We're so glad when Daddy comes home!

We are so excited to have Daddy home! It has been a super long week full of ups and downs laughter and tears- sometimes laughter with tears, and lots of wishing Daddy's trip was shorter to he could be home sooner. Today in preparation for Daddy to come home, the girls made a "Welcome Home Daddy" poster to put in the window. The girls loved it and were so excited to put it up and eagerly watch out the window for their Daddy. They were so excited to have him home. The primary song that goes something like this, "I'm so glad when Daddy comes home. As glad as I can be! I clap my hands and shout for joy and climb up on his knee." took on a whole new meaning as I say my girls do just that when he got home.
It's amazing how much simple things can be taken for granted until you go without them for awhile- like having someone help put the kids to bed or read stories or keep them calm during family scriptures and prayer, the list goes on. We are so grateful to have Daddy home with us! And yes, story time was much more enjoyable for the girls- Daddy does a WAY better job!

Hanging out this morning

She LOVES  the Bumbo

Her Rock n' Play sleeper

She sleeps SO good in this!

Yeah for Daddy being home!

Laughing because she's so ticklish

Gabi and Madi tracing their hands on the Welcome Home poster

Madi's still trying to get the hang of it  :)

Gabi's practically a pro :)

Side Story:

Brynlee's Diaper explosion

Yes, I was holding her

Yes, it got on me

No, it didn't get on her

No, I don't know how that's possible

I was holding Brynlee, and without warning I heard something dripping on the floor, at first I thought it was Gabi peeing her pants, but as I looked down this is what I saw! Somehow little Bryners had shot it right out the back of her diaper. She didn't get any on her clothes, but managed a spray of it on my shirt and pants, all over my shoes and definitely all over the floor. Isaac said it looked like it shot right out the back of her diaper. Strange, but true. True, but gross.

Love, The Knights

Almost in the Clear

Isaac has been gone on a business trip these last few days, so life has been kind of crazy. Despite the craziness I promised I would blog everyday so that he wouldn't miss out on much. Lucky for him I've actually done it! Unfortunately it's usually super late. We are sooooo excited to have him home.
The girls haven't really understood what's going on and why Daddy isn't home yet. At least today I was able to tell them they would see him tomorrow. It was still hard when they would say things like, "Doesn't Daddy want to eat dinner? Isn't he hungry?" or "Doesn't Daddy want to sleep in his bed?" or every time a car would drive by the girls would run up to the window and say, "Oh, it's Daddy! He's home!" Seriously would make me cry sometimes because I wish he was home too, only for different reasons. :) The girls have seriously missed story time with Daddy, I just can't do it justice. :) We miss him tons! Tomorrow cannot come soon enough!
Well, today. Today we tried really hard to go outside, but it was super cold. I let the girls pick some flowers on our way to the car. I was in a have to get out of the house before I go crazy mood, so we headed to Jerome and went to Walmart. I really need to go grocery shopping but lacking the emotional energy today to handle all three girls, I decided the trip to Twin would have to wait until Isaac got home. Lucky and unlucky for us they had just marked down all the Easter stuff to 75% off! Since they were just barely putting up the signs, there were still some yummy things left, like Reese's PB Bunnies and Nerds jellybeans (my new favorite!) among several other things...I won't mention them because I'm actually kind of embarrassed at how much candy I bought. Not to mention a doc in our stake was in the line behind us and we chatted, pretty sure he must have been thinking something like, "Not the healthiest choice..." Oh well. I was caught in a weak moment, and hello! I am seriously an emotional eater...kind of goes without saying if you know me... Anywho, I digress.
The girls have actually been pretty good all things considering. For some odd reason they have been going to bed earlier, but have also been waking up earlier. Except Brynlee- still going to bed late and waking up early. Speaking of sleep...it is calling me.
One last story for the day. My girls, like most kids LOVE to splash. The more water out of the tub, the more fun. Seeing as how I have to take care of Brynlee means less of a watchful eye that those two little mischievous girls. Usually I have to wipe up the floor after the bath, not tonight. Oh no, not tonight. Tonight I had to MOP up the floor. Quite literally. Yes, I knew once I heard uncontrollable laughter, something had to be going on. Yes, they had been DUMPING water onto the ground. They took one look at my face and stopped laughing- well Madi let out a little chuckle. After "the look" they new trouble was there. I guess I couldn't get too mad at them...I was needing to mop the floor anyway.

Brynlee has just discovered her tongue this last week and it's ADORABLE!

Seriously LOVES bath time and is such a chatter box!

