Briggs is THREE!!!

Sweet Briggs,

Today you are THREE!!!  I can't believe my little baby is already three. You are loved more than you will ever know. You are an amazing, carefree, silly boy. You are a mama's boy in every sense of the word. I swear you would use a magic wish to make the two of us kangaroos so you could sit in my pouch all day. And as annoying as it can be, I really do cherish it!  You are the crappiest sleeper though. Sorry kid- but you suck!  Half the time you SCREAM until we come lay with you going to bed. This can last well over an hour. You are lucky your brother could sleep through a tornado. If you haven't thrown a huge fit going to bed, you are pretty consistent at waking up screaming and crying for mommy around 3 am.  It's a really good thing you're cute!!!

You try to be just like Ben. You copy everything he does or say. You also fight like cats and dogs. It wears this momma out!  But the good totally outweighs the bad. You love to sing and do a great job of picking out your clothes- they always match!  We were so worried last year about your verbal skills. Well, we aren't anymore :). You never shut up!!!  You're still not a tv watcher. You love to be outside and hate to be cold. You never eat. Like never!  Our little bird. You are itty bitty, too. You have daddy's long torso and wear 3t tops, but are still happily in 2t pants. I swear you weigh nothing. Makes snuggles easier :)

We put a hold on potty training until the summer. We have way too much going on in the next two months that it'll only stress all of us out!  Your best friends are Audrey and Camille. There's a good chance Audrey may be your wife. Young love :). Just like aunt Tina, you love the camera, too!

Briggs- we love you so much. You make life more fun. Your smile and hugs melt anyone who receives them. Happy Birthday sweet little bug!

Love, 

Mommy and daddy

Our sweet friend took some pictures for your birthday. These are our favs. 

You love Elmo!

(Sigh). Just happy and carefree!!!

Briggs called this his "monster's inc university" birthday. We had his party at Jump Zone. Fun for all!!!

Such a great group of friends!

 On Thursday we celebrated your birthday at school with donuts...yum!

Last night when you were in bed, we put your gifts on the fireplace. You ran in this morning to our room telling us that Santa had brought you presents :). Gosh, I love you!!!

Thanksgiving Turkeys

A thanksgiving post in February...umm...at least it got done. 

We have so much to be thankful for every day, especially the two little munchkins we get to call ours. We drove down to Austin on Thanksgiving morning. But before that- Ben had his thanksgiving feast at school. So cute!

What would we do without Michelle and her shirts???

Saying Grace

Aunt Jan hosted everyone at her house. I LOVE spending the day with over 20 people. The boys love their great grandma!

And Briggs LOVES his amazing Godparents :)

Ben and Nicholas 

My children, who are petrified of animals, finally warmed up to Jessie once uncle Jim started putting costumes on her. 

Back at gramma and boots' house they spent every second attached to them. Filling up the bird feeder is lots of fun when you're a toddler. 

Saturday night Briggs started a very croupy cough. We didn't have his nebulizer and B had taken a Tylenol pm so driving back wAsnt going to happen. So off to the er we went with Gramma!  Our sweet bug was the only one there, too!  

See- just one name

A couple hours of monitoring and steroids and breathing treatments made a huge difference. We went back and rested for just a little and then got up at 6 to drive back. Soooooo sleepy!

Christmas Cheer

Christmas with kids gets better and better!  Love it!!!

Ben was chosen to be a Shepherd in his Christmas program. He did not want to, but we gave him no choice. 

And this is why- how adorable!!!  Even though he just stood there the whole time. No dancing, singing or smiling. But he looked cute :)

We drove down to Austin the Saturday before Christmas for Kristin and Tommy's baby shower and to celebrate with gramma and boots. Sadly we only saw gramma and boots for all of an hour before they had to go do stuff. But- the boys loved opening gifts!

Then, just like at thanksgiving, Briggs started his croupy cough once we went to bed. But this time we just left and went home. In and out of Austin in less than 24 hrs!  And we had to miss celebrating baby Finley :(. Briggs continued to stay sick and was diagnosed with strep on Christmas Eve. Kind of a bummer. 

I love all the Christmas cards on our pantry door!

The boys enjoying their kindles from gramma and boots. 

Santa came!  And thank you daddy for letting me get a 10 ft tree. This momma loves big trees!!!  The boys were spoiled by everyone. It is so fun to watch their excitement each year. They loved talking about baby Jesus and Briggs would walk around singing about him and pretending to rock him in his arms...love, love, love!

Love me some Christmas Jammie's. last year and this year

Christmas evening we took a drive around the neighborhood to look at lights. Look at our chauffeur!  We tipped well!

Where did my baby go?

Ummm...four months of no blogging...awesome!  So much to catch up on. For now I'll start with tonight. This is what I saw when I checked on the boys before bed. Is todo and stared at my big four almost five year old. He's moved to the top bunk, wears undies at night, falls asleep on his own and falls asleep reading. Generally it's a Lego magazine, but still!  I can't handle this!!!