Holidays and birthdays

Brynlee is 6 months old! It's been a looooong 6 months (2 kids is hard), yet it's gone by so fast.

Weight: 15.5 pounds

Brynlee has had a fussy month. She's been sick a couple of times and had a rough time with all the holiday partying we did. We aren't getting the best sleep either (but that's partly because of her sister). She's sitting up like a champ. By this point Raelan was crawling, but Bryn is nowhere near that. She still can't figure out how to roll from her stomach to her back. She rolls perfectly to her stomach and then gets maaaad because she can't roll back. It's pretty frustrating when I put her down to sleep... She's still nursing all.the.time. and she enjoys baby food. She loves sitting up in her high chair and being a part of the party. She loves holding things in her hands and chewing on them. Raelan is not a fan of sharing her toys with Bryn. When Brynlee gets excited she jumps like crazy. She smiles so big when she first sees Raelan in the morning. It makes me so happy when they play together.

I must also mention that she has lots of fuzzy blonde hair, but you still can't tell in pictures.

 Raelan loves "helping" make treats. Basically she just shoves as much sugary stuff into her mouth that she can get away with. Drives me nuts.

 Christmas deer.

Raelan turned 3 a couple weeks ago! 

 She was excited for her birthday donut!

 She got a paint set and loved painting. 

 She got to make her birthday cupcakes with gramma. She was excited and oh so cute in her little apron.

 Yummy cupcakes in cones!

We took Raelan to her first movie theater movie and we saw Minions. Then we played at gramma and grampa's house and had a glow stick dance party. We just filled her day with her favorite things, keeping it low key because she was pretty sick.

 Raelan got to act as Mary in our Christmas eve nativity. Bryn snuck in as baby Jesus for a couple pictures, but I didn't get any good ones.

 Rae got a play kitchen for Christmas. She loved opening presents and was sad when they were gone. She was super excited about her Minion chapstick.

 Matching PJ's and yummy chocolate.

 Rae got to hit the pinata at Grandma Bach's house.

We hit 3 different family Christmases on Christmas day. It was a bit much!

 Brynlee enjoying her high chair.

 Sitting up in her bouncy chair. And looking so bald. 

 Precious. (If you look realllly close you can see her head fuzz)

 Cuties sisters. That scab on Raelan's forehead will probably never heal because she picks it off every 5 minutes. Grrrrrrrr.

And since Raelan had a birthday I shall say a few things.

She weighs 25 pounds. She's in the 4% for weight and 40% for height. She talks so well and sometimes she sounds so much older than she is. She loves to sing and is learning new songs all the time. She has a crazy temper and straight up loses it 100 times a day. She's a perfectionist and is so headstrong. She insists on doing things herself and will undo everything you do for her, only to redo it herself. She can be so active and loves to run and dance. She enjoys playing with Brynlee occasionally, but doesn't like when Brynlee has her toys. She's a pretty picky eater but she loves to snack. Her favorite dinner is "Tuna Puffs" and her favorite snack is Cheetos (only gramma gives those to her...so she's a favorite). She's a total daddy's girl and loves to play and "fight the bad guys" with daddy. She picks up on some funny phrases, and my favorite was when we heard her in the other room singing, "Uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up!" Today I was expressing my frustration to her because she peed her pants, and she just looks at me and says, "Mommy I like your teeth, you have so many today." Haaaa. This girl has challenged me from day one and I pray she's my most difficult child because holy cow. Despite the craziness that is age 3, we love her so much. Plus look how cute she is!