Welcome to parenthood!

So a few nights ago while in bed trying to fall asleep I was thinking of how fun it's been to look around our apartment and find little remnants of a baby everywhere...a bunch of little signs that there is DEFINITELY a baby living here! Anyway, I decided to compile a little collection of pictures...here they are! We sure love you Brie! :0)

Brie laughing...oh, the cutest thing!

Saturday afternoon had been kind of a rough day for Brie...she had been extra fussy, didn't nap well, etc. However, at one point in the evening Bryan was holding her and singing up a made up song to her when she cracked up laughing! Thankfully "grandma" was there to film it because it was a priceless moment! :0)

Little Cupid Kisses

So I finally figured out how to upload videos on my blog. I don't know why it took me so long...it was SUPER easy and straight forward! This is a little movie clip of Aunt Rachie and Brie. She was flying Brie over to give me kisses. It was the CUTEST thing ever! Hope you enjoy! :0)

Gerbera Daisies.

So, I have a love-hate relationship with Gerber Daisies...they are one of my FAVORITE flowers, but they live for such a short time! As for the beautiful bouquet Bry gave me for Valentine's Day, these are the five remaining :0( I thought I might as well be optimistic about the whole thing so...

Here are our five beautiful contestants! Which one do you think will live the longest?! Any ideas? :0)

My sweeties!

I think this year's Valentine's Day was the best ever! To start it off Bryan and I tag-teamed making heart shaped french toast and inviting my family down for a mini breakfast. A little bit later Bry came home (he'd been out with some others in the ward collecting cans for the Food and Care Coalition) with a beautiful bouquet of BRIGHT and CHEERY gerber daisies!!!

For lunch we had heart shaped grilled cheese and BBQ sandwiches with tomato soup and the three of us (Bry, Brie and me) spent the afternoon together! It was so fun having Brie a part of this year's Valentine's Day! She is definitely the LOVE of our life!

That evening Bry made me an AWESOME dinner! He planned it all out...he was going to make it all, we were going to dress up and then eat at 6:30. But since having a baby seems to throw plans and schedules out of whack :0) I helped him finish up the dinner and set the table....and we ate in our Saturday grubbies. It was great! Nice and relaxed, delicious food and so fun to be spending Valentine's dinner cozy and at home with Bry! (OH...for dinner Bry prepared steak, baked potatoes (with sour cream and chives), asparagus, garlic crescent rolls and lemon water. YUMM!)

Bry also surprised me with some Valentine's gifts...a new gratitude journal (our first one is just about finished), dove chocolate hearts (he knows how much I LOVE chocolate), a bag of conversation hearts AND a HUGE pack of AA batteries so that I am never again caught off guard when the camera batteries die! What a guy. I SURE DO LOVE HIM!!! :0) :0) :0)

OH, I can't forget that my dad brought home a sugar cookie (complete with our names written on top with frosting.) for each of us! Earlier in the day I had mentioned that growing up my FAVORITE Valentine's tradition was when he'd come home from work with sugar cookies (personalized with our names). He had stopped doing it several years ago, and apparently he had no idea that we had even liked that tradition. Needless to say that after having told him he surprised us all by bringing some home like old times! Thanks dad!

We finished the evening off by watching "Emperor's New Groove" while I cut Bry's hair...such fun times and what an awesome day!

Je t'aime, Bryan! Ish liebe dish!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

How grateful we are to be blessed with such wonderful family and friends. We sure do love you all!
Happy Valentine's Day! :0)

Collages of Mine.

Let's be honest, since Brie's birth I have taken many a picture and made many a collage :0) Yesterday I decided it'd be fun to set up a blog so I could easily share my latest collages with friends and family. It's password protected (I don't want Brie's pictures to be floating out there on the internet!) so if any of you would be interested in "subscribing" just let me know and I'll send you an "invite" email.

Twin Ground Hogs.

So yesterday, February 2nd--Ground Hog Day, was my 26th birthday! Yep, 26! Crazy, eh? It was a wonderful day thanks to my dear family and friends. THANK YOU! :0)

The women on Bryan's side of the family (Julia, Julie, Kim, Heather, Liz (and Lilli :0)) and Katie took me out for lunch at BYU's Legend's Grille. We had a great time chatting and eating and just being together! We decided that we definitely need to get together more often!

Here I am with my adorable niece (Liz and Alan's daughter) Lilli...we're doing our fishy faces! One day I saw her doing this face and thought it was so cute. She turns TWO on Saturday, and I can not believe what a big girl she is getting to be! What a cutie! And so fun to have in the family! :0)

Me and Bry at Brick Oven...my family took us all out for dinner! You can't beat Brick Oven, it's just classic and so much fun! Thanks Pops and Biscus for taking us out! :0)

For part of my birthday present Rach gave me an ADORABLE memory can that she had put together. For probably at least a half hour we read through the memories, reminisced, laughed and just had a good time! perfect way to spend a twin birthday!! :0)

Matt (Elder Sheets) sent us a Christmas/Birthdays package this week...all the girls in the family got a scarf from the Ukraine. Being the silly Sheets girls that we are, we couldn't help but do "Match Maker" poses! I sure love my sisters and how thoughtful of Matt! (And thanks mom for being our photographer!)

Anyway, what a great birthday! One year older and wiser too ;0) Like I said, it really is my family and friends that made this day special.

And last but not least, I just wanted to thank my mom for giving birth to me and raising me. (Being a mom now brings a hold new meaning to those two things.) You have been such a WONDERFUL mother! I couldn't have asked for anyone better. Thank you Biscus, I sure do love you!

(Me and my cute mom! I think I was almost nine months pregnant here. And hey, it's probably appropriate to choose this picture when I'm mentioning BIRTHdays and MOMs :0))