Gabi LOVES holding Brynlee and is always asking

Brynlee appears to be impartial :)

Madi's "cheese" face (i'm in love with it!)

They discovered they both have pockets, a new-found love

Totally ready to snooze and totally done with pictures

Hope you've had a great day! We love and miss you Isaac! Can't wait to see you!

Lazy day

Yesterday was such a gorgeous day I fully expected that today would meet expectations. It started out pretty nice and got up to 75, but then it rained and was windy and overcast the rest of the day. Unfortunately by the time naps and lunch were done it had started raining already, so we didn't make it out at all. The girls seriously must have had cabin fever because they were a little nutty today. We ended up succumbing to the call of snuggly blankets and a good movie.

Can't Beat a Sunny Day!

Today it got up to 85 degrees! It was such a beautiful day, and we tried to take advantage of the nice weather by spending as much time as possible outside. Brynlee doesn't love it outside yet so we had to skate outside when she was sleeping. Our day in a nutshell-

gabi getting brynlee to laugh :)

 Blowing Bubbles

 Madi is sooo blonde!

 Random pic of our onions that we planted LAST YEAR!

 Little Bryners

 Looks like she's testing out an uppercut, not true :)

Hope you had a great day too!

To Boise and Back...last night

Yesterday we did something we rarely ever do. Very much spur-of-the-moment we decided to jump in the car when Isaac got of work and head to Boise to check out a vehicle, a Honda Odyssey to be specific. We have been looking for quite awhile for a larger vehicle that would suit our growing family. This vehicle they had just gotten in and already had two other people looking at it. So off we were to Boise to go check it out. I have never had to wheel and deal at a car lot before, so this was all new to me. I didn't love it, and our sales lady was less than pleasant. (She also ruined one of our DVDs trying to get it to work in the player, which I was super mad about) We didn't really anticipate getting into all of the negotiating, we mostly wanted to check it out, and if we felt that it was what we were looking for, go from there. Well a few test drives, a mechanic, a trashed DVD and three hours of negotiating later we actually ended up walking away van-less. We would have gotten a pretty awesome deal if we would have purchased it, but when it came right down to it we plain just didn't feel good about it. So we picked up our kiddos from my parents who were kind enough to watch and feed and entertain them for those three hours, and we headed back to Wendell, getting home about 12:30am this morning. So all in all it was pretty stressful but we felt good about our decision, and it was nice to get away for an evening.

The Joys of Potty Training

So we've been potty-training Gabi for forever, but this last stint we've really gone all out, and she's doing awesome. It has been super nice because she can pretty much do everything herself. I just tell her it's time for her to go potty and she goes, does her thing, flushes, and washes her hands. She LOVES being so independent. It's great that I don't have to walk her through all the steps, especially with a little babe and a toddler, that is until today. Today she decided that a whole roll of toilet paper would do just fine to wipe her tiny tushie. Oh boy was that toilet clogged! She felt super bad and kept flushing hoping it would go down, almost flooding the toilet. Oops! When I went into the bathroom, not knowing what had happened, she was busy washing her hands and said, "Mama, I put in the paper wipes and it's stuck. I dunno what happened." I was so confused and kept asking her what she was talking about. Exasperated she finally said, pointing to the toilet, "Just look mom!" So I did and wow. Yeah, she has never done this before so I didn't know what to do. Who knows what my face looked like, shocked, angry, surprised, bewildered, a combination of all of them- she looked like she was about to cry when she said, "Oh mama, I so sorry! I so sorry mama!" She felt super bad, poor thing! Hopefully she won't be doing that again any time soon!

Brynlee, The Last 2 Months!

We have loved having Brynlee in our lives! She is such a sweet baby and is so happy. It's still hard to get her to go to sleep at night, but she has such a happy disposition. She is growing so fast, I can barely keep up with everything! She loves her sisters, she always smiles for them, she loves to smile and coo, she loves being held and rocked, and she loves being free from the dreaded diaper! :) She also loves her baths and playing with her little caterpillar. We love her!

Brynlee the day she was born

Gabi and Brynlee- Proud Big Sister

Brynlee 1 week

Tummy Time!

Brynlee at 2 Weeks

Playing with her toys

Brynlee at 3 Weeks

Brynlee with her Valentine's Day Flower

Brynlee 4 Weeks

Blessing Day

Brynlee at 5 Weeks

Brynlee Laughing

6 Weeks old

 Tummy Time again!

7 Weeks

Wearing somthing mommy wore when she was a baby!

Brynlee 8 Weeks

 Brynlee at 9 Weeks (2 months)