NO! NOT YOU!!!!!!

You cry almost every single night.  Sometimes you have a bad dream, sometimes you have to go potty, sometimes you just wake up and don't want to be alone.  Usually I go to you, but sometimes I am so tired I ask Dad to go and try to calm you down or bring you to me.  And it just goes to show how tired I am because it NEVER works, at least not at first.  Every single time he comes in to you, you FA-REAK out and SCREAM..."NOOOOO! NOT YOUUUUUU!!!"  followed by, "I WANT MOOOOMMY!!!!!!!"  It makes me laugh to think about.  Sometimes it makes me laugh right then and there and I can then gather the strength to come put an end to your madness   Poor dad.  He's a good sport about it though, really.  I think I would be quite miffed at you if I were him.  But he gets it; you is MY girl!

Brynners you are just soooooo cute and funny right now!  I am LOVING you at 2 and 1/2!

We have started to be able to put cutie pie pig tails in your hair.
You usually only hang with them for a few hours then you insist on pulling them out and it gives you the CRAZIEST hair.  You feel beautiful 100% of the time no matter what directions you hairs are going, what's stuck all over your face, or combination of stripes, polka dots, or characters you're wearing.  You are you and you're completely unique and WE LOOOVE YOU!!!!

A cute bikini we ended up taking back b/c it had a hole in it, but man you were ADORABLE in it!

A favorite thing we do now is go swimming at the Rec Center.  I work out for an hour and you and Baylor go to the childcare (Play Center we call it).  Then I take you guys swimming.  Oh we have fun. I love it!!  We have a great little routine.  First we swim together in the big pool.  You guys wear floaties and practice  "scoop and kick, scoop and kick", jumping into me, and motorboat.  Then after about 20 minutes we jump in the lazy river and play "tag you're it", then we do the logs, which I hold your hand as you walk across, you might then play in the kiddie pool, then you dry off and wait for me while I hop in the hot tub for a couple minutes.  You guys like to watch me get blasted by the jets and you like to have me scoop up the hot water in my hands for you to touch.  We head home, watch Caillou have grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, and I clean up then we get sisters from school and its been a day!
Simple and sweet!  I love you sooooo much!  I love spending our days together...and nights!  ;)

My Girl, Right Now... (a fabulous post!!)

 You like to dress yourself. 

You're pretty good at it too!

In the car if I roll my window down you say, "Can you turn my window on?!"
You call Pocahontas, "Hoc-a-ponis".  HA!!!
When you do something you're not supposed to you say real fast, "saw-wee saw-wee saw-wee"!  How can I get upset when that funny little apology falls out of your mouth?!?  You did it today when I came to your bath and saw you had ONCE AGAIN spilled all the soap in the tub!  You have squirted an entire bottle of bubble bath, shampoo, and now baby soap in your tub.  When am I going to learn to REMOVE the soaps from your reach!?! SAW-WEE!!!

 You have the MOST fiesty, sparkly, funny, intense, lovey personality EVER!  You are THE BEST!

You love swimsuits with all your heart!

You decided to make your own fun in the leftover snow!  Love your golden shoes, perfect for shoveling.

 Ewwww!  Brynners!  Don't EAT it!!!

Cutest Stinker there ever was!  Seriously, you get away with so much because you are darling, darling, darling!!!!

Easter Pictures

My BEAUTIFUL Kids

 You bring so much joy to this world!

Thanks for all the GREAT smiles and your wonderful cooperation!

I love you with ALL MY HEART!

(and seriously ya'll are GORGEOUS!)

i LOVE you

I wish I could keep you little forever.

As time keeps going by and you, my BABY, keep getting bigger I feel the tug in my heart strings to enjoy even MORE what is left of your babyhood.

You are officially 2 1/2.

You have the sweetest little baby face!

In just 6 months you'll be three.

3!

THREE?

Sometimes I am not patient with you, you hang out with Baylor and all his friends who are 5,4, and 3 and I forget you're only TWO.  

I have been working more on cutting you some slack.

I try not to over indulge you, we still have standards, but you is just my wittle baby gurl.

Valentine's Mommy School Party

Brynnly Kathleen you are just awesome!

Today we were laying down next to each other and brother came and laid on top of me and you got so mad!  You squealed, "top it! see's my bes fwen!"

I had to explain that Baylor is my best friend too, but you weren't buying it.

You and I ARE best friends- always have been, always will be!

Thank you for loving me so fiercely, you bring me such happiness!

Right now one of the things I love about you is how you drop the "s" sound on all s words.

stop is top

spoon is poon

star is tar

squinkies is quinkies- that's my FAVE!

(although, I just now asked you to say all these words and you said them all perfectly, with "s" sounds!)

See how fast you grow and change!

Feb.4 a day at the zoo-
I just love you in this coat- especially when you put your hands in the pockets, it is so cute!

You are OBSESSED with Princesses!

You went through a little stint in Dec/Jan where you had more accidents than ever before.  In complete frustration after months of not having any accidents I threatened you with NO BIRTHDAY PARTY.  You have been planning your birthday ever since Baylor was planning his, and of course you want nothing but a Princess party.

Your accidents have decreased immensely and today you said, 

"We don't go pee in our panties. We go pee in da potty. And we get birsday parties!"

