MY LITTLE BROTHER IS FINALLY HERE!!

COOPER

8lbs 10oz

20 inches

I am so excited for Cooper to finally be here!! He was just born an hour ago, so when Rhett gets off work we are hoppin in the car to go see this little guy. CAN'T WAIT! And in case you are wondering, yes you did read correctly, this is my "little brother." haha, I love that Tace and Brybry are older than their uncle.

Update on the Girlies

BRYLEE GENE

Brylee is growing up so darn fast, it is crazy! She just turned 8 months, which is so fun and exciting, but it also makes me kinda sick to my stomach cause time is just flyin by. Just wanted to do a little BryBry update while I still remember these things.

-got her 2 bottom teeth a couple weeks ago

-started crawling last week

-if she has a long distance to go though she scoots, scooting is still much faster right now

-still the most smiley baby I have ever met, she has been given the name "Smiley Brylee" (love it)

-I remember by this time Tacey was totally into watching her Baby Einstein videos but I don't think Brylee has watched one minute of television, kind of a bummer, that's how I used to get ready or clean.

-sleeps through the night now, but still has one feeding in the early morning.

-Loves being outside

-is so super observant, she's a total people watcher

-such a little chunk, I just love squeezing her cute chubby cheeks and legs. Seriously, they are the cutest things I have ever seen

TACEY LYNNE

Tacey is 3 now and so adorably cute and funny. I just love her to death. She is such an amazing little girl. These are some of the things that Tace has been up to lately.

-She LOVES riding her bike. It was kind of hard for her at first but she practised and practised and now she is a champ on it. When we go on walks I push Brylee in the stroller and Tacey will ride her bike along side of me, except for that I can not always keep up with her.

-She puts herself to bed!! A lot of nights she will just go upstairs, put her jammies on, brush her teeth, and just put herself to bed.

-Very, very independent and easy going.

-goes through at the very least 5 outfits a day. Ugh..really not a fan of that. I'm seriously tempted to hire someone to come catch me up on all my laundry.

-Tacey is always making me laugh, she goes out of her way to make me laugh. Tace can flip my frown upside down quicker than anybody.

-still loves to cook. I swear if it weren't for her we wouldn't have as many nice meals as we do. she really motivates me to get things going in the kitchen.

I love, love, love my girls. They are my pride and joy. I am so blessed to have them, and they are so blessed to have eachother. Love you Girlies.

(Mama Warren took these pics of the girls when she came up to visit, aren't they adorable(: )

Lovin Summer

This summer has been soo much fun for us. Rhett is just about to get real busy with work(and hunting), so I have a feeling I am really going to miss summer and all the fun things we have been able to do together. Here are A TON of pics from the last couple weeks.

Jaxyn and Kiyoshi (my brother and sister) were able to come spend a week with us and we had sooo much fun. We did lots and lots of playing outside and cooking. I miss them so much now that they are gone. But I do have to say that the moment they left Tacey, Brylee, and I all crashed and pretty much slept the day away. Having four kids in the house certainly kept me on my toes...and I loved it.

This is the kids swimming in a monsterous tote. So cute.

Here is Tacey lounging in her kiddie pool.

Brylee is so funny. For some reason she LOVES swimming pools or lakes but the second I stick her in the bath tub she just flips out.

This last wee we were able to go to Burley for the fair. I absolutely love my hometown fair. I look forward to it every summer! We also manage to do a little shopping while we are there.

This is Tacey in the Buckle. She tried on probably 10 different outfits, accessories and all. I kept waiting for the people at the Buckle to get mad, but they all thought she was so funny and cute.

The girls in the back of grandpa's jeep. It is always such a treat for them when they get to ride in grandpa's jeep.

Tacey grew out of her naps quite a few months ago, but we have been on the go so much she just randomly crashes sometimes.

She is hanging half off the couch in all these pics. Wish I could just fall asleep like that.

We were also able to go to Logan and visit my mom and sisters. We had so much fun with them, they have the best pool there! But I didn't get a single picture of that entire trip so hopefully one of my sisters or mom did.

I am loving our new house. It feels so good to have some extra space. Tacey is so proud, anytime the house gets mentions she says "you want to come see my new house!" She is mostly loving all the little kids that live by us, she has made lots of new friends. Still don't have pics though cause guess what, I haven't completely finished unpacking yet. Horrible I know, but I swear I have great excuses.

Great News!

Rhett and I are offically homeowners, and it feels GREAT! We put an offer on a townhouse 3 MONTHS AGO and just got the keys a week ago. The house was a short sale, and if you know anything about short sales, they are anything but "short." With that being said, I am SOO HAPPY right now! I love, love, love my new house! I promise to post pictures when we are all unpacked.

And I wanted to do a shout out to my little sister SACIA! Love You Sister. Thanks for coming and visiting me, and for cleaning.

Look what Brylee can do!

If you know me I am sure you know that I am NOT a morning person, never have been. But these last few weeks I have totally started loving mornings.....thanks to Brylee(:  She gets up at 7 every morning and so lately just the two of us have been able to hang out for a couple hours before Tacey wakes up. I LOVE IT! Brylee is so happy and chipper in the morning. She just talks and coos and plays with my face. I normally bring her into bed with me for a few minutes after she wakes up and this is what she ended up doing this morning. Pulling herself up! Didn't even occur to me that she could do that.

 sorry the picture is blurry and grabbed my phone to take a picture as fast as I could, haha, u can totally tell.

(btw check out those cute, chubby legs, Love Them!)

Just an Update

So our summer so far has been super fun, but super crazy. This is basically Rhett's slow season in work and so he is all about doing as many fun things as possible this summer as we can, and he is not kidding when he says that. I have loved all the time we have been able to spend together.

Every year they do a memorial ride for Rhett's cousin who died a few years ago, he was a professional bike racer. So at the last minute we decided to throw Tacey into one of the races they did that day. I should add that she has never been on a bike or skooter a day in her life. We didn't have a bike for her so we borrowed one of the cousins skooters. She had soo much fun and absolutely loved being around all the other kids.

This is Rhett and Tacey crossing the finish line. Next year we will put her on a bike for sure, a skooter is no way to win a bike race.

This is Brybry in her "big girl carseat." I had no idea that children could dislike their carseats or the car so much. But this new carseat has done wonders. Her and Tacey just sit there and hold hands constantly, it's the cutest thing I have honestly Ever Seen.

Today when I was putting Brylee down for a nap Tacey decided to help me out a bit. She is mopping the kitchen floor. She put a new pad on the swiffer and everything. Such a nice helper I have, I hope this continues as she gets older.

A sure way to get Brylee smiling is to just stick the girl outside. She couldn't be happier with the extra time we have been able to spend outdoors this summer.

Month 5

I was going to wait until brylee turned 6 months to do a post but I feel like she has changed so much this month I decided to do it now. This is the month I realized she is for sure no longer my little newborn. Here are a few fun things that she has accomplished this month.

-started sitting up!! she is so excited about this, she thinks she is so big.

-she wants to crawl soo bad, but since she can't she just rolls over and over until she is where she wants to be.

-as you can tell from her BIG grin in the pic below, tace is still her favorite person Ever!

-she was NOT interested in baby food or rice for the longest time. but just this last week she has gone Crazy for it. i put her bib on and she knows it's coming and just starts freaking out. it's so funny.

-she is soo busy! always reaching and grabbing for stuff. very quick too.

-has such a special smile. she can put me in a better mood so quickly just by smiling at me.

LOVE YOU BRYBRY.