Shutterfly Christmas Cards!

Shutterfly.com is where we are planning on getting our Christmas Cards this year.  I read on another blog about a promotion they were having this year.  I have never used shutterfly before, but I have heard about it.  I got a giftcard in some of the baby packets I got when I was pregnant with Brailyn, but I never used it.  I really should have because shutterfly is wonderful!  They have very reasonable prices, and cute stuff!  They have a wide range of Christmas cards that are just adorable.  To browse through them, click here!  We found the one we will use.  It is called "Family Wall Red Christmas Card."
If you want to ruin your surprise you can go look at it!  Just kidding!  Feel free to go look.  After Thanksgiving, Stacy Jester is taking pictures for us and I can't wait.  Brailyn has the most beautiful dress, and I will dress us up to match!  The card has lots of pictures on it and I can't wait!  Shutterfly also has lots of other items.  One in particular is the wall calenders.  I absolutely love wal calenders with personal pictures on them.  I think they are so special and make great gifts.  To see the wall calenders click here.  One other thing I found while looking for our card was the canvas art you can order.  I didn't get to look at it as much, because we were trying to find a card, but I plan on going back and looking.  The promotion they are running is ----bloggers can get 50 free christmas cards by writing up a blog post and doing a few other things!  That is amazing, and it is so easy.  Just go to the front of my post and click on the Shutterfly link!  You really don't want to miss this deal!

Birthday Party!

We had Brailyn's 1st Birthday party on the 6th!  It was so much fun!  I really just did a "first birthday party" theme.  It was pink, purple, white, and lots of colors.  Her big balloon was a cupcake and that is what the cake she dug into was, a big cupcake!  I really loved it!  I made all of her cakes.  The one that everyone else got to eat was cut out into a 1.  I iced it and put pink piping around it and then threw sprinkles all over it.  I was really happy with the way it turned out.  Of course it was a sprinkle cake(my favorite)! I think it is hers too!  And until she can tell me what she wants, her cakes will be sprinkle cakes!  Even then I might have to persuade her a little! HA!  We crammed lots of people in our little house, but it was lots of fun!  We had all her cousins there, and our friend Elise! It got pretty crazy with all the little ones!  I was running around crazy all day and I don't think I talked to any one person for over 10 minutes!  HA  She got lots of great presents!  She is already enjoying al of her toys and I can't wait to dress her up in all her pretty new outfits!  All in all, I think we had a great party!  This year has come and gone way to fast though!  So it was kind of a bittersweet day!  I'm sure they will probably all be that way!  Thanks to everybody who made it!  Yall really made the day special!  We love our baby girl!

I think this is the best pic we got of the Birthday girl!  That's the best you can do when they start walking!



Her cake!  I spelled out her name with the cupcakes!  I was very pleased!



Her little tribute corner with her cake!



Opening presents!



Blowing out the candle!



We had to get one with our party hat on!



She was such a little lady!  I thought she would really dig into it, but she would just pick a little bit off and eat it!



Trying to get a picture of her and Elise before Elise left!  We did not attempt to get one of all the kids!



This is what the cake looked like after she finished it!  Pitiful I know!



Playing with her toy from mommy and daddy after everyone left!

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Girl!

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!  We can't believe you are already one!  You have brought us more joy than we could have ever imagined!  We have loved you from the moment that mommy found out you were coming into our lives and we love you more and more with each passing day!  You are the funniest little girl and you make us laugh constantly!  We are so thankful that one year ago today God gave us such a perfect healthy baby girl!  You are our little sweetheart!  We can't wait to see what God has in store for you, and we will enjoy each moment! You are a wonderful blessing and we thank God every day for giving us to you that wonderful day one year ago!  We love you!   



Saturday, November 7, 2009  9:53 P.M.
  

Sunday, November 7, 2010!  7:28 P.M.
The best picture you can get with an 1 year old!

WE LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!  HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!

