Be YOU Tiful

 I love you so much BrynnyPie!

You are my girl.  Right this second you are laying in bed with me watching Princess Sing Along Songs (for literally the 6th time today!)  We got it at the library today and you can not get enough!  Since you had a nap you are not very tired and it is 11pm, so what else are we going to do?!?  

 Today Baylor was jabbering about how girls can only drive trucks if they borrow them from their husbands!  WHAT.EVER.  I straightened him out.  He then went on to say how boys can get tattoos and girls can't.  I do not know where he gets these thoughts!  But it lead to a talk about how nasty tattoos are.  I was trying to get you guys to understand how marvelous your bodies are and how Heavenly Father made them and they are perfect and we wouldn't want to mark them up with tats.  I said God made your bodies healthy, and strong, and PERFECT!  You then said to me, "And He made yours squishy, huh mom?"  Well not exactly, birthing FOUR children and my love of cheesecake and chocolate aided that attribute, but thanks for noticing Brynners!  You crack me up!

I took you guys to the "big" library today in Tualatin.  You were so excited, "Thank you thank you mom!!" you squealed!  We then went to the grocery store and you both insisted on sitting in the basket of the cart, which resulted in inevitable irritations with one another.  I just calmly pushed you around with a constant stream of, "stop it.  be nice.  Brynnly, stop!  Baylor, enough.  you guys better be nice."  I was getting exhausted when two different women on two different isles reminded me to appreciate these days.  I was so thankful for these kind ladies.  While I was getting tired and frustrated the one woman said, your voices were so sweet.  And she was right.  I love how you guys talk, how you mispronounce words and the funny things you say or how you say them.  I love pushing you in the cart, oh how lonely I will be when I push an empty cart.  She also said enjoy being able to contain you, she has teenagers and as hard as toddlers are, teens are impossible.  SO I am going to try even harder to soak you up and appreciate these little moments.  How do I not take it for granted??  Im trying!  I LOOOOOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!  I am so thankful for you!!!

And you are about asleep now, perfect time to snuggle you up!

Christmas

Merry Christmas my little angel!  You are only 3 this year!  And the magic of Christmas is bursting around you!  You are so excited!!  You are so excited about Santa and getting presents!

 It is a little hilarious, no true meaning of Christmas in your heart, it was all about the presents!  :)
As excited as you are about him, you still weren't real sure about getting very close to him...

You guys are best buddies! All in your Christmas PJs!

Julia is wearing Grinch pants, and you have a love hate relationship with Mr. Grinch.

You were PETRIFIED, I mean lose you mind can't be in the same house with that movie playing, SCARED of him.

I played into for a little, but the big kids were so excited about watching the movie I had to slowly acclimate you. So I brought you down and promised to hold you the whole time.  You were nervous but agreed.  It only took about 10 minutes of you seeing some funny parts and you realized he wasn't a horrible monster.  By the end of Christmas you were quoting and LAUGHING about that movie.  You LOVE the Grinch now.  (Well last year it was the same way, so we'll see if next Christmas you remember you liked him, cause this Christmas you didn't remember at all.)

You and Baylor found these hats in a store and melted my heart!

You were a big helper in the kitchen this year.

You always love stirring and putting the ingredients in the bowl.

You really enjoyed decorating cookies too!

I must say though, you's a little bossy Miss Miss and you get your way too much!  It is definitely nice being the "baby" of the family!  And it doesn't hurt that you're sooooo dang CUTE!!

Mom and Dad went to his work party and you really liked how "beautiful" I was.

This is one of my favorite candid pictures.

Mama's little love bug!!

You my girl Binny Pie!!

And then there is this one.

It is classic.

After sitting by the tree for about 5 minutes, I think ya'll'd had it!

hahahahaha

Merry Christmas!

Santa came through and you got all kinds of great new clothes and toys!

You were a HAPPY girl, even though you ended up being pretty sick with the stomach flu this year.

Aloha!

Brynny Pie!

You LOOOOVED Hawaii!

It was so much fun having you at 3 years old with us!  

You were just so little and sweet and cute!

Aulani was a lot of fun.  You especially loved the kid water jungle gym!  You were a maniac!  You went on all the slides and crossed the bridges like you owned them.  You are so adventurous!!
There was a fantastic clubhouse called Aunties with every dress-up Princess dress there is, and you were quite smitten with that prospect!  
We enjoyed the beach at Aulani!  You felt very safe in the calm waters and especially loved having your Princess floaty!

I loved watching you just play and play and play!  You loved the sand and playing with the water and toys in the sand.

love these sandy cheeks!!

