ThAnKfUl ThUrSdAy...

Today i'm feeling SOOOO grateful for ALOT of things!! So i thought it would be fun to TRY and do thankful thursdays...


The thing that i feel soooo ExTrEmLy thankful for today is my AdOrAbLe little family!!!



These two light up my life more then they will/could EVER imagine!! They are ALWAYS on my mind and pretty much all i think about!!



Bradon makes my heart skip a beat everytime i see him, hear his name or even think about him!! He is my knight in shining armor, my best friend My EVERYTHING!! I turn to bradon for everything.. He understands me and always makes me feel important! He is the most sweetest loving guy known to man kind =) He works so hard for our family and we appreciate it more then anything!! Every minute i get to be with him i cherish it!! I can't believe we've been "together" for over 6 years and going on 3 years of being married next month, and i still get the butterflies.. I truely and honestly think i found my one and only and am sooo lucky to have a man that treats me like gold and i know i can trust him with my heart!! I'm definatly one lucky wife!!!



Oh my little Brynlee Jo.. How did I ever get so blessed to have such a beautiful,loving,sweet,sassy, and just plain out PERFECT little girl!!Brynlee has shown me the meaning of love!! She has brought sooo much energy and love into our family and it has made our little family so much fun!! I love her beautiful faces she pulls, her adorable little attitude.. I love watching her grow and most importantly i LOVE being her mommy!! Everyday at work all i want to be is at home with her!! She's so addicting and i HATE sharing her with people!! haha.. If i could take her EVERYWHERE with me i would!! I cannot wait to watch her grow up and become an older sister!!

I love my family more then any words could ever say and cannot imagine where i would be without them!! i thank my lucky stars every day and night for what i have been blessed with.. I hope they know how much they mean to me!!

EiGhT MoNtHs....

Baby girl your eight months this week.. Where oh where has the time gone..You are such a busy body and love to be able to move and do what you want.. your little miss independant!! We are getting into the holidays now and mommy is just loving it.. We got your first little costume and i cannot wait to show you off to everyone and take you trick or treating =) Mommy has been planning your first birthday pretty much since you were 4 months, and now i'm really starting to kick it into gear and buy stuff.. I cannot wait =)

At 8 Months you are....

- Eating 2-3 jars of baby food plus about 4 bottles.. You love food =) you have to be eating something if mommy or daddy is..
-You still LOVE LOVE LOVE bath time, it is seriously adorable, you splash and splash everywhere!!
- Your wearing size 3 diapers and wearing 6 month clothing.
- last dr visit you weighed 17 pds 6 oz.. so we'll see next month where your standing =)
- You are a crawling queen, you can get from one point of the house to the next in no time!!
- You blow kisses ( sometimes ) haha it's the most cutest thing ever..
- You mock pretty much everything mommy does
- You can pretty much whistle, and you love doing it
- You sleep 10 hours everynight .. and you go to bed without any hastle.Thank you =)
- You are getting to be a little stink with your afternoon naps though..
- You have 3 teeth , two bottom and top far right.. I think your top left is gonna start coming in..


You are the most amazing happiest precious little angel anyone could ever ask for and you make my life complete!! Mommy and Daddy can't imagine life without you and are sooo extremely lucky your our little girl!! I love watching you grow and cannot believe you are getting so big so fast!! Don't ever forget how much you mean to us!! Love you baby girl!! AlWaYs AnD FoReVeR!!!

Mommy and Daddy!!

AnNuAl FaMiLy StAtE FaIr TrIp...

Last thursday my WHOLE family got together for our AnNuAl fair trip =).. every year we all try to get together to head down for some "delcious" fair food/TREATS and to take a look around.. This was Brynlee's first time to the fair and she did AWESOME... She shared some pizza with daddy and enjoyed people watching.. haha got her mommys genes right there =) She rode in krewsters and kd's double stroller most of the time so she could bond with her cousin krew.. She LOVES her cousins so much and i can't wait for SOMEDAY to become a big sister!!




This year we got grandma to go down "the big yellow slide" it was SOOO funny.. I never thought my cute little grandma would go down it.. She sure showed us right up!!







I love how close my family is and that we all can get together with all the kids and just have the time of our lives.. Nothing will ever replace family and i'm so extremly lucky to have them all in my life!!










And the princess is finally out.. What an exhausting fun filled day it was =)

CrAwLiNg... ReAlLy....

Awww little Brynlee Jo you have OFFICIALLY started crawling today..You have been getting up on your hands and knees and trying sooo hard this past week but you have offically started crawling.. Daddy sent me a video at work today and i just wanted to cry.. You are getting so big and your are the smartest little buggy ever!! You are right on track with everything and mommy and daddy couldn't be more proud of you!!

