Good News

I decided it was time to sit for my SPHR (senior professional human resources) exam. I took the PHR several years ago pre-kids and passed it but have been putting this off because of babies etc. anyway I was scared because it has a very high fail rate, so I studied my hiney off and passed!!! So I am now an SPHR. Woo hoo!!! Big deal in the HR world and a huge weight off my shoulders.

Rock a baby

Family Time

Ava just said to Steve "I love my family so much, I just love spending time with my family all day"  Such a sweet sweet girl :)

Bath time!

A beautiful day for a picnic- They requested to eat their lunch outside

Brynn the motor mouth

Brynn is talking up a storm now!  She's been putting sentences together for a couple of months now, but she has really taken off in the last couple of weeks.

Some of the things she has been saying:

• I put her in front of a mirror and say who is that and she says "dat Ben" or "dat benny!"
• I asked her where daddy was yesterday and she said "maybe at work"
• when you ask where something is she'll shrug her shoulders, throw her hands up and say " I dunno"
• Steve asked her last week if she had poopoo and she said "no silly, diarrhea"  and she was right!
• When I ask her if her diaper is dirty she says "no poopoo, just tee tee"
• She says "I want... whatever it is she wants at that time.  I want hog gog (hot dog), I want A-meal (oatmeal), I want Caillou etc.
• She also says "I love you"
• When we say Brynny lets go to bed, she says "No I pay" (play) or "no, I go Ava big big girl bed"
• She says "wait a minute Ava!"
• She also knows all of her colors and animal sounds
• Anytime she's not interested or doesn't want something she says "no thank you" and goes about her business

At night she is super sweet.  She tells us "I want book" and she knows the book I love you through and through by heart.  Then when I put her in her bed and say "I love you" she says "okay mommy I love you"

all winter cozy

snuggling with dad watching Caillou

doing a project

She still rubs her belly to do the sign for please and yells "peas" while rubbing her belly.  Her hair is getting so long it's almost longer than Ava's!  She's growing so fast it's almost scary.  She is super cuddly and is pretty much happy all of the time. 

Ava as a red head

Ballet

Ava decided she wanted to go back to Ballet classes so here we are! Recital is June 15th and she'll be dancing a ballet number to Winnie the Pooh and a tap number to aristocats. Get ready family! She's working hard :)

More Xmas pics

A few more pics

Christmas 2012

Christmas this year was a success and both girls were really into it.  The weather was warm on Christmas morning and freezing by Christmas evening.  Santa brought Ava a Cinderella bike and Brynn a Minnie mouse tricycle.  Ava was more excited about the stuffed Rudolph in her stocking than anything else.  She got lots of art supplies this year as well so she and Brynn have both been very busy coloring and making pictures. 

They have really enjoyed being home with us all week. Each night before bed Brynn runs to our room and crawls into the bed.  Then she pats the pillow and says "yay down mommy".  Then she hands me the remote and says "Caillou"   This has become her new routine before going to her room for the night.  When you ask her where something is, she throws both hands up, shrugs her shoulders and says " I dknow"

Aunt Kristin is having a baby in February so the girls will have a new boy cousin!  Little Elias will be here very soon, so the baby shower was yesterday and the girls went with me.  Ava didn't understand why nobody brought presents for her.  LOL



The girls playing princess - I love this picture

Steve's already working on Ava's archery skills