Best Friends!

Baby cakes!  You are at the easiest age ever to take care of here.  You're little enough to be a naked jay-bird on the beach and old enough to be potty trained and not needing a nap to be jolly, you're just easy!  I LOVE YOU!! 

My gorgeous Keiki!!

You and brother are such little buddies!

You are always there for each other...especially when there is shave ice involved. 

You were tuckered out on our last day.  I love how cuddly you are!  Thankfully you woke up to eat at this fantastic taco shop!

Learning the HULA!  You love dancing and did sooo great! 

 The magic of Hawaii even you felt. At 3 years old you took moments like this to just soak in the majesty and peace of the water. Nature is sacred and you could feel it here on this beautiful island.  This was a magical vacation.  Hawaii is beautiful, pure, calming.  It spoke to our souls and we fell in love.  You ask all the time now that we;re back, "When are we going to Hawaii again!"  Not soon enough baby girl, not soon enough!  I will always be thankful though, that we went NOW.  Snuggling you on the warm Hawaiian air was priceless!

The age of the "Selfie"

This is awkward and inappropriate, but dang FUNNY!
I took you potty and you are just so cute sitting there I snapped a few shots..only to be seen here!

See, seriously THE CUTEST!!

You are so much FUN!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!

BALLERINA BABY!!

Holy Moly! 

Would you look at how darn cute you are!

 This was your first day of ballerina class!  You were soooooo excited!  Your teacher's name is Miss Essie.  You do tap and ballet and it is the cutest thing EVER!  You ride on the back of Mom's bike most days to get there.  Baylor comes with and we get to watch you on a tv, there is a camera in the studio!  SO AWESOME!  I told Baylor, "Its the Brynnly show!"  BEST SHOW EVER!!

 You LOOOVED IT!  You listened so well and did so fantastic!  Your tap is THE cutest thing in the world to watch.  You walk on your heels and keep your little arms out, it is PRECIOUS!

 This picture reminds me of you when you were a baby, you've ALWAYS liked keeping that tongue out!  You are my babycakes!!  So darling!!

 You're poser too!  My goodness.  You got a new leotard and want to wear it 24/7!  You like getting to wear tights with no panties.  You are a natural dancer, you have rhythm and attitude, its so awesome.

The move to Oregon has been as you would say, "Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy".
You were my goodest helper painting!  I just love that little body!!

 You have been taught the finer things in life...Trader Joe's sugar cookie kits.  Man they rock.  We also got out some hand-me-down Dora jammies.  You love them.  Happy Day!  You are so girly that way, loving new clothes and eating good treats!  You're the BEST!

 We take lots of bike rides.  Here a ladybug went down your shirt!  HA!!!  You are diggin wearing the Lightening McQueen helmet too.  Accessories are a must!

 You and B are best buddies.  You played restaurant and I brought you your lunch outside on a lovely sunny afternoon.  You two can laugh and laugh.  You've started some weird game, "Baby Smack"  that you just crack up about, I don't get it.  I do love hearing you talk and laugh with each other.

 Um, you're a crazy girl too!  You and Lauren now share a room with the bunk beds!  You like (same as your siblings) to hang from the top bunk bars and squeal like a monkey.  Some times you even sleep in that bed, at least for a few hours.  Im in no hurry for you to grow up, so it is fine by me!  I love waking up to your little face in the mornings, although it is nice having you at least fall asleep in your own bed...listening to Lion King.

 You and Mom had a special Date Day while Dad and the sibs went ice skating.  You're MY girl!!

 YOU'RE SO STINKIN ADORABLE!!!  I LOOOOOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

BIG GIRL swingin on the BIG swings!

 You tried to listen to GC this time.  Nice try.

 We are in a preschool here and we got to go to a Dairy Farm.  Ummm......

 yeah that about sums it up, oh and this....
yep!  We SAW a baby cow be born!  HOLY COW!  Literally!!!  It was crazy cool, you were interested for sure.  We then had hamburgers for dinner.  So wrong!  But, yummmmmmy!

 We got to go to pumpkin patch with Baylor's preschool.  FUN!! You were as adorable as ever!  I love that you let me do your hair now, you like pig tails and ponytails.  You're BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks for adding soooooo much love to my life!  You make me so happy and I am incredibly, beyond words grateful for you!!  You're such a lovey sweet girl.  You are stubborn at times and a little moody, but you ALWAYS (eventually) give in or apologize and do what I want or like.  You're really the best!  I love your strong personality, it will be such an asset to you in life.  I am continually PROUD of you and just adore you 110%!!!