Braenna Turns 1

It's so hard to believe how fast this year flew by! Braenna has been a special edition to our family. She is the sweetest, most loving little girl. She has the most precious smile and just melts my heart on a daily basis. She is truly a blessing to our lives. Despite her rocky start, she has turned into a vibrant and healthy 1 year old. At her 1 year check up, she was in the 75th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height. She is such a big girl...but no competition for Mikaiya at this age! This year has brought so many first for Braenna. The most recent have been crawling, pulling up and her first steps. She learned all of these things in about two weeks! She is getting very close to officially walking and has gotten up to as many as 12-13 steps at a time. She loves to get into things and her new favorite thing is to climb the stairs. She is such a cutie! She is also starting to talk, with her favorite word still being "uh-oh". I think she is also saying "more" now although it sounds more like "ma". We can't wait to see what this next year and many more to come bring for our sweet little baby girl.

Here are the pictures from her 1st birthday: http://photos.walmart.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=293982002/a=3342801_3342801/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/

Braenna's First Birthday Party

Here is the birthday girl all dressed up for her party:

Here is a nice family pic:

Braenna and Mikaiya:

Braenna showing everyone how she takes steps:

Braenna about to eat cake:

Midway into cake eating:

The aftermath:

My New Ride

We got a new vehicle this last week! I upgraded my Chevy Trailblazer for a Chevy Traverse. It's got third row seating which is something we have been wanting for quite awhile now. We got an unbeatable deal, so we decided to do it. Here are a few pics:

May Pictures

Here is the link to our May pictures: http://photos.walmart.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=192352002/a=3342801_3342801/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/

I will try to write more after Braenna's big 1st birthday coming up this weekend!

Mikaiya and the Laundry

Thisi s hysterical...Well, maybe only I think it's funny, but I thought I'd share anyway. So there was this pile of a variety of clothes (socks, undies, pants, shirts, etc...) on Mikaiya's floor. They were all clean and I just hadn't had time to put them away in her drawers. I go in this morning to get her up and notice that the pile is significantly smaller...I think to myself, hmmmm, maybe Jeff put them away and just didn't know where the rest went. Well, then Mikaiya starts talking to me about socks going with the socks, undies with the undies, pants in the pants drawer...and it clicks...Mikaiya put them all away! YES!!!! Does this mean she can officially put up her own laundry? I have to say, I was pretty surprised and think it's just hysterical! What a little Type A personality we are raising...can't imagine which Type A parent she gets all that from!!

Braenna is 11 Months Old

So I am once again behind...this time on both my blogging and on taking pics of my little girl! I just got to taking her 11 month pics today, only 10 days late! Life is just so crazy! Braenna had a good month this month. She is now up to a whopping 22 lbs, 10 oz...hard to believe that Mikaiya was over 25 lbs at this age. I'm not sure where she put all that weight!! Braenna is finally deciding she might want to crawl like a normal child instead of scooting on her butt. Nothing against the scooting, she gets where she wants to be without delay, it's just kind of funny to watch. She is also working very hard on walking. If she had her way she would be on the move by now, but she doesn't quite have her balance yet because she is just so excited to be standing that she falls down. She has such a cute little personality and her favorite new activity this month is dancing. She loves to bop around to music. Too cute! Here are a couple of pics (notice her cute little ponytail!):

April Pics

Here's the link to the rest of the April pics. Even with Mikaiya's birthday pulled out there are still over 100! Sorry for so many, but it was a busy month here! Enjoy!

http://photos.walmart.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=47682140/a=3342801_3342801/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink