Friday, April 29, 2016

Chandler Rose is 18 months

Just one day after Brayden turned five, Chandler is 18 months.  Only six months till our baby is TWO!  Oh this sweet girl y'all!  She truly is the best baby!  Here is what Chandler Rose is up to at 18 months old:

*She is a pretty chill baby, she really loves to be held and carried around and will proceed to just suck her little thumb
*She has really taken to a lovey and sleeps with it every nap and every nap.  She is kind of like Sterling with "baby" and as soon as she picks that lovey up her thumb goes straight to her mouth although she doesn't need "baby" to suck!
*Chandler is still such a good baby, she is a great eater, a great sleeper, and very go with the flow.  I have to wake her from her nap on school days so we can go pick up the big kids and she is just so resilient!



*Within the past couple of months she has really started to enjoy books and listening to stories and will bring me one after another to read to her
*She has started showing interest in the TV and just kind of vegges out on the chair but her favorite spot to sit is right between Brayden and Sterling!
*Chandler is also starting to become quite mischievous!  She is always climbing on countertops, beds, chairs, the tops of chairs (Scary) and likes to open doors (even to the outside!)

On the kitchen counter!

She thinks the play kitchen is a chair, seriously!

She likes taking everything out of a container or drawer and then putting it all back where it goes

*When she knows what she wants and you don't let her do/have it she gets MAD!  She will run from you, turn around and see you coming and just laugh and laugh and then run faster!
*She is starting to understand the word NO and doesn't like it one bit!  She purses her lips and crinkles up her little eyes and it is hilarious!
*Chandler will go to just about anyone without hesitation.  She does great and loves going to the kids club at the gym, getting dropped off at bible study, we dropped her in the church nursery for the first time this weekend and she did great, and she really loves the kids teachers at school and always wants Sterlings sweet teachers to hold her.  Just this morning she walked over to a woman we did not know at the jumpy place and just plopped down in her lap!
*She LOVES Brayden and Sterling and just follows them around the house, she really thinks she is just one of the gang!
*Chandler loves Mia and all animals and makes this very distinct sound when she sees a dog or another animal it is so funny

Look at poor Mia's face, she is so patient!


Just shrieking looking at the fish and turtles!





LOVES her Daddy and just reaches her little arms up for him to hold her!

Peek a boo!

Okay so this is funny, anytime Sterling puts dress up clothes on Chandler cries until I put some on too and then she'll just walk around the house smiling so proud of herself!


She totally got and loved the fact that there were treats in the eggs this Easter!



 This girl sure does make our hearts and family full!  So thankful we get to call her ours!


Monday, April 18, 2016

AND we have a FIVE year old!

Brayden and Bevo on Sterlings birthday

Our very first baby, Brayden, turns five years old today...
A five year old...
Not a baby, not a toddler, a full blown young boy!
It's hard to believe that much time has gone by and that he is really five until you look at him.  He is 45 solid pounds of pure energy!

Here is what our best buddy is like at 5 years old:

Favorites:
*If he could choose the place he would love to go to:  Chuckee Cheese, The Trampoline Park, Incredible Pizza, or Top Golf

Oh Chuckee Cheese 

*Loves going to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt
*Favorite tv shows:  Curious George, Micky Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, Wild Kratts
*Brayden is super active, he loves to run, ride bikes, ride his scooter, jump on the trampoline, play baseball, play soccer, swim and basically anything that has him moving and/or playing outside.  He seems to have endless amounts of energy!



*Around the house he likes to build legos, play with his little cars, play make believe with Sterling (baby puppies, and Elsa Mommy are their two longtime favorites) build and play in forts
*He loves school, his teachers, and his classmates, loves going to play at the kids club at the gym, going to t-ball and his swimming lessons
*Brayden is thoughtful and compassionate, affectionate, is becoming very patient, he is incredibly sensitive  and very loving
*He is his daddy's very best buddy and wants to be just like him!


*He LOVES his PaPa, loves to fish and ride on the boat

Have you seen Brayden wearing this outfit yet?!  This is his current OOTD and would wear it every.single.day if  I let him!  It is a hand me down from his favorite big kid friends Colten and Cooper and he thinks he is hot stuff wearing it!  

*Brayden is the best big brother and just the perfect brother for his two adoring sisters.  He just loves them both and is so good with them.  They both obviously think he hung the moon!





*I love how adventurous Brayden is, he will try just about anything and sometimes seems to have no fear!


Front car on the roller coaster at the rodeo!

First time mutton bustin, no fear!!!

No cold sensors on this one!  He loves the snow and all snow activities

*Even though he is getting to be such a big boy, Brayden still loves his "babies" and sleeps with many!  He particularly loves "Bevo and Mr. Puppy"


Looks like such a babe still when he sleeps

*Brayden is silly, hilarious, and is so fun to be around




Brayden buddy, we are just thrilled to be celebrating YOU and your 5TH birthday today!  We are blessed and honored to be your parents and we LOVE you!
Happy Birthday big boy!
xoxo
Mommy and Daddy