Happy 4th of JULY!!!

OK, I know I'm behind but I'll catch up!!!

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The 4th was a great day for our Family!!!

Bryan and I hung around the house and then played a little bit at home and then went to Evanston where we caught up with my side of the family (the Hope's).

If you have ever been to Evanston on the 4th you then know how crazy it is!!! There are fireworks going off EVERYWHERE!!! (I forgot my camera or I would show you)

After the fireworks, Brylee and I went to my parents cabin and spent the night, and then left in the morning!

Here are a few pics that I did manage to get!

Brylee in the Front yard!

(She loves to be outside)

I just LOVE this picture, lol!

Happy 4th of July!!!

My First Mother's Day

On Sunday I Celebrated my first Mother's Day!!!

It was soo sweet, Bryan and Brylee bought me a flowers, a card, and gave me a Clean house!!!

Then on Monday they surprised me with a belated mother's day present!

I got a Jogger!!!

I've been wanting one for the days that I miss out on going to the gym. I hope that this will help with getting in shape to get pass a PT and get hired, so that I can go though the police academy.

*(Wish me Luck)*

Anyways, Mother's Day was great!!!

Bryan, Brylee and I went to church. The church had a special program for mother's day, it was very nice and they gave out Mother prayer devotional books. After church we went to Mee-maw and Grandpa Gaitin's and had a yummy BBQ. Scott and Kellie where also there along with Grandma Gamel. Lori was so nice too, she bought me a cute outfit for mother's day and Grandma Gamel bought all the mother's a yummy Frosted Rock Ice cream cake!!! Then we just hung out for a little bit and the went to the Grandma and Grandpa Hope's.

At my parents house my sister Angie, and her two kids Riker and Alexia, and my brother Clint where also there. My mom bought me some really cute earrings for mother's day. Then all of us hung out for a while. So anyways that was my first mother's day!

I just have to take the time to express how thankful I am for my little girl!

It's so amazing to me to think that last Mother's day I found out that I was pregnant with her and now I have a healthy, beautiful baby girl!

I would never change being a mother for anything!!!

It is the best and most rewarding job I've ever had!!! I don't know what I ever did without her, her, little smile melts my heart, and the way that she just coos as if she is telling me something so important or funny.

It's the BEST!!!

I found this quot and loved it...
"A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat us heard for the first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone."

-author unknown

I hope that everyone had a great Mother's Day!

& here are a few pics...

These are my beautiful Mother's Day flowers!!!

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My Jogger!!!!

Brylee in the jogger!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Sorry, I know I haven't posted anything in so long!

Easter was great!!!
Brylee and I stared off Easter by going to church while Bryan slept from working the night before.

Church was nice and Brylee got to wear her cute Easter dress that Grandma Hope bought her. At church everyone around us was making cute little faces at Brylee and I was told that she is the cutest baby! (but we knew that already)

After church Brylee and I came home and woke up Bryan. We then looked at what the Easter bunny got Brylee. The Easter bunny gave Brylee a cute Spring dress, hand puppet duck, a cow rattle, and binkies. Brylee really didn't seem to care, but it was still fun to start the tradition of the Easter bunny!

After checking out Brylee's basket we went to Me ma and Grandpa Gaitin's we had dinner and got to visit with Great Uncle Jeff and Great Grandma Sandy. It was so nice to have them back home from Arizona and this was the first time that Brylee was able to see them. Bryan and I missed you two a lot!!!

After dinner Brylee and I went to Grandma and Grandpa Hope's house, while Bryan went to work. Brylee and I got there just in time for the Easter egg hunt! Brylee found almost seven dollars. However, I think that she was more interested in the plastic eggs that raddled then really what was inside, lol.

Anyways, Easter was great!!! The weather was nice and it was great to spend time with our family!!! It was so nice to have Great Grandma Sandy and Great Uncle Jeff home!!! Brylee is so Blessed as our Bryan and I to have you! Jeff we hope to see you before 3 years!!!

Here are some fun pictures from the day!!!

Brylee in her Easter dress....

Brylee's Easter bunny suprise...

Before the Easter Egg Hunt...

Madison 10, Riker 15m, Chase 15, Brylee 3m, and Lexi 4

The Fun Easter Egg Hunt...

After the Hunt, Brylee getting Loves From Grandma Hope

St. Patricks Day

I can't believe how quick March has come and gone!!!

