Wow, has life changed in the past few months. We've moved, both Trev and I have new jobs and Brecklyn is a wild toddler. For starters, we moved!! HALLELUJAH! We finally got out of our little 2 bedroom apartment for a cute town home. It's amazing having double the space and a backyard for Brecklyn to run around in.

Now, backing up a few months... Trevor was working at Winger's when one day out of the blue they decided to shut it down leaving Trevor jobless. We both went into a panic trying to wrap our heads around what happened and where we were suppose to go from here.  Since it was right in the middle of a huge semester for Trevor we decided to just scrimp by until summer when he would be able to start a new job, but a week later Chick-fil-a offered him a job as their Marketing Director. Holy cow was that a blessing!!! (you like the irony there... Chick-fil-a.. Cow...) As awful as it was the way that Winger's had to go down it couldn't of been a bigger blessing for our family. Between school and working till midnight Trevor was never home. Now, he actually gets to stay home with Brecklyn while I work a couple days a week. Yeah, I'm a working mama now! I've been working a couple days a week at Lewiston State Bank as a relationship banker. Its pretty nice to actually get out and have adult conversations and not listen to "Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog" ALL DAY!!  But I do miss my babe while I'm gone. It's always hard to leave when I'm so use to being home with her 24/7.

                                    This little lady is growing like a weed. It breaks my heart!!
                                        She has the craziest personality that is so entertaining.

She is the friendliest little girl. Talking to strangers doesn't phase her, she'll chat their ear off all day if they would listen. She is a talking fool. We really have to watch what we say because next thing ya know she's repeating us..... YIKES! Except she is the politest 1 year old I've ever met. When a kid shares a toy with her, or shares anything for that fact, she always tells them "Dank Ew" (thank you). OHHH IT MELTS MY HEART!!


Lately, she has had an extreme attachment with this silly hat. I mean we eat breakfast wearing the hat, we go swimming with the hat, she has even fallen asleep with the hat. A few days ago I dropped her off at the daycare at the gym when she freaked out because a little boy was trying to touch her hat... In other words don't mess with this little girls hat, she means business. She even reminds us if we walk outside without the hat she runs back inside and yells "Haaat, Haaat!!" like it's going to come running to her or something. She sure keeps us laughing.

When your married the marketing guy we get to participate in all the fun activities he does. I dressed Bee up like a cow for free food at Chick-fil-a on cow appreciation day. I may be biased, but she's the cutest cow I've ever seen .

                                              I can't forget that she also has a boyfriend...
                          Hudson was so proud of himself for landing a big ol' kiss on Brecklyn

12 Months

We finally had Brecklyn's one year check up. 

I don't know why, but I kinda get excited for her well check ups. It's always fun to see how much she has changed from her last one and where she falls on the charts. 

She's weighing in at 20lbs and is in the 20th percentile for her weight and length. 

BUTTTT her noggin on the other hand is in the 60th percentile.... 

She looks so chunky, but really she's tiny.

This is a 9 month shirt that touches her knees... 

She is such a friendly little girl. Most kids get stranger danger and cling to their mom, not my kid. I FEAR this chick would walk off with any old stranger and be happy as a clam. When we walked into the doctors office she was greeting everyone by waving and yelling "HIIIIIII" like everyone was waiting for her to arrive or something. She does this everywhere we go, it's pretty funny. She would make a good door greeter at Wal-mart, that's for sure.

The doc told us her speech is at a 2 year olds level. The way that she can actually use the right words in the right context and how she can put multiple words together. I've lost track of how many words she says, but usually if you tell her "Brecklyn, say______." She says it. She has started saying things like "Hi daddy" "Kank ew" (thank you) "ba, cass" (bye, class. You know what our lives revolve around) "Love you"           "nigh, nigh"  "more____" and whatever she wants more of. Usually it's always "more crackers" that comes out of her mouth. She can definitely chat your ear off... 

Trevor taught Bee a new little trick.... 

