Some Kroeger Family Time

This past week I was able to have my bother Byron and his cute little family all join us at our apartment in Provo. This got a little tight but we LOVED having them stay with us for two nights. Thursday morning we had a delicious breakfast and then went outside and fed our neighbors horse and lama. Then we made a picnic lunch and went to the BYU duck pond and fed the ducks and had lunch and went on a little walk. 

Here they are looking for the garbage truck! This is Brantley's favorite thing to do Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

 The kids loved chasing the ducks and the frisbee. 

 After going to the ducks and having a picnic we came back to our apartment and had naps. When we all woke up and were rested we went to the park until David got done with school and picked up some pizza and bread sticks.

The last night here was spent having a movie night watching Wreck-it-Ralph. We LOVED having them here to visit and Brantley LOVED having all the cousins to play with. 

*SEVEN MONTHS*

 I just love this little one. She is such a joy to have in our family and her

 personality is starting to shine. Here are some her latest stats....

* Weights 15 pounds 1 ounce

* Wears size 2 diapers (she is actually in the in between stages she is to big for size 2 but to small for size 3) We have blowouts without fail EVERY SINGLE MORNING

*Eats every three hours, nurses only once a day in the morning and the rest of the day takes formula 6-8 ounces

* She is just barely fitting into 6-9 month clothes but mostly still wears 3-6 month

* Rolls everywhere, pivots, and is starting to dip her toes into the ground pushing herself forward.

* Says ba ba and da da

* Hold her bottle by herself

*loves baby food espically prunes!

* Smiles all the time

*Laughs and it is one of the best sounds in the world

* has a fake cough to get attention

* takes two naps a day. One at 9 for about an hour and at 1:30 for about 3 hours. 

*Goes to bed at 9:00 and will sleep until 7 or 7:30 (it really depends on how loud Brantley is when he wakes up. 

* Sleeps only in crib now! Hallelujah!!! 

* Loves Loves Loves being held!!

* She is such a mommy's girl!! 

* Loves to kick her legs

* Loves her big brother and daddy!

This little girl lights up our lives!! I am so glad she is ours!!

Girls Night

Words can't express the love that I have for these girls! I just love being with them. We have such a fun time together. Conversation is never lacking and laughs always come by the handful. 

I am so glad Christyn put this one together. We went to Zupas for dinner and then to a movie.

 From left to right: Cindi, Natalie, Joy, Me, and Christyn

 Dinner= lots of laughs and funny pictures

 You can't tell from this picture but I am sharing my coat with Joy and Natalie because the wind was so cold.

I sure do love these girls!!

A hard work rewarded and another train ride!

Since Brantley was born I have been trying to fit back into my very favorite dress from high school. I started walking in the spring after I had Brantley and I lost weight but not enough to fit back in my dress. Then after I had Braylee I couldn't get motivated to get out so I signed up for a 5K called Running with Angels that is in May. Putting money down has forced me to be diligent in exercising. So far the past 3 weeks I have been running a mile almost every single day (minus Sunday). I have finally got down to my pre(Braylee)pregnancy wight and I was able to a 10 minute mile and I am so thrilled. Anyway, while I was at my mom's house this past weekend I decided that I would try my dress again and.....it fit. I was able to have it zip up all the way. It is still a little tight and a little tough to breath in but IT FITS!! 

TRAIN RIDE

David had to go on a week long work trip so I decided that I would take the kids and go visit my mom and dad. David drove up the car on Wednesday night after work but had to go back to school the next day but we wanted to take Brantley on another train ride, one that he would get to go on with David. So on Saturday he rode the train to Layton and we rode it back with him. Brantley was so excited. The night before David came, as I was putting Brantley to sleep, I told him Daddy was coming tomorrow and we are going to ride the train home. He got a huge smile and slept so well that night. In the morning he came into my room looked at me and said "where's dad?" He talked about going on the train all day until David was able to make it.

 The train was so crowded I didn't get to sit next to David until we got to Orem but I did get to sit next to a very nice elderly lady. While we were talking I was crocheting another baby hat and a guy (I am not sure he was all there upstairs)who looked to be in his early 20's looked at me and said "are you knitting baby booties?"
to which I replied "No, I am working on a baby hat"
"Oh well I love when women knit, it reminds me of my grandma."
awkwardly I replied because I didn't know what to say "Well I am glad it is a happy association."
Then thinking the conversation was over I went back to talking to my new friend and he started talking to me again saying "you know when I looked at you I just got the warmest butterflies"
I wasn't sure what to say to that either so I just said "thank you" and then he continued
"but I see that you are taken"
"Yes, yes I am" I said
"Okay well I will just stop talking and look away"
 The cute lady I was sitting next to looked at me as if to say "can you say crazy" then she said "I will protect you"

Ha ha needless to say it was a very interesting and fun ride. Brantley and Braylee did awesome. They were so good! Can't wait for our next adventure!

Full of Fun February

I love that these two will play together. Or more that Brantley will play with Braylee

 Brantley's favorite time of the day is when Daddy comes home.

 I love when Brantley makes Braylee laugh! He has such a talent for doing it too.

 My little Braylee is getting so big she will hold her own bottle now!

 One of my February accomplishments. I made my sister-in-law a hat for her baby! Braylee was my little model!

  

 I also got the chance to babysit my friend Natalies baby Will. I had a lot of fun with him, Braylee and Brantley.

 When I laid him next to Braylee he just had to be touching her.

 I put Braylee back in her jumper after a few months. She liked it a lot this time around.

 Riding the car at Grandma Annies.

Braylee really enjoyed it for a little while.

Family dinner at the Smedleys

I just can't get enough of these two. They just crack me up.

Braylees favorite food.....

prunes!!!

 Brantleys house....

 recently Brantley has discovered the joy in building forts (houses as Brantley calls it) with the couch cushions. He is always asking me to build him a house.

 I love this picture. David was looking at some elk on the mountain behind us and was holding Braylee's hand while doing it.

 Brantley has a real talent for making Bray laugh.

One of Brantleys favorite past times is washing dishes. The other day I was feeding Braylee when I realized I could hear the water running and I went in to catch the sink just in time. (I had drained it a little before I took the picture)

 he had a lot of fun dunking his hair in the water!

VALENTINES DAY!!
This year I wanted to give a fun Valentines Day party. So I invited some friends over and we had a delicious dinner of spaghetti, bread sticks, salad, meat fondue, strawberry lemonade, and chocolate fondue for dessert.

After dinner we played some minute-to-win-it games valentine style. Love Bite (bite me), love toss (with marshmellows), and one where we had to transfer valentine hearts from one bowl to another. As well as a family fued valentine version.

We had so much fun! I love hosting parties! I can hardly wait for the next one. 

More Brantley and Braylee

 Brantley really wanted to rock Braylee to sleep and while he was rocking her he started singing to her. What a good big brother!

 THE ZOO
The other day our friends invited us to ride the front runner to ogden to go to the train meauseam. Well the train doesn't run on holidays we were saddened to find out but we were out and about so we decided to go to the zoo insead.

We had such a fun time! 

I love holding Braylee and she LOVES being held.

this picture really isn't flattering but I think it is so funny! It looks like Braylee is eating and pulling my face off! ha ha

February was filled with such fun activities we have have a lot of fun filled memories!