Guess the baby!

All right folks. Let's see how well you know your princesses!

Who is this? Madelynn or McKenna?

Ahhh...comradery!

What a lovely example of the sweet bond of sisterhood. Notice how Madelynn pulls sister in for a close-up early on! While she shows off her love of Disney songs (this one in particular would be from Tinkerbell!), McKenna demonstrates the new talent taught to her by Daddy. Lovely, isn't it?

It is indeed these moments that we will treasure for all time.

What a Pretty Baby!

I didn't realize just how "girly" everything in our house truly was until my nephews visited! Jessica brought the boys over to play last Wednesday night and when it came time to give everyone a bath, I went to grab kid-towels. Wouldn't you know, only color towels we own are pink. Well, I guess all that really mattered was that they were dry!





We love you, Jonas!

Kisses for Daddy

Who's been teaching her how to kiss?!?!?

Welcome Home Uncle Chris!

Here's a few pictures that I've finally unloaded from my camera. These were taken when Uncle Chris arrived home (for leave) in November. The girls and their cousins all had shirts made for the occasion. It was a blast!












This is McKenna with Uncle Joe. Her shirt says, "Be nice to me, my uncle is a US Soldier!"





Here's the rest of the entourage!

Life goes on.....and on....and on...

Today was an adventure to be sure. I took the girls to the doctor to see what ailed them. After getting my daily laps in chasing McKenna around the waiting room (and shooing her snotty self away from seemingly healthy babies), they finally called our names. I don't know what it is about doctor's offices, but I'm pretty sure the administrative staff hasn't had a lot of experience taking multiple children (by yourself) to the doctor. If they had, they would allow you to wait in the WAITING room until just before the doctor was ready to see you. Do they not understand how small, boring and HOT those patient exam rooms are? I would much rather attempt to entertain two small, sick children in the waiting room where there is a movie, a fish tank and multiple toys. What exactly do they expect me to do with a few torn up books, a 1 year old and twenty minutes? Hmmmm

So, through that grueling experience, we learned that both girls have a massive ear infection. To the point where there are blisters on the inside of their ears. Ew. No wonder we've been having sleepless nights.

What better to soothe a stressful visit to the doctor than shopping! The girls and I went to Target (merely to waste time until their antibiotics were ready for pick-up) and did some shopping. Of course, we stopped first at Starbucks and got coffees all around. Well, I got a coffee. Madelynn got a steamer (basically hot chocolate) and McKenna got a Vanilla milk. Yep, vanilla. It was so funny to watch the reactions to Madelynn walking around with her "coffee"! She would just stroll beside the cart, sip her steamer and proclaim, "I just love this coffee, Mommy!" To which I would absent-mindedly reply, "Mm-hmm. I know honey. Coffee is yummy."

Ahhhhh, the flu season....

So here we are, holed up at home for the second "sick" day. McKenna is not feeling well and now I am just dragging around the house. It is sad to see her so lethargic and clingy, because it's just so far departed from normal. We're going to the doctor tomorrow to check her out. Hopefully it's nothing too horrible.

Just wanted to say "hi" to everyone and let you know I'm thinking about you. I'm starting to get settled in to my new routine and should be able to squeeze out a bit more "free time" in the months to come.

Well, my hot bath and snuggly bed is calling. I'll update later when the medicine-fog is clear!

PS- You should check out the following blogs:

Chris's blog at: christopherbrest.blogspot.com
Jessica's at: jessicabrest.blogspot.com
Ben's at: benjaminbrest.blogspot.com
Elliott's at: bigbrest.blogspot.com