Sunday Funday

I love Sundays.  I hate that it means I must go back to work the next morning, but I love spending Sunday with my little family.  Due to our crazy, insane schedule for the time being, Dylan and I really don't get to spend much time together or as a family.  He is usually home Tues and Thursday nights too, or sometimes just one of those... and then sometimes neither and though I do appreciate those nights, it's still only a few hours once I get home from work.  Sundays mean a FULL day together to do whatever we want!!  Now that the weather is warming up, we have been having park picnics and taking walks together.  B loves to be outside and so do we.  Honestly, I am happy doing anything at all if we are all together!  Today's adventures:

Picnic at the park.  Brooklyn played on two playgrounds and chased squirrels, aka "curls", around with Dad as I followed behind taking pics of my two loves.  Then we were off to Research Park on campus so Brooklyn could see all the pups and we could take a walk around the park with her in the wagon.  She even got adventurous and walked across the rocky path over the water with us!  She loved all the dogs that were out playing and swimming.  There were lots of birds,ducks and turtles too!!  Closest thing College Station has to a zoo I guess!  ;)  Somebody (and Daddy too) was getting sleepy so we made a quick stop at the book store for some new reads (Toy Story & Thomas The Train for B and some history books for Dyl) and of course we had to stop in the pet store to say hi to the fish, hamsters, mice and birds and then back to the casa.  Our child ADORES animals!!  She has 5 stuffed animals she has to sleep with and she named herself...Puppy Doe Doe, Pup Pup, Buggy, Tur-tle and Ellie.  The bed tends to get a little crowded when she slumber parties in our bed!!  B asked to get in her bed and as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was out!  Dyl got comfy on the couch and I had some ME TIME!!  I hit up the library, Target (of course) and Kroger.  Me time is VERY important!!  After dinner, we took Brooklyn for frozen yogurt and then settled in to watch Toy Story (one of today's Target purchases even though I went to treat myself!  I ended up with a spatula (seriously???) and came home with Toy Story, a collection set of Mickey Mouse Club books and a new pillow for B...go figure).  Anyhow, great Sunday Funday!!!!  :)

Much Love,

 T

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Much Love,

T

My Sweet Girl is 2

I can't believe how fast my angel is growing!  The last two years have been the best years of my life.  They aren't kidding around when they say to treasure every moment because before you know it they are grown!  It fills my heart with joy to watch Brooklyn grow and learn and see her own beautiful personality shine.  I feel like the luckiest woman alive to have Brooklyn and Dylan.  I love my sweet family.  Life gets crazy sometimes but at the end of the day we have each other, now and always.  I just wanted to share some of Brooklyn's 2 year pictures taken by my wonderful friend and amazing photographer, Alison Copeland.  Please check out her website at http://www.alisoneden.com/.  If you or someone you know needs a photographer, she is your lady!  If she can handle a wild 2 year old with zero interest in having her picture taken, she can handle anything!!!  :)  Enjoy...

 



I love you all my heart.

 Much Love,
T

Will the new MRS.BLANCHARD please stand up....



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 I'm back!!!  It has been months since I blogged, but with a new year and MUCH LESS chaos around here... I feel it is time to start this blogging thing again :)  So much has happened lately....

Dylan and I are finally married!  After 5 1/2 years, we finally tied the knot!!  We got married Friday, November 12th here in College Station at 7F Lodge.  I adore that place.  Seriously, check out their website and even if you just need a romantic night or weekend away with your lovie, you should definitely check it out!  I am waiting to get our professional pictures back and I will be sure to post some :).  It was a fabulous evening, a few hiccups here and there that I am sure I stressed about more than anyone else even noticed, but I think that is pretty typical.  Brooklyn was there with us of course and stole the show at times!  Ha...  She was a dancing machine on that dance floor.  I love my little family!

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We went to Riviera Maya for our honeymoon and stayed at The El Dorado Royale.  It was absolutely beautiful.  I can't wait to go back someday.  Dylan and I have not had a vacation since Brooklyn was born so we were in much need of some relaxing time together!  It was amazing.  We have always talked about wanting to visit some Mayan ruins so we spent an afternoon in Tulum.  We actually got separated from our tour guide/group and got lost.  We saw signs about the ruins so we just started running to try to find our peeps and a mile later, shirts soaked with sweat...we found familiar faces.  We actually overheard a couple saying "Did we ever find The Blanchards???"  Ha... Go figure, of course we would get lost!  Tulum was breathtaking...not just because I am out of shape and running a mile literally takes my breath away, but it was simply gorgeous.  We also went to Xel-ha and snorkeled, jumped off a cliff and spent the day in the sun.  We did ALOT of laying beach & poolside just enjoying each others company.  Oh and eating...YUM.  I don't think I stopped smiling our entire trip.... well maybe the morning after we basically closed  the bar at the resort....  That was a rough morning, just so happens it was the morning we were leaving.  Hangover + Airplane... No bueno.  All in all, it was perfect and I am now a happily married lady!!  (Most days....  ;)  we may be "newlyweds" but we have been together long enough to admit that my husband can be a huge pain in the rear!)



About to go snorkeling for the first time ever!

We spent Thanksgiving day at my Mom's house this year.  It was the first year in her new house that she (well the building company folks) built in March!  AND, my Grandparents stayed in town after our wedding and spent Thanksgiving with us as well!  They live in Indiana, so we haven't spent a Thanksgiving with them in a while.  We headed to Gatesville that Friday (after some Black Friday shopping!!!) to have our Blanchard Thanksgiving.  Great times, great food, great people..... Makes me one happy gal!

Christmas was wonderful.  I was in love with seeing Brooklyn light up at all the Christmas decorations!  She loved the lights.  "More lights, more lights!!!"  She is still loving all the houses being lit up at night.  How am I going to explain that to a two year old when everyone takes their decorations down???  She was okay with Santa this year...  aka "Ho Ho".  She didn't cry in her picture with him.  However, she did not get near another "Ho Ho".  Her response to GiGi's attempt to get her to sit with Santa was, "No Ho Ho!!!"  She definitely got everything she could have wanted for Christmas!  What a lucky little girl.  She is loved by so many.  We are truly blessed.  Dylan and spoiled each other a little too of course :)  I am already looking forward to next Christmas!!!  I just love everything about this time of year. 

                                    



She was so not into it!



That is basically a quick re-cap of our Fall.  The new year is upon us and I am very hopeful for what 2011 will bring!  Brooklyn will be 2 on January 7th.  I can't believe my baby girl is already 2 years old.  She is my world.  She's so beautiful, smart, sweet, hilarious and just simply perfect.  She is a Mama's girl still, though I am just waiting for that Daddy's girl thing to kick in.  Hopefully I will be better at keeping up my blog in 2011!!

Much Love.....

T