"Let it Go!" "Let it Go!"... Brynn's Birthday Party = MAGICAL!

Early on the birthday party morning... this girl had been SO excited for her birthday for weeks. It's finally here!!! 

Our little Anna & Elsa!

It was one surprise after another... first was the balloons. She had wanted an Elsa balloon but I told her that we'd probably just get blue balloons because those Elsa balloons are pretty expensive. Well, we sent Daddy for the balloons and he came back with like 15 balloons!!!! Anna, Olaf AND Elsa were included! Brynn flipped out!

She kept running around saying, "My Daddy's the BEST!"

Happy birthday girl

It's almost time and everything is ready... the goody bags

The decorations are up... 

and here come our friends! Everyone came in costume - princess dresses and even a Sven!

Our neighbor, Sophi, couldn't come to the party but she walked over to give Brynn her gift - very sweet!

We played - Pin the nose on Olaf...

Some of the gang!

and opened lots of presents!! Brynn was very careful to keep her loot in nice little piles.

Brooklyn took over as the photographer! She cracks me up. As soon as our guest of honor arrived, she ran and got her camera and started snapping away!

We ate pizza, cleaned up and THEN...

The doorbell rang!!!! Elsa was here! It took all I had not to cry. The look on Brynn's face was priceless and she turned around and said, "Mom, Elsa's here!" Seriously the cutest thing ever!

Elsa was amazing with all the kids! 

They were in heaven

First she read a book

and then it was time to sing. This was amazing! She had a beautiful voice and then to hear all the little girls singing right along with her was angelic. Even my friends who don't cry - were tearing up! I didn't feel so bad! :)

They couldn't take their eyes off her

Then she played a few games with the kids. 

Before leaving, she sang Happy Birthday with us to Brynn and carried out the cake for her. Brynn LOVED this cake. Her face lit up when she saw this!

Make a wish girl! I know her wish already came true!!

Elsa and Brynn... Elsa kept telling her how much she looked like her! 

Thanks for coming Elsa and making our dreams come true!!

After she left, we dug into the cake. It was delicious!

This was probably Brooky's favorite part! She sat at the table requesting more pieces well after everyone left! Brynn was so sweet when she passed out everyone's goody bags. She said, "thank you for coming to my party" to each and every friend. It's cute how into it she gets!

IT'S A....

Opening the box and...

It's a BOY!!!

Daddy's happy!

We're all super excited to meet our little guy! Brynn said she'll take a little brother this time and next time we'll have a baby girl... I think Bryce almost fainted! :)  I love what Col said "She wasn't surprised that blue balloons popped out - just another sign that Dad is with us"! Two balloons floated away up to Pop Pop in heaven - Brynn was happy about that! Maybe he'll be born on Dad's birthday, November 11th! 

Brooky's 1st Haircut!

Before haircut...

I knew this was going to happen! As soon as we walked in and they said her name, she started crying. I had to laugh because it was pretty funny after all. The one that makes me sometimes feel like I want to cry many times throughout the day is afraid of getting her haircut. I will be sure to save this picture for years down the road!!

She didn't cry for too long and it wasn't anything a lollipop and a Dumbo movie couldn't fix.

All done!

I was trying to get a picture of the pretty braid that she got along with princess sparkles, but she was mad and wouldn't look at me!

Looks a lot better!

TP Monster

This is what happens after Brooky uses the potty without us knowing... she's so neat. :-)

Happy 4th of July!!!

We found a little neighborhood parade in the Arcadia District - it was perfect! Started at 8am so everyone looks a little sleepy (even though we've been up since 5:30am!)

It's starting! It was a great, cloudy day today as well. We had our first dust storm last night which brought in lots of humidity - but clouds as well so that's a nice break!

It was such a cute parade - only about 20 minutes - but lots of dogs, kids, bikes and CANDY!!!

Brynn loved running to get as much candy as she could.

Brooky loved eating it!

More candy!

It ended with the school bus

Trying to get a picture of these two girls is not an easy task. This was the best of my efforts!

 

The sugar kicked in on our walk back to the car!

She should have been in the parade!

This is what they do when they see the camera...

Happy 4th of July everyone!! We love you!

Back home, they blew some bubbles that they got from the parade.

They're outfits were so cute - thanks Nana and Papa!

Playing hide and go seek in the bushes! The rest of the day we're going to play in the pool, grill and relax (hopefully!)... maybe there will be more pictures to come!

First Step Towards a Big Girl Bed!

So this little one has been climbing out of her crib for quite some time now - visiting us at all hours in the morning! We decided to take the rail off on Sunday. We were hesitant because we were thinking that she would take that as an opportunity to just not go to bed - BUT, we've been pleasantly surprised! She has stayed in her "new" bed all night long. Still gets up around 5:30am but we're getting used to that!

YAY!

The Greatest Show on Earth

We surprised the girls and took them to the circus last Friday! Our neighbors were going as well, so that was an extra bonus for the girls.

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Brooky is so into the elephants so they had this one that you could get your picture with, but of course she got all camera shy when it was actually her turn! Both her and Brynn were sitting on top of it, but the lady who was taking the picture was trying to actually pose them and once Brooky caught on to her plan - she was out! This was the best we could do!

"Look ELEPHANTS!"

We had lots of fun - and great seats again for next to nothing (thanks to a friend)!