2 Years

Brylee -

I am awarding myself the mom of the year award because I have had this window pulled up all day long and I have yet to come up with anything to say about the 2nd anniversary of the day of your birth. Or maybe I just have too much to say and don't know where to start? Yea, we'll go with that one.

Two years! A Toddler. Sheesh, the time has flown by so quickly. Now I look at baby pictures & don't even remember you ever looking like that. It is hard to believe that you have learned & grown so much in 2 short years. Your vocabulary surprises me every day. And to think that last year I was worried that you would never talk :)

 

You frequently put together 4 and 5 word sentences, my little smarty pants! Your favorite thing to say is "What doing?" followed by "Why?". "What's that?" is a close second. You are very curious and adventurous. I'm convinced you get that from your daddy. Just last night you were climbing up his ladder like it was nothing. You were going for the third step before we realized you weren't going to stop!! I can't believe how brave you are.

You love to bark orders at people and animals. You recently started telling everyone to "Stop it" and I often hear you saying "C'mere dogs!" or "No no doggy!". You definitely think you are in charge... all the time :)

I have to bribe you to get hugs & kisses out of you. You never have been all that affectionate. I'm hoping that as you get older you will learn to love to cuddle with me, but even if you don't that will be okay :) Maybe your baby brother will be a cuddler like his mommy.

Speaking of your brother, he'll be here soon and I can't wait to see you in action as a big sister. I had been a little worried about it, but in the last 2 weeks you have really taken to carrying your babies/stuffed animals around with you. You are becoming quite the little mommy & I am so excited to see you interact with Easton.

I love you, Brylee Paige. You make me proud every single day. Watching you grow up is my favorite thing!

Love,

Momma

Big Girl Bed

I have always heard people say that life goes by so much quicker when you have kids. I didn't necessarily not believe them, I just (obviously) never completely understood. Well now I have a kiddo... and I understand.

Brylee is going to be TWO next week! Six short days away. I feel like we brought her home from the hospital, we blinked & now she's 2. I could talk all night about how quickly the time has flown by, but that's not the point of this post.

Brylee's first night spent in her crib

 

Point is, she's almost 2 and there is another baby on the way. Mr Easton will be here soon & he's going to need a place to sleep! Enter: the toddler bed (dun dun dun...)

I wasn't really sure what to expect during B's transition to the toddler bed. Bedtime has always been pretty easy for us. Sunday night we set up her 'Big Girl Bed', made a big huge deal about it & let her climb in and out to her little heart's content up until bed time. When it was finally time to say goodnight, things actually went ridiculously smoothly. No crying, no getting out of bed, nothing.

 

I'm really not sure why it didn't occur to me earlier, but as soon as we closed her bedroom door I realized she's going to fall out of that bed. Now, before you go accusing me of being a bad parent, let's remember that this is only a toddler bed that is only about a foot off the ground.

My mommy instincts were right on par this time. Not an hour after she went to bed, R heard a very distinct thump. She had rolled off the bed, but was still sleeping peacefully. He picked her up and placed her back in the bed. An hour or so later we heard another thump. Again, B had rolled of the bed & was again still sleeping peacefully. This time R decided we should leave her on the floor to sleep since she would most likely fall again if we put her back in bed.

She eventually woke up on the floor & wasn't thrilled about that. Back in the bed she went. By 1:00am she had rolled off of (the same side of) the bed 2 more times to make a total of 4 falls. At this point I picked her up off of the floor & brought her into our bed. Mommy needed some (uninterrupted) sleep!!

And that is the story of B's first night in her toddler bed! We have since acquired a railing for the side of the bed & have not had anymore thumps in the night :) I'm just praying that her good bedtime habits continue!

New Beginnings (again)

I feel like every time I try to start up this ole blog of mine I keep at it a little bit better than the time before. And every time I think to myself 'maybe this will be the time that sticks...'

So here's to hoping this time will be the time that sticks!

I figure right now is the perfect time to start writing again since our family has so many new things that have either recently started or will be coming soon. Some big changes, some not so huge, but all new beginnings that will change our life in some way.

R started a new job 2 weeks ago. It is a great opportunity for him & our family and I can't wait to see where it takes us.

We are hoping to put our house up for sale within the next 6 months and start building once it sells. I've gotta be honest here, this plan changes every couple months. My husband is slightly indecisive about how everything will actually go down. But with the extra income from the new job, we are hoping to have the house ready to list by the end of the year. We'll see & I'll do my best to keep the blog updated :)

Last but certainly not least, I am 30 weeks pregnant with our second baby! :) Baby Easton is due at the end of September. We are so excited to be welcoming a son into our family!! We are in the process of getting his room ready. So far R has torn out the baseboards, sanded & painted the walls. In the next 10 weeks we should be getting new carpeting (in his room as well as the other bedrooms & down the hallway), putting new baseboards down & getting all of his furniture set up.

Last time I wrote I had just started a new job. That I loved. Thank goodness I still feel the same way :) I have the perfect job. For me, at least. I am so thankful that this job basically fell into my lap last fall.

Now I know that most people only look at this to see cute pictures of my kid, so I'll try not to disappoint. Since this has been a pretty jumbled post, I figure I'll just put some pictures of some of our favorite things to do this summer...

 

Nanna, Brylee & Daddy taking a swim!

 

Eating at our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant. Yum!

 

Trying out her new bow at Larry's Trade Days this month. Isn't she cute?!

 

I know this isn't B, but here I am at 30 weeks pregnant. 10 weeks left!

 

This is probably one of my favorite pictures. I just took it tonight at a friend's wedding. Love those 2!!

 

Now don't go expecting a post everyday, but I will surely try to update at least twice a week. It should be easier with this new laptop R so graciously bought for me this week :)

 

I hope you all have a great week!