Build-a-Bear

Brin "bathing" her new bear, Blackie.

Brin and Blackie in front of the stuffing machine.

Brin and Jade with there new stuffed animals!

While we were in UT for the Christmas holiday, we took Brin and Jade to the Build-a-Bear for a little fun. They loved being able to pick out their animals and then dressing them up. Brin was very insistent that she had the black bear and that he was a boy. Then she dressed him in a rocker outfit, complete with a scarf. Jade got a girl bunny that she named Cutie-pie. Both girls had a good time creating their animals. Then we all went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for some yummy dinner and met up with our old friend Rick.

Christmas pics

Brin with two sets of twins!

"It's a strike!"

Just a little help from Daddy.

We had a great time in UT for the annual family Christmas bowling party and New Years. We were able to have an extended stay, which was really nice to not have to do everything warp speed! We even had time to catch up with old friends and see some sights.

Merry Christmas!

Brin telling Santa she wanted a baby doll at Breakfast with Santa.

Brin and Kate with Santa after Breakfast.

Brin wouldn't get too close to Santa at Daddy's work.

More Philly pics

Daddy and Brin admiring Ben Franklin.

Brin in front of the coolest Children's museum ever, the Please Touch Museum.

Brin enjoying her Dunkin Donut--they were on every corner! Donut lover's paradise!

Thanksgiving in Philly!

View of the parade from our hotel balcony! Soo cool!

All of us at the aquarium--oh, and my preggo belly.

The famous Liberty Bell.

This year we decided to take a trip to somewhere we've never been before--Philadelphia. It worked out great because Lois got to come down from New York and join us for Thanksgiving! We had a good time exploring the history and sites. Scott's goal was to eat a cheesesteak everyday, and we almost achieved it! The only day we didn't have one was on Thanksgiving. From this trip we also learned that it's nearly impossible to make a left hand turn in New Jersey! What should've taken us 10 minutes, ended up taking 45 minutes because we kept getting turned around. Even our GPS didn't know what to do. We also took a 2 hour drive to Hershey, PA and toured the Chocolate factory. Brin loved the ride and singing cows. All in all it was a great time and it worked out great. Even traveling with a 2 year old on a 4 hour flight was better than I expected.

2 year old pictures

How sweet and innocent....

She's a goofy kid sometimes...

Love this one!

Yep, she's got the attitude thing down.

Our little girl is growing up so fast! Here are her 2 year old pictures that we had taken a few weeks ago. I know I should post more often, but seriously I'm worn out from this pregnancy and working! I love some of these head shots. When Brin saw the pictures she said, "Doggie shirt? I wanna wear doggie shirt!" I was shocked she actually wore the bow in her hair for all of the pictures--thank goodness, her Daddy gives me a hard time about buying matching hairbows!

More birthday pics....

All of the kids went crazy over the Elmo pinata! (Brin included)

"Aunt" Lisa, Brin and Mommy

Some of our wonderful party guests!

The infamous Elmo cupcakes--again decorated by Daddy Nosker.