Zoo

We're back to having a zoo again...

We have Allie, Mel, a tank full o' fish and Spike, the bearded dragon.

WELL... As of Friday, we're adding another pup to the mix. One of the guys in Chad's car club is heading to Afghanistan for a while and needed to find a home for his dog.

Meet Jetta. (Currently named "Chica" but will be renamed as Jetta.)



More pictures and details to come.

By the way, Lindy, why is it that I get dogs right before you come to visit? Allie - got her in November 2004, you came to visit for Christmas 2004. Mel - got her in September 2006 and you came to visit in October 2006 and now we're getting Jetta on Friday and you're coming to visit in two weeks. :)

Brynn's 2 Year Pictures

Love JC Penney's... we got 8 5x7's, a free 8x10 and all of her pictures online. Want to know how much all of that cost us? $20. Awesome.

Here are a few of our favorites (in no particular order):















Janny, didn't you get her the pink dress??

Brynn's 2nd Birthday - Party # 1

This year we had Brynn's birthday party on the 18th, it was a little early but it worked out great!! We really tried to keep it low-key because we went overboard last year. We ended up having a pool party at Jenn's mom's house with a "fishie" theme.

Jenn and I (99% Jenn) made Brynn's cake and it turned out awesome!! She's so creative and crafty, I wish I could do all of the things she does (she'll probably tell you that she's not, but don't believe her!). I think I might take a cake class sometime, I had a lot of helping her out.

We were really excited because GGMa was able to make it to the party this year. GGPa wasn't feeling well, so he stayed home. Luckily, he's doing much better now. We were also excited because Jody was in town for two weeks watching Brynn while Brenda was on vacation.

We ended up getting Brynn a 10 gallon fish tank and six fishies for her birthday. Fishie # 1 only lasted a few days. The other 5 are still alive and doing well!! Here is Chad setting up the tank:



Here are some pictures from the party (thank you Jenn and Ann!!):

Running Behind

I planned to have Brynn's birthday post up ON her birthday (yesterday she turned two!) but it's been a little crazy around here.

We found out Thursday (around 8:30PM! or so)that Chad's sister Ana, her boyfriend Keith and their daughter Kalynn were coming to visit the next day (on Brynn's birthday) and that they were staying with us. Jody (MIL) is still here visiting, so she, Chad and I flew around the house scrubbing it down because Keith is allergic to everything. :)

We were really bummed that they missed Brynn's birthday party last weekend but we're super excited that they made it for her big day!!

Today we're taking a quick trip up to Sedona to show them how beautiful it is (and to get us out of this freakin' heat). Tonight we're all going to dinner with GGMa and GGPa.

Within the next couple weeks, watch out! I'll be catching you up on June and July!!

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Break Time

Sorry I've been on a blogging break, not a whole lot has been going on around here!!

I still need to post about my mom, Mimi and Lindy's visit FROM LAST MONTH and our trip to California. I'll catch up eventually, I swear!!

We've started a workout program called P90X and it's going ok... we really need to work on the nutrition part of it, we're horrible eaters. The exercise part is going ok. It's really tough, but it's going ok!! Bri and my mom have been doing it for about two months and I can tell a difference in both of them! (Me, jealous? Yes. UGH.) Anyway, I'm really happy for them. Bri is actually one of their "coaches". If you are interested in it at all, please let me know, I'll get you in contact with her!!

Chad's mom drove in on Sunday and will be here through next week, Brenda (Brynn's sitter) is on vacation!! Brynn's calling her "Damma" or "Namma", she can't make up her mind. :)

Potty training was going great while my mom was here last month, then we went to California, Brynn used a different potty and got completely freaked out. Up until today, she had only used hers like 3 times since then. Jody's been working it with her again this week and she's doing pretty good!! Thank goodness. Hopefully we can keep it up. Tonight after work, I went to Costco and bought diapers, pull ups and wipes. $100 later... ugh.

We're having Brynn's 2nd birthday party on Saturday (a little early, her birthday is on the 24th), so I'm trying to get things together for that. Jenn is awesome and is making Brynn's cake again this year and we're having a swimming party at her mom's house. It's the perfect party house. We're doing a fish theme and I'm really excited about it!! I'm trying to keep it low-key this year, we went WAY overboard last year. I think Brynn will just be excited to see so many people she knows!!

We had her two year pictures taken over the weekend and a few of them turned out AWESOME. I'll post them closer to her birthday.

I still can't believe our little girl is going to be two years old. Ahhh...

Mushin' Those Cheeks

Soooo kissable!!

Cuddle Time

Brynn spending some cuddle time with "Ammie". Mom isn't "Grammie" anymore, she now goes by "Ammie". (Reminder of the dum/gum incident, Brynn can't get those G's down yet!!)