POTTY TIME!!

Brinlee got a pink potty chair and a potty doll for Christmas.  I don't want to rush things, but figured it'd be nice to have in the house...just in case ;-)  Well, low and behold my girl went PEE PEE and POO POO on the potty...twice!!  She hasn't been consistant with it, but you gotta start somewhere, right? 

First Poo Poo 12/27

First Pee Pee 01/01

She was so proud of herself, she wanted everyone (Frank and Brayton) to come in and look at her. We clapped and made a big fuss about it all.  And of course she cheesed for the camera.  She also wanted to dump the goods in the big potty and wave bye-bye to it!  This is gross...but I took a picture of the poop and ALMOST posted it on here...Frank told me not to...ha! ha!  I'm sure you're thankful I didn't ;-)

In other potty news...when she does goes #2 in her diaper, she'll say "ewww gwoss...tink"....she'll also go grab the wipes and just lie down.  She makes me smile...A LOT ;-)

19 months

Again, this was suppose to be in December...the 22nd to be exact :-)

My little sweet pea is 19 months already!  I can't believe how big she is getting.  She is somthing else.  She loves shoes and hair bows (yay for me!) and anything girly.

Her favorite thing to do right now is go into my closet and get into my jewerly box. She has a habit of saying "HUH?!?" everytime you speak directly to her. It's pretty cute at first, but it gets old! HA! I'm pretty sure it's just a habit. She also says "UH-OH" a lot. She loves playing with baby dolls and LOOKING at dog-dogs (she doesn't want them too close). She likes music and loves to dance and sing. She gives the biggest, sweetest hugs ever! You can feel the love coming from her. She still sleeps with her mommy and she doessn't want me out of her sight...unless she's with Daddy.

  She wants to follow her brother around EVERYWHERE!!  She loves him sooooo much!

 She also loves her big cousin, Kylee.  She likes to have her picture taken, too (YAY for me again!).  She means the world to me and I love her to pieces!

more FUN stuff....

Our calendar was FULL for December.  On top of all the wonderful Christmas traditions we have, we had 2 weddings in December!!  Talk about a stressful month!!  Although it's impossible to post all the fun stuff we did, I'm trying my best to post SOME of it.

Brayton and I went caroling with the youth group from church.  It was our special night out.  We rode on the bus with them and he thought that was really cool!!  He sang his little heart out, too. 

We had Santa visit our church, too..this time Brinlee was awake.  HA!

After our visit with Santa we watched Polar Express at church with a few kids (no pictures, sorry)! 

Brayton's class has been talking about seasons.  I found this in his folder and it made my heart smile....BIG. 
It's what WINTER means to him....

Isn't that just precious?  I think so :-)  When  I see things like this it makes me wonder if we are making the right decision with having him in public school.  He would./could learn so much more about Christ in a Christion School Environment....and he would ENJOY it. 

Frank had a birthday, too...we don't want to forget our most special DADDY ;-)  Of course we went to our favorite place for lunch...WASABI.  We did a big party for his 30th and I plan doing something even bigger for his 40th...we still have a while to plan that one, though.

We went to James Island to see the lights (another traditon!) and made a pit stop to see "Little Grandma" AKA "Grandma Pete."  She is my GREAT grandmother...so Brayton and Brinlee's GREAT GREAT...how cool is that?!

  Brayton adores her, he thinks she is so neat...I tend to agree :-)  She is so cute and sweet and so fun to talk to.  I feel bad that we don't go see her more, I'm going to make an effort to visit more often.  Brayton is already asking to go back.

We use to have all our big dinners at her house (Aunt Vaudell's), but as the family is grows, it gets harder. We REALLY like staying home on Christmas Day now with the kids.
She still buys all those kids a Christmas present, too!  Bless her heart!

Here we are at the lights...it was FREEZING that night (20's) so we stayed in the car!

And one day we were sitting at the house visiting with Tiffany, when all of sudden I heard sirens going off.  I immediatley jumped up and started screaming!!!  I knew what it was...it was SANTA on the firetruck!!!

  He comes through the neighborhoods every year...and we've always been lucky enough to catch him ;-)

Brayton was in the shower so I ran in and quickly got him out.

 Brinlee was asleep, so she missed the whole thing.

 Haven and Tiffany were happy to be there for all the excitement!

KC Holiday Party

I went in to help set up for Brayton's holiday party.  Lucky for him (and me) he has the BEST teachers.  We love Ms. Day and Mrs.  Pike.  They had everything decorated so cute and festive.  Although I do love his little school and his teachers, I miss the emphasis on Jesus during this time of year...guess that's what you get with public schools, though...so sad!  Atleast we did our part at home.

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They made the cutest bag full of crafts and ornaments...I was VERY impressed :-)

Terrific Kid

Well, we already knew he was TERRIFIC, but it's nice to see that someone agrees with us :-)

Brayton was the "Terrific Kid" for December.  He was thrilled about this accomplishment.  He was most excited about shaking the principal's hand.  He has the BEST principal, by the way.  THE BEST.  We love him!

Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Grandpa and Ge Ge were all there to support our Terrific Kid.

He's on the bottom row...3rd from the left :-)

Here is what Ms. Day had to say about my pookie bear:

"Brayton is a wonderful student to have in KC.  He is kind and caring towards his teachers and friends.  Brayton always goes above and beyond in everything he does.  He strives to do his best and excels in academics due to his determination and hard work.  We are very proud of our Terrific Kid, Brayton!"

That makes me smile and does my heart so much good.  I love him so much and he makes me one proud Momma!!

My Little Wrestler...

I Scream, You Scream....

we all scream for ICE CREAM!!!

Thank goodness for warmer weather.  It is bringing us outside more.  We were out enjoying the nice weather Friday afternoon when we heard the ice cream truck.  Brinlee's eyes lit up and she started dancing around to the music.  She had NO IDEA it was the ice cream truck, she just liked the music.  Well, Daddy thought otherwise.  He immediatley ran off to find some money...and off he went to get his girl some ice cream :-)