Crawling, Running, and Daddy's Sweatheart

Oh news news news! After 8 1/2 months Ayla is now crawling! YEAH This morning she decided to go after the kitty toy. Of course she has to do this when I am trying to put clothes on her so in the video she is just in her diaper. :)


Brant and Brayden had a great time at the Daddy's Sweatheart dance. Before the dance was a grand march of the daddy's and their sweethearts. After that we all had to leave. A few of Brant's friends were there with their little girls as well. Brant said that Brayden had a great time running around with all the other little girls and dancing with the Polar Fest Princess'.


Last weekend was also the Freeze Your Buns 5k. Since we had not worked out very much if at all before the run my only goal was to run the whole thing. I not only did that BUT I also beat my husband by about 2 minutes hehe. It was really cold out I didn't even warm up until some time after mile 2. Brant came in looking like the abomadible (sp?) snowman. I am signed up now for the St. Paddy's run in the cities in March but Brant will not be joining me cause running is not for him.(BOO)

Brayden's favorite movie is Mamma Mia. Here is a clip of her singing the song Super Trooper from the movie. Usually she is singing Dancing Queen but this is her second favorite song from it.

Please warm up!

I am sitting here looking out the window wondering how the weather changes so much!! 2 days ago it was 40 something and the snow was melting and now it is snowing and the temp is probably in the 20's and it's supposed to drop even more this weekend. Ugh I just want Spring to be here. I feel so couped up. When it warmed up just that little bit I bundled up the girls and my mom and I took them for a walk. The BOB (stroller) did pretty well in the slushy mess. The girls really enjoyed getting out into the fresh crisp air. I took them during their nap time hoping they would fall asleep. (YEAH RIGHT) Not sure what I was thinking. Neither of them slept.

Speaking of cold. This weekend Brant and I are running the Freeze Your Buns 5k here in DL with our friends Kara and Grant. I think that may be exactly what we are going to do is freeze our tushies. In the morning during the run I think it is supposed to be around 2 degrees. That is right 2 DEGREES!! On top of that I we haven't been working out lately haha I am not sure what we were thinking but that is what I told Brant we were doing for Valentine's was RUNNING. :)

Ayla still is not crawling but she is getting so close. Yesterday she started going from her belly to pushing herself up into sit position. She also is ALWAYS trying to pull herself up to stand if there is any sort of object next to her that she can grab onto. I have the video camera and the regular camera out and ready for that moment. Some other great news is that Tuesday night she slept from 7pm until 5:30am!!! Wednesday she did the same. However 2 nights in a row was good enough for her, last night she decided to wake up at 10, 2, and 6. Thats ok though the 2 nights before really gave me some extra energy. :) I will take whatever I can get!

Some really exciting news for Brayden is that she got a new car seat that stays in Grandpa and Nana's car. She was so excited. When she sits in it she thinks she is just the coolest. She tells me now that they can pick her up whenever they want! She also just started back up with her swim lessons last week. Dad gets to take her and she LOVES her time with her Daddy. In fact, this Friday Brant is taking her to a Daddy's Little Sweetheart dance at our local community center. Mom's are only allowed to be there for the grand march and then we have to leave. She is excited. We bought her a cute dress that she can spin around in. I can't say much about it other than it is pink cause Dad hasn't seen it yet. It is going to be a weekend full of family and love!