Gramma Cherry and Grampa Jack*

My parents were just here visiting for the last week. As usual it was so nice to have the extra company and help! We shopped, we ate, we swam and we had a little early birthday celebration for Sierra. The week went by too fast and we miss them already!

Grandpa and Brooklyn

Sierra spent a lot of time in this princess dress that Grandma got her for her last birthday. As you can see, Brooklyn also enjoyed it. haha 

We all went to Eric's work one day for a tour of one of the ships that go out. This is in the lobby of Eric's office.

On the ship

Those stairs up to the ship were a little dangerous. they tilted down for some reason and were kind of spiky. I didn't choose the most sensible shoes that day.

Sierra and her friends (that dolls hair has seen better days)

Sierra is obsessed with these cars at Toys R Us. Believe me, it wasn't a pretty sight when I told her it was time to go. She was also quite attached to that dog in the seat next to her. hahaha

Brooklyn and her favorite toy, Sophie the Giraffe. She seriously loves that toy so much. It's really cute.

The new barbie bike from Grandma and Grandpa

A trial run on the new bike. So far, she's more interested in pushing the bike herself and putting toys in the basket. lol

Delicious cupcakes from Flavor Cupcakery. The luscious lemon is to die for. 

*Eric doesn't really love the fact that I taught Sierra our parents' names. But I think it's pretty funny. 

Beach Trip 2011

Last year we went to the beach with Ryan (Eric's brother) and Alyssa and our good friends Shawn and Krystal. We had so much fun that we decided to do it again this year! We doubled the number of children in the last year so this year we got a big house instead of a condo. The girls loved it and we all had so much fun!

me and my little angel baby

Maci digging in the cooler while Dane gets fed

Brooklyn basically spent the entire time at the beach sleeping. She's not really a fan of the outdoors.

Shawn, Victoria, Krystal & Nora

The boys

The girls

Delicious crabs

Shawn working away on the last crabs

These little girls spent a lot of time watching Cinderelly and Belle (and walking around the house in dress up shoes)

a story with daddy

love my little girlies!

cute girls in red sunglasses

We also played pool, dominoes, made yummmmy meltaway cookies (and had to borrow a mixer from the owner of the house, which resulted in her buying herself a new one), shopped, got ice cream and went out for dinner.
 We can't wait until next year!!!

p.s-i just updated my blog so i could fit bigger pictures and i have no idea what im doing. it looks ridiculous right now. i can't figure out why some of the font is miniature and some is normal size. maybe my next post will look more normal.

Cupcakes & Ice Cream

...not the real kind. Although I do wish I had a cupcake to snack on right now. Remember when my mom came to visit and we stayed up all night making Sierra and Brooklyn t-shirts? No? Well, we did and here are the pictures! I think they turned out so cute! (i guess i kind of already posted some pics of Brooklyn in this in my last post. fail.)



it's so hard to get a decent picture of your kids when one can't sit up yet. Brooklyn kind of looks like a zombie in the last picture.

The little 4 month old

Well, she's almost 5 months old at this point. Ever since I got my iphone I hardly ever open my laptop! Therefore blogs don't happen very often.
At Brooklyn's 4 month check-up, she weighed 11 lbs 6oz (10th percentile) and was 23 1/2 inches long which was, i think 25th.
She hated her shots again but was a lot better afterwards throughout the day than last time.
Right now she:
-has outgrown most of her nb clothes and is wearing almost all 0-3 mo now
-rolls from front to back and back to front
-sleeps on her belly
-sucks on her fingers
-loves her bath but hates getting out
-LOVES her sophie the giraffe toy
-loves her swing, which is so nice since Sierra hated it (so it wasnt a total waste of money!)
-is on a good schedule but always cries herself to sleep which i hate!
-loves being bounced on daddy's knee
-sleeps through the night usually between 6 and 8 hrs and then goes back down for about 3 or 4 hours. it's been so great! now if only we could get ourselves to bed before midnight we'd be in great shape!

She is so cute right now and is really easy to get smiles amd laughs from. She really is such a joy to have in our family. Sierra loves her (sometimes a little too much)and she has such a sweet temperament.

Good Friday, Easter & Oma

Last week we drove to Canada for my Oma's 90th Birthday. It was so fun to be back home (it's been a year) and see all of my family and friends there!

This was on the Good Friday walk with my sister and our friends growing up-Robin and Sarah. Now we each have 2 kids! I haven't been back for the good friday breakfast and walk for YEARS! So it was fun to be there for it this year.
Katrina, Sierra and Talia with their walking sticks.
Me and Sierra with my dad

Little sleeping Brooklyn
my cute nieces: Talia holding Brooklyn above and Katrina below

my mom was being ridiculous putting this bonnet on Brooklyn haha poor girl
Amber and me after dinner with Russ and Eric at Crabby Joe's
Sierra's easter baskets. I wanted to do something outside for her but it was so cold and rainy that day.
My mom with her granddaughters. Katrina, Brooklyn, Sierra & Talia
Oma with Brooklyn. Funny story. She kept telling everyone that Brooklyn was 'heavy'. We were just like 'I guess so....She's in the 10th percentile, but whatever" lol Later we find out that she was hinting that she was getting tired from holding her. Oops. Sorry Oma. :)
All my cousins on my dad's side. It's so fun to all be together again. We grew up really close and saw eachother all the time. I miss them!
Everyone with Oma, the birthday girl!
Girl cousins (minus Heather) Kimberly, Amber, Joanna, Hilary, Vanessa & Denise my cousin Rob holding Brooklyn

This is my Oma with her niece Mannon who flew all the way from Holland to be at the birthday party and to meet all of her relatives in Canada. It was so cool to meet her and she was so sweet! She brought back presents for EVERYONE!

Me and Amber with our cute 'little' brother Brandon.

Looking at these pictures makes me want to go back and visit again already!