A Few "Firsts" before the BIG "1"

 These are just a few more of Brailyn's firsts before she has her big one!  I figured it was time for me to post them or she would already be the big "1"! 



Taking her first sippy cup of whole milk!  She wasn't so sure about it at the time but now she loves it! Today she chugged it down and turned her sippy cup up to try and get more!  YAY!



Her first meal without any baby food at all!  Spaghetti and corn!  YUM-YUM!  I love how she is holding the spoon.  She only eats table food now except for her cereal!  She has liked most everything, but she's not crazy about green beans!  As always she loves pasta, bread, and potatoes!



Getting her teeth brushed for the first time!  I am probably way behind on this and there are no excuses.  SHe has 11 teeth now! Oh My!  I felt her 3rd molar yesterday!  She is not so sure about it about getting her teeth brused, but it is becoming part of our bedtime routine!  Mommy just wants to get a regualr brush instead of the finger one!  OUCH!



Isn't she growing up fast!

She walks more than she crawls now!  She still isn't standing up without holding on to anything, that we can see anyway!  She wobbles a little but I think she loves it and it is too cute!  This morning she was walking from the couch to the chair and when she would get to one she would just scream at the top of her lungs!  She was so proud of herself!  I would say her first step was around 10 months but now it is almost full out walking!  I don't have any pics or videos to put up yet, but I will!

New Skill = Photo Shoot!

Since Brailyn only takes one nap a day now, I have to clean a little while she is still awake or I would never get anything done.  So today she was playing in her room by herself.  She is usually very content to play by herself back there and I know that it's a pretty safe place to be, even though she can find a way to hurt herself anywhere!  I was cleaning a little and noticed that it was very quiet in the house.  UH-OH!  You mommas know that this is usually not a good sign, especially if you have a baby who loves to jabber while she plays.  I went back there to check on her and this is what I found....

Oh boy!  Now the fun really begins!  So of course I had to document all the aspects of her new-skill!  We had fun, but it's a little scary!  Here comes the photo shoot!



Such a silly girl!



She looks so big!



I love this pic!  Talking as usual!



I think she was very proud of herself!  She was talking and screaming at the top of her little lings!



She doesn't exactly know the right way to get down yet, but we are learning!



My sweet baby girl!



Our little Ladybug!

We had a fun Halloween weekend!  Well, it was a little stressful at first but turned out great.  I decided a while back that I wanted Brailyn to be a ladybug.  I looked and looked for a costume but could not find exactly the one I wanted.  I wasn't fond of the tutu ones.  I wanted her to be a fat little ladybug.  So I found a pattern and decided to make it!  Oh boy!  I have had the pattern for a little while, but I am bad about procrastinating!  Needless to say I really started working on it on Friday.  So with a lot of help from my motther-in law and mother, I got it done on Saturday afternoon!  Even though it was stressful, it turned out just the way I wanted it too!  She was teh cutest ladybug I have ever seen!  Gramma and Pop-up came this weekend and we all headed to our church's fall festival! It was fun.  We stayed inside most of the time because it was cold but she had fun in the walker in the family life center.  All in all I think it was successful first halloween!  She even got a few treats from Neena and Papa Dale, puffs and socks! YAY!  



Our little ladybug!





The dirt cake pumpkin patch I made for the fall festival!  I was pretty proud!



Brailyn with her Gramma and Pop-up!  I love this picture!



Playing outside on Sunday afternoon!  She is an outdoors girl!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my niece, Whitney's, 1st birthday!  I can't believe she is already one!  We had her party last weekend and had a wonderful time, but today is actually her birthday!  She is a sweetheart!

Whitney Elaine Young: October 28, 2009!

Here she is at her birthday party!  Riding the present she got from her mommmy and daddy!  She love it!

The cake that she got to dig into!  Her mommy made it!

That was yummy!





The big cake!  Her mommy made this onr too!  It was yummy!



All the cousins with the birthday girl!

We love you sweet girl!  Happy Birthday!