Sisterly/Brotherly Love!

It has been so fun watching our kids interact with each other. Bryce watches Brielle ALL.DAY.LONG! She can make him smile and laugh more than anyone else can. She can be picking on him and he will smile at her. It also helps that he is the sweetest baby! She is my little helper and absolutely loves to play with him. We look forward to watching their relationship grow as they do and we hope they always love each other as they do now!

Always giving kisses
Our two loves

Precious girl

Sweet & happy boy

New Things

Some changes have taken place at our house in the last couple of weeks. About two weeks ago we got a hot tub put in our backyard and this past week we had a new deck built around it. It looks really good and we are very happy with it. The other evening we turned the temp of the hot tub down and Brielle got in with Daddy...she loved it! Check out the pics...

Slab of concrete for the hot tub to sit on..we got to put our names in it

Daddy and his girl
From the backyard

Side view

From the upper deck

Bryce got something new tonight too...he got to try green beans for the first time and LOVED them! You would have never guessed it was his first time because he inhaled them. We have a little piggy on our hands :)

Guess What!!

Yep, Brielle is potty trained! We have tried off and on this past year and she has been going pee pee for some time, but nothing consistent and she wouldn't ever tell us when she had to go. 2 wks ago we put panties on her and she had 2 accidents and has been smooth sailing since. She had a little trouble with wanting to go #2 on the toilet, but as of last Sunday that is now a thing of the past and she goes on the toilet everyday! Today she had to go while I was feeding Bryce and she took herself and ever since she wants to do it "by myself" every time!
She is so proud of herself and so are we!

Such a big girl

Can't have a post without talking about the little guy. Bryce is now 5 months and continues to be a really good baby and is for the most part always happy. He is finally starting to roll over, but really doesn't like to be on his belly except to sleep. He is now eating rice and oatmeal cereals and loves them both. He is quite the little piggy. We will probably introduce veggies very soon. We can't wait to see what he weighs at his 6 month appt. Our tiny little peanut is filling out nicely and is probably going to weigh more than his long string bean of a cousin Cohen who was 3 lbs heavier at birth :)

Sissy was making him smile here

Beautiful Daughter & Adorable Son

A few weeks ago we took the kids to get their pictures taken. Brielle wasn't really in the mood for it, but in the end they turned out cuter than ever. Of course our happy Bryce did fantastic. He kept flashing that beautiful smile of his. The ones taken of them together are absolutely priceless. Enjoy!

She loves him soooo much!

Hungry Boy!

Bryce has been showing signs of being extra hungry lately so we decided to start cereal. Overall he did a great job for his first time. He never acted like he didn't like it, but it took him a few bites to figure out what to do with it. By the second half of the bowl he was doing really well and ate it all! He got pretty messy too :)

WHAT are you trying to feed me?!

That cereal stuff was pretty good! Our little peanut is now our chunky monkey!

Happy boy :)

Big boy playing in his new toy..he loves this thing!

Dr. Brielle Brower

Brielle got a doctor kit for Christmas last year that she loves to play with. She had always taken care of me or one of her baby dolls, but ever since her brother was born she has had a new "patient" to take care of! Being the good baby that he is, he allows her to do just about anything to him. She will come into the room with her kit and say "Here I am..Dr. Brielle Brower" it is so cute!

Wearing the very dorky doctor glasses

The "patient" Bryce all bandaged up
getting ready to take his temp

probably wishing someone would take the band aids off so he could bend his wrist!

Happy 3rd Birthday Brielle!

Brielle Leigh,

3 years ago today we learned a love that we never knew of, the love a parent has for their child. For the last 3 years that love has grown so strong and so deep. The day you were born was one of the best days of our lives. We had NO idea we could love you as much as we did and still do. Becoming your parents was life changing, but it changed our lives for the better and we couldn't imagine life without you! You have been a true blessing from God and we are so thankful he gave you to us. We can't believe we have had you for 3 years. It seems like we blinked and our baby is now a little girl. You make us laugh everyday and we love that about you. Your smile is contagious and you have went from oh so cute to absolutely beautiful. We have made great memories over the last 3 years that will stay with us forever. We look forward to what this next year from 3-4 will bring and hope it is even better than the last. We are so lucky to be your parents and love you more than you will ever know. Happy 3rd birthday precious girl!

Love Daddy & Mommy

When we met you we

fell head over heels in love!
ONE

TWO

and now THREE

Brielle went to the dr today for her check up. She weighed in at 33lbs 6oz (75%) and is 38 1/4 (80%) inches tall. She gained 6 lbs and grew almost 2 inches in the last year. The dr said she is doing just great :)