Happy Birthday Baryn!

Four years ago, we had our precious little girl, Baryn! She is such a joy to be around and has really brought happiness to our lives! Her brother is just smitten, and her daddy is awestruck at the amount of love he can have for someone!! We are so blessed to be celebrating her fourth Birthday today!!

4th Birthday Party!

Three years old!

2 years old!

1st Birthday spent with Mickey & Minnie!!

We went straight from the Hospital to the Cemetary to introduce Baryn to her Big Brother, and the reason she is here. Very difficult day for us, but very grateful for what God has given us!

We cannot believe how quick 4 years has gone by!! We feel so complete!

The 2nd Half of May!

We survived the Dance recital and Baryn just loved all her flowers! She wanted to get photos with "her plowers"!!

The next week continued to be crazy with a Drop N Dash for a dear friend, Janai!

The night previous, Jennifer & Laura came over to make some cotton candy for the shower!!
Messy, but fun!

Later that week, was Trinity Baccalaurette and Graduation for a sweet boy that I spent alot of time with as he was growing up, Wilson! He has been Braden's buddy for the past 4 years that they have been in school together!! We are so blessed to have Wilson in our life, but are very sad that he is spreading his wings and going off to college!! Braden is trying to convince him to goto Midland College!! He just doesn't understand why kids go off to school....but he will in 11 years!!

My sweet boys!

Graduation!

Baryn in her Trinity Blue & White!

Baryn & Tarabeth!

The family photo with the proud graduate!

Then the next Monday was Field Day!!

They loved the water toys!

they had fun with the obstacle course!

Baryn just wanted to play on the playground with the teacher's daughter!

And then we ended with a snowcone!

The rest of the week was too crazy to get any photos!! The last week of school was busy with Awards Assembly, Teacher's Birthday Lunch, another Awards Assembly and then a Pool Party, and a joint Playdate with 2 siblings from Baryn & Braden's classes! We are pooped and ready to go on vacation!! We have spent the whole weekend, packing and preparing!! Watch out Florida, here we come!!

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I spent my whole day today updating my posts since November 1st, 2009!!!

They are all below from May, all the way back to Baryn's Birthday in November!!

Please enjoy and I will try to be better this summer!!

Take a look!!

May - Thru May 15th!!

May started out with a full schedule! (Go Figure!!)

FUMC had Muffins with Moms, and they started out by singing to us!

Baryn just wanted to do "her" thang!!

Then we got to sit down and have muffins with mom!!

Braden and the 1st and 2nd graders had their school play!! It was called The Barnyard Moosical!

It was precious!

Braden's class hosted a Mother's Day tea! They sang and handed out presents for the moms!

That weekend was the Track Meet with 3 other local private schools!! Braden won 1st place in the Softball Throw with 68.5 feet! It was pretty weather on that Friday night, and then we were off to a baseball game!!

The next morning was FREEZING, literally!! 1st weekend in May and sooo cold!! But Braden went ahead and ran his 1st event, 50M, which he won 1st place in!!

We tried to bundle them up in between races!!

But Chad went home and got the deer blind and his butane space heater......

We were so warm, and the envied of everyone!!

Braden won 2nd place in his 200M!

And 3rd place in the 400M Relay with 3 other 1st graders!!

He was pooped at this point, but we were so proud of him!!

For Mother's Day, Chad had Crawfish flown in from Louisiana!! YUM!!!

They were BIG!!!!!!!!

Then, the next weekend, Braden & Chad signed up for a local race to support the YPE!!

Braden started off real fast, and thought this was a race!!

He hung pretty good!!

And, then, started dragging!

He finished proudly!!

We then got ready for Baryn's 1st EVER dance recital!!!!!!!! I was so excited and have been looking forward to this for the past 4 years, since I found out we were having a girl!!!

They played in the back til it was their time!!

Braden took his special friend a teddy bear with flowers, like the ones that Baryn took her little friends!!

Then is was their time!!!!!!!! Cuddle Me Up, Cuddle Cub!

And Baryn was ready..................

To stand there and smile!!!!!!!

She had so much fun, and it truly showed on her face!!! She loved the limelight!!

This face says it ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

And then she ate it ALL up, when it was time to come out for the finale!! She was all waves!!

She saw all of us out in the audience!!!

She made the front row, and loved every second of it 'til the curtain closed for good!!

Then it was tons of congrats from everyone who came!!

Hannah and Hannah's Mommy came with flowers!!

And our dear friend, Annabelle came!!

Blake Carney was there to watch his sister!!

Tarabeth came just like when I would come to see her!! It was super special!!

And Aunt Heather came to watch!! She brought Baryn some beautiful flowers from her & Tarabeth!!

Miss Chelsea was an awesome teacher this year and we hope to have many years with her!! (especially since she is distant family)

On our way to celebrate at Swensen's to eat ice cream, poor Baryn fell asleep!! She was pooped!!

Poor Baryn had a little whining episode that made her makeup run!!! Miss Sarah made it all better!

The ice cream helped make it all better, too!

Hannah had lots of yummy whipped cream & Ice cream to celebrate!!

our 1st large table!

and our other 2 tables of celebrants!!!

Sarah got to come to the recital & Swensen's as well!!

Hannah wasnt too sure about Baryn's makeup!!

Two-Mommies & Two-Daddies joined us to celebrate!!!

We had a great 1st half of the month!! It is always crazy in the month of May!! 2 birthdays, mother's day, Baseball, Dance recital, school stuff galore, and end of the year things!!! The next 2 weeks are equally crazy, so I will try to post those before we leave for our trip!!