can now crawl! She is on the move. She started out slow. Now, she is on the go and going everywhere. Brylee and Brant had their Noah's Ark party at daycare. Brant was a monkey and Brylee was Minnie Mouse. I wanted Brant to be Mickey Mouse but I couldn't find a Mickey Mouse in his size. For Halloween, they were something different. Brant was Dash Incredible and Brylee was a fifties girl. She was dressed in a poodle skirt and pigtails. We took Brant to a few houses and then went to the church for a fall festival. He had a blast.

Bulldogs & Haircuts

This past weekend we took Brant to MSU's Homecoming! He had a great time pregame. He took pictures with both Bullys and played with a bulldog puppy. He got autographs from present & past MSU players and his favorite activity - Jumping on the Jumpers! During the game, he was more interested in going to the concession stand- who could blame him. It was a hot day and State didn't "let the dogs out" until 3rd quarter.

Brylee had her first haircut today. She had been needing a trim for a while. She had some extra long and uneven pieces of hair. She did so great! Mandy trimmed it in no time. Brylee was having so much fun watching herself in the mirror and playing with Brant!

New Faces & Crazy Hair

This past weekend we went to visit Bryan's Uncle Dan & Aunt Lisa. We also got to visit his cousin, Joey, his wife, Ashley and their baby daughter, Isabella. They flew in from New York. This was our first time seeing Isabella. Brylee is about 2 months younger than Isabella. Brylee was excited to "play" with Isabella.We really enjoyed the visit!

This week is Mixed Up/Crazy week at Brant & Brylee's preschool. Today, Brylee and Brant celebrated this week by wearing their hair crazy. Brylee had the Pebbles Flinstone look and Brant wanted his hair to look like a Shark. They look too cute!