One Whole Year

Yesterday our sweet little Brinlee Bug had her first birthday!

It is hard to believe that it was a whole year ago that we were first looking at her darling little face.

Time sure goes by fast.  Every day with this little angel has been so much fun!  She blesses our home with so many smiles and so many laughs!  She is getting so big and is growing way too fast, but she is so much fun!  We are sure in love with our little peanut  :)

Her day was perfect.  She could not have been any cuter!  She was cute waking up, cute "opening" her presents, cute eating some pizza, cute destroying a cake, cute clapping her hands, cute crawling around cuddling with everyone... you get the idea.

Some of my family was able to come, which was fun. She got a ton of awesome presents, and would you believe she took her first step, without help?!  So perfect.  Love love love!!!

Happy birthday to our big one year old, we sure love you Brin!

Turning 25

On Friday I turned 25...
...yup...
...1/4 of a century.
 I can't believe it.

Year 24 was awesome!  We saw so many blessings and smiles.
And year 25 is looking good so far.  I was supposed to work Thursday night, which would have meant a birthday celebration of mostly sleeping off a night shift.  But, lucky I got to stay home instead.  So, Friday I spent a relaxing morning eating waffles I didn't have to make, an afternoon cuddling my baby, and an evening enjoying some Olive Garden. Tim surprised me with gorgeous flowers, new socks (an odd but true love of mine), and Les Mis, my sister and mom showed up later that night with new clothes, a cute picture frame, and tickets to a concert for later this month, and my dad and Dianna practically doubled my movie collection with several of my Disney favorites.  So fantastic!

So far, I love being 25!

Linus Project

For Christmas my wonderful in-laws got me a sewing machine... and I LOVE it!!!

It's a Babylock, and yes, it's my "baby".  I had been wanting a machine for quite a while and had worked up a nice list of projects I wanted to do when I finally got one.  So, now that I have one, I decided it was time to pick a project and get to know my "baby" by making a blanket for my baby!  A few days of a little work here and there...

And voila! A blanket for Brin!

Confession: I am a little rusty with my sewing, so this project took way longer than it probably should have... but for first timers I think we did all right.  And so far the little lady seems to like it ok.  She's currently quite attached to an old blanket of Tim's, so it may take her some time to warm up to a new friend.  But, with any luck, she'll latch on.  And who knows, perhaps some day, "she'll turn it into a sport coat".

Birthday In Boise

My beautiful sister had a birthday last week and to celebrate, we had a party.  I love birthdays and we always love Boise.  It was a fabulous weekend.  The pictures are the best part, but I'll at least label the highlights.

1. A little side trip to visit some good friends

2. A fantastic party at a super yummy restaurant with a gorgeous birthday girl

3. An afternoon outside with grandpa Borup... and a walk in the grass that the little one actually didn't really care for

4. Some cuddles with cousins

My sister is absolutely one of the most amazing people I have ever known.  If I could grow up to be the kind of woman she is my life would certainly be wonderful!  So glad we were able to join in the birthday celebrating.

Ponies

There's nothing better than cute little girls with cute little ponytails!  Unfortunately, so far our cute little girl is mostly hair-less.  She comes by it honestly, poor baby.  Her mama didn't have any hair until she was three.

There's not much you can do with blonde fuzz.  She does have a little patch right on the top of her head though, and this morning we decided to try our hand at a little hair-do.

She didn't love the ponytail process, and it was a little too tight for her taste, and... it made her look even more bald... so it didn't last very long.  But it turned out so dang cute!  Makes me anxious to see some more hairs.

Double Digits

Apparently our little lady is a bit of a late bloomer.  For the last several months we've been in and out of some teething... but no teeth were actually showing up.  Last month she turned 10 months and to herald in her advancement to the double digits, she cut her first little tooth!

Last week we greeted her 11 month mark and today she cut tooth number 2!  It's killing me how big she is, but this little tooth-cutting champion is so much fun!!