Thursday, October 27, 2011

Togetherness

So back in August Nolan and I were lucky enough to have a vacation to California. My mom was SOO gracious to watch Brielle. We were actually planning on bringing her until a week before, I came to my senses and realized it wouldn't be much of a vacation. I was so TORN on wether or not to leave her. The longest I had left her was 4 hours. My mom reassured me over and over, it will be good for us to get away just the TWO OF US! Even though I had a rough two days and shed some tears those two days. I AM SOOOOO GLAD WE DID IT!

THis trip was perfect. We did whatever we wanted, when we wanted, how we wanted, without a little cutie to worry about. We slept in, had unbroken sleep and enjoyed lots of unenterupted time together.

THe main reason we went was to go to Seaworld. WE LOVE SEAWORLD! AND they appreciate their military so much that they get us in FREE!!! Thank you Seaworld for saving us 130 dollars on tickets!

We saw lots of fun things, like this crazy porcupine!

Nolan and the sweet Lizard thing!

Then for the whole reason I come to SeaWorld. THe DOLPHINS! They do the feeding so differently now. We had to wait in line for and hour and half to feed them. It was worth it to me! In my next life I will have pet dolphins.







THEN: The next day we went to Disney Land which we weren't planning on but because we were too far away from Six Flags we decided to do it. It was pretty fun. We just aren't HUGE disney land people. But we had a great time none the less.


The Buzz Lightyear ride was Nolan's favorite!


OK so...Nolan saw a couple of people walking around with these turkey legs. He just had to have one and kept talking about it all day! So finally he found where they were selling them and got this gigantic hunk of meat.

The next day was SOOO much fun! We spent the Day at boardwalk. We rented bikes and went riding along the beach front. Went shopping at the little shops. Found a perfect spot to lay out and play in the water. Road around the park. It was so much fun, I have always wanted to do that.






Last thing we did that night, we went to a ritzy part of town that kind of reminded me of Park City mainstreet. It was up on a hill that overlooked the beach. We ate an outdoor restaurant on the patio. Nolan had some great fish. I had some NOT so great chicken alfredo :) I sure enjoyed my company though!


Then finally it was home to my BABY!!! We got home late at night and she was up waiting for us! She came right to me, which I didn't expect. THen within a few min..she took her first steps!! I was so glad she waited for me to get home!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Brielle's 1st Birthday Party

Our little girl turned one! I am going to try not to get sappy because I already have that written in her Journal.
It was fun to celebrate Brielle's birthday. Her birthday was on monday but we celebrated on Saturday with family. She was a happy girl and loved playing with her cousins at the party. We did a "YELLOW AND RED" theme. Her room is yellow and red, and we wanted something different than pink! It turned out so cute! We had tons special people there, and Brielle got spoiled!

BIRTHDAY GIRL




Proud parents who made it through the first year as Mom and Dad!


THe Party Table


MORE DECORATIONS



TONS OF RED AND YELLOW (excuse the messy counter it was before the guests arrived and we were still getting stuff ready)


THE CAKE!!! It's the caterpillar from "BABY EINSTEIN" Brielle's favorite!!

THE CAKE SMASH--Brielle did pretty well with her cake. She was quite the princess and didn't want to totoally get messed up. It was funny in the beginning she pretended to dip her finger in and then sucked of the PRETEND frosting. Then she had a little help and realized what SUGAR AND TREATS really are for the first time. She was hilarious.

READY........

SET.....
......GO
The aftermath


THE GUESTS!


Papa and Brielle watching "brielle's 1st year" slide show

THE PRESENTS. Brielle did pretty well helping open presents for the first time. Her family spoiled her crazy! THank you everyone! We gave her a slide, and she fell in love with it!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

UPDATES to COME

Well Our little girl turned one as most of you know. I am waiting to get some pictures from family (aka AUNT SHANNA) of Brielles birthday party. It was so much fun and we were so lucky to have our families there to celebrate! We love her and that is no SECRET! POSTS COMING SOON!