Heritage Days

On Saturday I ran the Heritage days 5K

Dustin made sure he woke up my #1 fan bright and early so she could watch me run

I just so happened to run into Brady so we ran the race together.

We both finished at 28 minutes and 13 seconds. I'm pretty sure I slowed him down. Thanks for running with me though.

Then we took Brinley to watch the parade. Here she is with some random kids. Brinley is making new friends everywhere she goes! It doesn't matter if they are babies or grandparents she will carry on a conversation with anyone.

If I am ever in a parade remind me to throw more than one piece of candy at a time. Thanks.

Brinley's Birthday Party

What's a party without a little football?

More football

Brinley had so much fun opening her presents! Her Grandpa gave her this car and we told her not to open it because she still had more presents to open so she drove it in the box.

Birthday cake is Brinley's favorite thing! Actually, she asks for it for breakfast most days.

We bought Brinley a little Mustang for her birthday. She LOVES it and it's so fun to watch her drive it. She crashes into everything!

My New Favorite Things

Yesterday was Dustin's Birthday. Happy Birthday Husband. So, I took him on a date. We ate at Elements and the food was SO GOOD! Then we went to the Summer Fest and for Dustin's Birthday he bought me a Cale and Co. hat (I know I'm a spoiled brat since it wasn't my birthday it was his) these hats are so cute! Then we watched 17 Again and laughed the entire time. These are my 3 new favorite things so, if you haven't eaten at Elements, seen 17 Again and you don't own a Cale and Co. hat you are missing out.

Our Beautiful Little Two Year Old

June 15, 2009

Dear Brinley,

I can’t believe I am sitting down to write you a letter on your second Birthday! It seems like just the other day you were that tiny little baby with skinny legs and fuzz on your ears.

I’m trying so hard to remember all of the important little details in your life because it seems like the days go by too quickly now. I remember how excited I was when I found out I was finally going to be a mom. I remember how excited I was when I found out I was going to have a little girl. I remember how anxious I was to meet you and how when I finally did meet you it was like I already knew you. I remember how that moment changed my entire life and how I went into the hospital one person and a few hours later I was someone completely different. I remember a feeling of relief when I found out you were healthy and perfect. I remember our first days together and how much they mean to me. I remember you had trouble breathing sometimes and I specifically remember the time you quit breathing for minutes and it felt like hours and I remember how shock overtook my body and I was completely overwhelmed with fear. I remember learning that every single second you are in my life is a blessing and I will never take that for granted. I remember you really didn’t like your Grandma and now you love her. I remember the first time you started saying Mom. I remember the first time you rolled over. I remember the first time you crawled and the first time you walked. And although I am so sad that all of these exciting times in your life are now just memories I am so excited to watch you grow and see what the future holds for you.

You are such a fun little girl. I can’t believe how quickly you pick up on things and how much you are learning. You have been counting to ten and spelling your name for months now.

The other day I explained to you that you were going to have a birthday and that you were going to be two years old and given that Birthday cake and ice-cream are your favorite thing in the whole world I asked you want kind of cake you wanted. Your response was, “ a pee pee cake.” So I said, “No Brinley, a birthday cake… you can have a pink one, or a green, one or one with flowers on it, or and Elmo cake.” So, I posed the question again, “What kind of cake do you want?” This time you said, “a poo poo one.” I laughed about it, but didn’t say anything. A few hours later when Dad came home he asked you what kind of cake you wanted for your birthday. This time you said, “a potty one.” You are so funny and you make us laugh everyday!

You are such a beautiful, smart, little girl and I can’t imagine my life without you.

Happy Birthday Brinley Behl!

Love,
Mom

Silly Girls

Brinley's little friend Pyper came to play with her the other day. Dustin and I just sat there and watched them the entire time. They were so funny!

They played so hard that when Pyper left and we went to put PJ's on Brinley she was covered in sweat.

:)

Just a couple pictures of our beautiful, happy, perfect little girl. Aren't we lucky?

Girl Wears

We have been working on wearing big girl underwear. Brinley calls them her "girl wears." Yesterday she wore them all morning without any accidents. Here she is showing off her cute pink ones. After I took these pictures she said, "No more Mom! That's enough!"

Our Anniversary

For our anniversary, we stayed in Salt Lake, ate at the Melting Pot where we ate so much food and still had so much leftover, went to the Gateway, watched Angels and Demons, had the pool all to ourselves and swam until 1:30 in the morning.

Picnic at the Park

Last week we went on a picnic at Ryan's Place Park. Actually, we went on two picnics at Ryan's Place, but I only took pictures of this one.

5 years! Our Aluminum Anniversary

I can’t believe I have been married for 5 years. I had no idea it would be like this. I didn’t know we were going to experience so much together... so much good... so much bad... so much happy... so much sad... just so so so much stuff. I didn’t know I was going to give birth to the most amazing little girl in the whole world. I didn’t know we were going to learn and grow so much. I'm not the best wife in the world. I'm not wife of the year. I'm not even the best wife on my block, but 5 years ago today I promised I would love this man and honor him and respect him and that is what I have spent the past 1,825 days of my life doing and when I said “I DO” I meant every word of it (well, both words of it) and Dustin, I STILL DO.