Bad Mama!!

I am such a bad mother! I totally missed posting on Mya's 16 month "birthday". I am going to have to blame it on the fact that I was so busy taking care of my sweet little girl that I had completely forgot. Our poor Mya had a bad reaction to a shot she got on Thursday and was miserable all weekend. When Mya is miserable, she likes to make sure everyone else is feeling that way as well! It is hard to believe that such a tiny little girl can have such a huge set of lungs!! Thank goodness she is almost back to her old sweet self today!

Happy 15 months!!

Our little bird on her nest

Mya loves Cade's Star Wars helmet, now if she could just see out of it!

Caught red handed- Mya's naughty face!!

Cade and Mya- what a pair!!


Despite the occasional case of the sniffles, everyone seems to be healthy and happy at the Bryan house. Cade and Mya have been quite busy entertaining all of us with their funny antics. They have completely opposite personalities, yet amazingly, share the same sense of humor. Things can get pretty wild around here, but we wouldn't have it any other way!

What a month!

Not Happy!!

Tough Guy!

This past month has been a tough one for the Bryan family. Poor Cade had to have an emergency appendectomy, and Mya spent her fourteen month "birthday" yesterday suffering with an ear and sinus infection. It breaks my heart to see my kids so sick! Luckily, Cade has made a speedy recovery and I am hopeful that Mya will too.

13 months!

I can't believe that an entire month has passed since Mya's birthday! Our kids are growing up so fast. Cade will turn seven on Thursday and big brother Zack will be twenty this Spring. I wish that I could stop time!!

Mya has adjusted well to the new babysitter, much better than mommy has adjusted to returning to work. Luckily, my little kindergartners keep me so busy that I don't have time to worry much about Mya. I just wish the little stinker would sleep better at night so that I could function a little bit better at school. Mya is lucky she is so darn cute (even at three in the morning) or I might have to send her away to baby boot camp or call Nanny 911 or something. Let's hope this is the month she starts sleeping better!!

Christmas in America!

Judging by the look on her face, Mya wasn't too impressed with this present!

Yippee! Elmo, Mya's favorite!!

Mya is always so entertained by all of her cousins!

We had such a wonderful Christmas surrounded by family and friends! It was extra special this year because Mya was with us. I remember being so sad last Christmas because we still hadn't heard anything about who our sweet little baby would be. That seems like so long ago!

I have really enjoyed spending the last three months at home with Mya, but sadly it must come to an end. I have to return to work on Monday. I have missed my kids at school and am anxious to be their teacher again, I just wish Mya could go with me. Is a one year old to young to be in kindergarten? I'm sure she's gifted, maybe I'll have her tested and get her enrolled in my class! Luckily, we have a wonderful child care provider so I know Mya will be in the best of hands.

Birthday Girl!

Patiently waiting for her guests to arrive

Making a wish!

"Can't I open these as well, mommy?"

Our sweet little daughter turned one today! We celebrated the event with a small dinner party with family and will have her "big" party on Sunday. I was impressed that Mya knew exactly what to do with all of the gift bags. She knew there were treasures inside them and she wasted no time ripping them out of there. That's my girl!

Mya wasn't quite so sure what to think about the cake. She liked the frosting (who doesn't) but proceeded to throw all of her cake, piece by little piece, onto her brother's plate!

It was a special day for all of us, as we were reminded how lucky we are that Mya was born into this world and into our family!