fAMILY pHOTOS

If you would like to see a few of our photos from our session with Alisha Hammond, please see her blog! She took tons of great pics, here are just a few!

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Brodys Birthday!

It was such a wonderful day when Brody came into our lives and we are extremely excited to celebrate his first birthday! He is such a great kid. He is full of personality, smiles, hugs for other babes, has a distinct laugh, and is very gentle. And now he is a BIG baby. Fully walking and running, he just started saying the word BALL, which is his favorite toy besides when he gets sneaky enough to steal Reese's baby that is also his fav. He also says DAADEEH....ALL DAY LONG! We had a few friends over to party with us for the night! If you don't have a FB here are a few pics to keep you posted!

A few new photos!

As Always, super adorable REESIE PANTS
BABES working on the hot tub!

Reese and I taking a Birthday picture for me!

This is the day I am 26 years old...is that old? Sounds old!

This kiddos love watching anything cooking in the oven...it is extremely exciting to see how it changes I guess! We are going to celebrate Brod's birthday this Saturday, and I will post up some new pics then!

My Birthday Present!!! Finally finished!

This is MY garden, a place for me to unwind and relax away from everyone else, hopefully! Since we moved, I have been wanting to grow a vegetable garden in this space. Before it was only wood chips and then was becoming a poo bed,,, Daisy no no. Sooo, Jake let me get started on tossing the wood chips and getting loads of new soil and compost! I love it! I just finished sowing all my seeds, took me two whole hours! There are going to be delicious veggies to start eating in about a month! We decided to plant strawberries, I hope they will continue to grow, we bought the plants. Also, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, onions, peppers, chives, garlic chives, zucchini, mint (i love in my water with lemon) and basil. WOW, I know, Lots of stuff! On top of that we have an apple tree, plum tree and a lemon tree too!

You are probably wondering how the rest of the fam is doing? Reese, is the sweetest girl I know! She tells me she loves me, I am pretty, and helps me around the house! I never thought it would happen, then she started sweeping up her playdoh messes, and picking up her toys. She even helps me put the dishes away! Crazy little toddler! Millions of words come out of her mouth, some I can't even understand! Her new thing is to say "NO WAY" and then shake her head like we are weirdos. She is a full time pantie wearing girl now, well except at bedtime, we are still working on that. Habit of drinking milk before bed doesn't help. Reese is super excited for Brodys birthday, and that we will be having "birthday cake".

Brody is a running machine! He has the cutest teeth, and eats everything. He says mama and dada when he needs to. Surprisingly, he is a disciplined little guy. Sleep patterns are great now! I know the first 10 months of his life were difficult for us, but now they are making up for themselves. I think the poor kid just wanted to walk this whole time! He is such a blessing. I have learned soo many things from having two babies. Patience is a virtue. I just can't believe its been a whole year already!!! Soo excited for his first birthday, just next week!

Jake has been working in the office lately, so he is now on a set day shift. Lots is going on with his MOS at the moment, and we will update once things change. He has been great with the kids, and taking care of them so I can do some other things. I think it is hard for him to be with the babies all day, but now he knows how I feel! LOL, no really! We are settled into our house, and really like it here. It feels like home to us, minus our family and friends from WA!

Below you will find pics of the kids playing in the backyard, Brody on his walking way and us on a hike, in the dead wilderness around here. There were still beautiful things but it is just extremely dry! Yes, Jake did insist on carrying both of the kids...he's strong, why not!

Music Time

During our move Jake found his Sax from High school, that he used to play soo well, he said. Now he can't remember a tune, except for Twinkle and Mary had a little lamb. He pulled it out this morning, and played for Reese. Reese wanted a turn, and was blowing slobber all over it! She was having a blast! Its almost her size, and it was heavy for her too. And, yes she is in Big Girl Panties...its a working progress!

We have moved, to a smaller place. Pretty much to stay cooler, and to start saving money to move to WA someday and buy another house. It's quite comfortable, and really feels like a home. Our other house was big, we bought too many unnecessary things to fill up the house. I guess we are also trying to simplify our lives. In our new place its just the perfect size. Only 1200sqft so we are adjusting big time, from 1900sqft. Which means we have lots of stuff to get rid of! Ahh the sweet sound of yard saleing!

Jake is still trying to figure out what is going on with his job. Its still up in the air, and he has been down from work for almost 4 months. But, it has been very nice to have him home more and going to be very hard adjusting to him going back full time! Jake is a wonderful HUSBAND. I am a truly blessed woman to be his.

Reese is a busy body. Talking all the time about everything. Saying the darndest things that we have no idea where they came from. She is repeating things such as "stup*d id%ot". I yelled it to a driver that ran a red light during my turn. Reese's version is "srupid inkidnot" It was soo funny, but I learned my lesson. She is learning different feelings. Being scared is her most recent. Such as the lawn mower and some movies are scaring her. And she tells us all the time when something makes her happy, like chocolate milk, her sweet addiction.

Brody is a little butterball. He eats everything, way more variety than Reese. He could eat all day if I let him. He has his 5th tooth coming in and is causing him lots of pain. Brody loves our new backyard, where the apples fall is his favorite place to search for rocks to throw. Also, he is walking, yes, walking at eleven months. One month earlier than Reese, so we have our hands full now. I thought it would free up some of his fussiness but the teething is getting the worst of him. It is fun to watch his walk room to room. He gives kisses and hugs, usually three of each.
Soo many things, well just the move really, but we have been soo busy. I am trying to keep sain with soo much to do! So, when the weather calms I will blog some more!

Shorter Hair!

Here is Brody, with his ape hair! His hair is absolutely beautiful, but it makes the poor kid sweat like crazy.

This is where most of his meals end up...

See!...It's just too adorable

But, we had to do it. We had to get out the buzzers and trim that kid up. He did really good, thanks to the help of Jake giving him 3Musketeers bites! I even managed to get a little hawk on him!

RESULTS

Even the Brodmeister Loves it himself!


Reese helped me out too by distracting him with silly faces! She is such a wonderful BIG sister! Now she has been begging for a haircut like Brody's. ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Brody and Reese

Here are my two adorable kids being extremely goofy! This is Reeses' favorite new thing to do, and Yes she is always in the nude! Brody, on the other hand is teething, like everyday! But, he has a great smile to show for all the pain he is going through! Gotta love these kids!