Aunt Brynne's Wedding

My little sister got married last weekend, and as expected it was a gorgeous wedding and crazy fun party.  We spent three nights in a hotel, and the girls held up really well considering the circumstances.  Tannah latched onto my mom about 10 seconds after she saw her and didn't want to be away from her at all.  She even complained when I would take her to nurse her:(  We might have to work on that a little bit, because Harper needs some grandma time too.

My sister looked absolutely stunning.

The girls looked so adorable in their little dresses.  Since I was the Matron of Honor, I was pretty busy that day, and only got to see them in their dresses during the ceremony.

My only regret is that we didn't get any pictures of my sister with the girls.  The photographer took a few pictures of our entire family, so hopefully those will turn out well.

We left the girls with a babysitter other than my parents or one of my good friends for the first time.  It went pretty well, but we did get a call about an hour into the reception that Harper had thrown up and was pretty upset.  I, of course, was then pretty upset, but luckily the reception was across the street from the hotel.  Wei-Yand ran back to the room, helped clean up the mess and get Harper calmed down, and he still made it back in time for dinner.

All in all, the girls slept really well over the weekend.  Except of course for Sunday morning when they decided that they were ready to get up at 4:50 am.  After a much later night than usual, that was far too early for my liking.

It was a great weekend, and we're excited that "Uncle Joe" is now officially an uncle:)

Dies of Cuteness

Aunt Brynne delivered again for Christmas.  These hats and booties are just too adorable.  Unfortunately, the girls have started trying to remove anything placed on their heads as soon it's put on them.  This does not bode well for us as their hair is finally growing, and we might start needing to use clips and/or headbands to keep it out of their eyes.

They also love to pull their socks off and chew on them.  I'm not sure why socks taste so good to them, but socks are among the favorites in our house.

More Thanksgiving

I was very excited when my parents said that they would come visit us for Thanksgiving this year.  Wei-Yand and I had already decided that, since I went to Michigan for my sister's shower earlier this month and we're going there for Christmas, we would stay home to celebrate.  We had pretty much decided to skip the whole big dinner thing and do hot-pot (a delicious Chinese meal), when my parents decided to visit.  We switched back to a turkey dinner, but with the caveat that it would be very low-key.  The girls are keeping us very busy these days, so we didn't think we would have hours to spend in the kitchen.  We ended up with a very delicious, but not too terribly time consuming, meal.  I call it a success.

Luckily, Aunt Brynne ate at her future in-laws' house before coming so she was able to feed the girls.  They weren't too excited about sitting at the table with us, but not eating.

Thankful

I have so much to be thankful for this year, but reasons number one and two are right here.

They have brought so much joy to so many people's lives.  It's pretty much impossible not to fall in love with them.  Since we're starting with this picture, I'm also thankful that I've found a wonderful group of moms to go through this incredible journey with me.  I've met some in Milwaukee and some online, and they provide great support.  In fact, we received the outfits that the girls wore in the picture above as part of a gift exchange.  We also got some adorable Christmas onesies, so stay tuned for those.

I'm thankful for my husband, who is an amazing father and who keeps our household running.  Without him, the dishes would be piled up in the sink and no one would have clean clothes.  He stays up washing bottles after I've gone to bed at night.  I know, I have a keeper.

I'm thankful that I have a loving, supportive family who makes an effort to make our lives easier all the time.  They all came to spend Thanksgiving with us so we wouldn't have to travel.  And they let me sleep in this morning.

Wedding Showers

The girls and I traveled to Michigan for my sister's wedding shower last weekend.  We left right from daycare on Thursday and met my sister and her fiance in Chicago.  We stopped to feed the girls and got them ready for bed, then we drove the rest of the way to Michigan.  The girls were little angels in the car.  They basically slept the entire way to Michigan.  They were also so well behaved at the shower.  Several guests commented that they wouldn't have even known that the girls were there because they were so well behaved.  Those of us who know the girls know that they were a little overwhelmed by all of the people, and they were quieter than normal because of that.  They were back to their happy selves after some of the guests left.

The girls got passed around from person to person without complaint all afternoon.

Reasons Why We Love Aunt Brynne

Apparently Aunt Brynne hasn't been feeling the love, even though she got the first ever post dedicated entirely to her back on her birthday.  Anyway, the girls love their Aunt Brynne, and here are some of the reasons why:

1. She bought us our pretty princess dresses.
2. She bought us our  bath robes.
3. In case you aren't seeing the trend, she buys us completely impractical (but completely adorable) stuff that our mommy won't buy for us because we grow so fast.  Aunt Brynne doesn't worry about silly stuff like that.  She knows it's all about looking good while you can.
4. We're kind of digging this Uncle Joe guy that she's been bringing around.  We think we'll keep him.
5. She informed mommy that she was singing the incorrect lyrics to "Seven Little Rabbits", and she taught mommy the right lyrics.  It makes more sense now.
6. We love when she comes up to visit us and plays with us.

Aunt Brynne and Tannah

Aunt Brynne and Harper