Wild and Crazy Bryn!

This girl has some wild and crazy hair! Especially first thing in the morning. It cracks me up every morning when I go into her room and she is standing up in her crib with this huge smile on her face with this wild and crazy hair!

Brynlee's hair is getting so long I just don't know what to do with it. I can't put cute little clippies in it anymore, obviously. She thinks they taste good! She doesn't leave headbands in for very long either. A lot of people have been telling me that I need to cut her hair so she has bangs. But I just don't want her to have bangs. I never had bangs and I don't want her to right now either. I will however get her hair trimmed and very soon. It almost looks like her hair has already been cut into a little bob. It's cute but I think she is ready for her first little hair cut (trim)!

Here is a little hair do that Bryn wears often since her Mommy is scared to put cute clippies and bows in her hair. Hopefully she will get out of this eating everything stage real soon!

Warning.....May Be A Choking Hazard

And this cute little barrette is the culprit-





Who would have thought that my little princess would take this cute little barrette out of her hair in a matter of moments and try eating it. Well, she did and it was the most scariest thing I have been through as a Mom.

It was just another typical rush around morning trying to get out of the door to get to work. This particular morning it was snowing so I called my most favorite most caring and giving Aunt ever and asked if Brynlee could come to her house that day instead of sweet Grandma Deni who lives in West Jordan. And of course my Aunt was more than happy to have Brynlee, thank goodness!!

As we were rushing out I grabbed this little barrette to pull Brynlee's hair back out of her eyes. And out the door we went. The drive was short since my Aunt just lives about a mile away, Thank Goodness! (AGAIN)

Once we arrived I got Brynlee out of the car and her blanket was over her car seat so I didn't take a look at her as I was trying to hurry because it was a blizzard. As I was walking into the house I could hear her like coughing so once we got inside I set her car seat down on the floor an lifted her blanket. I was saying to my Aunt that I think she is choking as I stood there watching her. My Aunt came right over and Brynlee started throwing up horribly. My Aunt hollered to get her out of her seat and I noticed she was throwing up blood. My Aunt began calling 911 and she said to me to see if she has anything in her mouth. I kept thinking what the heck could be choking on. I didn't give her anything before we left the house. It never crossed my mind that it could be her barrette. I never even noticed it was gone out of her hair.

I put my finger in her mouth and felt something really far back and realized it was that dang barrette. So I reached in again and pulled it out covered in blood and flem. The paramedics still came even though I was able to get it out. Because if the blood we wanted to make sure everything was OK.

It seemed that as all of this was happening my Aunt and I were pretty calm. While we were waiting for the paramedics to come I was getting Brynlee out of her wet clothes and that's when things started to settle in my mind. It scared me half to death and it just took a moment for it all to sink in!

The medics came and checked Brynlee out and fortunately she was just fine! Her throat of course would be super sore for awhile but that didn't seem to last too long. I still can't believe this happened. The rest of the day I couldn't quit thinking about how lucky we were and going through the what if's. It still just scares me to death to think of these. We are just so very fortunate!

Here are Brynlee's Hero's for the day! Of course the whole squad was sent to save our little princess. So many big guys for such a tiny little girl!

This is a picture my Aunt sent me later on in the day. It sure helped me get through the rest of my day and brought a smile to my face knowing she was happy and having fun with our very favorite Auntie!. (Yes, I went to work after this whole ordeal. Don't ask me how!)

Brynlee....10 Months Old

Time goes by so fast that I can barely keep up on these monthly postings I do for Brynlee. She is growing and changing like mad and I wished I could keep up on every little detail. But the crazy busy Mom that I am I do what I can to remember all these big milestones in my mind in hopes that I don’t forget. So far I have been pretty good but I wished I could just be video taping every single minute. Now that’s not practical but I sure try my best to catch the most important moments.


New Things About Bryn……..

She loves dancing! She has a little toy radio and it plays nursery rhymes that she love to play with. As soon as she hers music, any music, she dances! So cute! I think she go that from her Auntie Debbie, who loves to dance with Brynlee.



Brynlee loves bath time! She cried for the very first time when it was time to get out. Brynlee actually likes to take showers with her Mom and Dad too. She is just our little water baby! She must get that from her Mommy and Grandma who love the water!

Look how long her hair is getting!

Brynlee is moving on out of her 9 month clothes and moving into 12 months. Holy smokes!! She still just seems too little! But she is getting little rolly polly ollies on her little legs and her tummy. It's adorable!



I decided that it is time to change Brynlee’s earrings for the first time. It was a three man job to get it done but it’s done and she is now our sparkling little princess with her diamonds that her Grandpa bought when she was born. Grandpa has been waiting patiently for her to start wearing her first special pair of earrings that he gave his most special little princess.



And finally……. She has her first tooth!!! It’s just barely poking through on the bottom but we can feel it and hear it clanking against a glass when we give her a drink. So cute!!!

Sweet as Pie!!

