Sweet siblings

While Paul and Leah were away, Ashlyn INSISTED on sleeping in my bed every night with me. She was much too lonely to sleep by herself. So every morning, when Brandon woke up, I brought him into bed too and turned on a cartoon to watch while I took a shower. This is how I found them one of those mornings. Brandon was all snuggled up with his sister. He does live up to his name, that's for sure (Snugs).

(He did have a shirt on. Not sure why he doesn't in this picture. Maybe he got syrup on it from breakfast. haha)

Waffles

Brandon is obsessed with Eggo Waffles. Has been since he was able to eat solid food. He has now progressed to the point where he has to GET the waffle out of the freezer himself, PUT it in the toaster, TAKE it out of the toaster, TEAR it into bite size pieces, and POUR syrup on it. At least he eats it all.

(Don't worry, I always stay RIGHT by him.)

Sweet little Smile

Leah doesn't get featured on my blog too often, poor little girl. She just got back from a fabulous Daddy/daughter trip to Iowa and Nauvoo to visit her Grammy and PopPop. She had a WONDERFUL time and was thoroughly spoiled being the only child with THREE adults attention. I have to admit, my house was definitely quieter without her around and I probably yelled less than I usually do, but that adorable little smile and sweet little heart that greeted me this morning with an ENORMOUS hug is totally worth all the struggles I have with her. And even though I complain about how hard she is for me, I totally LOVE her to pieces. She always has had the greatest smile. I love you little girl!

(picture taken at Dreamworks last Friday when we went to visit Daddy for lunch)

It's a.....

BOY!

Had my 20 week ultrasound today. I always get so nervous, yet excited at the same time. Totally hoping everything is okay with the baby, but totally excited and hopeful to find out the gender. Well, today was a good day. Everything looks good with the baby so far (keeping fingers crossed), and we found out it's a little boy! We are SO excited and SO grateful to have this little baby boy come join our family in a few short months. I can't even believe it! Time is flying by SO fast with this pregnancy.

My Scanner is not working right now, so I took a picture of the two ultrasound pictures I got, so I could post them on my blog. Hope you can see them okay.

Florida Wedding part 2

THE BIG DAY!!!

We hung out at the beach again in the morning (rough life huh). My Dad bought the kids a TON of sand toys. OH how I wish I could have fit them in my suitcase to bring them home. They had fun with them while we were there though.

Ashlyn could spend all day at the beach, even if it meant she'd be in pain later from being burnt to a crisp. Funny thing is this girl HATED sand when she was little. Like HATED it. Like wouldn't even let it touch her toes without screaming HATED it. Boy has she out grown that (thankfully).

Father and Son. Both love the beach about the same amount, which is not too much. But they were good sports and hung out and played anyway.

This is Cali. My cousin Chelsea's little girl. She's such a doll. It was fun to get to see her.

Then we had to head up to our rooms to start getting the girls ready. Guess they had to be ready 2 hours before the wedding, and Tyler neglected to tell me that (I don't know WHY? Not like he had anything else on his mind. hehe). Oops. I was running late. It all worked out in the end though and I don't think we held the pictures up too much.

My pictures are backwards again. Maybe I need to start loading them differently.

So this is at the reception. Ashlyn of course asked Pop (my dad) to dance with her. Too cute!

Abby (my stepdad's grand daughter, and also my girls cousin) with my girls. Wish they could play more often but Abby lives out in North Carolina. SO glad they made the trip down. I know that meant a lot to Tyler.

Oh finally!!! The happy couple. I had to swipe these next two pictures off of Facebook because I seriously didn't talk to them the entire wedding/reception. I knew we'd be living right by them and didn't want to take time away from all the friends and family they don't get to see much. But I was SO happy to be there and SO happy to see Tyler's face. He was happier than I've ever seen him.

Seriously, could a couple get any more beautiful? Like Ken and Barbie. And the best part is, they are super nice too!

The flower girls. They were SO excited and did quite a good job. I was proud of them.

The ceremony was nice and sweet. Very traditional and very beautiful.