You betcha good girl!!

You are a spectacular dancer.  When you hear music you just can not help yourself.  You start shaking that bootie and are all rhythm!   The bets part of your dancing though, your facial expressions!  HOLY MOLY!  You can keep your eyes halfway open and have this smug look on your face, like you know you're the bomb.com dancer!  I would die laughing watching you dance, but Im not allowed to laugh or you get super embarrassed, so I hold it in and just cheer you on.

You have gotten Little People Princesses for Christmas and play with them daily.  You dance around them, talk for them and to them, your imagination is incredible!  You can play with them for hours, all by yourself!!  And I love watching you.  It especially tickles me when I catch some of the cute things you say or watch you dance with them.  You often pair them ip with each other to dance.  You're just crazy smart!  You love this little princess camera and pretend to take pictures.  You are constantly in princess dress-up dresses.  Yep, it is usually about 34 degrees outside and your traipsing around the house in nothing but a tank-top tulle and sparkly thread dress and outrageous little teal and gold sparkling mini heels with a Princess Jasmine amulet on the top surrounded with golden thread shags.  You love love love bags and carry them around filled with your "guys" and squinkies, sunglasses and camera.  Usually with a few babies in tow too.

And you are going to be one LOVING mama!

You are fiesty and got lots of soul, but when it comes to those babies you are super gentle.  You cover them up, I mean cover them completely, heads and all and go round shushing us, telling us, "the babies are seeping!!"  You are pretty much the most darling hilarious adorable creature ever created and I am so very very thankful you're MINE!

I LOOOOOVE YOU BRYNNERS!

And I have to include these last 2 pictures b/c as I go through pictures it is looking at your funny, crazy, spunky expressions that just crack me up!  You have so much life, so much energy, so much joy inside you it just bursts out of you!  You know you're something else and that is part of what makes you so awesome!

I looooove how your little fists are balled up too!

Let the holidays begin!

FIrst there was Lauren's birthday.

You helped me throw marshmallows down on the girls.  

You are ALWAYS by my side, my bestest helper/side kick- I LOOOOVE it!!!!

You LOVE Santa this year.

I am so proud of what a brave girl you are.

YOU LOVE BABY JESUS!

You were being Mary, only you REFUSED to wear the blanket on your head.

You LOVE the Christmas tree and your ornaments.

Every night as I carry you up stairs I tell you to say goodnight to the CHristmas Tree and you say,

"Ga-nie Kissma Twee"

UH!  It is heart melting!

You are the SWEETEST LITTLE THING!!

Uh oh!  Someone didn't get her way.... still you're darn CUTE!

We're doing all kinds of fun things in Mommy School!

I broke out the Trader Joe ABC cookies for your lunch.

Its always fun to spell out your names!

We made Christmas Trees...

Oh those precious dalring little fingers....  

LOVE them!!!

Such a hard worker!

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!!!

Thank you for being YOU, you're PERFECT!

Baby Pie Jammies!

Had to go get these taken.

(taken Nov. 20, 2012)

I LOVE this dress, Julia originally wore it, Lauren absolutely refused due to the turtle neck.

You are more chill, like Jules, when it comes to getting dressed, although 

you do like yourself girlied up!

I can't decide if you look like a big girl or a little girl!  

I guess you're just getting bigger, but still so little!

I love it!

You're at a WONDERFUL age!

You understand almost everything (that you need to) and you are more cooperative.

You are sweet and lovey and very very good.

Oh my Brynny girl!  I Loooooove YOU!!!!

Cutie Pa-tootie!

Mommy is taking Sisters on a special trip to NYC this weekend.  I am really excited about it, but truly the thought of not being with you BREAKS my heart!  I cry just thinking about it.  I know being away from you for about 48 hours isn't that long, but being with you everyday, pretty much 24/7 because we usually fall asleep in each other's bed, it is so hard to even think about being without you.  I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH!  You are MY girl.  I love laying down with you at night and feeling your little hand reach for my neck or chin or cheek.  You just hold a piece of me while you fall asleep, it is precious.  I mentioned to you one night in bed that I would be going, trying to prepare you, but it just totally upset you and you got all teary voiced and said, "I wanna go wis you!!!"  over and over.  I had to let it go, you can't understand, but oh how I wish you could come too!!  Im very very scared about flying, the thought (the very bad thought and one every one thinks Im crazy for thinking about) that something would happen to my plane and I wouldn't come back is the absolute WORST thing I can imagine.  Being your mom, being Baylor's mom, is the greatest thing in my life and the ONLY thing that matters to me.  So Im going with a BIG LOUD prayer in my heart that all will be well and I will return safe and sound to be back and let you hold my face every night as you go to sleep and be there every morning to get your Cocoas and give you color baths and read to you and just soak your ever cutie cuteness up!!!  I love you more than you will ever know Brynnly Kathleen, you mean the WORLD TO ME.  You're such a special girl and give me every reason in the world to live and love every second of it!

Mrs. Claus!

We went to Dad's work Christmas party and look who was there!!

Love this contemplative look you have!  You're so smart- always thinking!!  :)  You sure want a Princess shopping cart pretty bad, and are pretty much banking on getting it.
  You really like the Mrs.  Every time you see these pictures you say, "misses claus!"  I love all the magic you bring to Christmas.