This is a funny pic of Bryn! She was never a Binky girl (such a bitter sweet thing for her Mommy) but I found one of the few Binky's I had bought before she was born. I gave it to her to see what she would do with it. She put it in her mouth but not to suck. She was kind of like chewing on it with her little gummies. It's funny to see her with an actual Binky in her mouth since she never took one before. Maybe it's like a teether for her?!

Preschool Birthday Celebration

Hayden's final 5th birthday celebration was on his first day back to preschool after Christmas break. He got to be the big helper for the day and boy was he excited! We were supposed to make a poster for Hayden telling his friends more about him. Well, I think Mommy went a little over board. OK, so maybe a lot over board.

Nate and I went shopping to find some things to put on his poster and when we got home a started laying everything out the big white poster didn't seem so big. I just couldn't leave any pictures out so we covered both sides of the poster. I think Teacher was probably thinking we were such dorks! Oh well, it turned out cute anyway and Hayden had a lot of fun telling his friends about the pictures we had used. In fact, Teacher asked me to tell the kids about it but Hayden took right over. It was pretty cute! I thought he was more shy but I guess when he is the shining star he coems right out of his shell.

Teacher and Hayden

Teacher was telling the class how special Hayden was and how she loves his big brown eyes and his big loves that he always wants to give her. Hayden is a very lovey boy!

One of my favorite parts of the poster! My Silly Monkey!

Our Big Helper

Hayden loves to help his Mom and Dad to anything and everything. This boy would rather do the dishes, mop the floor, or fold laundry than picking up his toys and cleaning his room. I really don't blame him because growing up I always thought it was so much more fun helping clean my friends houses than cleaning at home. It's funny to think about now that I am older.

I guess I better let Hayden help all that we can now because I am afraid the big willingness to help won't be here forever!

Mopping the floor for Mommy. Oh what fun! Mommy is one lucky girl!

Hayden seen a black mark on the pantry door and he thought he better use the bottle brush to scrub it off. Boy, what a great kiddo we have!!

Music to My Ears!

The most amazing sound is to hear my little miracles laughing!

I love tickling Bryn to hear her giggles and to have her laugh the hardest she has ever laughed. It is the cutest ever!

I love hearing Hayden burst out into laughter while watching a movie. Hearing his burst of laughter brings a huge smile to my face and even makes me start laughing too.

It's truly amazing how these two precious little laughs and giggles bring us so much joy and happiness in our lives. Once I hear these little giggles after a long chaotic hectic day it seems as though it has wiped it all away. This is what makes the world go around for me!

It's music to my ears!!

Happy Birthday "Little Chef"!

For Hayden’s special 5th birthday party we decided to have all his little friends join us for some cooking fun at Little Chefs Academy. Hayden has always loved helping out in the kitchen so I thought it would be great fun for him and his little buddies to cook their very own pizza all by themselves. We actually decided to have double the fun and have our favorite little cousin, Landen’s 5th birthday party together with Hayden’s. It only made sense since their birthdays are 7 days apart and they have almost the same guest list. Besides, who wouldn’t want to share their special day with one of their most special friends!

The party turned out fabulous! Hayden and Landen brought all their guests their very own apron with their name on it along with their very own pizza cutter with some gummy pizza candy. Everyone looked so cute in their little aprons!

The kids had a blast making their own pizza dough and learning about measuring. The Chef that was helping us was great with the kids and he made cooking a lot of fun! The pizza turned out pretty dang good too! All of our little chefs did an amazing job!



Happy Birthday to our special “Little Chefs”! We Love you!



Side Note: We got “Little Chef” from the movie Ratatouille. We have watched that movie a bazillion times and for some reason “Little Chef” sticks out in our minds so we are constantly calling Hayden that. He used to not like that we would say that but I don’t think he minds now. Hayden just prefers we call him Bubba!

Loftin and Hayden getting the pizza dough all ready for baking.


Hayden and Landen got to be the special birthday helpers of the day!

Although Hayden and Landen were the extra special chef helpers all of their guests got to help too!

All were pretty excited to take their turn, except for Trevor. He is our shy little buddy.

Kayson's turn...

Gage's turn...

Baylee's turn...

Loftin's turn...

Karrie's turn...

And Landen's turn.

While they were making up their pizza dough the Chef said it was a must that they put flour on their face. You know, like maybe one stripe of white flour under each eye like a football player would do with black. Well, Hayden thought he needede more! He had his face and everything around him covered!

And the finished product...Landen and his yummy pizza...


Karrie's yummy pizza

Rivers yummy pizza...

Gage, Baylee, and Kayson's yummy pizza

Hayden and Trevor's yummy pizza.

And the life of our party, Loftin with his yummy pizza. Loftin is no way shy and he is so stinkin' smart! He is always the life of our parties! We love having him around!

Landen chose to have a Batman Birthday so here he is with his cute Batman cupcake cake.

And Hayden of course wanted to have a Transformer birthday.