Fun outside

here are just a few pics of me trying to be a photographer and I think the pictures actually turned out pretty cute, then I had Bailee take a few pics of me and Mike.

                              Shes already a model..haha

                                                look at the button nose

                                                          shes growing up soo fast

We make a cute couple dont we?

                                 
I had Bailee take a full body so I could see what the picture actually looks like because I have lost 28lbs now and I feel so much better about myself and think I am looking a little better and I really wanted to see what my hair looks like in a picture because I have been growing it out for a while now and I really want to cut it, but it looks pretty only when I do it and thats not very often because it takes too long to blowdry.
 I couldnt capture any pics of Bryce because he was running around too much so I promise I love him too but I just didnt want to stop him from playing

Lyla turns 1

On June 1st Lyla turned one!! We had a birthday party for her at our house yesterday and it was a blast. we everyone went swimming and hung out and talked. Lyla absolutely LOVES the water in the pool, she would get soo frustrated and scream her head off when we wouldn't let her go in the water. She would just splash and kick and loved every min of it. Of course she got to eat cake and loved that, what kid doesnt love cake and also she got to open up presents. She really didn't care about opening the presents but she was so cute about the thing inside, she would open her mouth and make the excited noise. I just feel like the luckiest mom to have such sweet cute kids and I am so excited to get to raise a girl baby again after 8 years from having Bailee. Lyla is definately a feisty little girl but at the same time will give us all kisses and kiss her baby dolls too. She loves to laugh at Bryce, he can hardly do anything and she starts to giggle and then I tried to do what he did and she looks at me like I am stupid..lol. She is extremely loud and I mean LOUD!! Its a toe curling scream and even the dr at her well exam was shocked at how loud she can get for no good reason, she just likes to hear herself. She makes the cutest little faces, she loves to smile showing all of her teeth and honestly she looks a little like "chucky" but a really cute version, its too funny. Right now I am loving the fact that she wants mommy and Lincoln couldn't care less if I am here or not so its kind of nice right now to have her want me so much. Bailee gets frustrated because she wants to hold her all the time and Lyla only wants mommy but I know it wont last forever so I am holder her every second I can....

She had her well exam and she weighs 19.9lbs (25%), she is 31inches(95%), and her head is in the 85%

I am actually a little shocked at the height because she doesn't really seem big but it must be that she is pretty skinny that makes her look little and she definately doesn't seem like she has a big head. But shes healthy and doing great so thats all that matters..ps she doesn't fully walk yet, she will take 1-2 steps but thats it.

                                   Heres the aftermath of the cake

I told my mom that I really wanted a "birthday" plate for who ever has a birthday, they get to use that plate for their meals and she surprised me with this plate for Lyla's birthday, its glass so we had to watch her really carefully because everything ends up on the floor

                                           people eating!!

This is the cutes face ever!! she would do this everytime she saw what was inside of each gift, also this is the same outfit that Bailee wore at her first birthday and I thought it would be fun to look back at pics and see how much the resemble eachother

Franklin went to heaven!

I was such a sad day for all of us when our beloved box turtle died. Poor Bryce wanted to go out and check on him and he came running inside crying and yelling that Franklin had died. I ran out there to make sure and it was seriously the saddest thing to watch bryce be so upset. It was a good lesson for the kids only for the mere fact that they understand now how if you don't take care of something than there is consequences. But that night I was just soo sad for Bryce and the heartache he was feeling, that I didn't hardly sleep at all. The next day we saw an ad on craigslist for sulcata tortoises which is a big type of desert tortoise and they are perfect for Arizona and our weather here. So we called the guy and went and took a look and got one. They were only 1 week old and in "tortoise land" the mom doesn't even care or remember she laid eggs so it's ok to take babies that early. We named him Mack and when he is about 15 years old he will probably weigh about 100lbs!! But he should be easy and fun for the kids since there isn't too much maintenance. Here's a pic of our cute new addition...