Wear your green!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I slacked this year and didn't make anything festive for St. Patrick's other than green koolaid.  I have to say both girls loved the lemon/lime koolaid, which is my personal favorite flavor.  We had a family date night with the Tacks.  Holland couldn't wait to see Bill, Sara, and Molly.  She asked about them all day.  The girls and I had St. Paddy's day shirts made by Boomtown Embroidery.  Love them! 

I was lucky enough to get one picture of our girls and Molly all in one place after dinner. Miracle!

Spring Break: Wichita Mountains

We took one day off from living room renovations to take the girls up to the Wichita Mountains.  We all had a great time and the weather was wonderful.  First, we went up Mt. Scott, which is the tallest peak of the Wichita Mountains.  It was pretty windy up there.

We went to Meers for lunch.  We ate the big 7" Meersburgers and we all loved it! 

After eating, we went through the Wildlife Refuge.  The prairie dogs were awesome!  Holland wanted to chase them.  The buffalo were right beside the road and chilling.  The longhorns were very tame.  We didn't see any elk.

We went to see one of the dams and let the girls stretch their legs..... and they surely did.

We went to Lawton and came across a park that is covered with prairie dogs.  We got out and let the girls run around and oh my............. it was hilarious!  Britton was wearing her squeaker shoes and when she started running, all the prairie dogs came out of their holes and started barking/squeaking back to her.  It was crazy! 

Spring Break: Living room renovation

Our Spring Break chore was to renovate our living room.  We wanted to replace the flooring, repaint the walls, install new ceiling fans, baseboards, and replace the bay window.  The turquoise carpet was here before we bought the house.  The bay window is very old and a few of the panes have some cracks in them.  The window will be replaced in the next couple of weeks.  It's a long drawn out process where a carpenter will come out and frame the window, then the windows will be made to order, then installed.  I haven't finished decorating so I don't have anything on the walls yet, but here are the before, in process, and after pictures.

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.