New Family Pictures!!

Well we finally got new family pictures done and I thought I'd throw em up here for all to enjoy. Sooo.....Enjoy:-)

 

Call Child Protective Services

 So this is a little late coming and I don't have that many pictures from the first event, but our little Jakie got 5 stitches not once, but twice in the month of March. Jake's never really been the cautious type and in the middle of March he got his first cut right smack dab in the middle of his forehead with an exercise band. Note to any kids reading this; never play tug of war with an exercise band with hard plastic handles! Then 2 weeks later, 8 days after having the first set of stitches removed on the Sunday we were celebrating Lilly's birthday, he fell off a skateboard and pulled a Aunt Meggie and split his chin open requiring another 5 stitches. When I took him to the Urgent care again to get stitched up the second time they gave me the old "Should we call CPS on you?" look, but apparently our story was convincing enough that no authorities were notified:) Anyway, Jake took it like a champ and got both sets of stitches placed without any problem and he's now back to running around figuring out which manner will best suit him to acquire his next set of stitches. It's not about "if", it's about "when."

Just carrying on the tradition of keeping the family in stitches.

Jake asking if he can get a tongue piercing while we're here.

Shan and I were so worried about his cut we tried a new home remedy: "Let Jake stay for Lilly's party, cover the wound with cupcake frosting, and cover it with a band aid. On second thought maybe the doctor should have called CPS.

This picture has nothing to do with Jake's stitches. I just love it!

Brooke is 9... and the Snow Queen

So Brooke had her 9th birthday this year and she had lots of fun celebrating being a shade under a decade old. On Tuesday (her actual birthday) we let her choose where she wanted to go to eat and bring along 2 friends (one of which was her cousin Olivia:). Being true to herself she decided to go outside the box and instead of picking a restaurant chose frozen yogurt. The girls had fun making their own frozen creations which kept right in line with the theme of her upcoming birthday party that weekend which was a Frozen themed sleepover. The girls had fun singing Frozen karaoke to the movie soundtrack and staying up past midnight effectively draining all energy from Shan and me. Shan did a great job making awesome "Frozen" food and transforming our house into an Arendellian wonderland. It was great fun for everybody and we're so happy to see our little Brooklyn growing up into such a lovely young woman.

 Brooke loved all the presents she received from family and says "Thanks" to everyone

 

Lilly's 1st Birthday

So our little Lilly girl finally turned 1. As this is the beginning of our hectic 3 birthdays in 3 weeks stretch we kept her birthday fairly low key and just had family over for fun and cupcakes. Lilly had fun unwrapping her presents and of course we did the traditional, "Get baby naked and let her tear into the cake" routine. She was successful! Just for information's sake:

 -  Lilly started walking around Valentine's day and is currently trying to master stairs. 

 -  She can wave "Hi" and tries to say it in her own baby gurggly way. She also loves playing peek-a-boo.

 - She loves playing around water whether it be in the sink or the bath 

 - Above all else she just wants to be held by and play with her beautiful Mommy. 

We feel so blessed to have our silly Lilly with us!

Lilly loves to play and will walk up to you with this smile when she wants you to play with her:)

It's present time!! Let's get this party started!

Lilly really enjoyed all of her presents. Thanks to everyone for being so thoughtful!

Bry photobombing the picture of Lilly's cupcake tower

"So birthdays are when we take all of our clothes off to eat? Weird."

" Well this feels....different"

"Don't even think about taking that cupcake from me!"

"What? No, I didn't do anything. These cupcakes were like this when I found them."

"Do I have something on my face?"

"Don't judge me."

"That was awesome! Can we do that again??"