Last week was St. Patricks Day and so I decided that Brylee needed to wear a cute GREEN outfit, to keep up with Holiday tradition.

Also, I knew that Me-ma would be upset if I didn't get a cute picture with Brylee and the bib that she got her!

Here are a few pictures of her!

Brylee was having a rough day!

We still don't really know what her problem was!

(I guess it's just a Girl Thing)

Our Valentines Day

Even though the dogs ate the Valentines Cookies that Brylee and I wanted to give. Valentines turned out to be a lot of fun this year!
With Brylee celebrating her first Valentines day it made it extra fun!

This year Bryan and I had to celebrate the holiday a little early. We went out on Friday night and Grandma and Grandpa Hope babysat Brylee for the first time (I think that they were really excited about this). Bryan had to work Valentines night, but it turned out to be really nice because we got a babysitter and we didn't have such a wait to get into a restaurant.

Bryan took me out to dinner at Boston's, and he also got me a pretty nice valentines gift! Bryan bought me a new bed spread (our old one was not looking too great), and he also bought me FLOWERS!!! I almost fell over when I saw them! Bryan hardly ever gets them for me. I was so excited to see that he remembered!

I got Bryan a Valentines gift as well I got him balloons and candy (lame I know).

Brylee really lucked out! She got Valentines gifts from us and from Grandma & Grandpa Hope they got her a cute bee book & a stuffed bee and ladybug that talk.

Bryan and I were so excited to have a new little Valentine to share, we love our little Brylee Anne!

My NEW bedspread

My Beautiful Flowers!!! :)

Brylee's cute Valentine Outfit

Brylee's Valentine from Grandpa & Grandma Hope

Our Little Valentine, Brylee Anne

This is as close as I have ever got to getting her to smile!!!

She recently has learned how to blow bubbles with her mouth, and loves it!

Valentines went to the dogs!

This year I thought that Brylee and I would be cute and make cut-out sugar cookies. I thought that it would be fun to give them to our loved ones.

If Bryan has never told you I have the worst luck with cut-out sugar cookies. It always seems that the cookies never keep the cut-out form. The cookies end up looking like a big blob of something!

I've be told that it's because add too much butter, or not enough flour, or that I cut them to thick.

So needless to say I was a little worried about making the cookies!

However, this time I have to report that I finally made them right and the cookies looked great!!! I would even go so far to say they looked PERFECT!!!

I was soo excited!!! I finally figured it out!

After making the cookies I realized that I had no frosting or even powder sugar so I ran to the store with Brylee to get some.

Well in the mean time.... Ronin and Roxy had other plans for my perfect cookies!

Ronin must have jumped up and grabbed the towel that the cookies where cooling on and pulled them to the floor! Then Roxy and him took the cookies outside!!!

When I got home with the frosting (all excited to decorate) I found cookie crumbs all over the floor and half ate cookies outside in the snow!!! I was so mad I wanted to cry!!! MY PERFECT COOKIES!!! MY VALENTINES!!! Needless to say the dogs went to there canals for the rest of the night and my Valentines went to the dogs! :(

Here are the sad pictures of my perfect cookies....

Ronin the criminal

&

Roxy the accomplice.

Luckily Ronin and Roxy didn't manage to get all of the cookies, I had 10 cookies left out of 30. So this a a couple of them that I got to decorate.

Christmas

Rachel searching through her stocking

"Yeah, I guess I wanted one of these"

(Cricut Cartridge)

Bryan getting his annual Boxer replacement

Bryan trying out his new undies......

on his head?
(His dad bought him some good "medicine" earlier)

Maybe that had something to do with it!

"Yeah, I guess I wanted this!"

(Call of Duty: World at War)

Video Game

Halloween Pumpkins!!!

Pumpkin caving one of the things that us Gaitin's love to do for Halloween!!! One of Bryan and my frist dates was carving pumkins.

So anyways, as soon as I got off from work on Halloween night, we pulled out all the pumkin caving stuff and started digging in! Here are just a few pics of our pumpkins! Even Brylee got into the Halloween spirit!!!

Carving a monster!!!

Which Pumpkins Bigger???

Bryan putting his design on his pumpkin.

The finished Pumpkins!

And last of all....

Brylee's pumpkin FUN!!! lol