Cute Girl's

Loves her MP3 player... looking so grown up!
Funny Face

Sucking Face = tired and hungry

Happiness

Update

Peyton loves this slide, she repeatedly climbs up and drops on her belly sliding down. Then starts over again, giggling the entire time!
While Brynlyn sits in her spot, on top sucking on her yucky blanket! We have told her when she turns 4 that she will be to big to suck on a blanket. I don't think she realizes just how close her 4th birthday is.
Any suggestions on how to wean her from this gross habit! She also bites her finger and toenails, sucks on her skin till its raw and twists her hair in knots. A little high-strung possibly? ;) I did get her a Tween Bling necklace! It's a new line of jewelry for girls who twirl their hair, chew their pencils or like to fidget. I think it has helped a little, and she loves that it is pink Camo. If she wants to wear her necklace she surrenders her blanket to me.


Baylee and Brynlyn did great in dance class this last month. They performed Beauty and the Beast. They do well most of the time, but have a love hate relationship! I am sad that dance class is taking a break for the summer. But it does give us some free time for swim lessons.

Torsten and Peyton in awe with Brynlyn's tool bench! We had so much fun with our house guests this month, I loved hanging out with Kurt, Farah and the little Man. The kids tormented each other but also played well together.

Both the girls loved Ronin and Shelby. Brynlyn wants a dog so badly! We are thankful that Farah will share hers with us. Brynlyn rolled around with them, bounced on Ronin, fed them to much and enjoyed every minute of it.

We are working on our yard... Chad has been so busy lately that the yard was put on hold. It is currently a lot of dirt. Pictures to come as it progresses.

Peyton is 11 months now and has such an amazing personality! She is extremely happy and loves to play by herself. There is so much to write about this sweet little girl. Her smile melts my heart. I love that I can put her hair in a little pixie ponytail now. She dislikes it and swats my hand away. She loves to shake her head no, climb the stairs, and rattle the baby gates! She hates diaper changes and squeezes her chubby legs together pointing her toes, making it very hard to remove or replace a diaper. Her vocabulary grows every day. Her current words are "Hi Dad" "Uh oh" "Wow" "Mamamama". The cutest thing she does right now is a sucky face when she is tired and rests her head on your shoulder for a few seconds. Popping right back up refusing to sleep anywhere but her crib.

Surgery Day

The 3+ hour wait at the Hospital was hard for Brynlyn. We did many different things to keep her mind off her hungry stomach and dry mouth.

She wanted to dress herself in the pretty hospital robe and cute grippy socks. Very excited that she got to keep them! During the wait we watched cartoons, played doctor, Dad taught her the art of blowing bubbles with gum, read books, colored and anything else we could think of.

Many people have asked what her surgery was for. She was born with a fused labia or labial adhesion. Which means the outer vaginal lips are almost completely sealed shut. Like peeing out of a pin hole. It is pretty common in little girls. Some bath bubbles can also cause this to happen. It can cause infections and kidney problems if not fixed. We started noticing problems after she had been potty trained for over a year. Having accidents, refusing to go, being frustrated that she just went... but pee keeps dripping out, back aches and more. Brynlyn's nurses were great, they played doctor for real... She absolutely loved it! They even took the time to play doctor on Brynlyn's dog scruff.

At 11:50 am I walked Brynlyn back to surgery... On the way the nurse gave her a new Pink turtle stuffed animal that she named Pinky and a hair net to wear just like the nurses. She was such a big girl and very excited to watch cartoons while breathing in her watermelon scented oxygen mask as she became sleepy. She took the nurses hand and didn't look back.
12:30 Dr. Close came out of surgery and said "all went well but, she had some concerns." Brynlyn's bladder wall is unusually thicker than it should be, possibly from pushing hard her entire life to use the bathroom. At her next check up they will look further into it.

When she woke up, she was sad and wanted Dad and Mom right away! The nurses where very sweet to her. I heard them tell her "we were looking for her" and would be there as we turned the corner. She was sitting up in bed checking out her IV and wanted to use the bathroom.

During recovery she was sad one second, then grouchy the next.

She was asking for ice cream with sprinkles and a fruit roll up.

But settled for what the nurses gave her; water, apple juice and many popsicles(poor girl was starving). She tried to help the nurse take out her IV and would not look away. She was amazed by the needle.

