I have many beautiful flowers, but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all -Selfish Giant

When Laney was little- just seven days old.. I took all the flowers I got from friends and family and did an impromptu photo shoot... so I was going to do the same for Brenna but got busy and my flowers died. One day I came home to a message from Amber saying to look in the back yard -there were several colorful boquets of flowers to use for picts! Amber is so thoughtful- they were her flowers and still had lots of life left in them but instead she chose to share them and now I have some flower picts of Brizzel. Thanks Amber!

Laney the Water Horse

Ever since Laney saw the movie "the Water Horse"... well I'll let the picture do the talkin'...

Laney poops and undies

Lately- and maybe she is reverting a little or just isn't as busy now that preschool is out for the summer- Laney WILL NOT put her undies back on after she goes potty. Today I found about 5 pairs of undies - leftovers from when I would discover her nakeyness- I guess each time I made her get some on she'd get a new pair. That and she won't ever flush her poops down.. I dunno if she just likes to admire them or what- I know she doesn't really like the flushing noise but come on.. every time I go to use a potty there will be a Laney poop just waiting for me. Yesterday I found her stuffed rabbit in the sink all wet I asked her if it was from the sink water or the toilet water.. she said the sink but I don't know whether to throw it away or let it dry. The only thing is there was no water on the floor so I guess it prob. was the sink... she drives me nuts sometimes.. If she didn't have such a sweet face and lisp. I do love her to pieces!

Yes my blog is severley lacking

O.K sorry I have not done squat with this blog.. I need to find the time to really figure it all out... In the meantime.. here goes. Brenna is doing O.K- I am worried because she isn't gaining weight like she should.. especially since Laney was such a chunk.. but maybe with her starting solids it will help. She got her shots yesterday so of course she wasn't feeling that great = not a big appetite. Laney is always busy dressing up.. I am about to throw away it all.. I can't get her to put away any of it! So it ends up all over the house.. dresses, tiaras, wands, fairy wings, hats, shoes, ruffly who knows whats, and ribbons etc. I am going to try and post some of her dress up picts. That and Polly Pockets are what she is into right now.

Brenna Jay

Just this week we went back to Victoria Kelly's to go over the pictures she took of our Brenna Jay. She always does a fabulous job putting the pictures with music as a slideshow presentation- My heart just filled up with love for my little girl... I really can't believe she is mine and I have a wonderful almost 4 yr. old and a loving husband and I was just so overwhelmed with gratitude. Even though sometimes I ask myself "Is this all that life is?" It is moments like these that make everything worthwhile and puts things into perspective. At the end I looked over and Neal needed a tissue :)

We are geniuses

So today Laney doesn't want to eat her dinner- we were having a pot-pie type of meal with biscuits on top.. ya know lots of veggies. Well, I was going over the sam- I- am schpiel I give her when she doesn't want to try something new...finally she out and out declares " I want to eat junk food!" So me and Neal start eating, making faces and noises like the food is so delicious and then add..."ummm this vanilla ice cream is so good" ..."oh and this bite is a hershey kiss swirl with marshmallows on top"..."this bite of frosting with sugar sprinkles is scrumptious!" It worked like a charm and she would chime in "that is my FAVORITE!" I couldn't believe she ate most of her plate.. maybe it will work a couple times more :)