GIRLS

The last few weeks have been pretty hectic. 3 weeks ago or so Rylee got double ear infections, then Brikayla got a bad cough before her birthday, then Rylee had early signs of RSV then Brikayla got an ear infection. Jay and I have also had colds throughout as well. I'm so glad to say everyone is almost back to 100 percent!

For my birthday we went out with my family to Red Robin and had a great time, wonderful dinner. For Valentines Day/my birthday/Ron's birthday we went with Jays parents to Tepanyaki which was fun and delicious.

Brikayla LOVED "Balentines Day". She looked forward to it and enjoyed making valentines for all my cousins, which she brought to our family party.

Rylee is getting so big, time is just seeming to fly! She is rolling all over the place, sitting on her own every once in awhile and she doesn't like laying flat on her back very much, she would rather sit up, which she tries to do by herself and its really funny :)
Trying to sit up She likes her binky, but lately just likes to play with it. She takes it out of her mouth and then puts it back in, she also likes to stick her thumb through the side of her binky so that she is sucking on her thumb and her binky at the same time. It's cute :)Taking her binky out :)

Brikayla is still a little troublemaker sometimes, the other day she got a full box of cereal and spread it all over her room - it was even in the blinds that were open at the time.The little grin on her face... Yesterday she would go into Rylee's room when she was napping and climb from the rocking chair into her crib and wake her up. It was frustrating but cute at the same time!

In great news, Monday night Brikayla went in her potty once. Then Tuesday four times and so today I decided to break out the Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse and Dora underwear again. She's gone potty in her potty 5 times so far, and just had two accidents, which I'm excited about! She's making progress!! I think she may have finally decided its time to potty train - it may also be because my mom told her she needs to be potty trained before October if she wants to go to Disneyland ;)




I know my girls love each other :) They are so cute together, I can't wait to see their bond grow!
HAHA Rylee is like "get off of me" lol

Happy Birthday!

I can't believe how big my princess is getting!! Daddy called her from work today to wish her a happy birthday and she was so excited about that :) She's had her birthday princess tiara on all day so far.

She was so excited when everyone started singing Happy Birthday, but then she realized we were singing to her and she got all embarrassed

She was spoiled!! Thanks to everyone who came :)
Her "tiana crown" as she calls it. She hasn't taken this thing off hardly at all

with all of her balloons

My girls are growing so fast!

Rylee is getting better and better at sitting on her own! She sits for minutes at a time now instead of just seconds...she's getting so big already!
She'll be four months old tomorrow. It is so crazy how much time flies!! Today Rylee and I had a day together since Brikayla slept at my moms last night and then spent the day with her - they went to go see "The Princess and the Frog" - which Brikayla loved - but it was the first time Brikayla has gone to the theatre to see a movie, and my mom said when they walked in, Brikayla would walk up two stairs, and then run back to the door and say how dark it was in there. My mom had to drag her up the stairs, I wish I could have been there to see it! Haha. Then, my mom said that when they were watching the movie, Brikayla would look around for a minute or two and then say to her, "Grandma, it sure is dark in here" and then pause for a minute and say "let's get out of here!" but other than that she was thrilled about the actual movie! Anyway, back to me having a day with Rylee, it was so different with us just being alone. We played a lot today and Rylee was "talking" so much. She kept trying to look at the tv upside down -(it was weird that I wasn't watching Kai-lan, Yo Gabba Gabba, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and all those other shows Brikayla loves lol) -
She took naps without being woke up, but I missed seeing Brikayla give Rylee kisses all day long, Rylee giggling and smiling at Brikayla being silly, watching Brikayla color pictures for daddy and being so excited to give it to him when he got home from work, I missed Brikayla asking to hold Rylee...although it was a great day, I realized how much I really love watching my two girls interact!

I was looking through Brikayla's first scrapbook today and it is so crazy how much Rylee looks just like Brikayla when she was four months old! They look so much alike! I never really realized it until I saw the pictures of Brikayla at Rylee's current age....and now my little Kayla Boo is going to be 3 years old in less than three weeks! She's getting so big, before I know it she'll be starting school...oh I don't even want to think about it!

Yay!!

