Our Two Princesses

Often I ask myself how we do it...sometimes I think the twins (as most people know, we lost them in 2006) would have been easier than the age closeness of Ry and Kes who are not even 13 months apart. Then I am reminded of the challenges we went through when trying to conceive Ry and am so grateful Kes came when she did, surprise and all!!! Our lives have been so fulfilling and rewarding over the last year with these two little ones. Ryah is such a great big sister. She adores Keslee and makes sure she we never forget to put her in or get her out of the car, tend to her when she's crying, etc. My favorite time of day is first thing in the morning when they both wake up. They are full of smiles and Ryah loves to cuddle in our bed with Keslee and watch cartoons. Note the pic below. On a side note, I caught Ryah letting Keslee suck on her finger the other morning while they were watching cartoons. I wondered what all the sudden made Kes stop crying.

Keslee has discovered her tongue, can you tell :)

Ryah putting all of her bouncy balls in her purse.

Keslee fell asleep in the bumbo.

One of Ryah's favorite past times when she gets her PJ's on at night...sliding on the kitchen floor.

One of my most favorite things of all...seeing my girls so happy.

I do have to admit, throughout all of this, there is one thing I think I have lost (hopefully just temporarily misplaced) and that is my mind. I used to be so organized and on top of things, now I am lucky to remember that "special" place I put my phone. keys, purse, etc. It is driving me absolutely nutso...I have decided it is best to just things day by day. I hope one day it returns, but as for now sorry, if I seem completely forgetful. It really is not intentional, at least I have a good excuse...our two princesses :)

Happy Halloween

Our Halloween festivities started on Friday with a party at Jared's parents house with all the cousins. There was yummy food, pumpking carving, and playing "catch" up with everyone since it seems we only see some family a hand full of times throughout the year. Thanks Rock and Lorraine for a good time!!!

In order to attend you had to dress up so we decided to be farmer's since Ryah was a dog (she insisted on having the costume) and Keslee was a chicken.

Daddy and his girls

Grandma and Keslee



















Jared's brother Brad and his fam...gotta love Brynlee's pose in the middle. Why do girls have to be so drama sometimes :)
























The Joker (Jared's uncle) I didn't recognize him when he first walked in.



















"Amazing" Man (Jared's Bro) and Braxton...if you know any single ladies "Amazing" Man is on the look-out



















Mom and Kes



















Ry was so excited to wear the cowboy hats when we got home.

For Halloween night we went to my parent's house, ate Tepanyaki sushi, and took the kids around trick-or-treating. Our neighborhood does the trunk-or-treat and I am a little biased to the tradition of going house to house, which is why we went to my parent's neighborhood. After about three houses, Ryah was mesmerized that if she held out her pumpkin bucket and said trick-or-treat people gave her candy.
















Keslee, Jax, and Ryah

Ryah soon got to the point where she wanted to sit on the grass of each house and eat the candy she had just received. She danced all around and absolutely loved the fact mom was not taking the candy away from her.

This pic goes to show just how excited she was. She started dancing around the pole of the mailbox...such a silly girl.

We had such a fun time. We absolutely love our kiddos and can't wait to see what next Halloween brings!!!