Nana, Papa, Aunt Sissy and Uncle Bret weren't able to make it to the party because baby William was being born but they had a special celebration planned for you when we arrived just a few days later.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Nellie's 1st Birthday Party
Happy birthday to our little love! We hope you had a great birthday, and I think you really did. I went with a rainbow theme because you are our little ray of sunshine and the day couldn't have been better. You absolutely loved the cake and didn't waste a second devouring it.
Nana, Papa, Aunt Sissy and Uncle Bret weren't able to make it to the party because baby William was being born but they had a special celebration planned for you when we arrived just a few days later.
Nana, Papa, Aunt Sissy and Uncle Bret weren't able to make it to the party because baby William was being born but they had a special celebration planned for you when we arrived just a few days later.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Kansas & William Davis Brown
My sister gave birth to William Davis Brown on December 17th and I couldn't handle even waiting nine days to meet him....it was too long! We left California at 6pm on Christmas evening (well we were supposed to leave at 6pm but we were delayed awhile) and ended up landing in Kansas City around 1am on the 26th.
William and family came over early the next morning and it was love at first site. Mila had a little cough but there was no keeping her away from this little man. She was instantly smitten and wanted to hold him all of the time.
The weather was "nice" (if 30s-40s is your thing) the first day and then it dumped snow all of over the city, which made it FREEZING and hard to get around.
That didn't stop us from getting out and about after being trapped inside for the morning.
Robert and I took Mila to Fritz's, a hamburger restaurant where you order via telephone at your table and then your food is delivered by a toy train.
Mila was amazed by the whole thing and had a great time.
Lots of our days were spent catching up on our sleep (Nellie slept until 8am every day in Kansas!), being lazy around the house, watching Netflix, or snugging this cute little thing.
This isn't even when I first started...they are in like 7th and 9th grade here! Look how young we all look!
I took advantage of the cold weather and dressed Nellie is some of her warm, cute frocks, although she had no time for pictures.
And then we spent some more time loving on this little guy
We flew back to California on New Year's day, headed home to catch some football and spend the weekend with our little family of four. Shortly after arriving home Mila started breastfeeding all of our animals/dolls again, it's comforting to know some things never change :)
William and family came over early the next morning and it was love at first site. Mila had a little cough but there was no keeping her away from this little man. She was instantly smitten and wanted to hold him all of the time.
The weather was "nice" (if 30s-40s is your thing) the first day and then it dumped snow all of over the city, which made it FREEZING and hard to get around.
That didn't stop us from getting out and about after being trapped inside for the morning.
Robert and I took Mila to Fritz's, a hamburger restaurant where you order via telephone at your table and then your food is delivered by a toy train.
Mila was amazed by the whole thing and had a great time.
Lots of our days were spent catching up on our sleep (Nellie slept until 8am every day in Kansas!), being lazy around the house, watching Netflix, or snugging this cute little thing.
Although Robert and I had to leave the house at least once a day before we went stir crazy! We took the girls to the aquarium, had more barbecue in one week than most people eat in at least a month and we went over to Susan's for dinner one night before the boys left for Peru. I started nannying for these three boys when they were nine and seven (and continued for five years!) and they and their mom, Susan, have been such an important part of my life sense.. We realized at dinner that we all hadn't been together since the day of my wedding!
This isn't even when I first started...they are in like 7th and 9th grade here! Look how young we all look!
And then we spent some more time loving on this little guy
We celebrated New Year's Eve with the girls at 7pm (thanks Netflix!) and Robert and I snuck away for some drinks and a quick dinner (more barbecue!) before coming home and ringing in the New Year with the East Coast before heading to bed.
It was a nice long trip where we had the luxury of doing whatever we wanted (or not) and, before we knew it, it was time to go home.
We flew back to California on New Year's day, headed home to catch some football and spend the weekend with our little family of four. Shortly after arriving home Mila started breastfeeding all of our animals/dolls again, it's comforting to know some things never change :)
Friday, December 25, 2015
Christmas 2015
Starting right after Thanksgiving we got out our Elf on the Shelf, which Mila has now named Lucy. At first she really wasn't into the whole thing, but as Robert started to be the one to move Lucy around Mila got much more into it (apparently Mom is boring...who would've ever thought to have Lucy poop chocolate? Dad, that's who.). The whole "Lucy is watching, you better be good" thing never worked, maybe that will come as she gets older. She also had another chocolate advent calendar that Allison got her that she absolutely loved (and it helped her eat her dinner!); it seems this will be a tradition we have every year as well.
Mila and I made cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve and placed them out with a glass of milk before she went to bed. Robert drank part of the milk and ate the cookie, a little too nicely so I think crumbled crumbs everywhere and we went to bed. On Christmas morning we woke up to Mila excitedly rushing into our room. We wandered out to the kitchen, past the half eaten cookie and milk and into the living room where Mila was so sad that Santa hadn't come!!
After a minute she saw the doll she had asked Santa for in front of the tree and was SO excited. From there she couldn't wait to open presents and was actually more excited about opening the presents than she was about what was in them.
The girls ended up with a lot of cool things: a new slide, a pedal-less bike, a picnic table, books, hats/mittens, developmental toys, playdoh, crazy sand and so much more. Just when they thought we were done we showed Mila that Santa had also filled their stockings and the excitement started all over again.
After all the presents were opened Mila asked what we were going to do next (approximately 15min from when we first started!) and we didn't have an answer for her, other than "play with your toys!" She was so caught up in the excitement of opening she wanted to keep the momentum going. We had a lazy day at home and that evening we boarded a plan to Kansas to meet William Davis Brown.
Mila and I made cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve and placed them out with a glass of milk before she went to bed. Robert drank part of the milk and ate the cookie, a little too nicely so I think crumbled crumbs everywhere and we went to bed. On Christmas morning we woke up to Mila excitedly rushing into our room. We wandered out to the kitchen, past the half eaten cookie and milk and into the living room where Mila was so sad that Santa hadn't come!!
After a minute she saw the doll she had asked Santa for in front of the tree and was SO excited. From there she couldn't wait to open presents and was actually more excited about opening the presents than she was about what was in them.
The girls ended up with a lot of cool things: a new slide, a pedal-less bike, a picnic table, books, hats/mittens, developmental toys, playdoh, crazy sand and so much more. Just when they thought we were done we showed Mila that Santa had also filled their stockings and the excitement started all over again.
After all the presents were opened Mila asked what we were going to do next (approximately 15min from when we first started!) and we didn't have an answer for her, other than "play with your toys!" She was so caught up in the excitement of opening she wanted to keep the momentum going. We had a lazy day at home and that evening we boarded a plan to Kansas to meet William Davis Brown.
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