6 Months Old

How is this stinkin adorable little girl already 6 months? I swear the last six months have gone by faster than I can believe! At 6 months Brynnli: 

• Weighs 14.5 lbs (25%) and is 26 inches tall (50%).
• Is pretty much crawling. She gets up on all fours, rocks back and forth and plops down on her belly. It is an odd crawl, but she can get where she wants to go. 
• Because she plops down on her belly she has a nasty rash on her chin that won't go away. 
• Loves oatmeal cereal. We'll be starting veggies in the next day or two. 
• Still not consistently sleeping through the night.  I may have to get mean with her here in the next month and let her cry it out. 
• Still is just so happy! My mom comments every time we see her, "Does she ever cry? I don't think I've ever heard her cry!" I told my mom to come over to our house at 2 am, and she could her Brynnli cry a lot! :)
• Likes to play with toys, but mostly just loves to watch Makayla and Caden play with their toys. 
• Still nursing and loves it. 
• Still the sweetest baby girl around! We just love her so much!

Luck O' the Irish

Another successful St. Patrick's day to add to the books! 

When the kids woke up Lucky the Leprechaun visited again to play some tricks and leave some treats. 

"Lucky, lucky, lucky me, I am green, but you can't see.

Leprechauns are so much fun; we play tricks on everyone. 

Look around the house to find tricks and treats of every kind

for Makayla, Caden, and Brynnie-goo. Oh my heck, the milk's green too. 

Don't forget to wear green all day, so you don't get pinched when you play. 

Love, Lucky the Leprechaun. 

Lucky used the kids' bathroom again and forgot to flush. 

 and he turned our milk green.

 He brought the kids some treats and green beans for Brynnli.

Later that day Makayla had a magician come to her preschool. He asked for volunteers to help him onstage and Makayla got picked to go up there. 

 He magically made a rabbit come out of his hat and Makayla got to hold it. She was pretty scared.

 Then he played some other silly tricks on her and made her a balloon animal.

February Catch Up

The end of February already? This year is already flying by. Here's the pictures you didn't see in the other posts: 

We love child labor because one, it's free, and two, our kids appear to be really happy when they do dishes. 

 This winter has been unseasonably warm, but I think Makayla was getting a little ahead of herself here. Or, she understands this importance of water safety.

 Sometimes when we don't have time to do the bedtime routine we compromise by telling our kids they can fall asleep in our bed. Brynnli even joined in on the fun for this night.

 Our handsome little man cheering on Brynnli while she eats

 The kids struggle to look at the camera at the same time

 But this little cutie always looks at the camera... and always sticks her tongue out.

 And of course the kids' favorite part each night is Daddy reading them stories! Daddy might love it more than they do (even if he does fall asleep mid stories). Plus he does a really great Mickey Mouse voice.

Some cute sayings of the kids this month include: 

• One night we were getting ready to eat dinner and Caden started freaking out because we didn't say a prayer. He screamed, "We have to say the prayer, because if we don't say the prayer Jesus will be so sad!" 
• Speaking of praying, the kids like to say the prayer before dinner. They are very thankful, and say things like, "thank you for these plates, and thank you for this fork, thank you for this house." It's pretty cute. 
• Caden told us, "When it's spring time, we get to go to Hanna Land and I can pee on a rock!" Set your sights high little man.
• Speaking of Caden, he is now totally potty trained. After one time going to the bathroom he said as he flushed, "good bye poopies; I wov you!"

Brynnli's First Food

This sweet baby girl got to celebrate 5 months by having her first taste of real food (well if you can call oatmeal with breast milk as real food). I've been thinking she was ready for food for a few weeks now, but she had to wait until she was officially 5 months old.

 Good news, she LOVED it! Here's proof

Yea for our little girl growing up!

5 Months!

Happy 5 Months to the happiest little girl around!

At five months old, Brynnli:

• Just started eating baby oatmeal, and she loves it!
• Is sleeping through the night again after a rough few weeks when she was sick and picked up some bad habits of waking up and wanting to eat multiple times each night.  
• Getting more consistent with her naps. 
• Still loves bath time. 
• Always sticks her tongue out like a little puppy. 
• Still wearing some 3 month clothes, but is moving into 6 month clothes. 
• Rolls over all the time and is getting so close to crawling. She will get up on all fours and rock. 
• Loves Makayla and Caden. Sometimes when she's fussy, I will ask Makayla and Caden to make her happy, and once they go over by her, she is happy again (until they smother her).
• Has several nicknames: Brynnie-Bear (mom), Brynnie-goos and Brynnsbee (dad), Brynn-Brynn (Caden), and Little Cutie Pie (Makayla). 
• Is still the happiest and best baby around.

We love our little girl so much! But please stop getting so big, so fast!

Remember that time...

Hey remember that one time Brynnli had a huge blowout and literally the only thing I had to change her into was her new swimsuit? She went to dinner and the furniture store wearing it because there was no way we were going to ruin our date night to go home and get her real clothes. #swimsuitsinfebruary #atleastshelookedcute

Cupid's Cuties

We got to spend the whole day with our cuties this year on Valentine's day. We started out in the morning with a little gift for everyone. The kids got a swimsuit and play doh, Tyler got a cookie cake (well it was really a combined Valentine's and birthday cake), and I got a cute decoration for the basement. 

 Tyler made us heart shaped pink pancakes. He put our initial on each one so that we wouldn't get confused at which pancake was ours.

 And this adorable little girl got to celebrate her very first Valentine's day! We love this little girl so much.

 Especially when she's all dressed up in her cute outfit.

We spent the day shopping for decorations for our basement and then had dinner at our new neighborhood Culvers. We ended the night with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Thomas who stopped by with come cookies and presents for the kids.  Nothing too exciting, but it was a great day with my adorable family!

Happy Valentine's day from Cupid's Cuties!