Glimpse of Summer

Since I've been M-I-A for awhile, I thought I'd post some fun pictures of summer. Even though I haven't been blogging, we've still been doing all the summer things these past couple of months. We haven't gone on any vacations yet (Disney is coming up soon), but fun in the sun has definitely not been absent from our lives. Aunt Jamie was nice enough to invite us out to the Mowery farm for a swim back in July, and we happily accepted.

Some wet and wild smiles, coming right up!

The Frozen Party

As you know from earlier this week, my Little Lady Love turned 2 this past "Twos-day" (sorry, couldn't help it), and so we celebrated! Her party was originally supposed on to be on Sunday, but alas, Mommy came down with a (what could only be described as violent) stomach flu last weekend, and so some rescheduling was necessary. Since Twos-day was her real birthday anyway, no matter, no mind!

When sitting down to plan this party, there was only one option, and that was FROZEN. At the time, we were singing the songs, watching the movie, and playing with the toys CONSTANTLY (that obsession has since turned to Tangled, but Frozen colors matched my dining room better I digress). Hence, we went Frozen-crazy this week for our sweet Brynnie-doll (she would have it no other way!)...

Cake pops for "friends at school" courtesy of Jenny's Cakes and Baked Goods.
They tasted even better than they looked (or so I found out when I stole a piece from Brynne heard).


 

Playing Catch-Up

Since yesterday was the first post in like 3 months, I decided to post some photos "catching up" with what should've been posted while I was wiping noses, rocking sick babies and attempting to disinfect my home repeatedly (while working a stressful full-time job). Here's a photo essay to get us caught up. It will be a big one, so brace yourself!

My Sweet Baby Brynnie Turned One!

 

Visitors Weekend

Whew, now THAT was a busy weekend (and we didn't even get everywhere we needed to be)! In order to recap, I'm going to have to break it down Wheeler-by-Wheeler for you.

Hubs
This was a big weekend for Jason--he finally got the 30th birthday gift he's been awaiting for quite some time now. Yep, you guessed it, the family grillmaster finally got a new propane grill! Thus, his weekend was mainly spent "putsing around the yard" (as my good friend Kendra would put it) AND putsing around his grill. He had some help with his activities, too.

 

 

Saturday's dinner, simple but scrumptious!

Don't you love his shirt? Santa put it in his stocking, what good taste he has!

Another delicious grilled meal on Sunday! Steak, hearts of romaine, and sweet potatoes.

Brady
The Little Mister of the house had quite a weekend, too. On Sunday he had some visitors--his little buddy Hayden and Hayden's brother Hudson! Brady doesn't get a lot of opportunities to play with other toddlers, so this was a big deal for him. He was very interested in both boys, and he had a lot of fun playing outside in the sprinkler, etc, with them!

Two buds taking a breather and having a drink

Unbridled joy!

 

Brynne

Little Mister wasn't the only one who received a visitor, Little Miss got one too! On Saturday, Brynne got to meet Amelia, a 1 month old baby girl who will someday be in Brynne's class and lives nearby. Amelia is the daughter of my brother's girlfriend's sister, so while they will not technically be related when my brother gets married, they will likely see an awful lot of each other! Although it was their big day to meet each other, they were both too exhausted to wake up at the same time. Oh well, there will be plenty of chances to play, I'm sure.

Then, on Sunday Miss Brynne got to sit in a real high chair for the very first time. It might not seem like a big deal, but do you have a picture of the first time you sat in a real chair? Didn't think so! She loved it, she sat there for almost an hour, which is totally unheard of in any other apparatus she's ever been in.

Can you see the smile underneath the nuk?

Family
On Sunday evening, we ventured out to meet Grandma and Pop for some boating on the river. This was both babies' first boat ride, and while the waves put Baby Brynne right to sleep, they enthralled her big brother! Brady loved every second of being on Pop's boat (although we found out the hard way not to leave anything lying around the boat, lest it get thrown overboard by an overzealous toddler!). Brynne even tolerated a very large life preserver without crying. It was a good time!

 

As for me, I had a visitor as well. On Friday night, my BFF-since-2nd-grade Kendra came to visit from CT. We had a great night eating Mexican food and drinking Corona Light (after the kiddos went to sleep) and rehashing old and present times. I miss her so much, it was so great to see her! Perhaps some day she will read this blog and actually go to Troeg's with ME next time she's in town. :)