Brandon crashed hard after the wedding. We even had to get up and take pictures and he slept the whole time on his Daddy's shoulder. Doesn't my honies look so cute?

Jim HATES taking pictures. Here he is starting to walk away even though I told him Ashlyn had her eyes closed. So this was the best I got.

Well, he put them on well. I was surprised. It was Daddy's special touch. Only one came off the whole night.

And Amy (my sister's BFF) was nice enough to put it back on for him.

My mom being escorted to her seat. She looked HOT!

The happy groom waiting for his lovely bride to come down the aisle.

This was before the wedding started. Guess he was standing in the background with the minister.

My Aunt and Uncle (who have been married the longest in our family). Kudos to you two. What a wonderful couple.

Sydney and Chelsea

Me and Dez

YUM!

LOOK what I brought back from Florida!!! I can't decide if I should eat them up right away, or save them because I can't buy them out here. Decisions, decisions.

Florida Wedding part 1

The flight to Florida is LONG. That is all I can say about it. It's DARN LONG. Five hours to be exact. Sometimes longer, if you have a head wind. But despite that, the kids did pretty darn well. The girls were great actually. They're old enough to be occupied with toys, coloring, and movies. Brandon...well, he did well for a two year old. Poor guy got SO tired by the end of the flight, he just didn't know what to do with himself. I finally took over (Paul was in charge of him most of the trip) and I was able to get him to sleep the last hour. Miracle!!!

After getting our luggage, picking up our rental and driving out to the hotel, we were more than ready to relax and get some good sleep. Luckily with the time change, the kids managed to sleep until almost ten in the morning. So of course, Paul and I did too! Then we had some breakfast, headed down to the beach and played, played, played. It was great to be back on FL beaches and enjoy the sun. Unfortunately, our skin was not ready for all that glorious sun, and we all ended up with some good burns, despite the slathering of sunscreen every hour. Ashlyn, of course, got it the worst (being the fairest). I felt so bad for her.

That night (Friday), we had the wedding rehearsal, and then headed out for some yummy food at an italian place down the street from the hotel. It was the perfect atmosphere and everyone had a great time!

The pictures are in opposite order, but oh well.

Me, my Dad, and his girlfriend Beth. I know, it's blurry, but it's the only one I got.

Ashlyn will take the opportunity to dance with anyone. She just LOVES it. Here she is with her Uncle Chad. I think SHE asked him to dance. SO cute. I think it might have melted his heart!

Dancing with Grandma!

Me, My Aunt Brenda (pretty lady huh), and my mom (her new glasses look AWESOME. Way to go Mom. It's about time...hehe). Oh and that's my Uncle's head peeking in between me and my Aunt. He thinks he's pretty darn funny!

Me, my Aunt Brenda, my cousins Sydney and Chelsea (who is like 7 or 8 months pregnant but you can hardly tell), and my Aunt Michele (another pretty lady), and of course, my beautiful girls!

Paul, Brandon, Dad and Beth

My Uncle Jim, Aunt Rhonda, Aunt Michele and Uncle Mark

Chels, Syds, and Dez (my sister).

The girls dancing by themselves.

At the rehearsal. Brandon and his new cousin Kameron, who is playing with Paul's Iphone. I thought it was SO cute how Brandon put his little hand on Kameron's arm. I don't think Kameron was all that thrilled. I'm sure they'll be good little buddies though.

The new cousins Kameron, Brandon, and Blaike. I'm SO excited for Brandon to have some more boys in the family to play with. Don't they look like they are related? I think so.

Me and my beautiful Sissy that I love love love!!!

Heather (fifth from the left) and her six bridesmaids.

The flower girls. The little girl's Grandma had made those dresses for all three flower girls the night before. I thought that was SO sweet of her to think of my girls too. Her name is Eleanor and she's almost 4, but pretty tiny for her age. She made friends right away with my girls though and they were buddies the whole rest of the weekend. My girls were pretty sad on Sunday to find out they wouldn't be seeing Eleanor now that the wedding was over.