Fire station
The other day we went on a field trip to the fire station.
This is fireman Howie. He was our tour guide.
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Thanks Fireman Howie!! We had so much fun.
Canyon
Our awesome neighbors, the Hattons, are moving this week. We are so sad to see them go. We went up the canyon last night and had dinner as one last get together before they move. We are really going to miss you guys! I know Bree is going to miss Landon and Hannah so much! We love you guys so much and will miss you terribly!!
Chocolate!
We turned our backs for one minute and this is what we saw when we turned around. Love, love, love this girl!
Bathing Beauty
Here is our bathing beauty having fun in the sun while sipping lemonade (milk) from a sippy cup. How much better does life get?
Monkey
Bree is a monkey! She climbs on everything. The coffee table in the family room is just the right height for her to climb on by herself. The other day she climbed on the coffee table and began ordering me around to get her favorite things which include her blankie, binki and sippy cup so she didn’t have to climb down herself and get them. Once she had everything she needed, she ordered me to come over to the table while she proceeded to lie down so I could tickle her back.
I just stood there baffled thinking what is wrong with this picture?
Spring!!
With the beautiful warm weather we have been having this past week, little Bree has been in pure heaven. All she wants to do is go outside. Whenever I ask her if she wants to go outside she makes a bee line for the front door. She hears all of the neighbor kids outside playing and waives and waives to them. Lately, we have been putting her out on the back deck and she runs back and forth with a few stops to waive to the neighbor kids playing or to waive to the doggy next door.
This little girl is filled with so much energy and being able to go outside and run it off has been so great!
Easter
I have always loved Easter. We had such a fun day yesterday. Nick and I hid eggs all over the house for Bree. When she woke up Sunday morning and came out of her bedroom and saw eggs everywhere, her big blue eyes grew big and many gasps came out of that cute, cute mouth. She would pick up an egg and picked up another with the other hand and went to pick up another and realized her hands were full so she would throw those eggs on the ground and pick up more. We gave her her Easter basket. She was excited until she saw another egg and her Easter basket was thrown to the wayside as she darted for her new egg. Nick and I were laughing so hard. She had so much fun on her Easter egg hunt around the house.
Here is a picture of Bree all dressed up in her new Easter dress ready for church.
It was so nice to go to church and remember the real reason why we celebrate Easter. We had such a fun day yesterday.
Birthday Girl!
Our cutie-pa-tootie turned 1 today!! I can’t believe how fast time flies. A year ago today I was laying in a hospital bed anxiously awaiting the arrival of my sweet little girl. I just remember waiting and waiting wondering when she would make her grand entrance into this world. She was having none of that. I should have known that a stubborn spirit was headed my way. It was going to be in Bree’s time and that was that. She is a stubborn one but also a very determined little girl. I love that about her. I had no idea how much this little girl would change my life in ways that I didn’t dream was possible. I love this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children. That makes the heart too big for the body.” Bree has made my heart too big for my body.
Here are a few….ok….well alot of pictures of Bree eating her cake. She was cracking us up and I went a little crazy with the camera.
Her face in this last picture makes me laugh. She is so goofy! She had frosting EVERYWHERE. It was all throughout her hair. Who needs hair product if you have a little frosting? Happy Birthday Baby Bree! We love you to pieces and can’t get enough of you and that fun little personality.
Daddy’s hat and new shades
Bree loves her daddy’s ball caps. She always tries to pull them off of Nick’s head and puts them on hers. The other day Bree and I were at the shoe store and there was a man there who had on a red ball cap similar to Nick’s. Bree’s eyes instantly locked onto that man and she started ooing and cooing at him. She enjoys putting the cap on her head and walking around the house to show off for us. The hat is so big that it covers her eyes and she is constantly running into the wall, all the while laughing and laughing because she thinks she is so funny. She got a hold of his ball cap while he was at work the other day and I was able to catch some pics. of her “showing off” her bad girl self.
She has her first pair of sunglasses and loves them. They barely stay on her face with her teeny nose holding them in place. She must feel sassy in them because she is never in a hurry to take them off.
Hand prints
I have a huge pet peeve with finger prints on glass and stainless steel. It drives me so crazy. Our dishwasher is not brushed stainless like our fridge is. I am constantly cleaning it. The other day my cute neighbor was over and pointed out these two little hand prints on my dishwasher and said “look how cute!” Normally those hand prints would have driven me crazy and I would have grabbed the windex and started cleaning them off. However, this time I took one look at them after she had said that and it didn’t take me long to realize how much I really loved those hand prints and how much those two little busy hands have made my life so wonderful……and then I cleaned them off! 
