Hawaii: Numero Uno

We had the best time in Hawaii, we are so lucky to be able to go two years in a row!! And we didn't take it for granted. We were outside, everyday, all day, it was great, definitely my kind of vacation!! I (ok maybe Grama) took over 500 pictures, so I seperated them into a few different posts - dont worry I'll only posted about 50!

Here is my little Hawaiian Princess:)

Brennar wanted his picture taken with the fish, so we did the best we could...

Family book reading time before bed

Is he not the cutest little thing you ever saw??? He is such a little stud

His first step in the water, he liked it just as much this year is he did last year, thank goodness because it would have been an super long week for him

Just loungin with mom

Seriously, he is a such a cutie!

"Daddy, you chase me in the water"

He absolutely LOVED going down the slides in the pool.  This was his first time down, and his only time with help...after he tried it once he would only do it by himself

Even face first!!

But, catching him at the bottom before he got dunked was ok with him:)

He could not have had a better time!  There were 3 little slides like these, but lots of big ones, unfortunately he was 2 inched shy of the height requirement, guess we will have to go back next year so he can try them out, too!!

Not sure who is having a better time here, Brennar or mommy!!

Miss Princess was napping while we were at the pool this day, but came down to watch for a bit when she woke up

This next picture will need a little explaining... Brennar, like most kids I'm sure, likes to push the buttons in elevators, so we let him.  The first day we were there, he was pushing the button with his right hand and his other was on the elevator door.  Well, the door started moving and he didn't move his hand and it got stuck in between the door and where the door goes in to the side of the elevator. Not sure if that makes sense??? Anyways,i t was so sad!! Poor kid, it took quite a bit of strength to get it out and it was all black and blue, I was sure he broke some fingers.  Thankfully, it was better a few hours later and only had a little bruising.  But, that didn't stop him from wanting to push the buttons every other time we were in the elevator. So, we made him put his left hand on his head while he pushed the button and then put his right on his head when he was done until we got out of the elevator.  It worked like a charm:)

Park in my backyard!!

The weekend before we went to Hawaii, my parents came down and my dad did something extra special for Brennar.  He put a park in his backyard.  Its actually just a swing/play set, but how cute is it that he thinks he has a park in his backyard???

This was a huge undertaking.  The box (or boxes!) say that it should take about 15-16 hours to complete, wrong!!! We started working on it Thursday morning and we literally worked all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I think that it probably could have taken a little less time, but those of you who know my dad know he is a perfectionist, so this thing is not coming down, EVER!!

Here are the step by step pictures

 Brennar even helped out:)

 See!!

 We cannot thank him enough!! We are so happy to have this up before the start of summer, I know we will be spending countless hours out here throughout the year!! Thank you, Grampa!!!

After all the hard work, Brennar decided Sunday before Grampa left he needed to ride his bike for awhile.

How many adults does it take to get a kid ready for a bike ride??????

 And he is off!!

Family Pictures

Here are a few of my favs from our Mother's Day family pictures we had done

 I just am so in love with my little man!

 Brilee isn't too bad, either:)

 Kind of small, but Brennar has the best smile here

 Daddy and his Princess

 Daddy's little dude

 Best Daddy in the world!!

 Brilee was so happy up there, her arms just kept going and going

 See :)

 Brennar has been grabbing my leg constantly, I love it!

 I love his dark eyes here

 He was in the middle of saying "Baby sister, you not sit on my legs" :)

 Isn't she gorgeous???

 This just about sums up are daily life:)

Big THANKS to Rendition Studios!! We are thrilled with them all!

Princess Pictures

The wait is over, here they are!!!!!

Shann and Ericka visit!

We made a chart the other day to count down each day we had until we get to go to Hawaii, (only 5 left!!!).  Brennar has asked every morning to put a sticker on the chart.  It is so cool to see him start really wanted to create things.  He is getting to be so big! Makes me think it isn't too long until he has to go to school:(  So, I think I am going to have to home-school him!! 

 Miss Brilee got her pictures done a few weeks ago, and I was super disappointed with them.  I even asked to redo the session, which we did, so I had to go through another day of trying on outfits to see what she should wear, case in point, below:)  But, how cute is this??? She is such a little princess!

 We didn't sign up to do music this spring session. I just felt like I had a little too much on my plate.  And, unfortunately, it means these two dont get to see each other quite as much.  But when they do, it is a lot of this!! They just love playing together, they have so much fun together:)

 Does this look familiar to anyone???? We have another little pip-squeak who likes to pull out all the wipes from the bag:)  I just walked over to throw away a diaper and wach my hands and this is what I came back to, at least I cought it before the entire thing was empty!!

And, Shann and Ericka were able to come visit!! We had such a great weekend!  They got in Thursday night, so we just came home and had a little bbq and visited.  I think we stayed up and 1 a.m. :) That is CRAZY for us, most night we can hardly wait to get the kids to bed and pass out ourselves.  But a little less sleep then normal was totally worth it!

 The kids absolutely adored them.  Brennar hasn't had so much attetion since his little sister was born:) They did everything he asked them to do, played in his ball pit, played trains, played in his sand box, chased him, read books to him, feed him, I mean EVERYTHING.  He was a little distraught when we had to drop them off at the airport. Guess it just means it is our turn to visit them!! Brilee is a little standoff-ish to new people, expecially people with dark hair - not sure why wince most of our family has dark hair, but you should have seen her light up and giggle the first time she saw Ericka.  It was absolutely adorable. 

We cant wait to see them again soon. Thanks so much for coming to see us, Schillingers!!!