Brenna is 3 today!

Happy Birthday to our sweet Brenna Caroline who turned 3 years old officially at 4:44 pm today. Some things you may not know about Brenna...

1. She is fiercely independent. Yes, this may be her age, but do not try to do anything for her. She needs to do it in her own time and in her own way.

2. She may be petite, but she is strong and quick. I am almost positive this is a way to keep up with her brother.


3. Although she his strong and quick, she is awfully clumsy. Again this might be her age, but it is amazing how many times she trips during the week or runs into doors or walls. In any case, we love her just the same!


4. She loves to dance. Tap and ballet classes have only increased her liking in this area. I guess it was all the dancing we did with her in the middle of the night when she was small to get her to go to sleep.


5. Her favorite song to sing right now is her ABC's. She absolutely loves school and is so proud of the fact that she can sing this song and it makes us smile!



6. Her weapon of choice...her teeth. We told Aidan when she was young and he would take toys away, that she would eventually use her teeth to get him back. Boy, did we get that right. Although we absolutely do not condone biting, this is how she defends herself against her brother. She has spent many times on the time-out step for this action. Thank goodness no one else has been affected by this.



7. She LOVES her daddy! If you gave her a choice between gymnastics or dance class, chocolate or playing outside, daddy or mommy. She always chooses to spend time with her daddy! Followed quickly by...



8. Chocolate...or anything sweet. The girl loves her sweets. Where did she get that from?



9. She has just recently become a "snuggle bug" as we call it in our house. As I mentioned before, she has and is extremely independent. Never to be cuddled, even as a small baby. We fought with her many times about rocking her when she was upset. This even came into effect when it was time to potty train her. Yes, it happened on her own time and in her own way...ONLY in 1 day last December. (I guess I didn't mind it then!)



10. Our nicknames for Brenna are "bean" because she was so tiny when she was born and "camel" because she will eat anything and everything for 2 days straight and then won't eat anything at all for 2 days. When her food reserve is gone, then she will eat. I keep telling her that this is not good for her metabolism, but she doesn't listen to me.



We love our sweet Brenna and could not imagine our life with out her in it! She bring such an uplifting spirit to our house. Here's to you Brenna Caroline Kudlas on your 3rd birthday! We love you and thank God everyday for you!

Brenna's Birthday Celebration

Today we celebrated Brenna's 3rd Birthday (her actual birthday is tomorrow) with her Gramma and Papa and a couple of her good friends.

She was so excited all week about Ella Beth and Ana Lora coming over and have a "cupcake" party. My creative mom made these adorable aprons for the girls to keep. Here they are enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. I think all 3 girls will sleep in their aprons tonight.

They loved them!

We had 4 different kinds of cupcakes and 4 different colors of frosting and LOTS of sprinkles! Here are the girls getting ready to frost them with the help of Ella Beth's mommy, Amber and Ana Lora's mommy, Monica.
The girls going at it. I think a couple of them had more sprinkles then frosting!
Ella Beth about ready to dive in her yummy cupcake!
Ana Lora is enjoying her masterpiece!
Brenna on her 2nd cupcake. (We will regret that later this evening...)
YUM-O!
Brenna got so many wonderful gifts and a new bike helmet because....
she got a "big girl" bike!
Thank you all so much for making this such a wonderful day for Brenna filled with so many memories!

A little piece of Heaven

After going through 2 years of drought in Georgia, we look at rain a little differently. Recently we had over 20 days without a drop of rain and midweek last week, we were blessed to have a good inch of rain fall. Here is what we got as the rain was moving out....

How can some people say there is no God when you see this.....?

Monday Memories

Brenna Caroline is turning 3 years old this week! Here she is almost 3 years ago. I still can't believe all 5 lbs 13 oz and 19 inches of her could fit in her Daddy's hand!

Monday Memories

This one might make you laugh....

I use to ride horses every summer at a camp in Northern Michigan. This picture just happens to be at a Girl Scout retreat. Got to love those stone wash jeans and side ponytail! HA!

Have a great week!

My favorite season

I absolutely love Fall in Georgia. I can take the 70 degree weather all year round. There are many things about the month of October and November that I love. Enjoy some news photos as well as some old ones!

#1 I love the cool mornings. Those mornings that you have to wear a light coat outside, but then don't have to wear it later in the day. (I can not claim this next picture. It is beautiful though!)

#2 I really do love football season. I am not crazy about having to sit and watch football all weekend, but there is something about my competitive side that wants to watch it and cheer for my team. Plus football food is always good! (Although the kids are decked out in USC and Georgia clothes, we really are U of Michigan and Western Michigan U fans all the way.)

#3 I love being able to spend time outside without having to find the nearest shade. I can open my back door and the kids could play outside in the driveway for hours.

#4 I love all the color changes. Living in the North Georgia Mountains, you can get some of the most breathtaking views of the colors changing.

#5 What I love most about Fall is spending so much time as a family going apple picking, hiking by the rivers, baking and just enjoying each others company before the craziness of basketball season starts.

I am so blessed!

I hope you have a wonderful Fall!

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