7 MoNtHs...

Baby girl turned 7 months this past week.. She is getting so big and i tell her everyday i don't feel like i have a baby anymore, i've got a BiG girl.. You are such a busy body, you are not a fan of being held in one spot,your always squirming around and just wont sit still! At 7 months some of the things your doing are...

- weighing in at 17.5 (we had a check up at the dr's for your dang ears)
- Eating 6 oz of normal forumla every 3-4 hours
- Eating baby food 2-3 times a day!! you still love your bananas!
- We introuded baby cookies, yogurt melts and baby puffs to you and you love them all but you LooOVVee your cookies!! so cute to watch you feed your self!
- You get to drink a bottle of juice when ever you want, you kinda like this (haha)
- Wearing size 2 diapers,but i'm thinking size 3 here pretty soon
- You wear 6 month clothing and 9 month is jammies and onsies cause your so dang long
- You want to crawl SOOO bad, you get up on your hands and knees and then you don't know what to do, so you kinda jump forward then fall.. It's so cute!
- You still love the water, you sat out in the pool for atleast a good hour with me and the girls today.
- You LOVE LOVE LOVE your brothers (tito and belo) it's the cutest thing in the world!
- You have your two bottom teeth and your top left tooth is trying to break threw and your hating life!! you get the runniest nose ever when teething.
- You hold your own bottle like a champ
- You sleep anywhere from 9-11 hours straight at night time

You are such an angel Brynlee and we truely love you more then anything in this world!!!

DiEt/NeW LiFe StYlE.....

Oh how i hate the word DiEt!! So i've been trying to stay "i'm starting my new life style" haha
I have ALWAYS been over weight for as long as i remember.. Never known as the "fat" girl, but never felt comfortable with my body.. When i got pregnant i was FAR from my ideal weight to get pregnant with, but it happened and i was exastic i got pregnant so fast.. During pregnancy i only gained 15 pounds , which was amazing.. After brynlee was born i actually got below my pre pregnancy weight by like 3 pounds, it was amazing.. I started weight watchers back in like may and i lost 15 pounds in like 2 1/2 months.. I did it and stuck to it and it felt SOOO good being able to fit into jeans i hadn't fit into since highschool and buying some pants i tried on in the store i couldn't fit into.. ( now there baggy) It was seriously the best feeling ever.. Just about 3 weeks ago i cancelled weight watchers and wanted to see if i could do it by myself, well i just stayed the same and didnt loose.. But the motivation just wasn't there.. I decided last minute i was going to run a 5k with my friends and that would motivate me to run! i HATE running but i am trying to run atleast 3 times a week and i have seen improvement.. last night i ran a mile and a half. hahah i know that is nothing, but coming from running 2 mintues and dying this is amazing =)
I started "my new lifestyle" yesterday and it felt good.. The first day though of course my work brings in schmidts cookies for everyone, but i was strong and didn't eat one.. =) I did my excersise and it felt great as well, i really hope i can contiue this drive i have cause i would LOVE to loose 30-40 more pounds. awww fingers crossed for a healthier happier vanessa...

My BIG gIrL...

This past weekend Bradon and I took Brynlee to get her ears pierced.. I have been SOOO nervous to get them done.. I didn't want it to hurt her or irritate her at all.. I finally decided to do it and so happy i did.. She was a champ and hardly cried.. She looks so dang cute with them..

I just love this picture.. i couldn't stop laughing after i took the picture.. I told her to smile for getting her ears pierced and this is what she did. haha


On sunday we went hiking with our friends Lisa and Garrett.. Holy cow you don't realize how really out of shape you are until you go hiking.. I was sweating like a crazy person!! We took belo to my mom and dads since he's a fatty and can't even walk a mile =) I think tito enjoyed it, he's kinda a weirdo with water and would not drink out of the rivers or ponds so he looked like santa clause the whole time cause he was foaming so bad. haha.. I was going to try and tough it out and carry brynlee in the hiking carrier, well that lasted like 2 minutes.. i felt like i was 9 months pregnant with triplets haha.. So my sweet husband took her and carried her the whole time.. Brynlee LOVED the hike.. It was seriously adorable.. She fell asleep the last 10 minutes on the way up, then on the way back down she pretty much sang/talked the whole time!! Such a sweetie!!



Brynlee has been sleeping a little weird the past week, her pediatrican told us we needed to let her cry it out and let her learn how to soothe her self back to sleep..It was hard cause she has a little cough and it would always wake her up. Well the reason she has not been sleeping so great is because my BiG stinker is cutting her TWO bottom teeth. It is soooo cute.. I can't believe she is big enough to be getting teeth!!

This weekend we are going to starvation for bradon's side family reunioun.. I'm excited to take Brynlee camping and to see how she does.. I have to miss my neice and nephews birthday party though and i'm REALLY sad about it!!