Welcome 2012!

I know 2012 has started two months ago, but hey I have to catch up. Trying to stay on top of blogging is hard stuff sometimes:) New Years eve was spent at the Johnson's residence with all the fam. It was a lot of fun and of course we had to play a highly competitive game of bingo. During the game someone said, "we aren't playing for fun and games, there are sweet prizes on the line!!". That someone may have been me:) Hey when you are on a tight budget gift certificates are the best!! Anyway, it was a great time as usual and we created new memories.
We are excited to see what 2012 has in store and can only count our blessings from 2011!! Happy late New year;)
Lately I have had a hard time getting pictures of Rushtyn b/c he is always on the go. Luckly Ry can't run away. New years Day before church.
Me and Nelly power

Amanda was way excited by the end of bingo:) I think in this picture it was starting to get a little late, notice the arched back and Brace giving me the look, ha.

My best buddy!

We played Gestures before the big bingo game.Rushtyn wanted in on all the action, including the blowers. I think I had to hide this from him later that night, haha.

She loves her swing...every morning while I am feeding Rush breakfast she will hang here.

He wanted to hike up the hill on his own. He looks so big trudging up it!

Markus and Rush trying out the hill.

After Christmas Rush couldn't get enough of his sleeping bag Santa brought him:)

ChRiStMaS FuN

I hope everyone had a great Christmas (now that its Feb.). This year we spent Christmas in Circleville. It was nice to see everyone and just relax. Rushyn was a lot of fun Christmas morning. He wanted to play with every toy right after opening. It took all day to get through everything especially with church breaking it up. Rylee was sweet and slept through most of the present opening!
Here are a some pictures from Christmas Vacation.
Our baby girl enjoying her first Christmas..


Rush seems to be pretty fascinated with a bird:)

We love our little buddy!

After Church I wanted to get a cute picture by the tree in our sunday best...um yeah didn't quite work out like I planned:)

Christma moring picture (-) Rylee she was still sleeping.

I think we were all ready for bed early on Christmas eve, ha. Rush starring off and Rylee crying.

I don't know how to take pictures:) Brace was so cute with Rush and all his toys

Christmas Eve with kiddies

The fam. all hanging out, of course Brace is enjoying a Pepsi:)

She is fascinated with her Dad:)

Trevor and Rush play really well together, its nice they are only 3 mo. apart. The kitchen was a hit;)

Hanging out in the car while waiting for Robinson Family pictures... Rush was loving sitting in the front seat.

Rushtyn's first attempt at sleding, haha, We weren't prepared. We just wanted to take Rush for a quick couple runs and it turned out perfect-short and sweet:) He loved it..."one moe!", "one moe".

She has been a smiley baby and we love it! Her HM is still there but, hey what do you expect from a little lady!

Rush loves the "baby" bath. He was helping me bathe Rylee and when I took Rylee out turning my head for a min. he was in!

He loved helping decorate the sport themed tree. Taking the ornaments on and off to play with the "balls".

Rylee enjoying some Daddy time.

Rylee chillin on the couch at the Jenkins while we were up visiting and shopping.

Rush playing with the boys and obsessed with the helicopter.

Our little chubs being happy!

Rylee already has a good scowl working. Ha Love it!

Tis the Season

Can I just say... I love Christmas time. Really it is after Thanksgiving it all starts. Most things Christmas get you in a good mood, the music, movies, treats, everyone saying (well a lot of people), "Merry Christmas", the giving spirit; the list goes on.We are enjoying the Christmas season!

