on sunday, i celebrated my 29th birthday! i can't believe i only have one more year left of my twenties, crazy and kind of sad! oh well! my birthday was great! brian took the day off, which was AWESOME, and we just spent the day running errands and hanging out as a family. we started our day with a breakfast run to IHOP, totally white trash deliciousness!!! then we ran to babies-r-us to pick up a toddler bed for our crib escapee, hit the mall for a must have cookie cake, and then spent the rest of the day putting together bryce's new bed and getting her room completely baby proofed.
absolutely wonderful!!!
{i took a picture of the cake in the car before we left the mall bc we had our first piece cut before we even left the parking lot! i think we ate half of it before we got home!!}
i think it's safe to say sister girl liked the cake as much as we did! she kept yelling from the back 'more, more' before she even had the piece in her hand finished! pink frosting was everywhere! this is her sugar coma!!
breakfast!!!
still in her sugar coma! so tired and cuddly!
and the work begins!!
daddy's helper!
everytime brian would screw in a screw, his shadow had to do the same! she was so sweet, while brian was putting together the bed, she would pat his back, smile and say 'daddy'...which i summed up to be her small way of thanking him! love it!
do you think she likes it??!!
i have to say, our first night wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to go. she did really well for such a big transition. she came out a few times at first, but eventually fell asleep and then came out again around 2am, but went back to bed easily. i'm so proud of our big girl! hopefully the transistion continues to go smoothly, but only time will tell.
can't wait to see what this year brings! love you brycie girl!!
absolutely wonderful!!!
i think it's safe to say sister girl liked the cake as much as we did! she kept yelling from the back 'more, more' before she even had the piece in her hand finished! pink frosting was everywhere! this is her sugar coma!!
breakfast!!!
still in her sugar coma! so tired and cuddly!
and the work begins!! 
daddy's helper!
do you think she likes it??!!
i have to say, our first night wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to go. she did really well for such a big transition. she came out a few times at first, but eventually fell asleep and then came out again around 2am, but went back to bed easily. i'm so proud of our big girl! hopefully the transistion continues to go smoothly, but only time will tell. 
getting ready for moms day out! she is now going twice a week, and we are all thankful for that! she loves going and seeing her friends and we get such a kick out of her thinking she's such a BIG GIRL strutting on in like she owns the place! 
showing off her woody doll. we are in love with all things toy story these days....not sure why bc she's only seen toy story 3 and is scared to death of it once they enter the day care. oh well! who can explain it! speaking of toys and moms day out, we have learned that our child is a hoarder of toys!!! she walks into the room, gathers her baby dolls and doesn't let go until the end....NO MATTER WHAT OR WHO TRIES TO STOP HER! sharing is definitely something we need to work on....let me just add that to the list with about 100 other things! a moms job is never done! i'm exhausted! 
this is our new thing....wearing socks on our hands. she will wear them all day, even while eating. one night while she was asleep, i saw her on the monitor take her sock off her foot and put it on her hand....again, all while she was asleep. crazy!!!
look at this face! this is the face of a STRONG WILLED child who is now in full blown terrible twos. she pushes boundaries constantly, throws fits like no other, hits, throws, yells 'no' and 'mine'....you know, all that stuff i swore 'my child would never do!' i'm totally eating my words!!! i desperately need to make a run to the library and check out the book, how to raise a strong willed child, and memorize it from front to back. super nanny where are you!! 
and then there's this sweet face! this is the face of my sweet baby who loves her mama and would never think of hitting her. i love this baby!!! this baby gives hugs and kisses, rubs and pats your back, runs her fingers through my hair and is just all sweetness. when i see this face, i tell myself i must not be screwing her up too bad and maybe she won't need therapy when she gets older for all the ways her mother did her wrong!!! love this girl with all my heart, good and bad, she's worth it, over and over again!!
being silly in one of her many hats! 
my angel face!!!!
our little artist! she loves to scribble with pens and paper! 