When Brecklyn farts she points to someone to blame them for it, classy right? I know I shouldn't encourage this, but when your 1 year old farts in sacrament and blames it on the person sitting next you the sheer terror in their face that they are getting blamed (by a 1 year old of all people) for a fart in sacrament is just absolutely priceless. Good ol' dad's huh? 

She is such good entertainment. 

A "TICKLED PINK" 1st birthday

I've been dying to post these pictures of Bee's 1st birthday, but long story short I couldn't get them off of my camera. So (a week and a half later) here they are. 

These were her cute little invites we sent out. 

We decorated everything in pink boas for the theme "TICKLED PINK". We had a pink ice cream bar where all the candies were pink, pink strawberry cheesecake cupcakes, pink lemonade cookies, pink velvet cake pops, pink oreo truffles, and pink lemonade to drink. Thank you pinterest.... 

Trev and I ended up making 50 cupcakes, 30 cake pops, and 25 cookies.... we came home with 6 cupcakes, 5 cake pops and some cake was all.  

 My mom made her cakes. They were soooo cute!! we had a baby bear and a mama bear. 

I came across this idea last second and decided it was such a cute way to remember her party and also have something that she can read back on when she gets older. I am going to do the same thing each year on her birthday just as a little memory book. 

The poem says:

WAIT!

Stop here you see

and write a very special message to me.

Make a prediction of where I might go

or share a birthday wish for me to always know.

Write your note on any page.

This something I'll treasure at any age. 

It was pretty cute to read through what everyone wrote after the party. 

She was a bit confused on what to do with presents.
Once we opened them and she realized there were toys under the wrapping then she would run around and play with them, but until we unwrapped them she wasn't quite sure what to do. After she would open a gift about 90% of people would say "oh, by the way, I searched for the most obnoxious, loud, annoying toy that the batteries are really hard to take out of."

They are too kind to us...

She destroyed her cake.

One little candle, One little cake, One first year to celebrate.

Brecklyn, 

It's hard to believe a year has gone by already. You have turned into a such a spunky little girl. You can definitely steal the show and entertain any crowd. I never thought a little girl could completely change my perspective on life and better yet, teach me patience that I never thought I had. You're such a blessing to us and mean the world to your dad and I. 

11 months

As much as I hate that this little lady is getting so big I absolutely love her  personality she's developing. 

She's a crazy girl with no fear. 

She stands up on chairs, toys, you name it.... 

We recently moved and the first thing she did was crawl right up the stairs (surprised us that she knew how to do them since we never had stairs at our old house) BUT then once she got to the top she thought it was funny to get a running start and dive down them...... Ohhhh heaven help us....

Thank goodness for the invention of gates. 

I love that she can tell us exactly what she wants now. 

She will point to something and say "This"

She can answer (for the most part correctly) Yes and No questions. 

I started teaching her sign a few weeks ago because for some reason she wasn't catching on to saying the word "more" and that did the trick. She now signs and tells us "more." She also signs all done, please, and thank you. We have started teaching her spanish as well. We found these cute spanish/english first word books that she seems to really like. They are teaching me some spanish as well since Trev has only taught me how to cuss someone out real good in spanish. Thanks honey, I'm sure it will come in handy someday. 

Her new words are buh-bye and class, even though sometimes she forgets to emphasize the CL on class and just walks around saying "ass." We always have to explain ourselves on that one. 

When you ask her to fold her arms and be reverent she actually does... for about .2 seconds. Church with this little one is a CHALLENGE!!! 

She's definitely not the type of kid that is quiet and sits still. Luckily she gets to go to nursery in our ward when she turns 1 (which is in 2 weeks) that I'm sure she is going to love. 

I'm excited for her one year check up to see where she's at. 

According to our scale she is 19 lbs.

I finally got rid of some of her 0-3 clothes, more for the fact that they were nasty cause she has worn them for 11 months. She still wears all of her 3-6 months up through 9 month clothes. 

I wish time would freeze and keep her little forever. She's my side kick and free entertainment everyday. I seriously don't know what I would do without this little girl. 

