Daddy Daughter Date Night

Justin signed himself and the girls up to attend Chic Fil A's Daddy Daughter Date night. How cute is that? So we got the girls all dressed in their matching "Daddy's Girls" shirts for their date. Addie said as they were leaving "I'm so excited!  I've never been on a date before!"  Little does she know, it's gonna be a LONG time till she gets to go on a date with anyone other than her daddy!

Brynn all ready to go.

All dressed up for her first date!

Ready to leave.

Such a beauty, right?

"Mommy, take my picture!"

A quick stop to smell the roses.

When they arrived, they were given roses.

The tables there were all set up fancy.

They came and took their order at the tables and brought them their food.

Yum!

They played "Butterfly Kisses" and they daddies danced with their girls.

Scavenger Hunt for Daddy

Today as another one of our SHMILY (See How Much I Love You) items, Addie and I decided to do a scavenger hunt for Daddy. He's been wanting to have a backyard picnic, so we thought we'd lead him there with a fun hunt.

First, we had to get the food all ready before he got home from taking Brynnie to the doctor.

Here are all our supplies

The finished product

Then a picture for Daddy

Here she is on "lookout" to see when he's gonna pull up.

 Then when he walked to the door, this is what he found:

You're on a hunt, here's your 1st clue, go ahead and look inside your shoe

Now head to the room where you'll find Addie's bed, and take a look where she lays her head

You're doing a great job with all your lookin, go to place you do all your cookin

Don't give up, follow the path, go look for a clue near the girls bath

You're almost there to find where we will hide, go and look for us outside

Here is Brynn looking out at us...she almost ruined the surprise!

Surprise Daddy!

Yummy lunch!

Fun afternoon!

Brynn's Dedication

Psalm 139:13-16 says:

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Today we had an amazing day. We had Brynn Apryl Blythe dedicated to the Lord at our church, Ev Free Fullerton. It was a wonderful time and we had so many family members join us at the event. We feel so fortunate to know that we have family members who love the Lord and will commit to helping us to raise our daughter in Christ. We are thankful for all the godly examples that He has placed in her life, and strive to be Christ-centered parents in order to guide and direct her in His ways. Here is a glimpse into the Dedication and the back-yard BBQ we had for our family afterwards.

GiGi and Addie waiting for church to start.

An awesome shot of Addie twirling in her dress Nana made.

My girl

Both my girls

On stage...we didn't know it, but Addie decided to join us!

Our sweet little family.

I made Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

They were super tart and delicious!

Brynn only stayed awake for enough time to eat and take pics.

Daddy, Brynn, Grandma, Auntie Jackie, Phil, Addie, and Mommy

Addie, Papa, Nana, and Brynn

Auntie Shannon, Bubby (Josiah), Addie, Mommy, and Hannah

Addie, Grampy, Grammy, Brynn, Mommy, Daddy

Justin and his Dad talking shop.

Loving our backyard play area!

Gigi and Brynn

Auntie Shannon and Brynnie Bear

Brynn and Josiah

Hannah and Addie have fun.

Now since it ended up being 90 degrees, we ended up getting out the kid pool and stripping the little ones into their undies and let them play in the water...BUT we decided those pics didn't need to be out in cyber space...They'll thank me when they're 16!

Thanks to everyone who made today wonderful and memorable!

Making Orange Juice

This day was actually about a month ago, but I just finally got all the pictures uploaded, so I can finally write about it.

Picking the fruit.

In our new house, there are lots of fruit trees.  The one that has been producing more fruit that we could ever keep up with are clementines.  We used to buy these in the store, marked "Cuties" all the time, but now we can just go pick them from our tree.  The only bummer is that ours have seeds. 

We decided that since we have so many of them, we'd pick a bunch and make some fresh squeezed juice.  Addie picked all the clementines for us.  

 She was proud of all her hard work

She filled the whole bag!

It was pretty heavy!

We sliced them all up....

Brynn of course helped to EMPTY the bag...

Addie said the juicer tickled her hand.

Our finished product!  Daddy LOVED it!

17 months and counting...

It is hard to believe that is Brynn is now a year and a half!  Where has the time gone?  To say that Brynn and Addie are different is an understatement!  How amazing and interesting is it to see how we really are born with a certain personality!  That God truly creates us to be a One of  a Kind.  I think any parent of two or more children can see that on a daily basis when watching their kids.  Here are just a few fun tidbits of info about our little Brynn as of now...

* She LOVES to be outside!  She is happiest running and playing and just feeling the breeze on her face.

*She is into EVERYTHING!  There is no drawer she has left full, no bin she's left unopened, no door she's left closed, and no laundry she's left folded!  She is so interested in it all.

*She is totally a blankie girl.  She doesn't really care which one it is, as long as it's the kind my mom makes with the silky ribbon edge.  She loves to hold them, walk around with them, and rub the ribbon part as she falls asleep.

*Brynn absolutely loves dogs!  She gets so excited every time she sees one!  She loves on them, pets them, and squeals with delight when they lick her.  She truly plays with Chance, in a way that Addie never has.

*She is still small for her age.  She is still wearing clothes about 6 months younger than her age.  She's small, but she's got a lot of fire in her!

*She is now signing many words.  She signs: please, more, water, milk, all done, thank you, gentle, and dog

*She has just begun to say words.  Her vocabulary to date is: ma-ma, da-da, papa, nana, ah-da (Addie), all done, uh-oh, up, hi, no, map and back pack (thanks to Dora).  One day I was able to get her to say sister and diaper, but now she just laughs at me when I ask her to say them again.


*Her favorite foods right now are scrambled eggs, bananas, canned pears, applesauce, noodles of any kind, and cheese.

*Brynn loves music and can't help but dance anytime she hears it.

*She seems to have a funny face every time we take her picture!  As evident here!

She is our Brynnie Bear and we can't imagine life without her!