Seattle

So over the weekend we were able to go to Seattle!  It was the mink auction and we all decided to go.  It was a pretty fun weekend! I think I am still trying to recover lol Brielle was such a good baby on this trip! I was so surprised how good she was.  Between not getting as many naps and everything while we were there she took it really well! She did pretty good on the plane ride out there and on the way back she slept almost the whole time! It was great!!! The pictures are out of order but I think you'll get the idea.

Brielle's first plane ride! 

All tuckered out from all the fun... or sitting around at the auction house....

I bought these awesome glasses before we left and I love them. She is so stinkin cute!!

This is the space needle.  It was fun. 

This was while we were waiting for our rental car... I have no idea what brielle is doing with her foot. She is so weird sometimes  haha

She was a pretty happy baby though! And for sitting around for hours on end she did better than I did haha

This is my niece Eliana :) Showing off her new hat!

matching hats!

How cute is this new swimming suit!? I love it!

Brielle LOVES the pool!!

She is so stinkin cute!!! I just want to squish those chunky cheeks... and legs... and arms... 

On top of the space needle... it was really bright and cold!

this was at the science museum at the butterfly exhibit! She likes butterflies too! they would fly by and she would get so excited!

They also had a HUGE rubix cube. It wasn't as cool as I thought it would be...

On the last day we went to Pikes market. It was still really early so most of the shops were closed but we did get to see the famous wall of gum... it was pretty sick.

We also got hot chocolate at the Original Starbucks. It was pretty cool!

This was the picture that was taken at the space needle. It's funny...

Right before we left I took this picture in our car.  I love this girl. She is sooo cute! She is all smiles these days too! She is getting too big! She has 2 teeth and is cutting a third and she still gives smiles like this!

I also wanted to add these pictures.  I took these at my house and they turned out sooo cute! I can't believe she is 6 months old... almost 7!! holy crap.. how did that happen!??

Anyways, that is what has been happening with us! 

enjoy.. or not! your choice!

Owl always LOVE you!!

I know I already posted this picture on facebook but I can't get over how stinkin cute she is!

My hat is kinda "special" but I get so many compliments on now cute she looks whenever we go out anywhere! I just love it!! And I love her! She is already 6 months old! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!!?? 

February :)

Oh man... I can't believe it is the end of February already! January was a LOOONG month but February  is going by a little bit faster and I am just fine with that!! 

So here is what has been happening in this month of love! :)

First, one of my mom's youngest brothers, Justin, got married to a cute girl named Colleen.  We went to the ceremony and reception and it was nice to see the Fam.! 

 Brielle is getting so big!! I can't even believe it... I think I need to make a new headband... This is the only one that fits her big noggin! Oh well, I think it looks so cute on her!

The happy couple

This is the 5 generation photo we got to take while at the wedding! 

 Next we move on to Valentine's day! 

The friday before Valentine's day Ray came home with these awesome flowers!!

And those awesome clips! They change colors in the sunlight! I wanted some when we went to California last summer but I was too cheap to pay for them! :) Ray won them at the teaching conference he had just come home from! It was a good day! :)

On V-Day I decided to make some homemade Samoa girl scout cookies and while I was unwrapping the caramels Brielle was devouring the chocolate bag! I am going to have a chocolate monster when she is actually old enough to eat it!

Brielle only has eyes for daddy! I decided to show everyone what she does when she looks at me and when she looks at daddy:

When she looks at me

When she looks at daddy...

Me...

Daddy!! 

It is so not fair! and it isn't just because I am holding a camera.. she does this all day! haha 

Maybe it is because Ray plays games on his Ipod with her? jk... She loves tv and electronics! She watches Pride and Prejudice  and Jane Eyre with me all the time! Got to get her hooked on the good ones while she's young!

I do get some pretty good smiles without daddy sometimes. She is usually really happy when she wakes up in the morning so I decided to document it!

I just love her crib set... It is so cute!!

This is what usually greets me in the morning (granted it is a short period of time... like 2 minutes until she gets too hungry or annoyed that I haven't picked her up.. but I still like to wake up to this in the mornings!)

She likes the owls too! The owls are my favorite!

We love the Grammy Grams!!

My brother and sister-in-law let us borrow their exersaucer toy and Brielle loves it! She loves to stand up and I get too tired of holding her up all day! This lets her jump and stand and wiggle all she wants! We love it!

Told ya... she LOVES daddy!

I love her! I get the funniest faces from her!

Who wouldn't love those chunky thunder thighs!!?? I just want to bite them they are so cute!! But it does make me a little bit sad that she is so big! She is in 9 month size clothes and she is already almost grown out of her car seat! She is almost 30 inches tall which makes the car seat too small (the shoulder straps are getting harder to fit over her shoulders! :( 

She will be 6 months old in a week and a half and that is sooo crazy! She is rolling all over the house and it is scary! I need to baby proof my house and I can't seem to find the time to do it! We just love her and we are excited to see her little personality come out more and more!!

Anyways.. Enjoy!! or not... Your choice!!