Here's a little sneak peek of her 1 year old photo session. 

I can't believe I'm about to have a 1 year old, even though I've been planning her 1st birthday for months now. :)

10 Months

I wish I could freeze time and keep Brecklyn at this age forever. 

She loves to dance. Most of the time she walks around with her phone that's playing music and dancing to it. We love to chase her around the house just to listen to her squeal and laugh. 

I absolutely LOVE it! 

 I will admit it, most days she gives me a run for my money, but it's a pretty entertaining run. It amazes me at the new things she learns every month. I was just reading back on last months post that I did about her and it seems like she is a whole different person, but it's only been a month. 

How is that even possible?

She waves and says "Hi" like a maniac to EVERYONE! I mean everyone! A simple trip to the grocery store has now turned into to an all day event. Once she waves to someone of course they have to come over and chat with her. The old ladys are the worst. I end up hearing their whole life story and about all 18 great grandkids they have. I literally scope out who is in the aisle before I go down it to save time. But heaven forbid someone doesn't wave back to her she gets PISSED and starts yelling. 

She has hit this stage where she thinks it's funny to hide everything. We bought her a kitchen set for Christmas and this chick hides all kinds of crap in the oven or fridge of it. That's the first place we go when were missing something and usually it's stuffed inside. One night she was picking things up in the living room and running down the hall then would come back for more, but would never come back with the item she left with. So, I sat and watched what she was doing. She was loading everything up in the bath tub. Sometimes I wonder what's going through her head.

She is talking up a storm. She says Dada, Mama, Uh-Oh, Hi, Boo, Whoa, and her newest word Papa. It's so sweet. She also tells you what a monkey says and what a dog says. 

She got stuck with my jumping skills.... Poor kid. 

  Somedays I get this glimpse of a girl that seems to be all grown up. The other night I was trying to entertain her before bedtime and I asked her to go get a book out of her room so we could read it and to my surprise she ran right into her room picked up a book off her floor and brought it out to me. I'll admit it, It made me cry. She does the same thing when I ask her if she wants to get in the tub. She'll run right into the bathroom and bang on the tub. She has an obsession with the toilet (maybe that means she'll be easy to potty train.. one can only hope) so I let her sit on it while the tub is filling up. She acts like it's the highlight of her day. She gets so excited. 

She is such an independent little girl. She wants to do everything on her own. She has gotten to the point that she doesn't even let me feed her. She refuses to eat it unless she's the one doing it. She loves pancakes and would eat them for every meal if I'd let her. Crazy little girl.  

Christmas 2013

Okay, so I'm back tracking a few weeks back to Christmas to try and catch up on this blog thing...

Christmas felt like a whole new holiday this year with a little one. It was so exciting carrying on all the traditions for our little family. 

To say the least Brecklyn go spoiled like crazy. 

I literally had to box up all her old toys just to make room for all her new toys that Santa (or I should say Grandparents) got her. 

At least once she gets bored of these toys I'll have a box of toys that will seem brand new to her. 

This year we spent Christmas Eve with Trevor's Family and Christmas day with mine. It was really nice not having to run back and forth between families, It was actually really relaxing. 

Trev and I stayed up till around 1-ish on Christmas Eve putting toys together and getting christmas set up. 

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! 

We wanted to start a new tradition where on Christmas morning the room is filled with balloons. Since Bee was so small this year we took it easy and just did 1 package of balloons. 

I actually got this idea from my cousin, Morgan. It was one of their family traditions growing up and she has actually carried it on with her boys. This was her living room on Christmas morning. I couldn't help it, I had to share it. It was freakin impressive! It puts my 20 balloons to shame. 

Seriously, what kid wouldn't want to plow through this?

Freak, I'm 23 and would love to roll around in it. 

Bee was a bit overwhelmed on Christmas morning. She wasn't quite sure what to think of everything, but eventually warmed up and opened her gifts. She had to kiss every gift she opened, I guess that was her approval that she liked it. 

She was pretty content for the rest of the day just playing with toys  and eating ice cream with grandpa.