2:00pm we were able to head home after Grammy came by the hospital to give her some great surprises. It was a very long day but Brynlyn did very well at the hospital. As Chad said "I think she had more fun at the hospital than a day at the park".

That evening she spiked a fever of 101, so we put a call into the doctor. They said to get it down with cool treats, cold rags and some motrin. We had a hard night and she cried a lot when it was time to us the bathroom saying "it stings bad I'm never going to the bathroom again!"

We are very grateful this is over and so thankful for our family, friends and all the prayers!

"I'm a pill"

I asked Brynlyn to strike a pose for the camera! Such a cute little model.
Why is she flipping me off you ask? Well, she was really picking her nose, with the middle finger. She said "I'm a pill, Uncle Kurt said so"

I captured a few cute pictures with plenty of attitude in the newest dress I made. This one is a gift for my sweet little niece. A late birthday prize. Hope she likes it, Brynlyn did not want to take it off after modeling for the camera!

Our busy little girl is very strong willed.

She told me this morning, she is ready for surgery tommorow and asked if she gets a hospital bracelet with her name on it. Also she wants to pack a bag like I did when we had baby sister at the hospital. Funny, the things she is concerned about.

Wish us luck for tommorow's minor surgery.

I hope we have prepared her enough. I think I am nervous for us both.

Missing my dishwasher

Mother's Day

yard work.
climbers .

artwork.

We are continually plugging along! Chad is extremely busy lately. I have felt a little bit like a single parent the last couple weeks. If he is not working on our backyard then he is doing church stuff or staying late at work. I really miss my dishwasher(Chad), those extra pots and pans make me very tired. The deal at our house, I cook he scrubs the dishes! I love it.

My extra time(what's that) I've spent working on some fun sewing projects, that I hope to post pictures of soon. I am so behind on my scrapbooks. One day I will have more time for that. I am starting to feel the sleep deprivation set in!

We have spent hours each day playing dress up, throwing balls, making playdough monsters, doing laundry, reading story's, teaching little ones to descend stairs, removing rock from our backyard, visiting doctors, wiping noses (darn allergies) and spring cleaning closets!

I am doing my best to spend half the day or more just playing with the kids. I keep thinking how fast my little ones are growing and soon they wont want me to play alongside them! ;(

Brynlyn is having surgery next week. I feel prepared (but still nervous). We have talked to her about the details(they will put her out). She seems excited and can't wait to play doctor for real. It will be a simple procedure to correct labial adhesion, which she was born with. One of her cute little cousins has already been through this surgery and did wonderfully. It has helped to have someone to give me all the details.

My mom surprised me with a visit. She fed kids, read stories, did bath time and lots more. She let me take a nap that I really needed so my sinus infection could start to get better. I had a doctors appointment Thursday morning at 7:00 am. Yuck right, but that's when they could squeeze me in last minute. The doc gave me steroids to get the swelling down and a referral to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist. I may need surgery in the near future to fix my deviated septum. Hopefully getting rid of my chronic sinusitis. Sooo looking forward to that.

Oh, and I can't forget to mention... Chad went to Supercross last weekend, had a great time with the guys.

Mother's day was very nice. I woke up to some very cute signs from each family member. Peyton's sign said "hi dad" -Peyton (sorry)

Her first and only words so far... "Hi Dad"

Brynlyn's said "Your the best mom in the whole entire world"

Chad's said "keep up the good mommy work... especially dinner"

Chad spoiled me with a tiny new sweet camcorder (fits in the palm of my hand). And it's bright blue, love it! My in-laws gave me a couple good books to read... so excited, I have not read in forever. And my parents gave me a gift card for Home Depot. Yaa, when my yard is done I can get a sweet plant or something cool for decor!

Happy Late Mothers Day to all the lady's.

finished projects

This fun little summer dress is the first thing I have sewn in a long time. It was a collared shirt of Chad's. I've had fun re-purposing or up-cycling clothes that Chad and I no longer wear. Brynlyn was a great little subject. She let me measure, measure some more then measure again.
This is the beginning of a Tutu, made from all of this fun stuff!

the end result, hours of spinning fun

for a sweet little princess! We gifted this one to Kaylee for her birthday. I forgot to take a final picture with the big flower sewn on the front in her favorite color... green!

Now Brynlyn is very ready to finish making her tutu. I hope to post more fun finished projects soon!