She's 15 months!

Britton had her 15 month well baby visit last week.  She's doing great!  Britton weighed 24 pounds and 15 ounces and was 31 inches long, both of which put her in the 75th percentile.  Britton didn't like to talk too much a few months ago, but she's now getting her voice heard.  Her new words are: water, book, red, go eat, ball, pizza, milk, drink, what, no, uh oh, nose, and some more I can't remember right now.  She waves hi and bye, blows kisses, gives 5, and is a complete dare devil.  She will run and dive into anything.  Britton loves her sister and always wants to be with her.  She can pick out blue, green, and red colors and can point to nose, ears, and mouth.  Overall, she's wonderful!

Valentines

Monday night was so much fun.  Holland and I baked red velvet cupcakes for her Valentine's party.  Gaga was a sweetheart and made the cream cheese icing for us in advance and Holland helped me cut out the pink fondant hearts.  These cupcakes were my first time to pipe icing onto anything.  Holland was so happy to help!  

Her school party was fun.  The kids had tons of sweet Valentines to go home with.  

Our little ham.....

Britton is such a little ham!  She loves to sing, dance, and mimic anything she can.  This is Britton's rendition of Moves Like Jagger. 

12 months, 13 months, almost 14 months!

Britton had her 1 year check up at the end of November.  She weighed in at 23 pounds and 1 ounce, which is in the 75th percentile.  Her height was 29.75 inches, which is also in the 75th percentile.  She got 3 shots and screamed for a few seconds, then gave the nurse a dirty look. 

Britton can be very sassy and very mischievous.  If she gets caught doing something she shouldn't, she will try to escape before we can catch her.  Or, when she is told 'no', she screams and cries like you had beat her, even though you haven't even touched her.  Britton is very good with her hands.  She can already put her shape blocks through their respective openings.  She loves bath time and squeals 'bubble bath' when we are getting her undressed for her bath.  Britton gets out her bath toys and will put them back up when bath time is over.  At 12 months old, Britton only had 4 teeth, but now she has 6.  I think the next 2 are just about to come in.  She walks very well, but loves to be carried.  Britton hates to wear hair clips or bows, and will pull her bangs into her eyes.  Britton already has a great sense of humor.  She will do something crazy and will laugh so hard.  Britton dances (just like Holland), and sings all the time.  Anything on the radio, she will hum or sing along while dancing.  She even sings 'laaaaaaaaa la la la la la' with The Fresh Beat Band!  Too cute!  Britton isn't saying as many words as Holland did at this age.  I know I'm not supposed to compare them.  Holland spoke more, but Britton has a better temperament and motor skills.  So, they may be different, but they are both wonderful!  Britton will say mama, dada, gaga, nana, bubble bath, bye bye, and babbles all the time.  She will blow kisses, wave, and help take off her clothes.  Hmmm............... I'm sure I will think of other stuff that makes her the best baby ever, but I guess this will do and get me caught up for now.

Yes.............. I remembered something.  Britton LOVES to eat anything and everything!  I think if she could eat all day long, she would.  She says, 'bite' every time for a bite of any of our food or her food.

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas season has been very different for my family.  We didn't put ornaments on our Christmas tree because when we put the tree up, Britton was in a klepto phase.  Anything and everything she found, she would put in her mouth or walk off with it.  I didn't want to take a chance with her eating any of the ornaments.  Our family didn't have our annual candy making day, which I look forward to every year.  Mommer celebrated her 90th birthday in the hospital with a broken hip, so her birthday party was cancelled.  My family had everything planned to have Christmas dinner, like usual, at Mommer's with checking Mommer out of the hospital for a couple of hours to come eat with us, but that was cancelled.

Now, the normal things that did take place was our Elf on the Shelf was finally named........................  Bono!  Holland really got in to having Bono this year.  Every morning she would rush into the living room to see where he was.  We watched the Elf on the Shelf cartoon umpteen times.  We had our family advent calendar that Holland loved getting to do every morning.  She would say, "we're getting close to Jesus's birthday!"  Our little family had our traditional gift opening Christmas morning then went to Mom's for brunch and gifts. 