Lately, I have been wanting to watch Christmas movies and now that I have kids it is an excuse to watch the kid ones like, Muppet Christmas Carol. I love that one, ha.
Updates:
For Thanksgiving we spent it with the Johnson's in Las Vegas. It was a ton a fun and nice weather. Swimming and playing outside aren't typically Thanksgiving traditions. We shopped, played games, watched kids, visited and ate good food. Can't complain:) Rushtyn has already unwrapped a couple presents and loves doing it. He loves santa, everytime he sees a picture or decoration of him he says, "Ho ho". His first encounter was at Bass Pro Shops over Thanksgiving. When he was done sitting on his lap he turned, waved, and said, "bu bye". His newest thing is telling us , "one moe" and holding up a number one with his finger, after Brace tosses him in the air. Before he would cry when Brace was done playing with him, so he taught Rush to just say " one more", instead of crying. He now will do it with anything fun he is doing that he doesn't want to stop. It worked but, Rush's "one more" isn't one:)
Lately he has been a lot of fun and a lot of work:) The hitting stage has started and he has tested the waters with his baby sister, which is NOT fun. I feel like I turn into monster Mom when he hurts her, ha. Luckily he is growing out of it! He has started to touch her soft and say, "Nighh" (nice), so I think he is catching on. Rush still loves her despite testing reactions.
Rylee is getting big fast. At her two month Dr. visit she was 84% in height and 62% in weight, so she is a healthy baby. I have to say though, she has been a totally different baby than Rush. Crying is an everyday thing, and typically she just wants to be held, all the time. Thankfully, she is adorable and has stolen our hearts with her new smiles and giggles.
Also, we had her blessing the first Sunday of December. It was wonderful having friends and family support her/us. Brace did a great job and Ry looked beautiful. We are so thankful for family and good friends.
Here are a few pictures (I have a lot more but I think I am done uploading pictures)

I had to post this picture... Our attempt at a family picture goes something like this...

!~ Happenings~ !

I am slowly catching up on life. I seriously feel that I am in a fog and life keeps going but I am in baby world. I swear just the other day I was pregnant chasing Rushtyn around and now I have a 6wk old newborn and an 18 month old. Time is going by too fast, I feel like, try as I might I can't catch up. Ha. Two kids has been an adjustment and two kids close in age is an additional adjustment. Needless to say I wake up every morning happy to be a Mom to two kids. They bring such joy and love, along with spit-up, diapers, naps, and a few tantrums. You gotta love it!!
I don't know where October went and November...what the? I guess since Oct. 6 I have kind of been out of the loop. Halloween was fun this year. Rush actually could go trick-or-treating and enjoyed it. Brace and I laughed a lot watching him run around in his costumes. The Dumbo ears were flapping in the wind when he was running down the side walk. Haha. He was amazed that people were giving him candy. He wanted to eat it as soon as they gave it to him:) Rylee of course only got to pass out the candy this year:)

Since Rush recently hit a milestone age I thought I would write a little about him. Lately he has been making us laugh. He is now 18 months so, he is officially in nursery and growing up so fast. I am loving his age right now b/c he can understand us. Speaking of nursery he loves it and he is the youngest in there so, the older kids adore him. It was funny he climbed into the baby cradle they have for toys and pulled up a blankie. The 3 yr old girls come over a pat his cheeks saying, "oh cute baby" and playing with him. Rush is already winning the girls over, haha. He says "essus" now and knows to fold his arms during prayer (thanks nursery). He is my little helper. I say, "will you take this diaper to the garbage", he then nods his head and races to the garbage. He wants to play with Rylee to the point he brings her his cars to play with. The other day he wanted her to go down the slide so, I pretended to have her go down. He laughed and thought it was great so, we spent the next 5 min doing it. Also, if Rylee touches him by stretching or something he laughs and pretends she is ticking him:) He knows to get something including candy and pepsi all he has to do is say, "ease". We wanted him to say please and thank you so bad we used "bad" treats. Ha. Great parenting I know. Lastly, the other day Brace was working and I was putting kids to bed solo. The night quickly turned choatic, Rylee was bawling Rush was running from me thinking it was time to play chase w/o a diaper etc. I started to stress and get flustered and Rush comes up to me and started patting his back and I realized he was mimicing what I was doing to Rylee. It put a smile on my face and lightened the mood. We just love him to pieces.

Another milestone was our 6 year anniversary Nov. 4. Crazy how much has changed in 6 years. We were able to go on a hot date Friday night, unfortunately no romantic getaway this year. Kind of hard with a newborn. It was so nice to get out and have a break from our little ones and spend time just us!

Here a few pictures from the last several wks.

Rush was so much fun dressing up. We started out the night in Mickey Mouse and finished in Dumbo. haha. He looked cute in both. Our Rylee bug was a lady bug:)

Rylee Bug

Rush enjoys the bouncer more than Rylee.

Didn't love the bath at first. This was her first bath at home.

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