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Monday, March 28, 2011

Welcome to Minnesota!

On Friday March 25, my mom, Brynne, and I made the trek to the great (re)frozen tundra! This was most of our baggage... not pictured are two carry-on "personal items," Brynne's diaper bag, car seat, and stroller! Now picture this: my mom and I lugging all that through the airport!! Quite the scene if I had to guess :) Our flight left a little before 11 in the morning. We sat in the very back (by the bathroom, eww!) Brynne was GREAT the whole time!! She stayed awake a little, ate a little, and slept a little; I couldn't have asked for her to be any better! The were people on the plane (including a man sitting right in front of us) who didn't even know she was there! Brynne and I during her nap... Getting all of that luggage, plus Chris' bag (he was away at a conference all week) in our little Corolla proved to be quite the challenge! The trunk and backseat were PACKED!! Brynne was in the middle, beside all of this: It looks like Chris is trying to get out of the car here, but this is the way he rode... ALL 70ish miles to our apartment from the airport! HA!! I about died laughing when I saw him contorting himself to fit in!

At the beginning of the post I said (re)frozen because of this:



Prior to last week most of the snow was melted (with the exception of the huge mounds of plowed snow). Tuesday or Wednesday of last week they got around 10 inches and the above picture is of our balcony!


My mom and I are trying to get the apartment in order this week. I will try to post pictures when we get done!


Monday, March 21, 2011

Comparison...

Yesterday afternoon we went over to Mimi and Paps house for a visit. Everyone keeps saying Brynne looks like Chris (because she definitely doesn't look like me!) so I took this picture so I could compare (I'm not sure how old he is here, but I think I see a tooth so definitely older than Brynne). I see a little of him in her, but I think she looks more like he does now. I'm pretty sure all the chunk came from my side though! I asked my mom to find one of my baby pictures, I will post it once I get it. And here is Brynne all dressed up and watching Mimi before church.

4 Generations of GIRLS!!

Saturday my mom invited people over to visit and see Brynne and I before we leave for Minnesota. I was so glad my grandmother was able to come so we could get this picture: It is four generations of girls... My grandmother obviously, my mom (who is my grandmother's only daughter), my sister and I, and our four girls! And this is what it takes to get eight girls ready for a picture (this and about 50 takes)!


Brooke (r) and Whitney (l) chatting with each other instead of looking at the camera!




It was so good to see the people that came. I will miss all of my family dearly and look forward to our trips home, but know that we will have a great time in MN as well!



And I will leave you with this... Allison and Jade went to Hobby Lobby and came back with these for the girls:



Whitney wasn't a fan a first, but Brooke (above) left them on for quite a while and I'm pretty sure I never stopped laughing!!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

I Love My Aunt(s)

Brynne is blessed to have three great (as in wonderful) aunts (and uncles) and a whole slew (way too many to count-if I tried I would forget someone) of great (and great, great) aunts and uncles! Aunt Stephanie (Chris' sister) got this shirt for Brynne (her favorite niece :) j/k): She was finally able to wear it the other day to visit two of her three aunts! (I text a picture to the other :) )

I wonder if I set a record for the number of parenthesis in three sentences!! :)

Monday, March 14, 2011

Bathtime Fun!

As you can tell... Brynne LOVES a bath! I hope that means she will love to swim too!! Look at that belly (and double chin :) )... I wonder if she will ever look back and be offended at how much I talk about how big she is?! I guess I'll just tell her picture don't lie! Ha ha!!

She will stay in there until the water is cold and still not want to get out!



I accidentally got water in her eyes when I was washing her hair and it made her sneeze:



All warm and cozy (and mad that I took her out!)




Sunday, March 13, 2011

Our Day at Lake Elaine











Yesterday Brynne and I made a trip to Lake Elaine to visit my sister and her girls! My mom bought all the girls some cute denim hats with flowers on them. Brynne's was a little too big, but I was looking through some of Jade's baby stuff and found this hat (from 11 years ago) that was almost exactly the same and it fit her perfectly!!





It was a beautiful day... Wouldn't you love to have this as your backyard?!





The weather was perfect, so we loaded up the babies and took them for a walk!




I'm pretty sure this is going to be a trio to keep our eyes on!!




Everyone started out awake...




but only lasted halfway to Kathey and John David's (Allison's neighbor, haha!)








Jade was dying to have someone come over to play, so we picked up Ethan on the way and they had a blast! I don't think we saw them all day!! I'm glad Jade has a cousin so close in age that she can play with... that was some of my best memories growing up.




See you in July Lake Elaine!




Friday, March 11, 2011

Pretty Little Butterflies

My pretty little girl with her pretty little butterflies on!

LOOK at those legs!! Someone is gaining weight VERY well!




Sunday, March 6, 2011

Lately...

We've been playing... going to the doctor...

and going to grandma's (Mimi's) with dad...



What have you been up to??

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Birthdays and Baby's Butt

Brynne fell asleep on my dad after church and I thought this was so cute! She is wearing the bloomers my aunt made and I love them!!



After her nap we headed over to cousin Ben's birthday party! He turned 9 on Monday. Brynne wore her cupcake onesie to the party.

I looked over and saw that Mimi and Brynne matched in their purple shirts and brown pants!

Happy Birthday Ben!