Our Little Ariel

So, we just got back from a wonderful trip to Disney World. (full post on that to come) Gabbie loved it and is somewhat obsessed with the Little Mermaid! She sings Part of Your World nonstop - seriously. We hear it on the monitor when we put her down, when she wakes up and sometimes in the middle of the night when she is in her dazed somewhat awake state.

I have tried to catch it on video, but she usually stops as soon as the camera comes out. I finally got it tonight, only because I flipped the screen on the video camera so she could watch herself sing it. Here she is in all her glory!

Introducing Gabbie Grace Brannon as Ariel -

And let me tell you, this girl has quite the imagination. Here she is as I am asking her about our Disney World trip. In the middle, she imagines the witch is behind her, the witch named Ursula with her necklace. You know, the one that holds Ariels voice!

We may just have a star in the making!

Bedtime Routine

So each night, we go through our bedtime routine. It consists of reading books, snuggling, singing, tucking in with her blanket and good night kisses.

The other day, Kiley and Gabbie were playing in her room. As I snuck a peek, I caught Gabbie putting her Daddy through her bedtime routine.

After giving him a teddy bear to snuggle with and tucking him in with her blanket, she read books...

told him she loved him, sang him "You are my Sunshine" and sealed it with a kiss.

Too precious!

Baby Boy Brannon is on the Way!

Well, it is official. We are expecting a little baby boy and I am due February 18, 2012.

We are so excited for this little guy to join us.

Sometimes I wonder what I am doing having a baby at 40 years old, but both Kiley and I wanted to have one more child. Due to my age, we decided to have CVS testing done just so I could stop worrying and deal with facts as opposed to what ifs. The test came back that everything looks great when it comes to the chromosomal make up of the baby. That is also how we found out so early that it is a boy!

Gabbie is very excited about our new addition! At first she was a little thrown about having a brother as she insisted it was a sister. I think she has finally realized it is a brother and the topic is not up for negotiation.

She is, however, still pushing the names Raelyn, Arial, or Peyton. She has officially been removed from the naming committee.

Our Yard! Our Yard! We have a YARD!!

So, we have been in our house for 5 1/2 years. The yard has always been something I wanted to have done, but for various financial reasons, we just haven't done it.

Well, this year is the year of the YARD. We were able to put our backyard in the way I wanted to and I LOVE it!

And I don't think I am the only one...

We put a playground section in forGabbie. We have grass! And we extended the patio with pavers. I absolutely love it and can't wait until the sod ha

s rooted so we can all go out

and play on it.

For those in the Elko, Spring Creek area - Green Day Landscaping did it for us and I would absolutely recommend them in a heartbeat. They were wonderful to work with!

Here are the before pictures...

Quite a difference, hu? WAHOOOOO!!!! We have a yard!

Memorial Day 2011

So, these post are somewhat out of order. But hey, they are new posts, so don't complain, right?

This year we headed up to Boise again for Memorial Day Weekend. Gabbie absolutely loves playing with her cousins and always has so much fun with them. Paige will play and play with her for hours. Makes for a great vacation for mom and dad too!

Paige and Gabbie would hide in this tent and then pop out to see us!

Gabbie truly just adores Paige. Here they are snuggling while watching TV. As I walked in, Gabbie told me to go out! She was with Paige and didn't need me. And you know what, I am so okay with that!

Here she is playing Nintendo with Jake.

I wish we lived closer so she could see these guys more often!

Cousins are the best!