Happy 2nd Birthday Brinley!!!

Today my little girl turned two! I can't believe it! I know that's what all Mom's say but I really can't believe how fast the time goes. She had a great day filled with lots of birthday fun. This morning she got to go to one of her favorite places, nursery! Then we came home from church, ate dinner, and then Greg took Brinley to the park while I got stuff ready for her party.

We had a small birthday party with our dental student family. Brinley had a great time playing with her little friends, eating cupcakes, and opening presents. She got a lot of darling clothes, an Amish rocking chair and a slide!! I'm trying to download the the rest of the pictures but my computer is being dumb so I 'll so upload them later. Until then......Happy Birthday Brinley, we love you more than you'll ever know!!!!

A pick me up

The past year and a half I've been growing out my hair. I hadn't had long hair since I was a Jr. in high school and I thought that I would give it a try again. Well, it has been what you would describe as long hair for about 3 months now and I can probably count on two hands how many times I've actually styled it. Normally, I get out of the shower and when I think about how long it's going to take to blow dry it, I decide it's not worth it and up in a pony tail it goes!
So, about a month ago I started entertaining the idea of cutting it. Then I started thinking even more drastically about just dying my hair back to its natural color, which is brown, and stop the hassle of highlighting it every 2-3 months. It took me a long time to make the call to my hairdresser but I finally did and this is how it turned out!!!


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After

Where is a Grandma when you need one?

Today has been one of "those" days where if I lived near my Mom or Greg's Mom I would have called them and said, "Please come and get your granddaughter, she and I are getting on each others nerves like you wouldn't believe and we both need a break from each other. How about a nice sleepover with your little love bug?" To which they both would have been tickled pink, stopped whatever they were doing to come to both, mine and Brinley's rescue. Don't get me wrong, I love being with Brinley most the time, but when you are with someone 24/7 with no break or anytime to miss them, you start getting upset at silly little things that don't even matter. I really feel the worst for Brinley. I'm so tired and unmotivated lately because of being pregnant and uncomfortable that I just don't have the energy or creativity to play or take her out places. We stay inside a lot and there are only so many things you can do inside before getting really bored!! So to my little love bug, I'm sorry that you have to endure these last weeks of pregnancy with me. Hopefully things will get better soon and maybe one day, just maybe, we'll live closer to a Grandma.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! We had a great day. Greg woke up early and made Brinley and me breakfast and I made a special Valentines dinner. Greg gave Brinley some balloons and a little stuffed Dog and she played with them all day long. Brinley LOVES balloons and really wanted to take them to church today, but we compromised and let her take the little dog instead. After dinner Brinley and I made rice krispy treats and took them around to her little friends. She had a lot of fun and so did we! Hope all of you had a great day also!

Snowed In

This past weekend we got hit with a major snow storm. It started snowing Friday evening and didn't stop until about 12 on Saturday. Overall we got about 17 inches and that was a small amount compared to other places like D.C and Maryland who got like 30. CRAZY! On Friday afternoon Greg got home from school early and knowing that we wouldn't be going anywhere all weekend we went to the Grocery store to get some stuff before the snow started falling. Everyone else must of had the same idea because the place was packed!

Brinley had a BLAST playing in the snow! Because it rarely snows here, we don't have a lot of snow stuff for her. She went out in Levi's, some knitted mittens, and some very non water proof boots. The snow came up to her waist! I still can't believe she stayed outside for almost an hour. She was soaking wet when she came in and her legs and face were bright red. It was a really fun weekend. We ate a lot of really yummy food, played games, and just hung out and did nothing!






Here was Brinley trying to make a snow angel. As you can see with snow this deep it just covered her!


After she got inside she said "I put my blankie around my legs." So she grabbed her blanket, sat in her chair and watched some shows for the next while trying to get warmed up.


This was me most the weekend. Just sittin' around doing nothing. It was lovely!

First Dentist Visit

On Saturday we took Brinley to the Dentist for the first time. She did AWESOME! So far she has beautiful healthy teeth and no cavities. After we left, she kept saying "I go to the Dentist again!" Who knows, maybe she'll go into the family business one day?

And I thought I loved you then...

Yesterday Greg and I celebrated our 5Th wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful day. Greg took the morning off school and took me and Brinley to breakfast at IHOP. The last few days Brinley has had an on and off fever, but has been eating and acting normally so we haven't been able to figure out the problem. Well, as soon as we sat down in our booth and starting ordering, Brinley began throwing up all over the table. Luckily she hadn't eaten anything yet so she mainly just threw up water, but still we got horrified looks from the people sitting around to us. After she threw up she seemed all better. She ate a whole pancake and her fever never returned all day. Lucky us.
That evening Greg and I left Brinley with a babysitter and we went out to P.F Changs. It was delicious and we had a great time just the two of us.

The past five years have been full of adventure and fabulous memories. I can't wait to see what the next five have in store for us. I love you more and more each day honey! Thank you for being so amazing to me!