Happy Birthday Lyssa!

My little miss is officially a toddler :) She turned two today and we had a pretty fabulous day (where I was probably just as spoiled as she was :) )We enjoyed once of her favorite breakfasts of toast and got to spend the afternoon with Grandma Wendy to "feed the old people" (AKA do meals on wheels) and be spoiled. We went and got a whole new wardrobe via Great Grandma Van Horn and got lunch from McDonald's (Lyssa just ate her ice cream).

Then we came home to be with Daddy and see her presents which included this bike. We immediately took it for a ride and then we visited Grandma Jennie who spoiled Lyssa further with a cow and ADORABLE outfit :) We came home and watched "Buzz" (AKA Toy Story III) and due to my lack of desire to cook we took advantage of the last day of "Februany" then we came home for chocolate cupcakes which Lyssa licked all the frosting off of and ignored the cupcake.

I love this little girl. I can not believe that she is two years of old. I feel so lucky to be her mom. She is an amazing girl who can make me laugh, cry, scream or speechless with just a look. This little girl is growing so fast. She loves to be outside, read books, watch movies (especially the toy stories as of late), play with animals (real and plastic or stuffed), her babies, blocks and other toys. I can not believe how smart she is she is very good(most of the time) at doing  her little chores like getting her boots or cleaning up her toys. I am so proud of this little girl and feel so blessed to have her in my life. I hope she enjoyed her birthday as much as I did as well as phase two and three :)

Well its been awhile. . .

I guess the biggest news of the last six months since I've written is that I am expecting :) Our little girl is expected to arrive on June 26th. Lyssa is excited to be a big sister and likes to point out where our baby is. Brandon likes that involves showing my tummy and tries to get her to do it when we are in public. What a silly boy.

We continue to be really blessed. We have had a new addition to our family already in the form of a Sister in law :) My brother got married in November to Roxi and they are some of the cutest love birds I have ever seen. I especially enjoyed being able to take their engagement photos and doing their wedding photos scared me half to death! But they seem pleased luckily. It was a fun day especially since family from Canada was able to come down. Jacie made it and it was nice to see her and her boys. Especially to remember our plans from growing up and how we would still love to make them a reality. Though unfortunately it isn't likely. Edmonton is too cold for me to live and Nick already has a great job so alas we will have to make due with short visits instead of being neighbors :)

The rest of November and December are sort of a blur with the addition of it being a busy holiday season I was really sick due to baby #2 luckily that has past and I am enjoying normal winter sickness (colds, sore throats, coughs, etc) Lyssa and Bran have actually been sick for over a week and it is no fun. We are spending lots of time inside which is giving our little Miss Lyss a bit of cabin fever. Because dispite her constant running nose and hacking coughs and occassional fevers she just wants to go go go! She has taken to running around me in circles (literally) to burn out energy and she loves to dance and spin in circles.

Bran and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary this year as well as our 10 years as a couple anniversary. My parents surprised me with a trip to anniversary inn for Christmas and we were able to do that for our anniversary. It was a beautiful room and it was nice to have no responsibility for 24 hours.

That is about all there is to report and Lyssa is ready to do some puzzles :)