Christmas Eve before bed.

Santa brought Britton the little Tikes car and Holland the Disney Princess Castle with Princesses.  Both girls LOVED their gifts!

Britton and Holland enjoyed opening their gifts. 

We got the girls a trampoline, but unfortunately, it was lightly raining Christmas morning so they didn't get to jump.

After gifts at our house, we headed over to Mom's.  The girls got a lot of clothes and some toys.  Holland especially loved her easel and LeapPad.  Holland has played with the LeapPad so much that I've already had to change out the batteries.  Britton loved dancing and singing while we all played Xbox dance games. 

The rest of Christmas was spent relaxing at the house, going to visit Mommer in the hospital, and playing with all our new toys.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!





Christmas cards

I didn't get our Christmas cards out this year because I didn't get pictures made until the 22nd.  Dixie was so awesome to squeeze us in and make us a card to use.  Love Dixie!  She is the best!  So, here is our Christmas card for 2011. 

8th Anniversary

Kirk and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on the 20th.  We always order a cake, but this year, I ordered Georgetown Cupcake (DC Cupcakes).  Total YUMFEST!  We met some friends for dinner the following night.  Kirk and I haven't had a date night in probably close to two years now.  So, dinner with friends was really nice. 

Fantasy of Lights

We had a family date night with the Tacks.  The girls loved it!  We met for dinner, Starbucks, then took the girls to the Fantasy of Lights.

Happy..................... Black Friday!!

Black Friday was awesome!  Sara talked me into going this year and I'm so thankful I went.  Granted, I am worn out and sore, but it was totally worth it!  Unfortunately, both Sara's and my families had their Thanksgiving dinner at 6pm, which meant we had to miss celebrating Thanksgiving with our families.  Sara, her husband Bill, and I met at Walmart at 4pm to get in line for some of the amazing sales.  We were first in line to get the xbox combos.  I bought some walkie talkies at Walmart, so we communicated with each group with those.  It was so much fun!  Kirk came up after our girls were in bed and the guys and some good friends secured our other big items.  The toy sale started at 10pm, and we were driving off from Walmart by 10:30.  We went to Kohl's and stood in line there and got what we wanted when they opened at midnight.  By then, we were starved so we ate and then went to Target and Toys R Us.  We got everything on our list at those places, too.  It was around 3:30am when we went separate ways for a bit.  Sara and Bill went to Penneys and Kirk and I went to Starbucks and Walmart again to see if we could get even more stuff ......... which we did!  The guys went to stand in line at Academy and Sara and I stood in line at Shoe Carnival.  Sara was first in line and got everything she wanted for free.  I was just there for support.  Us girls went to Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, then we met up with the guys.  Sara/Bill went to Office Depot and Kirk/I went to Tractor Supply.  We all got everything we wanted and a ton more that were bonus buys.  I asked Sara to make us some really cute Black Friday shirts.  I love both our shirts!  This one is mine.......

Sara sitting in line for the xbox combos.  We were in line for 5 hours!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Britton is 1!!!

Britton is one year old!!  We had her birthday party at Gaga's house.  It was so awesome to just decorate over there and show up.  Thank you Mom for letting us use your house!  Britton's birthday theme was Princess 1st birthday.  It was all pink and adorable!  We grilled out burgers and hot dogs with all the fixings and had cake.  Britton loved her cake!  She tore into it and ate a ton of buttercream icing.  Britton had a great 1st birthday!
The birthday Princess!

Thank you to everyone for the clothes and toys!

Hairbow holder made by Sara.  Love it!

Britton is thinking, "what is this?"

"Well, whatever it is......... it's delicious!!!"

After a few hours of running around and playing, Holland and Molly sit down to watch some cartoons.