Santa Babies

I love my cute girls! Brylee is at such a fun age right now. Kaelyn loves to help me out with her by bringing me diapers, giving her her binky, holding her bottle for her, and lots of other things. Kaelyn was the first person Brylee ever smiled at, and she has always had a huge smile for her big sister ever since. The two of them are quickly becoming BFF's.

This first picture was taken earlier this week when Kaelyn tried to put the Santa hat on Brylee. She sat here like this for several minutes.
We went to a Christmas party in Kingston this afternoon and we dressed the girls up in their Santa clothes. The shirt Kaelyn is wearing was actually her Christmas dress from last year that we decided to use as a shirt this year since she can still fit into it! The dress Brylee is wearing was also one of Kaelyn's from last year. Hand-me-downs are the best!

We hope you are all surviving in this bitter cold weather! We've still made it this far without snow up here, but we've heard next week will be different.

Thanksgiving and Stuff

There has been lots of fun stuff going on at our house lately. We've been playing outside, going shopping, travelling to Moses Lake for Thanksgiving, and watching lots of Barney on the side. We have been lucky enough to have a snow-free winter so far and we're really hoping the rest of the winter will be this mild.

Kaelyn found this funny hat that went with a dress she had when she was a baby and she put it on one day, danced around the house and refused to take it off.

Kyle got to come up from Provo for Thanksgiving and it was the first time he met Brylee. They seemed to hit it off pretty well.

And now I'm getting back to my homework!

This is Ridiculous

I am struggling with keeping up right now. Not only with this, but with life in general.

I realize it's been almost a month since I last posted, but I have been so busy lately that I hardly have time to breathe. Finals are just around the corner, and I am looking forward to getting a break. And after a four and a half month maternity leave, I have finally returned to work. I'm not exactly thrilled about it, but it will be nice to get some cash flow again, even though school and kids alone were keeping me plenty busy.

Our lease is up at the end of next month and I really wanted to find a one-story house to move into, since having stairs with little kids is scary and sucks (Kaelyn took a tumble more than once when she was just crawling). But by some miracle we were able to negotiate our rent down by a hundred dollars a month, so we agreed to stay. Kaelyn has been walking up and down the stairs by herself for months now, but I worry about when Brylee learns to crawl.

The above pictures are by no means recent. I have a few cute ones still on my camera but I am far too tired and lazy to upload them right now. So, maybe later.

Kaelyn is learning to speak English a little better these days. She still speaks Goofernese, as we call it, but she can actually communicate with me minimally, using real words from the English language. Mostly she just demands Barney by name every morning, and if I don't turn it on for her she takes matters into her own hands by climbing onto the changing table next to the TV, and she knows exactly which buttons to press to make it turn on. But other than that, she likes to tell me "no" a lot, and she can tell me the names of a few animals and what sounds they make. It's so fun listening to her talk. Toddlers have the cutest little voices.

Brylee is gigantic. She is in mostly 3-6 month clothes but her onesies are 6-9 months. She can practically sit up by herself, and she only takes one nap a day now, as opposed to sleeping 20 hours a day like she used to. She is smiley and giggly and I love her to death.

Sorry my thoughts are a little jumbled right now. That's all.

Bumble Butt

Kaelyn is going to be a bumble bee for Halloween this year, and she got to wear her costume over the weekend for her friend Caden's 2nd birthday party. All the kids were dressed up and they all looked really cute! The blue beads were Kaelyn's own addition to her costume that she insisted on wearing.

Birthday boy Caden, Joey and Kaelyn.

Brylee wore some Winnie the Pooh Halloween jammies that used to be Kaelyn's.

Kaelyn rocked the pinata. She whacked that thing like she's been doing it her whole life!

And here are a few other pictures of what has been going on at our house lately.

I love how kids can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, with any foreign object in their mouth.

It was a t-rex on this particular occasion.

Our beautiful Brylee Boo.

Kaelyn had to be cursed with the straightest, stringiest hair possible, and she actually let me put her hair in rollers a few days ago. It turned out pretty wild!


But at least the curls made her hair stay somewhat out of her face.

Auntie Mayg's Birthday Bash

Auntie Mayg turned 16 a couple of weeks ago, so we all went over to Moses Lake for her party. Kaelyn especially enjoyed herself, as can be seen in the video at the bottom. She was wandering around aimlessly squealing like a little piggy. What a nut.

Birthday Girl blowing out the candles

Brylee with Auntie Juie

Brylee Lately

Brylee is now over 2 months old. She caught a cold when she was between 3 and 4 weeks old and has yet to fully get over it. She gets really congested still, especially at night and early in the morning. It's sad, but all we can do is give her saline drops and keep the humidifier in her room running around the clock. She has her 2-month checkup on thursday, but when I took her to the doctor a couple of weeks ago when she was sick she was already 10 lbs. 13 oz., which is 7 ounces bigger than Kaelyn was at 2 months.

She's so smiley now and I love it. She loves her big sister and always has plenty of smiles for her. In fact, Kaelyn was the first person she ever smiled at.

I love to pinch and kiss her chubby little cheeks. Kaelyn never had an ounce of chub her whole life, and I am thrilled to have a baby with rolls this time. So adorable.

Kaelyn Lately

Kaelyn is such a busy little girl these days. She never seems to run out of energy and she finds something different to destroy every day. She is absolutely CRAZY about Barney. We have one Barney DVD and she watches it several times a day. She also likes to dance around the living room when there's music playing and loves to play outside.

Both girls love to go on walks in our new stroller that Ty's boss bought for us. We LOVE it and only wish the weather would stay pleasant a little longer.

Kaelyn loves her sister. She is constantly giving her kisses and loves to "help" me change her diaper and give her baths.

Here she is modeling her new jeans and new shoes for me.

And she loves to push her train around the house and use it as a stool to climb up on things. She is always climbing into the play pen downstairs and is content staying there for a while and reading books.

Overall she is such a sweet little girl. Ty and I have been so busy with school and work lately and I am definitely looking forward to things slowing down in a couple months so I can spend more quality time with her.