Ok, really quick post, but I'm so excited! As most of you know, we've been trying to potty train Brikayla, throwing around the idea and everything for like six months...about three weeks ago, we just kind of let off, because she wanted nothing to do with it. So about twenty minutes ago, Brikayla came into the bathroom and said "Mom, I have to go potty" not really thinking anything would happen, we took off her jammies, she took off her diaper and sat on her potty, and she peed! I was so proud of her! I hadn't said anything about it, she just did it on her own! I really hope this continues :)

In other news, over the last two days Rylee has been sitting up by herself for like 5 seconds at a time! It's so fun!

If you don't have kids, its hard to explain, but it's so exciting when new milestones like this happen :)

It got quiet last night...

Jay and I were cleaning up the family room last night after playing with Brikayla, and realized that it was pretty quiet, so I went to go check on Brikayla and found her with a Drumstick Ice Cream Cone that she had gotten out of the freezer...(we have one of the fridges where the freezer is on the bottom, so she is able to reach it)...it was pretty hilarious, I guess she thought she'd help herself.



Rylee has been really stuffed up the past few days, and has also had her right eye almost stuck shut from eye boogers :( Today she was a lot better when I went to get her out of bed this morning though. :) When I had called her doctors office and talked to the medical assistant yesterday, she said she would move Rylees four month check up up a week so that they could check her out and make sure she didn't have anything serious, and do her check up all in one day. So we went in today and she doesn't have anything serious! I was so relieved. Today Rylee weighed 13 lbs 12 oz. She was in the 97th percentile for height...she's 26 inches! Tall girl just like her sister.

I can't believe that Rylee is going to be four months old next week and in less than a month Brikayla will be 3 years old!!! My girls are growing up so fast!

Better late than never...

I thought I should probably post some Christmas pictures. Wednesday night, the 23rd we celebrated with Jays parents, the girls were so spoiled! Brikayla got a four wheeler which was from her Great Grandma and Grandpa Willden (Jays parents purchased it with inheritance they received when Grandma Willden passed in September this year), she absolutely loves it and is excited to take it out camping this year. She got a kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa Sphar which she can't stop playing with. Her and Rylee also got some clothes, socks, books and other fun stuff!

Brikayla and Mommy




Brikayla and Daddy

Brikayla and Rylee on the four wheeler

Thursday morning Jay had to work so I took the girls over to Grandma and Grandpa Sphars so we could make cookies to set out that night for Santa. Brikayla had a lot of fun and Rylee even got in on the action :)

Brikayla rolling out the dough



Rylee with a cookie cutter



cutting out the cookies



Brikayla and Grandma Sphar



Brikayla and I decorating some cookies


Thursday night we headed to my parents for our traditional pj and movie night. We watched Four Christmases which was really good and we all got our pjs! Brikayla and Rylee also opened their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Walker - spoiled yet again of course! Brikayla got a Vtech laptop which she really loves, she got Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure, a TON of clothes and pjs and some other things as well. Rylee got a cute train that she can follow around when she starts crawling, a light up ball and of course tons of clothes and other things.


Rylee under the tree



Brikayla and Rylee in their Christmas pj's



me

Jay

My sister Chelsie



My brother Braden and sister in law Ashlee



My dad



My mom, family friend Barbara and Brikayla



Barbara and my brother Cristian

Friday morning was really exciting this year since it was the first Christmas that Brikayla understood what was going on and that the gifts were from Santa, and it was Rylee's first Christmas! Brikayla got a 90 pc fake food set and a 50 pc dishes set...so those are always all over the place, she loves for Jay and I to eat fake meals with her and cook on her kitchen! She also got a Dora tent that she likes a lot! Rylee got some new toys to chew on and learn from and more clothes.

In the afternoon we went to my parents for a bit to exchange gifts with my siblings then headed to the Draegers house where Jays parents were and had fun spending time with them for a few hours. On the way home, we were hungry and the only two places that were open that we could find were Panda Express and IHOP, we really just wanted to go home so Jay waited in line for about twenty minutes to get us food to take home...there were a lot of people there and both girls were sleeping so I just stayed in the car with them.

We had a great Christmas this year and are so thankful for our wonderful families. We love them so much!i

Happy New Years Eve

I hope everyone has a very safe and happy New Year! We'll be staying in and having some friends over...I love getting everyone together. I'm looking forward to good food hanging out and watching our kids have fun...I'll be posting pictures later on. :)